TCM Schedule for Thurs, Nov 6, 2025: Circus Time / Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman (February 9, 1891 – May 19, 1958) was an English actor who started his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then emigrated to the United States where he had a highly successful Hollywood film career.
Colman starred in silent films and successfully transitioned to sound, aided by his distinctive, pleasing voice. He was most popular during the 1930s and 1940s.
He received Oscar nominations for Bulldog Drummond (1929), Condemned (1929) and Random Harvest (1942). Colman starred in several classic films, including A Tale of Two Cities (1935), Lost Horizon (1937) and The Prisoner of Zenda (1937).
He also played the starring role in the Technicolor classic Kismet (1944), with Marlene Dietrich.
In 1947, he won an Academy Award for Best Actor and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film A Double Life.
Full bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Colman
Coleman, center, in Beau Geste, premiering tonight on TCM.
DAYTIME (EST)
6:45 AM | Bengal Tiger (1936)
After causing his friend's death, an animal trainer marries the man's daughter to atone.
Dir: Louis King | Cast: Barton Maclane, June Travis, Warren Hull
8:00 AM | The Dark Tower (1943)
A romantic triangle involving a hypnotist and two trapeze artists threatens to destroy a circus.
Dir: John Harlow | Cast: Herbert Lom, Terence Fisher
9:45 AM | Fixer Dugan (1939)
A circus man adopts an aerialist's daughter.
Dir: Lew Landers | Cast: Lee Tracy, Virginia Weidler, Peggy Shannon
11:00 AM | Side Show (1931)
A carnival dancer fills in for the show's high diver.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth | Cast: Winnie Lightner, Charles Butterworth, Evalyn Knapp:
12:15 PM | Merry Andrew (1958)
An archaeologist's search for Roman treasure gets him mixed up with a circus troupe.
Dir: Michael Kidd | Cast: Danny Kaye, Pier Angeli, Baccaloni
2:00 PM | Rain or Shine (1930)
A young woman inherits her father's financially troubled circus.
Dir: Frank Capra | Cast: Joe Cook, Louise Fazenda, Joan Peers
3:45 PM | Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
A circus owner's daughter fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.
Dir: Charles Walters | Cast: Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante
6:00 PM | The Big Circus (1959)
A ringleader tries to keep his circus on the road despite the efforts of a saboteur.
Dir: Joseph M. Newman | Cast: Victor Mature, Red Buttons, Rhonda Fleming
PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT, EARLY MORNING
8:00 PM | Beau Geste (1926) TCM PREMIERE
Englander "Beau" Geste joins the French Foreign Legion where he and his brothers meet great danger.
Dir: Herbert Brenon | Cast: Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton, Ralph Forbes
10:15 PM | A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
A British lawyer sacrifices himself to save another man from the guillotine.
Dir: Jack Conway | Cast: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allen, Edna May Oliver
12:30 AM | Random Harvest (1942)
A woman's happiness is threatened when she discovers her husband suffers from amnesia.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy | Cast: Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn
2:45 AM | Kismet (1944)
In the classic Arabian Nights tale, a beggar enters high society to help his daughter marry a prince.
Dir: William Dieterle | Cast: Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, James Craig
4:30 AM | My Life with Caroline (1941)
A man thinks his high-spirited wife is cheating on him.
Dir: Lewis Milestone | Cast: Ronald Colman, Anna Lee, Charles Winninger