TCM Schedule for Sunday April 23 - Thinly Veiled Bios

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Prime time features a pair of looks inside the show-biz sausage factory. Plus; Imports has a twin bill from Rainer Werner Fassbender.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM IN NAME ONLY (1939)
A wealthy man falls for a widow but can't get his wife to divorce him. Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Carole Lombard , Cary Grant , Kay Francis . BW-94 mins, CC,

8:00 AM THAT MIDNIGHT KISS (1949)
A singing truck driver battles snobbery to become a star. Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Kathryn Grayson , José Iturbi , Ethel Barrymore . C-98 mins, CC,

10:00 AM BRUTE FORCE (1947)
Tough, disgruntled prisoners plan a daring, possibly bloody escape while on a drain pipe detail. Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Burt Lancaster , Hume Cronyn , Charles Bickford . BW-98 mins, CC,

12:00 PM CLUNY BROWN (1946)
A servant girl's passion for plumbing shocks London society. Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Charles Boyer , Jennifer Jones , Peter Lawford . BW-96 mins,

2:00 PM APRIL IN PARIS (1952)
A bureaucrat's mistake sends a chorus girl to Paris representing American theatre in place of a star actress. Dir: David Butler Cast: Doris Day , Ray Bolger , Claude Dauphin . C-100 mins, CC,

4:00 PM HARD DAY'S NIGHT, A (1964)
A typical day in the life of the Beatles. Dir: Richard Lester Cast: John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison . BW-87 mins, CC,

5:45 PM WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957)
A British lawyer gets caught up in a couple's tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder. Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Tyrone Power , Marlene Dietrich , Charles Laughton . BW-116 mins, CC,

8:00 PM GREAT MAN, THE (1957)
A radio writer preparing a tribute to a recently passed colleague discovers his idol had feet of clay. Dir: Jose Ferrer Cast: Jose Ferrer , Dean Jagger , Keenan Wynn . BW-92 mins,

10:00 PM SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
A crooked press agent stoops to new depths to help an egotistical columnist break up his sister's romance. Dir: Alexander Mackendrick Cast: Burt Lancaster , Tony Curtis , Susan Harrison . BW-97 mins, CC,

12:00 AM GRANDMA'S BOY (1922)
In this silent film, a young coward thinks a magical charm can make him a hero. Dir: Fred Newmeyer Cast: Harold Lloyd , Mildred Davis , Anna Townsend . BW-56 mins,

12:00 AM DR. JACK (1922)
In this silent film, a naive country doctor fights to save the woman he loves from a crooked specialist. BW-60 mins,

2:15 AM ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (1974)
An elderly German woman defies convention by marrying a much younger Moroccan immigrant. Dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast: Brigitte Mira , El Hedi Ben Salem , Irm Hermann . C-93 mins,

4:15 AM LOVE IS COLDER THAN DEATH (1969)
A small-time pimp is torn between his mistress and the gangster sent after him by the syndicate that he has refused to join. Dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast: Ulli Lommel , Hanna Schygulla , Katrin Schaake . BW-85 mins,