TCM Schedule for Tuesday, April 2: Ann Dvorak/Emma Thompson

Oh, this is something special! The daytime schedule is devoted to the movies of Ann Dvorak, and prime time is for Emma Thompson. Neither actress has a birthday today (though Dame Emma's natal day is later this month), but the film roster is impressive. Expect Pre-Code fare from Ms. Dvorak and Oscar-nominated and -winning work from Dame Emma, who is of course also a screenwriter.

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

12:15 AM Dinner at Eight (1933)
A high-society dinner party masks a hotbed of scandal and intrigue.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:15 AM The Divorcee (1930)
The double standard destroys a liberal couple's marriage.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



3:45 AM Bombshell (1933)
Film starlet Lola Burns is tired of her money-grubbing father and her scandal-chasing publicist E.J. "Space" Hanlon. After being unable to adopt a child due to Hanlon's interference, Lola flees movie stardom and meets Gifford Middleton, a millionaire who doesn't know of her fame. Just when marriage seems right around the ...
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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5:30 AM The Thin Man (1934)
In New York, a detective, his wife and his dog solve the murder case of an eccentric inventor.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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7:00 AM Three on a Match (1932)
A woman's childhood friends try to rescue her from gangsters.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy Cast: Virginia Davis, Joan Blondell, Dawn O'Day
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



8:15 AM The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)
A woman's bad taste in men leads to pregnancy out of wedlock.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Ann Dvorak, Lee Tracy, Richard Cromwell
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


9:30 AM Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934)
A mild-mannered reporter learns to stand up for himself.
Dir: Edward Ludwig Cast: Charles Ruggles, Ann Dvorak, Eugene Pallette
Runtime: 68 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:45 AM Heat Lightning (1934)
A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy Cast: Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster
Runtime: 63 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y



12:00 PM Side Streets (1934)
A lady furrier marries a lovesick sailor then has to deal with his checkered past.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Aline MacMahon, Paul Kelly, Ann Dvorak
Runtime: 63 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: N



1:15 PM Dr. Socrates (1935)
A small-town doctor gets mixed up with gangsters.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Barton MacLane
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:30 PM 'G' Men (1935)
A mob protege joins the FBI when a friend is gunned down.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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4:00 PM We Who Are About to Die (1936)
A San Quentin inmate's death row conviction is reversed.
Dir: Christy Cabanne Cast: Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, John Beal
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:30 PM The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)
Perry Mason tries to find out if a long-lost heiress is the real thing.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Donald Woods, Ann Dvorak, Anne Nagel
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:45 PM Racing Lady (1937)
A millionaire hires a lady trainer for his stables.
Dir: Wallace Fox Cast: Ann Dvorak, Smith Ballew, Harry Carey
Runtime: 59 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N

What's on Tonight: Emma Thompson

8:00 PM Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Jane Austen's classic tale of two sisters with different romantic notions.
Dir: Ang Lee Cast: Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman
Runtime: 135 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



10:30 PM The Remains of the Day (1993)
A proper British butler sacrifices happiness to remain faithful to his position.
Dir: James Ivory Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Christopher Reeve
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



1:00 AM In the Name of the Father (1993)
In 1974, an Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.
Dir: Jim Sheridan Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-MA CC:



3:30 AM Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Young lovers and soon-to-wed Hero and Claudio conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.
Dir: Kenneth Branagh Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #8 (1955)
Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant perform in a clip from The Philadelphia Story. George Murphy introduces a clip from The Tender Trap.
Dir: null Cast: George Murphy, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N