TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 17: Frances Dee

[CBHagman]

Star of the Month Clark Gable reigns over the daytime schedule, which includes the Pre-Code medical drama Men in White.

Tonight TCM remembers the actress Frances Dee, a contract player who appeared uncredited in a number of her early films but also starred as Meg alongside Katharine Hepburn's Jo in George Cukor's adaptation of Little Women (not on the roster tonight). Get better acquainted or reacquainted via the LA Times obituary and IMDB links I've included below.

[url]http://articles.latimes.com/2004/mar/10/local/me-dee10[/url]

[url]http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214168/[/url]

Wednesday, May 17th, 2017

12:45 AM
MANHATTAN MELODRAMA ( 1934)

Boyhood friends grow up on opposite sides of the law.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Clark Gable , William Powell , Myrna Loy .
BW- 90 mins, CC,

2:30 AM
HOLD YOUR MAN ( 1933)

A hard-boiled babe and a con man wear down each other's rough edges.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Jean Harlow , Clark Gable , Stuart Erwin .
BW- 87 mins, CC,

4:03 AM
HOLLYWOOD HANDICAP ( 1938)

In this short film, a group of musician stable hands race a horse in the Hollywood Derby at Santa Anita race track.
Dir: Buster Keaton Cast: Cyril Ring , Lester Dorr , Gregory Ratoff .
BW- 10 mins,

4:15 AM
TOO HOT TO HANDLE ( 1938)

Rival newsreel photographers vie for scoops and a beautiful lady flyer.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Clark Gable , Myrna Loy , Walter Pidgeon .
BW- 107 mins, CC,

6:03 AM
VITAPHONE PICTORIAL REVUE NO. 2-10, A ( 1938)

This short film contains three unique segments, such as how beavers help grow grass to wool manufacturing. Vitaphone Release B60.
BW- 7 mins,

6:15 AM
SARATOGA ( 1937)

A horse breeder's daughter falls for a bookie.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Clark Gable , Jean Harlow , Lionel Barrymore .
BW- 92 mins, CC,

8:00 AM
MEN IN WHITE ( 1934)

A young doctor has to choose between his studies and his marriage to a society girl.
Dir: Richard Boleslavsky Cast: Clark Gable , Myrna Loy , Jean Hersholt .
BW- 74 mins, CC,

9:20 AM
INTIMATE INTERVIEWS: WALTER HUSTON ( 1931)

In this short film, Walter Huston discusses his acting, career, and private life with interviewer Dorothy West.
Dir: Grace Elliott
BW- 9 mins,

9:30 AM
SECRET SIX, THE ( 1931)

A secret society funds the investigation of a bootlegging gang.
Dir: George Hill Cast: Wallace Beery , Lewis Stone , John Mack Brown .
BW- 84 mins, CC,

10:56 AM
GOOFY MOVIES NUMBER TEN ( 1934)

This short film, spoofing silent footage, features planes that can't fly, a bear that can't fish, and a woman who can't catch a break in life.
BW- 10 mins,

11:15 AM
PARNELL ( 1937)

True story of the Irish politician whose fight for freedom was compromised by his affair with a married woman.
Dir: John M. Stahl Cast: Clark Gable , Myrna Loy , Edna May Oliver .
BW- 118 mins, CC,

1:20 PM
LITTLE JOURNEYS TO GREAT MASTERS ( 1931)

This short film provides a glimpse at famous art galleries of Rome, Florence and the Vatican. Vitaphone Release 1248.
Dir: E. M. Newman
BW- 8 mins,

1:30 PM
SQUALL, THE ( 1929)

A gypsy beauty sets the men of a farming family to fighting over her favors.
Dir: Alexander Korda Cast: Myrna Loy , Richard Tucker , Alice Joyce .
BW- 102 mins,

3:15 PM
CUCKOOS, THE ( 1930)

Two tramps-turned-fortune-tellers try to solve a kidnapping.
Dir: Paul Sloane Cast: Bert Wheeler , Robert Woolsey , June Clyde .
BW- 97 mins, CC,

5:00 PM
BOHEMIAN GIRL, THE ( 1936)

Two pickpockets raise a stolen child, not realizing she's royalty.
Dir: James W. Horne Cast: Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy , Thelma Todd .
BW- 71 mins,

6:20 PM
VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER GATEWAYS TO CANADA ( 1936)

This short film focuses on the history, customs, and landscapes of Victoria and Vancouver.
Dir: Benjamin D. Sharpe
C- 9 mins,

6:30 PM
VANESSA: HER LOVE STORY ( 1935)

A Victorian wife contemplates leaving her insane husband for a romantic gypsy.
Dir: William K. Howard Cast: Robert Montgomery , Helen Hayes , May Robson .
BW- 75 mins, CC,

7:50 PM
SCENIC OREGON ( 1943)

This short film takes the viewer through the state of Oregon, focusing on numerous natural attractions.
C- 10 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: FRANCES DEE

8:00 PM
HAPPY LAND ( 1943)

A small-town druggist thinks back on the life of the son who has just died in World War II.
Dir: Irving Pichel Cast: Don Ameche , Frances Dee , Harry Carey .
BW- 75 mins, CC,

9:30 PM
AMERICAN TRAGEDY, AN ( 1931)

A factory worker's romance with a beautiful heiress is complicated by an earlier fate.
Dir: Josef von Sternberg Cast: Phillips Holmes , Sylvia Sidney , Frances Dee .
BW- 110 mins,

11:30 PM
I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE ( 1943)

A nurse in the Caribbean resorts to voodoo to cure her patient, even though she's in love with the woman's husband.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: James Ellison , Frances Dee , Tom Conway .
BW- 69 mins, CC,

12:50 AM
WATER TRIX ( 1948)

In this short film, photographer Charles T. Trego films water skiers perform various tricks.
Dir: Charles T. Trego
BW- 9 mins,

1:00 AM
FOUR FACES WEST ( 1948)

After a big bank job, a bandit tries to avoid the posse on his trail.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Joel McCrea , Frances Dee , Charles Bickford .
BW- 90 mins, CC,

2:33 AM
TREE IN A TEST TUBE, THE ( 1943)

Laurel and Hardy demonstrate the various uses of wood in this short film.
Dir: Charles McDonald
C- 6 mins,

2:45 AM
OF HUMAN BONDAGE ( 1934)

A medical student falls prey to a sluttish waitress.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Leslie Howard , Bette Davis , Frances Dee .
BW- 83 mins, CC,

4:15 AM
FINISHING SCHOOL ( 1934)

A boarding-school girl has to cope with family problems and puppy love.
Dir: Wanda Tuchock Cast: Frances Dee , Billie Burke , Ginger Rogers .
BW- 73 mins, CC,

5:33 AM
HARRY WARREN AMERICA'S FOREMOST COMPOSER ( 1933)

In this short film, songwriter Harry Warren performs a number of his own compositions, such as "Forty-Second Street" and "You're My Everything." Vitaphone Release 1544.
Dir: Ray McCarey
BW- 9 mins,

5:45 AM
LOVE IS A RACKET ( 1932)

A beautiful girl convinces a reporter to cover up her involvement in a murder.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Douglas Fairbanks , Ann Dvorak , Frances Dee .
BW- 71 mins, CC,