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Bette Davis on TCM: THE OLD MAID, NOW, VOYAGER, THE WORKING MAN Bette Davis has a cameo in John Paul Jones (1959), which happens to be an insufferable bore despite the presence of Robert Stack in the title role, and she plays second banana to Spencer Tracy in the run-of-the-Warners-mill prison drama 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932), but she is at the center of [...]

Claude Rains returns this Wednesday, Sept. 9, in more films featuring Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Month. Every single one of the titles listed below is worth watching if only because of Rains' presence. That said, a couple of them actually have considerably more to offer: Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) and Deception (1946). Here Comes Mr. Jordan is a witty, romantic comedy about [...]