TCM Schedule for Sunday, May 5, 2013 -- Tonight on TCM: Fanny Brice
An evening of Fanny Brice, and then the start of a silent French serial from 1917 and the classic Ozu film Late Spring. Nice night for movie buffs!
6:00 AM
THE FIREFLY (1937)
A Spanish spy masquerades as a singer to sabotage Napoleon's forces.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, Warren William.
BW-130 mins, TV-G, CC
8:30 AM
ROXIE HART (1942)
To try and kick-start her show-business career, a woman admits to a Chicago murder.
Dir: William A. Wellman
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery.
BW-74 mins, TV-G, CC
10:00 AM
GOD'S LITTLE ACRE (1958)
A dirt-farmer lets his family fall apart while he hunts for his grandfather's buried gold.
Dir: Anthony Mann
Cast: Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Buddy Hackett.
BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
12:00 PM
THE MILLIONAIRESS (1961)
When the world's richest woman falls for an ascetic Indian doctor, they plan a test to decide whose dreams will come true.
Dir: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim.
C-86 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
1:30 PM
THE PRODUCERS (1968)
A Broadway producer decides to get rich by creating the biggest flop of his career.
Dir: Mel Brooks
Cast: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn.
C-90 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
3:15 PM
BYE BYE BIRDIE (1963)
A rock star's personal appearance turns a small town into a disaster area.
Dir: George Sidney
Cast: Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret.
C-112 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
5:15 PM
HELLO, DOLLY! (1969)
A widowed matchmaker sets her sights on a wealthy man looking for a rich, young wife.
Dir: Gene Kelly
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford.
C-148 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
TONIGHT ON TCM
FANNY BRICE
8:00 PM
ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE (1939)
A singer struggles to keep her criminal boyfriend from trouble.
Dir: Gregory Ratoff
Cast: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Al Jolson.
BW-86 mins, TV-PG
9:45 PM
FUNNY GIRL (1968)
Comedienne Fanny Brice fights to prove that she can be the greatest star and find romance even though she isn't pretty.
Dir: William Wyler
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford.
C-157 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
12:30 AM
JUDEX: THE PROLOGUE, THE MYSTERIOUS SHADOW, THE ATONEMENT, and THE FANTASTIC DOG PACK (1917)
The prologue and first three episodes of the French silent serial about dashing pulp avenger, Judex.
BW-36 mins, 26 mins, 16 mins, and 27 mins, TV-G
2:45 AM
LATE SPRING (1949)
A spinster attached to her father makes a change in her life with the help of her sister.
Dir: Yasujiro Ozu
Cast: Chisu Ryu, Stesuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura.
BW-108 mins, TV-G
4:45 AM
FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950)
A doting father faces mountains of bills and endless trials when his daughter marries.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor.
BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC