TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 12: Star of the Month: Lana Turner

There's also a (daytime) birthday tribute to the great Edward G. Robinson. And when I checked his birthdate, I was reminded that he was an immigrant, one of many who made Hollywood what it was in what we now think of as its Golden Age.

Tuesday, December 12th, 2017

12:15 AM
WITHNAIL & I ( 1987)

Two unemployed actors escape the horrors of London for a drunken vacation.
Dir: Bruce Robinson Cast: Richard E. Grant , Paul Mcgann , Richard Griffiths .
C- 108 mins, CC,

2:30 AM
HORSE FEATHERS ( 1932)

In an effort to beef up his school's football team, a college president mistakenly recruits two loonies.
Dir: Norman McLeod Cast: Groucho Marx , Harpo Marx , Chico Marx .
BW- 67 mins, CC,

4:00 AM
DAY AT THE RACES, A ( 1937)

A group of zanies tries to save a pretty girl's sanitarium.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Groucho [Marx] , Chico [Marx] , Harpo [Marx] .
BW- 109 mins, CC,

6:00 AM
MGM PARADE SHOW #4 ( 1955)

George Murphy tours Lake Metro, where "Mutiny on the Bounty" and "Show Boat" were shot, and introduces a clip from "Good News." These clips feature June Allyson and Peter Lawford.
BW- 26 mins,

6:30 AM
SMART MONEY ( 1931)

A barber's good luck turns him into a big-time gambling boss.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Edward G. Robinson , James Cagney , Evalyn Knapp .
BW- 81 mins, CC,

8:00 AM
HATCHET MAN, THE ( 1932)

When he's forced to kill his best friend, a Chinese hit man adopts the man's daughter.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Loretta Young , Dudley Digges .
BW- 73 mins, CC,

9:30 AM
SILVER DOLLAR ( 1932)

A farmer strikes it rich out West, then leaves his wife for a young beauty.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Bebe Daniels , Aline MacMahon .
BW- 83 mins,

11:00 AM
TWO SECONDS ( 1932)

In the last moments of his life, a criminal reviews the circumstances that led him to death row.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Vivienne Osborne , Guy Kibbee .
BW- 67 mins,

12:15 PM
LITTLE GIANT, THE ( 1933)

When Prohibition ends, a bootlegger tries to break into high society.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Mary Astor , Helen Vinson .
BW- 76 mins, CC,

1:45 PM
DARK HAZARD ( 1934)

A compulsive gambler loses everything.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Genevieve Tobin , Glenda Farrell .
BW- 73 mins, CC,

3:00 PM
SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER, A ( 1938)

A gangster finds the straight life ain't so simple.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Jane Bryan , Allen Jenkins .
BW- 85 mins, CC,

4:30 PM
BLACKMAIL ( 1939)

A man in prison on false charges escapes to save his family from a blackmailer.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Ruth Hussey , Gene Lockhart .
BW- 81 mins, CC,

6:00 PM
MANPOWER ( 1941)

Power linemen feud over the love of a sultry nightclub singer.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Marlene Dietrich , George Raft .
BW- 103 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: LANA TURNER

8:00 PM
POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, THE ( 1946)

Illicit lovers plot to kill the woman's older husband.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Lana Turner , John Garfield , Cecil Kellaway .
BW- 113 mins, CC,



10:15 PM
THREE MUSKETEERS, THE ( 1948)

Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their mission to protect France.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Lana Turner , Gene Kelly , June Allyson .
C- 126 mins, CC,

12:30 AM
JOHNNY EAGER ( 1942)

A handsome racketeer seduces the DA's daughter for revenge, then falls in love.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Robert Taylor , Lana Turner , Edward Arnold .
BW- 107 mins, CC,

2:30 AM
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE ( 1941)

A scientist's investigations into the nature of good and evil turn him into a murderous monster.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Spencer Tracy , Ingrid Bergman , Lana Turner .
BW- 113 mins, CC,

4:30 AM
GREEN DOLPHIN STREET ( 1947)

In 19th-century New Zealand, two sisters compete for the same man against a backdrop of political unrest and natural disaster.
Dir: Victor Saville Cast: Lana Turner , Van Heflin , Donna Reed .
BW- 141 mins, CC,