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Produced by Alexander Korda — Part 1
TCM, beginning at 7 p.m.
Tonight begins a multi-part lineup (concluding next Monday with Part 2) of films from (or about) famed British movie producer Alexander Korda, who founded his own studio and film-distribution company and was the first filmmaker to be knighted. Tonight’s schedule begins with the 2019 documentary Churchill and the MovieMogul (pictured), about how Korda collaborated with British prime minister Winston Churchill to have his works sometimes help on the propaganda front, especially during World War II. The documentary will re-air this evening along with the following Korda productions: The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933, also director), Conquest of the Air (1936), That HamiltonWoman (1941, also director), The
Lion HasWings (1939, also an uncredited director), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934, also cowriter) andWedding Rehearsal (1932, also director).