TCM Schedule for Tuesday, October 30th.

[CBHagman]

Yes, there are still biopics to be seen (A Lot of Composers with Issues), but evening is devoted to victims of the blacklist.

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007.

12:48am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Academy Award Portfolio (1928 - 1961) (1965)
BW-1 mins

12:51am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Visiting St. Louis (1944)
This "Traveltalk" explores about the history, people, and culture of St. Louis, MO.
Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick C-9 mins

1:00am St. Louis Blues (1958)
Musical biopic about the life of legendary bluesman W.C. Handy.
Cast: Nat King Cole, Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway. Dir: Allen Reisner. BW-94 mins, TV-PG

2:45am Your Cheatin' Heart (1964)
Legendary country-western singer Hank Williams uses alcohol to deal with the pressures of fame.
Cast: George Hamilton, Susan Oliver, Red Buttons. Dir: Gene Nelson. BW-99 mins, TV-14

4:30am Song to Remember, A (1945)
The famed composer Chopin sacrifices everything, even love, for his native Poland.
Cast: Cornel Wilde, Merle Oberon, Paul Muni. Dir: Charles Vidor. C-112 mins, TV-G

6:30am Song Without End (1960)
Musical genius Franz Liszt betrays his lover to court a married princess.
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, Genevieve Page. Dir: Charles Vidor, George Cukor. C-130 mins, TV-PG

8:41am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Song Of A Nation, The (1947)
C-17 mins

9:00am Words And Music (1948)
Songwriters Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart search for love while rising to the top.
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Janet Leigh, Tom Drake. Dir: Norman Taurog. C-121 mins, TV-G

11:15am Night And Day (1946)
Fanciful biography of songwriter Cole Porter, who rose from high society to find success on Tin Pan Alley.
Cast: Cary Grant, Jane Wyman, Alexis Smith. Dir: Michael Curtiz. C-128 mins, TV-G

1:30pm Rhapsody In Blue (1945)
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.
Cast: Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith. Dir: Irving Rapper. BW-141 mins, TV-PG

4:00pm Gene Krupa Story, The (1959)
Legendary jazz musician Gene Krupa faces highs and lows along the path of his life.
Cast: Sal Mineo, Susan Kohner, James Darren Dir: Don Weis BW-101 mins, TV-PG

5:43pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra (1938)
BW-9 mins

6:00pm Glenn Miller Story, The (1954)
The famed bandleader fights to establish himself and keep his family going.
Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan. Dir: Anthony Mann. C-116 mins, TV-G


What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: BLACKLISTED FILMMAKERS

8:00pm Spy Who Came in From the Cold, The (1965)
A British agent infiltrates the enemy by allowing himself to be disgraced at home.
Cast: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner. Dir: Martin Ritt. BW-112 mins, TV-PG

10:00pm Tender Comrade (1943)
Lady welders pool their resources to share a house during World War II.
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Robert Ryan, Ruth Hussey. Dir: Edward Dmytryk. BW-102 mins, TV-PG

11:45pm Deadline At Dawn (1946)
An aspiring actress risks her life to clear a sailor charged with murder.
Cast: Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams. Dir: Harold Clurman. BW-83 mins, TV-G

1:21am Short Film: From The Vaults: Red Cross Promo ( Spencer Tracy) (1951)
BW-2 mins

1:30am Cross Of Lorraine, The (1943)
Allied POWs fight to survive torture and loss of faith.
Cast: Gene Kelly, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Peter Lorre. Dir: Tay Garnett. BW-90 mins, TV-G

3:15am Objective, Burma! (1945)
An American platoon parachutes into Burma to take out a strategic Japanese outpost.
Cast: Errol Flynn, George Tobias, Henry Hull. Dir: Raoul Walsh. BW-142 mins, TV-PG

[Matilda]

1. We also have the "One Reel Wonders" series here,

and I can't stand them. Totally dated, and not the least bit funny, IMO.

I'd rather watch old cartoons in the fillers, I think.