★ TCM Summer Under the Stars ★
Through the entire month of August, TCM is honoring a famous classic film star every single day!
Click the link below and pick a number on the dial to see who is being featured that day!!
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August 1st
Marlon Brando 
some of his best loved films being shown today: (times are mountain)
3:15 PM |
Guys And Dolls (1955) |
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A big-city gambler bets that he can seduce a Salvation Army girl. Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Marlon Brando , Jean Simmons , Frank Sinatra . C-149 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format | |
6:00 PM |
Wild One, The (1953) |
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Motorcycle-riding delinquents take over a small town. Dir: Laslo Benedek Cast: Marlon Brando , Mary Murphy , Robert Keith . BW-79 mins, TV-14, CC, | |
7:30 PM |
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) |
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A fading southern belle tries to build a new life with her sister in New Orleans. Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Vivien Leigh , Marlon Brando , Kim Hunter . BW-125 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
9:49 PM |
This Is The Bowery (1941) |
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BW-10 mins, | |
10:00 PM |
On The Waterfront (1954) |
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A young stevedore takes on the mobster who rules the docks. Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Marlon Brando , Karl Malden , Lee J. Cobb . BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format |

August 2nd

Paulette Goddard
Some of her films being shown:
*times posted are mountain:
4:30 PM |
Modern Times (1936) |
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The Little Tramp tries to build a home with a young slum girl. Dir: Charlie Chaplin Cast: Charlie Chaplin , Paulette Goddard , Henry Bergman . BW-87 mins, TV-G, | |
6:00 PM |
Great Dictator, The (1940) |
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A Jewish barber takes the place of a war-hungry dictator. Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin , Paulette Goddard , Jack Oakie . BW-125 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
8:15 PM |
Reap the Wild Wind (1942) |
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Two sailors vie for the affections of a southern temptress while fighting off pirates. Dir: Cecil B. DeMille Cast: Ray Milland , John Wayne , Paulette Goddard . BW-124 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
10:30 PM |
Ideal Husband, An (1947) |
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An upstanding politician is haunted by his past when a blackmailer threatens to reveal a youthful indiscretion. Dir: Alexander Korda Cast: Paulette Goddard , Hugh Williams , Michael Wilding . C-93 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
12:15 AM |
Women, The (1939) |
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A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays. Dir: George Cukor Cast: Norma Shearer , Joan Crawford , Rosalind Russell . BW-133 mins, TV-PG, CC, |

August 3rd
Bette Davis

Films to be shown: (times are mountain)
7:00 AM |
Now, Voyager (1942) |
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A repressed spinster is transformed by psychiatry and her love for a married man. Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Bette Davis , Paul Henreid , Claude Rains . BW-118 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
9:00 AM |
Bordertown (1935) |
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An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with his boss's neurotic wife. Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Paul Muni , Bette Davis , Margaret Lindsay . BW-91 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
10:45 AM |
20,000 Years In Sing Sing (1932) |
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When his girl commits murder, a hardened criminal takes the rap to protect her honor. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Spencer Tracy , Bette Davis , Arthur Byron . BW-78 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
12:15 PM |
Juarez (1939) |
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True story of Mexico's Abraham Lincoln and his fight against Napoleon's empire. Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Bette Davis , Paul Muni , Brian Aherne . BW-121 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
2:30 PM |
Letter, The (1940) |
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A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence. Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis , Herbert Marshall , James Stephenson . BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
4:30 PM |
Petrified Forest, The (1936) |
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An escaped convict holds the customers at a remote desert cantina hostage. Dir: Archie L. Mayo Cast: Leslie Howard , Bette Davis , Genevieve Tobin . BW-82 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
6:00 PM |
Old Maid, The (1939) |
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An unmarried mother gives her illegitimate child to her cousin. Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Bette Davis , Miriam Hopkins , George Brent . BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
8:00 PM |
Jezebel (1938) |
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A tempestuous Southern belle's willfulness threatens to destroy all who care for her. Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis , Henry Fonda , George Brent . BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC, |
August 4th
Ronald Colman

