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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 10
Shirley MacLaine

12:00 PM |
Children's Hour, The (1961) |
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A malicious student tries to destroy the teachers at a girls' school. Dir: William Wyler Cast: Audrey Hepburn , Shirley MacLaine , James Garner . BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format | |
2:00 PM |
Irma La Douce (1963) |
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A Parisian policeman gives up everything for the love of a free-living prostitute. Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Jack Lemmon , Shirley MacLaine , Lou Jacobi . BW-143 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format | |
4:30 PM |
Around The World In 80 Days (1956) |
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A Victorian gentleman bets that he can beat the world's record for circling the globe. Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: Cantinflas , Finlay Currie , Robert Morley . C-182 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format | |
7:33 PM |
Around The World In California (1947) |
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C-9 mins, | |
8:00 PM |
Apartment, The (1960) |
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An aspiring executive lets his bosses use his apartment for assignations, only to fall for the big chief's mistress. Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Jack Lemmon , Shirley MacLaine , Fred MacMurray . BW-125 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format |

August 11
Ben Johnson

12:30 PM |
Cheyenne Autumn (1964) |
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A reluctant calvary Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyennes. Dir: John Ford Cast: Richard Widmark , Carroll Baker , Karl Malden . C-156 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format | |
3:15 PM |
On The Trail Of The Iguana (1964) |
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C-14 mins, | |
3:30 PM |
Major Dundee (1965) |
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Cavalry misfits cross the Mexican border to destroy an Indian outpost. Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: Charlton Heston , Richard Harris , Jim Hutton . C-136 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format | |
6:00 PM |
Junior Bonner (1972) |
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An aging rodeo rider tries to deal with his dysfunctional family. Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: Steve McQueen , Robert Preston , Ida Lupino . C-100 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format | |
7:50 PM |
For Your Convenience (1939) |
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C-9 mins, | |
8:00 PM |
Mighty Joe Young (1949) |
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Showmen try to exploit a giant ape raised by an orphan. Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast: Terry Moore , Ben Johnson , Robert Armstrong . C-94 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
9:45 PM |
Wagon Master (1950) |
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Two wandering cowhands sign on to help a wagon train headed for Utah. Dir: John Ford Cast: Ben Johnson , Joanne Dru , Harry Carey Jr. . BW-86 mins, TV-PG, CC, |

August 12
Claudette Colbert

4:15 PM |
Without Reservations (1946) |
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A woman writer falls for a war hero who's a perfect match for the hero of her latest novel. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Claudette Colbert , John Wayne , Don DeFore . BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
6:04 PM |
Boss Didn'T Say Good Morning (1937) |
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BW-10 mins, | |
6:15 PM |
She Married Her Boss (1935) |
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A secretary who handles the boss' business perfectly marries him and tackles his home life. Dir: Gregory La Cava Cast: Claudette Colbert , Melvyn Douglas , Michael Bartlett . BW-88 mins, TV-G, | |
8:00 PM |
Midnight (1939) |
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An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society. Dir: Mitchell Leisen Cast: Claudette Colbert , Don Ameche , John Barrymore . BW-94 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
9:47 PM |
Forgotten Victory (1939) |
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BW-11 mins, | |
10:00 PM |
It's A Wonderful World (1939) |
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A runaway poetess helps a fugitive prove himself innocent of murder charges. Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Claudette Colbert , James Stewart , Guy Kibbee . BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
11:30 PM |
It Happened One Night (1934) |
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A newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour. Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Clark Gable , Claudette Colbert , Walter Connolly . BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, |

