TCM Schedule for Tuesday, October 12th: Star of the Month: Fredric March

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

12:00 AM Perils Of Pauline, The (1947)
The world's worst actress rises to stardom as serial queen Pearl White. Cast: Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe. Dir: George Marshall. C-93 mins, TV-G, CC



1:50 AM Short Film: Heroes At Leisure (1939)
BW-10 mins,

2:00 AM Hail The Conquering Hero (1944)
A group of veterans help a small-town fraud convince his family he was a war hero. Cast: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn. Dir: Preston Sturges. BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC

4:00 AM Palm Beach Story, The (1942)
To finance her husband's career, a married woman courts an eccentric millionaire. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor. Dir: Preston Sturges. BW-88 mins, TV-G, CC



5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #28 (1955)
Walter Pidgeon introduces Part Two of "Captains Courageous" and interviews Robby the Robot from "Forbidden Planet." BW-26 mins, TV-G

6:00 AM I Love a Mystery (1945)
A detective tries to protect a man who has predicted his murder will take place in three days. Cast: Jim Bannon, Nina Foch, George Macready. Dir: Henry Levin. BW-69 mins, TV-PG, CC

7:15 AM Devil's Mask, The (1946)
A detective tries to identify a shrunken head found in a crashed cargo plane. Cast: Jim Bannon, Barton Yarborough, Anita Louise. Dir: Henry Levin. BW-66 mins,

8:30 AM Unknown, The (1946)
A woman with amnesia hires two detectives to keep her alive long enough to claim her inheritance. Cast: Karen Morley, Jim Bannon, Jeff Donnell. Dir: Henry Levin. BW-71 mins,

9:50 AM Short Film: How To Be A Detective (1936)
Robert Benchley vainly tries to teach the audience what it takes to be a successful detective. Cast: Robert Benchley BW-9 mins,

10:00 AM Saint In New York, The (1938)
The Saint goes undercover to get the goods on New York's mob kingpins. Cast: Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Jonathan Hale. Dir: Ben Holmes. BW-72 mins, TV-G, CC

11:15 AM Saint Strikes Back, The (1939)
The Saint helps a young beauty take vengeance on the mobsters who ruined her father. Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Barry Fitzgerald. Dir: John Farrow. BW-64 mins, TV-G, CC

12:30 PM Saint In London, The (1939)
The Saint's investigation of a counterfeiting ring uncovers a nest of spies. Cast: George Sanders, David Burns, Sally Gray. Dir: John Paddy Carstairs. BW-72 mins, TV-G, CC

1:45 PM Saint's Double Trouble, The (1940)
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templer lands in hot water when a look-alike smuggles stolen goods out of Egypt. Cast: George Sanders, Jonathan Hale, Bela Lugosi. Dir: Jack Hively. BW-67 mins, TV-G, CC

3:00 PM Saint Takes Over, The (1940)
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar tries to help a police inspector who's been framed on bribery charges. Cast: George Sanders, Jonathan Hale, Wendy Barrie. Dir: Jack Hively. BW-70 mins, TV-G, CC

4:15 PM Saint In Palm Springs, The (1941)
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar's efforts to deliver a fortune in rare stamps are complicated by murder. Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale. Dir: Jack Hively. BW-66 mins, TV-G, CC

5:30 PM Saint's Vacation, The (1941)
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templer vies with Nazi agents for possession of a mysterious music box . Cast: Hugh Sinclair, Sally Gray, Arthur Macrae. Dir: Leslie Fenton. BW-61 mins, TV-G

6:32 PM Short Film: So You Want To Be A Detective (1948)
BW-11 mins,

6:45 PM Saint Meets the Tiger, The (1943)
The Saint infiltrates a small English village run by smugglers. Cast: Hugh Sinclair, Jean Gillie, Clifford Evans. Dir: Paul L. Stein. BW-69 mins, TV-G, CC

What's On Tonight: STAR OF THE MONTH: FREDRIC MARCH

8:00 PM Star Is Born, A (1937)
A fading matinee idol marries the young beginner he's shepherded to stardom. Cast: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou. Dir: William A. Wellman. C-111 mins, TV-G, CC



10:00 PM Best Years Of Our Lives, The (1946)
Three returning servicemen fight to adjust to life after World War II. Cast: Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy. Dir: William Wyler. BW-170 mins, TV-PG, CC



1:00 AM One Foot In Heaven (1941)
A minister and his wife cope with the problems of church life in the 20th century. Cast: Fredric March, Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi. Dir: Irving Rapper. BW-108 mins, TV-G, CC



3:00 AM Bedtime Story (1942)
A stage star's dreams of retirement conflict with her playwright husband's need for a hit -- with her starring. Cast: Fredric March, Loretta Young, Robert Benchley. Dir: Alexander Hall. BW-85 mins, TV-G

4:30 AM Make Me A Star (1932)
A grocery clerk goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Cast: Stuart Erwin, Joan Blondell, ZaSu Pitts. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-86 mins, TV-G