some of his films to be aired:
6:15 PM |
Prisoner Of Zenda, The (1937) |
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An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped. Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Ronald Colman , Madeleine Carroll , C. Aubrey Smith . BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
8:00 PM |
Tale Of Two Cities, A (1935) |
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Charles Dickens' classic story of two men in love with the same woman during the French Revolution. Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Ronald Colman , Elizabeth Allen , Edna May Oliver . BW-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
10:15 PM |
Random Harvest (1942) |
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A woman's happiness is threatened when she discovers her husband has been suffering from amnesia. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Ronald Colman , Greer Garson , Philip Dorn . BW-127 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
12:30 AM |
Her Night of Romance (1924) |
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An impoverished lord goes after an invalid's money only to fall in love. Dir: Sidney A. Franklin Cast: Constance Talmadge , Ronald Colman , Jean Hersholt . BW-85 mins, TV-G, | |
2:00 AM |
Lost Horizon (1937) |
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Four fugitives from a Chinese revolution discover a lost world of peace and harmony. Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Ronald Colman , Jane Wyatt , Edward Everett Horton . BW-133 mins, TV-G, CC, |

August 5th
John Garfield

a few films to be shown:
8:00 PM |
Postman Always Rings Twice, The (1946) |
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Illicit lovers plot to kill the woman's older husband. Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Lana Turner , John Garfield , Cecil Kellaway . BW-113 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
10:00 PM |
Breaking Point, The (1950) |
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A desperate fishing boat captain rents his ship to some gunmen on the lam. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: John Garfield , Patricia Neal , Phyllis Thaxter . BW-97 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
11:49 PM |
Camera Sleuth (1950) |
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BW-10 mins, | |
12:00 AM |
We Were Strangers (1949) |
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A Cuban American returns to his homeland during the Revolution and becomes involved in an assassination attempt. Dir: John Huston Cast: Jennifer Jones , John Garfield , Pedro Armendariz . BW-106 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
2:00 AM |
He Ran All the Way (1951) |
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A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment. Dir: John Berry Cast: John Garfield , Shelley Winters , Wallace Ford . BW-78 mins, TV-PG, | |
3:30 AM |
Destination Tokyo (1943) |
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A U.S. sub braves enemy waters during World War II. Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Cary Grant , John Garfield , Alan Hale . BW-135 mins, TV-PG, CC, |

August 6th
Lucille Ball


11:30 AM |
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) |
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An inept secretary goes to work for a bogus real estate firm thinking it's for real. Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Lucille Ball , William Holden , Janis Carter . BW-88 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
1:00 PM |
Fuller Brush Girl, The (1950) |
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A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation. Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Lucille Ball , Eddie Albert , Carl Benton Reid . BW-84 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
2:30 PM |
Long, Long Trailer, The (1954) |
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Life on the road isn't what it's cracked up to be when a honeymooning couple invests in an oversized motor home. Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Lucille Ball , Desi Arnaz , Marjorie Main . C-96 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
4:10 PM |
Desi Arnaz And His Orchestra (1946) |
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The multi-talented Desi Arnaz displays his love of music in this fun short. Dir: Jack Scholl BW-10 mins, | |
4:30 PM |
Best Foot Forward (1943) |
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A movie star wreaks havoc when she accepts an invitation to a military academy dance. Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Lucille Ball , William Gaxton , Virginia Weidler . C-94 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
6:15 PM |
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) |
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A ballet dancer and a burlesque queen compete for a wealthy suitor. Dir: Dorothy Arzner Cast: Maureen O'Hara , Louis Hayward , Lucille Ball . BW-90 mins, TV-G, | |
7:50 PM |
Quaint Quebec (1936) |
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This "Traveltalk" explores the history, culture, and customs of Quebec. Dir: Benjamin D. Sharpe C-8 mins, | |
8:00 PM |
Stage Door (1937) |
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Women at a theatrical boarding house try to make their big break happen. Dir: Gregory LaCava Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Ginger Rogers , Adolphe Menjou . BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC, |

