TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 24: Producer Florenz Ziegfeld Jr./Star of the Month: George Brent

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A note on today's trailers: There are trailers for many George Brent movies on YouTube, but a couple of them would not post here. However, if you're a fan, it's worth searching for G.B. on YouTube, because there's quite a lot there, including free full-length films.

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Musical Matinee (continued)

12:00 AM Pennies from Heaven (1981)
Arthur sells sheet music and fantasizes about a world that should behave according to the lyrics of the songs he sells. Eileen fantasizes about love. In their minds, these two share a romance, singing and dancing to the popular music of the 1930s. In reality, the affair between the married Arthur and the innocent Eileen destroys them both.
Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

2:00 AM Hair (1979)
A young man joins a hippie commune on the eve of reporting for military service.
Dir: Milos Forman Cast: John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

4:15 AM Divine Madness (1980)
Bette Midler performs her songs and raucous comedy at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
Dir: Michael Ritchie Cast: Bette Midler, Jocelyn Brown, Ula Hedwig
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Music Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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TCM Daytime: Producer Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

6:00 AM I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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8:00 AM Deep in My Heart (1954)
Life story of Sigmund Romberg who grew to become one of Broadway's most prolific composers and producers in the 1920s.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: José Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Helen Traubel
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:15 AM The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Story of the life of Helen Morgan, the grand dame of torch singers during Roaring Twenties Chicago.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

12:15 PM Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
Legendary showman Flo Ziegfeld imagines the kind of Follies he could produce with MGM's musical stars.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Lucille Bremer
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

2:15 PM The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
The larger-than-life career of stage genius Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. is aptly celebrated in this marvelous musical biography.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer
Runtime: 176 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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5:15 PM Funny Girl (1968)
Comedienne Fanny Brice fights to prove that she can be the greatest star and find romance even though she isn't pretty.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford
Runtime: 151 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

TCM Primetime: Star of the Month: George Brent

8:00 PM From Headquarters (1933)
A police lieutenant uses scientific methods to solve a decadent playboy's murder.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y

9:15 PM South of Suez (1940)
A murder defendant falls for his alleged victim's daughter.
Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: George Brent, Brenda Marshall, George Tobias
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:45 PM The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
A defense lawyer sets out to topple a powerful gangster.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: George Brent, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y

12:15 AM Snowed Under (1936)
A playwright in search of solitude is besieged by three women.
Dir: Raymond Enright Cast: George Brent, Genevieve Tobin, Glenda Farrell
Runtime: 63 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

1:30 AM Wings of the Navy (1939)
Pilot brothers vie for the same woman.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: George Brent, Olivia De Havilland, John Payne
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y

3:15 AM God's Country and the Woman (1936)
A lady lumberjack falls for one of her workers, not realizing it's a business rival in disguise.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: George Brent, Beverly Roberts, Barton Maclane
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:00 AM Front Page Woman (1935)
Rival reporters try to scoop each other while covering a fire.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Roscoe Karns
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y