TCM Schedule for Tuesday, November 6: Star of the Month: Constance Bennett

For those of you who won't be watching election returns, or at least need a break.



Tonight TCM honors its Star of the Month, Constance Bennett, and note that there's both Pre-Code material on the menu and an appearance by the Classic Film Group patron saint, Robert Montgomery.

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

12:45 AM
Story of Temple Drake, The (1933)
A society girl gets mixed up with blackmail and murder after a vicious sexual assault.
Dir: Stephen Roberts Cast: Miriam Hopkins , William Gargan , Jack La Rue .
BW-71 mins, TV-14, CC,

2:15 AM
Old Man and the Sea, The (1958)
A Cuban fisherman believes his long dry spell will end when he catches a legendary fish.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Felipe Pazos Jr. , Harry Bellaver , Spencer Tracy .
C-87 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM
Age of Innocence, The (1934)
A young attorney risks his career for love of a glamorous divorcee.
Dir: Philip Moeller Cast: Irene Dunne , John Boles , Lionel Atwill .
BW-81 mins, TV-PG, CC,

5:30 AM
Babbitt (1934)
A small-town businessman bumbles into blackmail and a real-estate swindle.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Aline MacMahon , Guy Kibbee , Claire Dodd .
BW-74 mins, TV-G, CC,

6:45 AM
Alice Adams (1935)
A small-town girl with social ambitions falls in love with a local playboy.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Fred MacMurray , Fred Stone .
BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC,

8:30 AM
Naked And The Dead, The (1958)
A green lieutenant comes up against incompetent officers and a sadistic sergeant during World War II.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Aldo Ray , Cliff Robertson , Raymond Massey .
C-131 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 AM
Fountainhead, The (1949)
An idealistic architect battles corrupt business interests and his love for a married woman.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Gary Cooper , Patricia Neal , Raymond Massey .
BW-113 mins, TV-PG, CC,

1:00 PM
All the King's Men (1949)
A backwoods politician rises to the top only to become corrupted.
Dir: Robert Rossen Cast: Broderick Crawford , John Ireland , Joanne Dru .
BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC,

3:00 PM
Peyton Place (1957)
Small-town scandals erupt when a repressed woman deals with her daughter's move into adulthood.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Lana Turner , Lee Philips , Lloyd Nolan .
C-157 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:45 PM
Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A (1945)
A girl in the slums tries to find her way with the help of her devoted mother and alcoholic father.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Dorothy McGuire , Joan Blondell , James Dunn .
BW-129 mins, TV-G, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: CONSTANCE BENNETT

8:00 PM
Lady With a Past (1932)
A good girl raises her popularity when she pretends to be bad.
Dir: Edward H. Griffith Cast: Constance Bennett , Ben Lyon , David Manners .
BW-80 mins, TV-G, CC,



9:30 PM
Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
A stenographer tries to save her boss from his divorcee girlfriend.
Dir: Paul Stein Cast: Constance Bennett , Kenneth MacKenna , Basil Rathbone .
BW-80 mins, TV-G, CC,

11:00 PM
Easiest Way, The (1931)
A slum girl discovers the joys of life as a kept woman until she falls in love.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Constance Bennett , Adolphe Menjou , Robert Montgomery .
BW-74 mins, TV-G, CC,



12:30 AM
Common Law, The (1932)
A kept woman gives up luxury to move in with a struggling artist.
Dir: Paul L. Stein Cast: Constance Bennett , Joel McCrea , Lew Cody .
BW-74 mins, TV-PG, CC,

2:00 AM
Son of the Gods (1930)
A young man questions his Chinese ancestry when he falls in love.
Dir: Frank Lloyd Cast: Richard Barthelmess , Constance Bennett , Dorothy Mathews .
BW-90 mins, TV-PG,

3:45 AM
Born to Love (1932)
A World War I pilot thought dead turns up after the mother of his child has married.
Dir: Paul L. Stein Cast: Constance Bennett , Joel McCrea , Paul Cavanagh .
BW-81 mins, TV-G,

5:15 AM
TCM Presents Elvis Mitchell Under the Influence: Joan Allen (2008)
Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell.
C-27 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format