TCM Schedule for Tuesday, October 13: TCM Spotlight: Trailblazing Women

[CBHagman]

TCM sends its viewers kisses as a daytime prelude to an evening spent with Trailblazing Women.

One note: TCM's cast lists for the prime-time movies seem to focus chiefly on secondary players while ignoring the leads, so much so that I changed the entry for Crossing Delancey. If I had more time, I'd get to the others as well.

Tuesday, October 13th, 2015

12:00 AM
First of the Few, The (1942)
An aircraft designer struggles to create a new kind of fighter plane to take on the Nazis.
Dir: Leslie Howard Cast: Rosamund John , Herbert Cameron , Gordon McLeod .
BW-119 mins,

2:15 AM
Way Ahead, The (1944)
A hopeless battalion becomes a top fighting unit in WWII Africa.
Dir: Carol Reed Cast: Trevor Howard , Stanley Holloway , Raymond Huntley .
BW-88 mins, CC,

3:45 AM
Enchantment (1948)
When a well-off family takes in a young orphan, her presence ignites romance and jealousy.
Dir: Irving Reis Cast: Shepperd Strudwick , Sherlee Collier , Melville Cooper .
BW-101 mins, CC,

5:45 AM
Kiss in the Dark, A (1949)
A concert pianist inherits an apartment house full of loony tenants.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Broderick Crawford , Frank Dae , Joe Devlin .
BW-88 mins, CC,

7:15 AM
Kiss for Corliss, A (1949)
A false rumor spreads through a town about the relationship between a teenage girl and an older sophisticated man.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Shirley Temple , Robert Ellis , Kathryn Card .
BW-85 mins,

8:45 AM
Naked Kiss, The (1964)
After killing her pimp, a prostitute runs away to small-town America in a futile search for normality.
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Anthony Eisley , Michael Dante , Linda Francis .
BW-90 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:30 AM
Strangers May Kiss (1931)
A sophisticated woman risks her marriage for love of a ruthless schemer.
Dir: George Fitzmaurice Cast: Norma Shearer , Robert Montgomery , George Davis .
BW-81 mins, CC,

12:00 PM
That Midnight Kiss (1949)
A singing truck driver battles snobbery to become a star.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Bridget Carr , Michael Kostrick , Dewey Robinson .
C-98 mins, CC,

1:50 PM
Screen Actors (1950)
This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors.
BW-9 mins,

2:00 PM
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Feuding co-stars reunite for a musical version of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew."
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Bob Fosse , Ted Eckelberry , Michael Dugan .
C-110 mins, CC,

4:00 PM
Kissin' Cousins (1964)
A singing military officer gets mixed up with his look-alike hillbilly cousin.
Dir: Eli Dunn Cast: Yvonne Craig , Hortense Petra , The Jordanaires .
C-96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:47 PM
Camera Caught It, The (1954)
This short film looks at various images that cameras managed to film, none of which was staged.
BW-9 mins,

6:00 PM
Kissing Bandit, The (1948)
A timid young man is forced to follow in his father's footsteps as a notorious masked bandit.
Dir: Laslo Benedek Cast: Michael Kostrick , Mitchell Lewis , Byron Foulger .
C-100 mins, CC,

7:41 PM
Swing Banditry (1936)
In this comedic short, a group of musicians takes desperate measures to appear on a radio program.
Dir: Reginald LeBorg Cast: Franklin Pangborn , Maurice Cass ,
BW-11 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TRAILBLAZING WOMEN

8:00 PM
Crossing Delancey (1988)
An aging woman hires a matchmaker to find her independent granddaughter a man.
Dir: Joan Micklin Silver Cast: Amy Irving, Reizl Bozyk, Sylvia Miles, Peter Riegert.
C-97 mins, CC,



10:00 PM
Look Who's Talking (1989)
A fatherless baby tries to influence his mother's love life.
Dir: Amy Heckerling Cast: Jason Schaller , Jerry Wasserman , Eleanor Maines .
C-96 mins, CC,

11:45 PM
Dry White Season, A (1989)
In South Africa, a white schoolteacher's life and values are threatened when he asks about a black boy who died in police custody.
Dir: Euzhan Palcy Cast: Marlon Brando , Andrew Whaley , Stella Dickin .
C-107 mins, CC, Letterbox Format



1:45 AM
Mrs. Soffel (1984)
A prison warden's wife is seduced into helping a notorious killer escape.
Dir: Gillian Armstrong Cast: Terry O'Quinn , Les Rubie , Fred Booker .
C-112 mins, CC,

3:45 AM
Cookie (1989)
A paroled mobster hires his illegitimate daughter to work as his chauffeur.
Dir: Susan Seidelman Cast: Peter Falk , Joy Behar , Frank Vitolo .
C-93 mins, CC,

5:30 AM
MGM Parade Show #16 (1955)
Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald perform in a clip from "Maytime"; George Murphy introduces a clip from "I'll Cry Tomorrow." Hosted by George Murphy.
BW-26 mins,