TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 20th: TCM Spotlight: Critic's Picks

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Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

12:00 AM Barretts of Wimpole Street, The (1934)
An invalid poetess defies her father's wishes to marry a dashing young poet. Cast: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton. Dir: Sidney Franklin. BW-109 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS



2:00 AM Susan And God (1940)
A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group. Cast: Joan Crawford, Fredric March, Rita Hayworth. Dir: George Cukor. BW-117 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:05 AM Short Film: Wee Bit Of Scotland, A (1949)
In this "Traveltalk," we learn about the history, culture, and people of Scotland. Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick C-10 mins,

4:15 AM Mary of Scotland (1936)
Biography of the flighty Scottish queen who was brought down by love. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge. Dir: John Ford. BW-124 mins, TV-G, CC



6:30 AM Nothing Sacred (1937)
When a small-town girl is diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an ambitious newspaper man turns her into a national heroine. Cast: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Walter Connolly. Dir: William A. Wellman. C-74 mins, TV-PG



8:00 AM It's A Big Country (1951)
Seven stories celebrate the glorious diversity of American life. Cast: Ethel Barrymore, Van Johnson, Gene Kelly. Dir: Richard Thorpe, Don Weis, John Sturges, Don Hartman, William A. Wellman, BW-89 mins, TV-PG, CC

9:45 AM Woman Of The Year (1942)
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter. Dir: George Stevens. BW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS



11:45 AM Arsenic And Old Lace (1944)
A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men. Cast: Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-118 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS



1:45 PM Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
A spoiled rich girl refuses to let marriage interfere with man-chasing. Cast: Lana Turner, James Craig, John Hodiak. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. BW-117 mins, TV-PG, CC

3:45 PM Roughly Speaking (1945)
A man's wild moneymaking schemes leave his wife to raise their family. Cast: Rosalind Russell, Jack Carson, Robert Hutton. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-117 mins, TV-G, CC

5:45 PM I Remember Mama (1948)
Norwegian immigrants face the trials of family life in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. Cast: Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar Homolka. Dir: George Stevens. BW-134 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM SPOTLIGHT: CRITIC'S PICKS

8:00 PM Ride Lonesome (1959)
A bounty hunter tries to bring a murderer to justice through perilous territory. Cast: Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts. Dir: Budd Boetticher. C-73 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

9:30 PM Park Row (1952)
A crusading newspaperman fights to save his paper from a hostile takeover. Cast: Gene Evans, Mary Welch, Bela Kovacs. Dir: Samuel Fuller. BW-83 mins, TV-PG

11:00 PM Last Flight, The (1931)
Four disillusioned Army buddies roam post-WWI Europe. Cast: Richard Barthelmess, David Manners, Johnny Mack Brown. Dir: William Dieterle. BW-76 mins, TV-G

12:30 AM All Through The Night (1942)
A criminal gang turns patriotic to track down a Nazi spy ring. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Jane Darwell. Dir: Vincent Sherman. BW-107 mins, TV-PG, CC



2:30 AM Nazi Agent (1942)
An Allied sympathizer discovers his twin brother is a Nazi spy. Cast: Conrad Veidt, Anne Ayars, Dorothy Tree. Dir: Jules Dassin. BW-84 mins, TV-G

4:00 AM Above Suspicion (1943)
A honeymooning couple are asked to spy on the Nazis in pre-war Europe. Cast: Fred MacMurray, Joan Crawford, Conrad Veidt. Dir: Richard Thorpe. BW-91 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

5:32 AM Short Film: Mr. Blabbermouth (1942)
BW-19 mins,