TCM Schedule for Tuesday, October 8: AFI Life Achievement Award
And you thought classic movies were tame. Today TCM's all prostitutes, all the time (well, from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m.). Then it's time for this year's AFI Life Achievement Award.
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
12:45 AM
WORLD CHANGES, THE ( 1933)
When a farmer strikes it rich in business, success goes to his head.
Dir: Mervyn Le Roy Cast: Paul Muni , Aline MacMahon , Mary Astor .
BW- 90 mins,
2:20 AM
LIONS ON THE LOOSE ( 1941) 
In this short film, two lion cubs escape from the zoo and go on an adventure.
Dir: Marjorie Freeman
BW- 9 mins,
2:30 AM
HI, NELLIE! ( 1934)
A crusading newspaper editor keeps digging into corruption, even when he's forced to write advice to the lovelorn.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Paul Muni , Glenda Farrell , Ned Sparks .
BW- 75 mins, CC,
4:00 AM
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER ( 1967)
An aging couple's liberal principles are tested when their daughter announces her engagement to a black doctor.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy , Sidney Poitier , Katharine Hepburn .
C- 108 mins, CC,
6:00 AM
ANNA CHRISTIE ( 1930)
Eugene O'Neill's classic about a romantic prostitute trying to run away from her past.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Greta Garbo , Charles Bickford , George F. Marion .
BW- 89 mins, CC,
7:45 AM
SAFE IN HELL ( 1931)
On the run from the police, a New Orleans prostitute gets stranded in a tropical haven for outlaws
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Dorothy Mackaill , Donald Cook , Ralf Harolde .
BW- 73 mins, CC,
9:00 AM
STRANGE CARGO ( 1940)
A prostitute and some prisoners attempt to escape from a penal colony in French Guiana.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Joan Crawford , Clark Gable , Ian Hunter .
BW- 113 mins, CC,
11:00 AM
PRIMROSE PATH ( 1940)
The youngest child in a family of prostitutes tries to go straight with a working man.
Dir: Gregory La Cava Cast: Ginger Rogers , Joel McCrea , Marjorie Rambeau .
BW- 93 mins, CC,
12:45 PM
ANGEL WORE RED, THE ( 1960)
A priest and a prostitute fall in love during the Spanish Civil War.
Dir: Nunnally Johnson Cast: Ava Gardner , Dirk Bogarde , Joseph Cotten .
BW- 99 mins, CC,
2:30 PM
MILLIE ( 1931)
A prostitute turns to murder to protect her teenage daughters honor.
Dir: John Francis Dillon Cast: Helen Twelvetrees , Lilyan Tashman , Robert Ames .
BW- 85 mins,
4:00 PM
LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE ( 1958)
A hotshot young flyer falls for a French prostitute during World War I.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Tab Hunter , Etchika Choureau , Marcel Dalio .
BW- 93 mins, CC,
5:45 PM
CANNERY ROW ( 1982)
A marine biologist falls for a prostitute in an offbeat waterfront town.
Dir: David S. Ward Cast: Nick Nolte , Debra Winger , Audra Lindley .
C- 120 mins, CC,
7:46 PM
AROUND THE WORLD IN CALIFORNIA ( 1947)
This short film takes the viewer to various sites around California.
C- 9 mins,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
8:00 PM
AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: A TRIBUTE TO DENZEL WASHINGTON ( 2019)
BW- 66 mins, CC,
9:30 PM
GLORY ( 1989)
A young white army officer is assigned to lead an all-black unit in the Civil War.
Dir: Edward Zwick Cast: Matthew Broderick , Cary Elwes , Morgan Freeman .
C- 122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
11:45 PM
AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: A TRIBUTE TO DENZEL WASHINGTON ( 2019)
BW- 66 mins, CC,
1:15 AM
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS ( 1995)
It's 1948 and Los Angeles is booming, but Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins has seen better days.
Dir: Carl Franklin Cast: Denzel Washington , Tom Sizemore , Don Cheadle .
C- 101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
3:15 AM
MIGHTY QUINN, THE ( 1989)
A Caribbean police officer must decide if a childhood friend is a crook or an innocent victim.
Dir: Carl Schenkel Cast: Denzel Washington , Robert Townsend , Mimi Rogers .
C- 99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:59 AM
ALERT TODAY - ALIVE TOMORROW ( 1956)
This short film promotes the need for cooperation and neighborliness in the event of a nuclear disaster and associated civil defense procedures.
Dir: Larry O'Reilly
BW- 15 mins,
5:15 AM
MGM PARADE SHOW #26 ( 1955)
Eleanor Powell performs in a clip from "Broadway Melody"; Spencer Tracy performs in a clip from "Captains Courageous." Hosted by George Murphy.
BW- 29 mins,