Free! Printable Daily Turner Classic Movies November 2024 Schedule Plus Star of the Month!
After a number of usually uncredited bit roles in movies starting in the early 1940s, actress Norma Roman — better known as Ruth Roman — earned a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer — Female with her performance as the wife of Kirk Douglas’ lead character in the 1949 sports drama/film noir Champion, and continued in films, onstage and on television through the 1970s.
The star’s big-screen work will be celebrated each Tuesday night on Turner Classic Movies with lineups of her most memorable films. Champion, of course, will be featured; it airs second in the initial lineup on Nov. 5. Airing just before it and kicking off that night’s lineup is the TCM premiere of Belle Starr’s Daughter (1948), a Western with Roman as the title character (named Cimarron Rose) in one of her earliest major roles.
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Other notable titles airing throughout the month include Alfred Hitchcock’s 1951 suspense classic Strangers on a Train (Nov. 12), in which Roman plays star Farley Granger’s love interest; the 1951 noir Tomorrow Is Another Day (Nov. 12), one of the films in which Roman received top billing; the 1950 Western Dallas (Nov. 19), with Roman as Gary Cooper’s leading lady; the 1956 Western Great Day in the Morning (Nov. 19), led by Virginia Mayo; the 1955 crime drama Joe MacBeth (Nov. 26), a retelling of Shakespeare’s MacBeth with Roman as a Lady MacBeth-like character; and two other noirs that gave Roman top billing: Five Steps to Danger (1957) and the TCM premiere of The Shanghai Story (1954). — Jeff Pfeiffer
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TCM Star Of The Month: Ruth Roman — November 2024 Schedule (All Times Eastern)
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 — Begins at 8pm
8pm: Belle Starr’s Daughter (1948) — A Western also starring George Montgomery and Rod Cameron.
9:45pm: Champion (1949)
11:45pm: The Window (1949) — A noir featuring Roman as the wife in a married couple who commits murder.
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 — Begins at 8pm
8pm: Strangers on a Train (1951) — The Alfred Hitchcock suspense/mystery starring Roman as Farley Granger’s love interest.
10pm: Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951) — Roman receives top billing in this noir crime drama.
11:45pm: Down Three Dark Streets (1954) — Another crime drama starring Roman, Broderick Crawford and Martha Hyer.
Great Day in the Morning Everett Collection
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 — Begins at 8pm
8pm: Dallas (1950) — A Western with Roman starring as Gary Cooper‘s leading lady.
10pm: Great Day in the Morning (1956) — Another Western led by Roman, Virginia Mayo and Robert Stack.
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 — Begins at 8pm
8pm: Five Steps to Danger (1957) — A noir costarring Sterling Hayden.
9:30pm: Joe MacBeth (1955) — A retelling of Shakespeare’s MacBeth with Roman as a Lady MacBeth-like character.