TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 11: Star of the Month: Ann Sothern
Here come the Maisie movies!
Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
12:30 AM
Born Yesterday (1950)
A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman's girlfriend.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Judy Holliday , Broderick Crawford , William Holden .
BW-102 mins, CC,
2:30 AM
Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Cary Grant , Katharine Hepburn , James Stewart .
BW-112 mins, CC,
4:30 AM
Shopworn Angel, The (1938)
A showgirl gives up life in the fast lane for a young soldier on his way to fight World War I.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: Margaret Sullavan , James Stewart , Walter Pidgeon .
BW-85 mins, CC,
6:00 AM
Stage Fright (1950)
An acting student goes undercover to prove a singing star killed her husband.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Jane Wyman , Marlene Dietrich , Michael Wilding .
BW-110 mins, CC,
8:00 AM
Ministry Of Fear (1944)
When hidden microfilm comes into his possession, an innocent man is drawn into espionage.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Ray Milland , Marjorie Reynolds , Carl Esmond .
BW-87 mins, CC,
9:31 AM
Return From Nowhere (1944)
In this short film, a man recovers his lost memories when he is forced to relive events in his dreams.
Dir: Paul Burnford Cast: Robert Emmett O'Connor , Don DeFore , Kay Medford .
BW-10 mins,
9:45 AM
Lured (1947)
A woman helps the police catch the serial killer who murdered her best friend.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: George Sanders , Lucille Ball , Charles Coburn .
BW-103 mins,
11:30 AM
Gaslight (1940)
A turn-of-the-century bride moves into the house where her aunt was murdered and begins to fear she's going mad.
Dir: Thorold Dickinson Cast: Anton Walbrook , Diana Wynyard , Frank Pettingell .
BW-84 mins, CC,
1:00 PM
Obsession (1949)
A jealous husband plots to dispose of his wife's lover in an acid bath.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Robert Newton , Sally Gray , Naunton Wayne .
BW-98 mins,
2:45 PM
Victim (1961)
A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.
Dir: Basil Dearden Cast: Dirk Bogarde , Sylvia Syms , Dennis Price .
BW-100 mins, Letterbox Format
4:30 PM
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
A distraught mother searches for her seemingly non-existent daughter, bringing her sanity into question.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Keir Dullea , Carol Lynley , Lucie Mannheim .
BW-107 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6:30 PM
Sorcerers, The (1967)
A great hypnotist develops a technique for controlling minds.
Dir: Michael Reeves Cast: Boris Karloff , Catherine Lacey , Ian Ogilvy .
C-86 mins,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: ANN SOTHERN
8:00 PM
Maisie (1939)
A Brooklyn showgirl tries to clear a ranch foreman of murder charges.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Robert Young , Ann Sothern , Ruth Hussey .
BW-75 mins, CC,
9:30 PM
Congo Maisie (1940)
Brooklyn showgirl Maisie gets stranded in the African jungle with a romantic doctor.
Dir: Henry C. Potter Cast: Ann Sothern , John Carroll , Rita Johnson .
BW-71 mins, CC,
10:45 PM
Jungle Safari (1950)
This promotional short for "King Solomon's Mines" (1950) focuses on the challenges of on-location filming in the African wilderness.
C-10 mins,
11:00 PM
Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
A Brooklyn showgirl helps a poor family strike it rich.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Ann Sothern , Lee Bowman , Slim Summerville .
BW-82 mins, CC,
12:30 AM
Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
A Brooklyn showgirl signs on as maid for a family of wealthy eccentrics.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Ann Sothern , Lew Ayres , Maureen O'Sullivan .
BW-79 mins, CC,
2:00 AM
Ringside Maisie (1941)
A Brooklyn showgirl sets pulses racing at a boxers' training camp.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Ann Sothern , George Murphy , Robert Sterling .
BW-95 mins, CC,
3:45 AM
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
A Brooklyn showgirl launches a stage act with a hick comic.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Ann Sothern , Red Skelton , Leo Gorcey .
BW-86 mins, CC,
5:15 AM
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
A brassy showgirl signs on to help the war effort as a factory worker.
Dir: Norman Z. McLeod Cast: Ann Sothern , James Craig , Jean Rogers .
BW-86 mins,
