TCM Schedule for Sunday March 4 - Anna May Wong

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Tonight TCM spotlights the pioneering Chinese-American star Anna May Wong, including some of her silent work.

(all times Eastern)

6:30 AM MILLION DOLLAR LEGS ( 1932)
Dir: Edward Cline Cast: Jack Oakie , W. C. Fields , Andy Clyde . BW- 62 mins,

6:30 AM TOO MANY HIGHBALLS ( 1933)
A man attempts to get his in-laws out of the house in this short comedy. Dir: Clyde Bruckman Cast: George Gray , Dick Stewart , Bill McCall . BW- 20 mins,

7:56 AM YOU BRING THE DUCKS ( 1934)
In this comedic short film, Irvin S. Cobb attempts to secure a job by taking the governor on a duck hunting trip... but his nephew has other plans. Dir: Hal Yates Cast: Fred Toones , May Wallace , Benny Baker .BW- 16 mins,

8:15 AM RUGGLES OF RED GAP ( 1935)
A Western rancher wins a British valet in a poker game. Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Charles Laughton , Mary Boland , Charlie Ruggles . BW- 91 mins, CC,

10:00 AM BIG HEAT, THE ( 1953)
A police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster's moll to bring down a powerful gangster. Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Glenn Ford , Gloria Grahame , Jocelyn Brando . BW- 90 mins, CC,

12:00 PM BORN YESTERDAY ( 1950)
A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman's girlfriend. Dir: George Cukor Cast: Judy Holliday , Broderick Crawford , William Holden . BW- 102 mins, CC,

1:49 PM HER HONOR, THE NURSE ( 1956)
This short film looks at the duties of the modern nurse. Dir: Harry W. Smith BW- 8 mins,

2:00 PM SEND ME NO FLOWERS ( 1964)
When he mistakenly thinks he's dying, a hypochondriac tries to choose his wife's next husband. Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Rock Hudson , Doris Day , Tony Randall . C- 100 mins, CC,

3:49 PM BASQUE SPORTS ( 1957)
This short film focuses on the sports played by ethnic Basques who live in the Pyrenees Mountains. Dir: Van Campen Heilner BW- 8 mins,

4:00 PM CHARADE ( 1963)
A beautiful widow tries to find her husband's lost fortune while eluding the killers who want it themselves. Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Cary Grant , Audrey Hepburn , Walter Matthau . C- 113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM BEACH PARTY ( 1963)
An anthropologist studies the dating habits of the teens hanging out on a nearby beach. Dir: William Asher Cast: Bob Cummings , Dorothy Malone , Frankie Avalon . C- 98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:49 PM MODERN TOKYO ( 1935)
This short film focuses on the influences of Western culture in Tokyo, Japan. C- 9 mins,

8:00 PM DAUGHTER OF THE DRAGON ( 1931)
A Chinese princess gets caught between the ruthless warlord Fu Manchu and a handsome secret agent. Dir: Lloyd Corrigan Cast: Anna May Wong , Warner Oland , Sessue Hayakawa . BW- 70 mins,

9:30 PM SHANGHAI EXPRESS ( 1932)
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey. Dir: Josef von Sternberg Cast: Marlene Dietrich , Clive Brook , Anna May Wong . BW- 82 mins, CC,

11:00 PM PICCADILLY ( 1929)
In this silent film, the dancers at a London nightclub get wrapped up in jealousy and murder. Dir: E.A. Dupont Cast: Gilda Gray , Anna May Wong , Jameson Thomas . BW- 109 mins,

1:00 AM MR. WU ( 1927)
In this silent film, a Chinese patriarch goes mad when his daughter falls for an Englishman. Dir: William Nigh Cast: Lon Chaney , Louise Dresser , Renée Adorée . BW- 91 mins,

2:45 AM FRENCH WAY, THE ( 1945)
Dir: Jacques de Baroncelli Cast: Josephine Baker , Micheline Presle , Georges Marchal . BW- 74 mins,

4:05 AM SWING CAT'S JAMBOREE ( 1938)
In this short musical, Louis Prima and his jazz quartette play such musical selections as "Please Be Kind" and "Loch Lomond." Vitaphone Release B138. Dir: Roy Mack BW- 9 mins,

4:15 AM ZOU ZOU ( 1934)
A singing star tries to clear a childhood friend of murder charges. Dir: Marc AllTgret Cast: Josephine Baker , Jean Gabin , Pierre Larquey . BW- 85 mins,

5:42 AM MUSIC MAKERS, THE ( 1929)
In this comedic short, a man hides inside a giant phonograph machine and imitates various recording artists for a pair of flappers. Vitaphone Release 722-723. Cast: Daye Dawne , Emily Miles , BW- 11 mins,

[longship]

1. OMG! The Million Dollar Legs!!!

One of the quirkiest of W. C. Fields' films. He plays the president of a country where the strongest person gets that office. They enter the Olympics. I haven't seen it in many decades, but I remember it as being hilarious.

Always room for W. C.