Special Theme: The Studio System: ‘Columbia & Warner Bros.’
TCM, beginning at 8 a.m.
Tuesdays this month, TCM honors the great film studios of Hollywood’s golden age, most of which still exist but which back in the day had more power and control over the stable of stars who “belonged” to them. Most Tuesdays will feature two studios, as does today. This morning, enjoy the
classic titles and actors of Columbia films: Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday (pictured) (1940); Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946); Jean Arthur in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Jack Lemmon and Judy Holliday in It Should Happen to You (1953); and William Holden in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957). The evening belongs to Warner Bros., with Bette Davis in Dark Victory (1939); Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon (1941); Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938); James Cagney in White Heat (1949); and Edward G. Robinson and John Garfield in The SeaWolf (1941).