TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TOD BROWNING

TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT:  TOD BROWNING   8:00 PM   62 min TV-PG   horror   Freaks (1932) A lady trapeze artist violates the code of the side show when she plots to murder her midget husband. Dir: Tod Browning  Cast:  Wallace Ford  , Leila Hyams  , Olga Baclanova  .   LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:    D: Tod Browning. Wallace Ford, Olga Baclanova, Leila Hyams, Harry Earles, Roscoe Ates, Johnny Eck, Daisy and Violet Hilton, Prince Randian, Zip and Pip, Schlitze. A unique movie about a traveling sideshow and the camaraderie of its unusual performers, goaded to vengeance by cruel trapeze star Baclanova. Horror-film master Tod Browning gathered an incredible cast of real-life sideshow freaks for this bizarre and fascinating film. Severely cut in U.S. during release and banned in the U.K. for 30 years, some reissue prints are missing brief epilogue; aka NATURE'S MISTAKES. 9:15 PM   61 min TV-PG   horror   Mark Of The Vampire (1935) Vampires seem to be connected to an unsolved murder. Dir: Tod Browning  Cast:  Lionel Barrymore  , Elizabeth Allen  , Lionel Atwill  .   LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:    D: Tod Browning. Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Carol (Carroll) Borland, Jean Hersholt, Donald Meek. Delightful, intriguing tale of vampires terrorizing European village; inspector Atwill, vampire expert Barrymore investigate. Beautifully done, with an incredible ending. Remake of Browning's silent LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT. 10:30 PM   78 min TV-PG   horror   Devil Doll, The (1936) A Devil's Island escapee shrinks murderous slaves and sells them to his victims as dolls. Dir: Tod Browning  Cast:  Lionel Barrymore  , Maureen O'Sullivan  , Frank Lawton  .   LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:    D: Tod Browning. Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton, Robert Greig, Lucy Beaumont, Henry B. Walthall, Grace Ford, Rafaela Ottiano. Very entertaining yarn of Devil's Island escapee Barrymore shrinking humans to doll size to carry out nefarious schemes. Coscripted by Erich von Stroheim. 12:00 AM   71 min TV-G   suspense   Miracles For Sale (1939)   A magician turns detective to investigate murder and a phony seance. Dir: Tod Browning  Cast:  Robert Young  , Florence Rice  , Frank Craven  .   LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:    D: Tod Browning. Robert Young, Florence Rice, Frank Craven, Henry Hull, Lee Bowman, Cliff Clark, Astrid Allwyn, Walter Kingsford. Young is an ex-magician who now devises elaborate illusions for a living and tries to expose fake spiritualists. When murder rears its head and Rice is threatened, he has his hands full. Browning's last movie is a slick whodunit that cheats its audience a bit too often and features a red herring character who's painfully obvious. 1:15 AM   47 min TV-PG   silent   London After Midnight (1927) In this silent film, vampires are suspected in an unsolved murder. Dir: Tod Browning  Cast:  Lon Chaney  , Marceline Day  , Henry B. Walthall  .   2:15 AM   74 min TV-14   horror   Incubus (1965) An evil spirit plots to snare the soul of a courageous and good man. Dir: Leslie Stevens  Cast:  William Shatner  , Milos Milos  , Allyson Ames  .   3:45 AM   78 min TV-PG   horror   Hypnotic Eye, The (1960) A city is stricken by a wave of self-mutilations performed by beautiful women who appear to be in a hypnotic trance. Dir: George Blair  Cast:  Jacques Bergerac  , Merry Anders  , Marcia Henderson  .   LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:    D: George Blair. Jacques Bergerac, Merry Anders, Marcia Henderson, Allison Hayes. Partially successful chiller of theatrical mesmerizer with penchant for having female victims disfigure themselves. 5:15 AM   19 min TV-G   horror   Rosie (1960) A failed pilot to a TV sitcom about an eerie-looking talking dog that befriends a boy.   Carl Ray Louk Not racist, not violent, just not silent anymore Fighting for lower taxes, less government, and more freedom. 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