TCM Schedule for Tuesday, November 18: Birthday Tribute: David Hemmings /Star of the Month: Rock Hudson

David Hemmings, who was born November 18, 1941, was an actor, artist, director, producer, singer, and writer. I had somehow forgotten he began his career in childhood as a boy soprano and performed the works of Benjamin Britten. TCM has skipped two of his best-known movies, Blow-Up and Barbarella, as well as later work, and concentrated on the late '60s/early '70s.

As for Star of the Month Rock Hudson, tonight he's teamed with director Douglas Sirk and an array of memorable co-stars.

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Trans Images on Film, Pt. 1 (continued)

12:00 AM Vertigo (1958)
A detective falls for the mysterious woman he's been hired to tail.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:15 AM Funeral Parade of Roses (1970)
The story follows Eddie and a group of transvestites in Japan.
Dir: Toshio Matsumoto Cast: Peter, Osamu Ogasawara, Toyosaburo Uchiyama
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N


4:15 AM The Brood (1979)
Frank Carveth and his ex-wife Nola are locked in a brutal custody battle over their daughter. Nola seeks therapy from Dr. Raglan, whose controversial practices include Psychoplasmics, a treatment that encourages patients to give form to their inner conflicts and anger. As the fragile Nola digs ever deeper into her own psyche, she births a series of mutant, homicidal children that carry on her wish for revenge against anyone who has ever wronged her
Dir: David Cronenberg Cast: Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

6:00 AM Cat People (1942)
A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

TCM Daytime: Birthday Tribute: David Hemmings

7:30 AM Camelot (1967)
This lavish film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical celebrates a fleeting, mythical time of love and chivalry--the reign of King Arthur and the Knights of The Round Table. Although torn apart by the conflicts between passion, love, honor and duty, it was a golden era that could have been ... and could yet be.
Dir: Joshua Logan Cast: Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero
Runtime: 179 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

10:30 AM Alfred the Great (1969)
A medieval warrior fights to supplant his weakling brother on the throne.
Dir: Clive Donner Cast: David Hemmings, Michael York, Prunella Ransome
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-14 CC:



12:45 PM The Walking Stick (1970)
A beautiful polio victim is seduced into helping with a robbery.
Dir: Eric Till Cast: David Hemmings, Samantha Eggar, Emlyn Williams
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



2:30 PM The Best House in London (1969)
Government officials try to organize a state bawdy house in Victorian England.
Dir: Philip Saville Cast: David Hemmings, Joanna Pettet, George Sanders
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



4:15 PM Fragment of Fear (1971)
A reformed drug addict is vacationing in Italy with his aunt. When she is murdered, he tries to investigate, but soon his whole life spins out of control.
Dir: Richard C. Sarafian Cast: David Hemmings, Gayle Hunnicutt, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Thriller Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



6:00 PM The Love Machine (1971)
An ambitious TV newscaster has an affair with the wife of a network executive as part of a scheme to get a promotion.
Dir: Jack Haley Jr. Cast: John Phillip Law, Dyan Cannon, Robert Ryan
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N



TCM Primetime: Star of the Month: Rock Hudson

8:00 PM Magnificent Obsession (1954)
A playboy becomes a doctor to right the wrong he's done to a sightless widow.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



10:00 PM All That Heaven Allows (1955)
A lonely widow defies small-town gossip when she falls for a younger man.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



11:45 PM Written on the Wind (1957)
A young woman marries into a corrupt oil family then falls for her husband's best friend.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



1:45 AM The Tarnished Angels (1958)
A newsman falls for the wife of a barnstorming pilot whose work he's covering.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



3:30 AM A Fine Pair (1969)
A detective gets involved with a beautiful jewel thief.
Dir: Francesco Maselli Cast: Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Tomas Milian
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



5:00 AM The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1950)
A collection of MGM previews with an introduction by Lionel Barrymore.
Dir: Herman Hoffman Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Dore Schary, Ira Heymann
Runtime: 57 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y