Chester Morris and companions are looking over some document in LAW OF THE UNDERWORLD (1938), one of the better B movies on TCM today as the network spotlights the many programmers of director Lew Landers. This individual, who began in movies as an actor under D.W. Griffith and ended directing Superman episodes, is best remembered for the horror film, THE RAVEN (1935), but Landers worked in almost every genre. Here are the interesting films on tap today (all times shown are ET):
7:15 AM
LIVING ON LOVE (1937)
A man and woman working different shifts share the same apartment without realizing it.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: James Dunn , Whitney Bourne , Joan Woodbury .
BW-62 mins, TV-G,
8:30 AM
CRASHING HOLLYWOOD (1938)
A true to life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Lee Tracy , Joan Woodbury , Paul Guilfoyle .
BW-61 mins, TV-G,
9:32 AM
HOLLYWOOD THE SECOND STEP (1936)
Jane Barnes' first steps to becoming a star, starting out as an extra and then a stand-in for Maureen O'Sullivan.
Dir: Felix E. Feist
BW-10 mins,
9:45 AM
DOUBLE DANGER (1938)
A jewel thief faces surprising competition when he tries to rob the police commissioner's home.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Preston Foster , Whitney Bourne , Donald Meek .
BW-62 mins, TV-G,
11:00 AM
LAW OF THE UNDERWORLD (1938)
A respectable citizen lures two innocents into his secret criminal plots.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Chester Morris , Anne Shirley , Eduardo Ciannelli .
BW-61 mins, TV-G,
12:15 PM
FIXER DUGAN (1939)
A circus man adopts an aerialist's daughter.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Lee Tracy , Virginia Weidler , Peggy Shannon .
BW-68 mins, TV-G,
1:30 PM
TWELVE CROWDED HOURS (1939)
A reporter avenges his editor's murder by gangsters.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Richard Dix , Lucille Ball , Allan Lane .
BW-65 mins, TV-G,
2:45 PM
BOOGIE MAN WILL GET YOU, THE (1942)
A young divorcee tries to convert a house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Boris Karloff , Peter Lorre , Maxie Rosenbloom .
BW-67 mins, TV-PG,
4:00 PM
STAND BY ALL NETWORKS (1942)
A radio reporter sets out to track down and expose Nazi agents.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Florence Rice , John Beal , Margaret Hayes .
BW-65 mins, TV-PG,
5:15 PM
SUBMARINE RAIDER (1942)
A submarine captain tries to warn the Navy about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: John Howard , Marguerite Chapman , Bruce Bennett .
BW-64 mins, TV-PG,
6:30 PM
TRUTH ABOUT MURDER, THE (1946)
A prosecutor's girlfriend sets out to prove a murder suspect is innocent.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Bonita Granville , Morgan Conway , Rita Corday .
BW-63 mins, TV-PG, CC,