TCM Schedule for Fri, Mar 27, 2026: Joan Blondell / Director John Hughes (TCM Premiere, The Breakfast Club)

[Auggie]

DAYTIME (listings EST)

6:00 AM Big Business Girl (1931)
A college girl uses her brains and her legs to conquer the business world.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Loretta Young, Frank Albertson, Joan Blondell

7:30 AM Make Me a Star (1932)
A grocery clerk goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Joan Blondell, Stuart Erwin, Zasu Pitts

9:00 AM Smarty (1934)
A squabbling couple can't seem to make it to the divorce court.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Joan Blondell, Warren William, Edward Everett Horton

10:30 AM Dames (1934)
A reformer's daughter wins the lead in a scandalous Broadway show.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler

12:15 PM Havana Widows (1933)
Chorus girls travel to Cuba in search of rich husbands.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Guy Kibbee

1:30 PM I've Got Your Number (1934)
Two telephone engineers try to clear a woman of criminal charges.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Joan Blondell, Pat O'Brien, Allen Jenkins

2:45 PM Kansas City Princess (1934)
A pair of con women masquerade as girl scouts to escape to New York.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Robert Armstrong

4:00 PM Traveling Saleslady (1935)
A toothpaste tycoon's daughter joins his rival to teach him a lesson.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, William Gargan

5:15 PM We're in the Money (1935)
Gold-digging process servers set their sights on a breach of promise defendant.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Hugh Herbert

6:30 PM Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
Two stranded showgirls enter a beauty contest to win the fare back home.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Hugh Herbert


PRIME TIME & LATE NIGHT

8:00 PM The Breakfast Club (1985) TCM PREMIERE
A diverse group of high schoolers spend detention together on a Saturday.
Dir: John Hughes Cast: Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy

10:00 PM Sixteen Candles (1984)
A lonely girl turns sweet sixteen but no one in her entire family remembers the occasion.
Dir: John Hughes Cast: Max Showalter, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Dooley

12:00 AM Uncle Buck (1989)
A bachelor is a last-resort babysitter for his niece and her younger brother and sister.
Dir: John Huges Cast: John Candy, Amy Madigan, Macaulay Culkin


EARLY MORNING: Teen Troubles

2:00 AM Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)
Andy Hardy's college career is threatened by his attraction to three coeds, two of whom are twins.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden

4:00 AM The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
A lovesick teenager searches for romance at college.
Dir: Don Weis Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Bobby Van, Barbara Ruick

[Nittersing]

1. Early Joan Blondell movies are so much fun!!

I grew up watching her on Here Come the Brides, which I loved.

It was such a treat to discover her early career after I finally got TCM.

Thanks for picking up the schedules. to elleng