TCM Schedule for Wednesday, April 9: Greer Garson/Special Theme: Acts of Faith - Pictures of Judaism
Truly an intriguing schedule that offers science and the supernatural, families and faith, amnesia and Austen (as in Jane). Enjoy!
April 9, 2025
1:30 AM They Won't Believe Me (1947) A philandering playboy with a wealthy wife and two girlfriends ends up on trial for murder when two of the ladies turn up dead, and he's the most likely suspect. Dir: Irving Pichel Cast: Susan Hayward, Robert Young, Jane Greer
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:15 AM The Outfit (1973) An ex-con takes on the mob to avenge his brother's death. Dir: John Flynn Cast: Robert Duvall, Karen Black, Roland Lastarza
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
5:15 AM MGM 40th Anniversary (1964) A brief overview of MGM releases from the first 40 years of the studio. Dir: null Cast: Laurence Harvey, Kim Novak, Rod Steiger
Runtime: 32 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N
TCM Daytime: Greer Garson
6:00 AM Adventure (1945) A rough-living sailor has trouble adjusting to domestic life when he marries a librarian. Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Clark Gable, Greer Garson, Joan Blondell
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:15 AM Madame Curie (1943) The famed female scientist fights to keep her marriage together while conducting early experiments with radioactivity. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:30 AM Random Harvest (1942) A woman's happiness is threatened when she discovers her husband has been suffering from amnesia. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:00 PM Mrs. Parkington (1944) A lady's maid marries a man whose prospects push her into high society. Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
3:15 PM Mrs. Miniver (1942) A British family struggles to survive the first days of World War II. Dir: William Wyler Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:45 PM Pride and Prejudice (1940) The arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
TCM Prime Time: Special Theme: Acts of Faith - Pictures of Judaism
8:00 PM Yentl (1983) A young Eastern European woman, circa 1904, disguises herself as a boy in order to pursue her passion for studying holy scripture. Dir: Barbra Streisand Cast: Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
10:30 PM Fiddler on the Roof (1971) Before the Russian revolution, a Jewish milkman tries to marry off his daughters, who have plans of their own. Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey
Runtime: 180 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:45 AM The Chosen (1981) In 1944, in Brooklyn, two Jewish kids become friends. One is from a very conservative family, and the other is more liberal. Dir: Jeremy Kagan Cast: Maximilian Schell, Rod Steiger, Barry Miller, Robby Benson
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
3:45 AM The Dybbuk (1938) Around 1850, in a Polish shtetl, a young man raises the devil to help him win the woman he loves. When his plan goes fatally awry, his beloved is possessed by his dybbuk--the lost soul of a dead person. Dir: Michal Waszynski Cast: Abraham Morewski, Issac Samberg, Moshe Libman
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-G CC: N