Quoting roseisrose:
August 6th
Lucille Ball
11:30 AM
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
An inept secretary goes to work for a bogus real estate firm thinking it's for real.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Lucille Ball , William Holden , Janis Carter .
BW-88 mins, TV-G, CC,
1:00 PM
Fuller Brush Girl, The (1950)
A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Lucille Ball , Eddie Albert , Carl Benton Reid .
BW-84 mins, TV-G, CC,
2:30 PM
Long, Long Trailer, The (1954)
Life on the road isn't what it's cracked up to be when a honeymooning couple invests in an oversized motor home.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Lucille Ball , Desi Arnaz , Marjorie Main .
C-96 mins, TV-G, CC,
4:10 PM
Desi Arnaz And His Orchestra (1946)
The multi-talented Desi Arnaz displays his love of music in this fun short.
Dir: Jack Scholl
BW-10 mins,
4:30 PM
Best Foot Forward (1943)
A movie star wreaks havoc when she accepts an invitation to a military academy dance.
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Lucille Ball , William Gaxton , Virginia Weidler .
C-94 mins, TV-G, CC,
6:15 PM
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
A ballet dancer and a burlesque queen compete for a wealthy suitor.
Dir: Dorothy Arzner Cast: Maureen O'Hara , Louis Hayward , Lucille Ball .
BW-90 mins, TV-G,
7:50 PM
Quaint Quebec (1936)
This "Traveltalk" explores the history, culture, and customs of Quebec.
Dir: Benjamin D. Sharpe
C-8 mins,
8:00 PM
Stage Door (1937)
Women at a theatrical boarding house try to make their big break happen.
Dir: Gregory LaCava Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Ginger Rogers , Adolphe Menjou .
BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC,
Thanks for the reminder! I'm away and I'm out of the loop! I don't even know what day it is, lol! I'm having my dad dvr some of these!
August 7th
Charles Laughton 
2:00 PM |
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) |
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Classic adventure about the sadistic Captain Bligh, who drove his men to revolt during a South Seas expedition. Dir: Frank Lloyd Cast: Charles Laughton , Clark Gable , Franchot Tone . BW-133 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
4:30 PM |
Spartacus (1960) |
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An heroic slave leads a revolt against the corrupt Roman Empire. Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Kirk Douglas , Laurence Olivier , Jean Simmons . C-196 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format | |
8:00 PM |
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1939) |
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A deformed bell ringer rescues a gypsy girl falsely accused of witchcraft and murder. Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Charles Laughton , Sir Cedric Hardwicke , Thomas Mitchell . BW-117 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
10:15 PM |
Hobson's Choice (1954) |
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A widower father fights to control the lives of his three strong-willed daughters. Dir: David Lean Cast: Charles Laughton , John Mills , Brenda De Banzie . BW-108 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
12:15 AM |
Canterville Ghost, The (1944) |
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A ghost who died a coward tries to inspire U.S. GIs to become heroes. Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Charles Laughton , Robert Young , Margaret O'Brien . BW-96 mins, TV-G, CC, |

August 8th
Orson Wells

8:00 PM |
Third Man, The (1949) |
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A man's investigation of a friend's death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna. Dir: Carol Reed Cast: Joseph Cotten , Alida Valli , Orson Welles . BW-104 mins, TV-14, CC, | |
10:00 PM |
Citizen Kane (1941) |
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The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life. Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Joseph Cotten , Dorothy Comingore , Agnes Moorehead . BW-120 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
12:15 AM |
Touch Of Evil (1958) |
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A narcotics agent risks his wife's life to investigate a crooked cop. Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Charlton Heston , Janet Leigh , Orson Welles . BW-111 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format | |
2:15 AM |
Lady From Shanghai, The (1948) |
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A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife. Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Rita Hayworth , Orson Welles , Everett Sloane . BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
4:15 AM |
Immortal Story, The (1968) |
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A sailor bets he can seduce a wealthy man's wife, not knowing the man has hired a woman to play the role. Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Orson Welles , Jeanne Moreau , Roger Coggio . C-62 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format |

August 9th
Ann Dvorak
8:00 PM |
Scarface (1932) |
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A murderous thug shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life. Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Paul Muni , Ann Dvorak , Karen Morley . BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
9:45 PM |
Three on a Match (1932) |
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A woman's childhood friends try to rescue her from gangsters. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Virginia Davis , Joan Blondell , Dawn O'Day . BW-63 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
11:00 PM |
Blind Alley (1939) |
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When a gangster takes him hostage, a psychiatrist psychoanalyzes the criminal. Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: Chester Morris , Ralph Bellamy , Ann Dvorak . BW-69 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
12:15 AM |
Long Night, The (1947) |
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A veteran tries to free his former love from a sadistic lover. Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Henry Fonda , Barbara Bel Geddes , Vincent Price . BW-97 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
2:00 AM |
I Was an American Spy (1951) |
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A war widow spies for the U.S. in Japanese-occupied Manila. Dir: Lesley Selander Cast: Ann Dvorak , Gene Evans , Douglas Kennedy . BW-85 mins, |

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- roseisrose
on Aug. 1, 2011 at 12:00 PM