August 13
James Stewart

9:00 AM |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) |
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An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption. Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Jean Arthur , James Stewart , Claude Rains . BW-130 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
11:15 AM |
Wife vs. Secretary (1936) |
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A secretary becomes so valuable to her boss that it jeopardizes his marriage. Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Clark Gable , Jean Harlow , Myrna Loy . BW-88 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
12:45 PM |
Vivacious Lady (1937) |
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After a whirlwind courtship, a nightclub singer has to adjust to her professor husband's conservative family. Dir: George Stevens Cast: Ginger Rogers , James Stewart , James Ellison . BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
2:30 PM |
Shop Around The Corner, The (1940) |
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Feuding co-workers don't realize they're secret romantic pen pals. Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Margaret Sullavan , James Stewart , Frank Morgan . BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
4:15 PM |
Bell, Book and Candle (1959) |
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A beautiful witch puts a love spell on an unknowing publisher. Dir: Richard Quine Cast: James Stewart , Kim Novak , Jack Lemmon . C-102 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format | |
6:15 PM |
Naked Spur, The (1953) |
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A captive outlaw uses psychological tactics to prey on a bounty hunter. Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: James Stewart , Janet Leigh , Robert Ryan . C-92 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
8:00 PM |
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) |
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An experienced gunman and a peace-loving tenderfoot clash with a Western bully. Dir: John Ford Cast: James Stewart , John Wayne , Vera Miles . BW-123 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format | |
10:15 PM |
No Highway in the Sky (1951) |
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An engineer fights to prove that a new model airplane is not safe. Dir: Henry Koster Cast: James Stewart , Marlene Dietrich , Glynis Johns . BW-98 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
12:00 AM |
Anatomy Of A Murder (1959) |
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A small-town lawyer gets the case of a lifetime when a military man avenges an attack on his wife. Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: James Stewart , Lee Remick , Ben Gazzara . BW-161 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format |
August 14
Ralph Bellamy

11:45 AM |
Wedding Night, The (1935) |
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A married author falls for the beautiful farm girl whose inspiration has saved him from writer's block. Dir: King Vidor Cast: Gary Cooper , Anna Sten , Ralph Bellamy . BW-83 mins, TV-G, | |
1:15 PM |
Let Us Live (1939) |
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Two wrongly convicted men are sentenced to death. Dir: John Brahm Cast: Maureen O'Sullivan , Henry Fonda , Ralph Bellamy . BW-68 mins, TV-PG, | |
2:30 PM |
Dive Bomber (1941) |
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A crusading scientist fights to prevent bomber pilots from blacking out. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn , Fred MacMurray , Ralph Bellamy . C-133 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
4:45 PM |
Professionals, The (1966) |
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A corrupt rancher hires four soldiers of fortune to rescue his wife from kidnappers. Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Burt Lancaster , Lee Marvin , Robert Ryan . C-122 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format | |
6:45 PM |
Wolf Man, The (1941) |
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A British nobleman undergoes a startling transformation when he's bitten by a gypsy werewolf. Dir: George Waggner Cast: Claude Rains , Warren William , Ralph Bellamy . BW-70 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
8:00 PM |
His Girl Friday (1940) |
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An unscrupulous editor plots to keep his star reporter-and ex-wife-from re-marrying. Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Cary Grant , Rosalind Russell , Ralph Bellamy . BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
9:45 PM |
Awful Truth, The (1937) |
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A divorced couple keeps getting mixed up in each other's love lives. Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Irene Dunne , Cary Grant , Ralph Bellamy . BW-91 mins, TV-PG, CC, |

* August 18
Jean Gabin

11:00 AM |
l' air De Paris (1954) |
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An over-the-hill boxer stakes his fortune on training a young railroad-worker. Dir: Marcel Carne Cast: Arletty , Jean Gabin , Roland Lesaffre . BW-104 mins, | |
1:00 PM |
Leur derniere nuit (1953) |
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A schoolteacher falls for a librarian who's secretly the head of a criminal ring. Dir: Georges Lacombe Cast: Jean Gabin , BW-91 mins, TV-PG, | |
2:45 PM |
Desordre et la nuit, le (1958) |
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A homicide detective tries to protect a pretty drug addict implicated in a murder. Dir: Gilles Grangier Cast: Jean Gabin , Danielle Darrieux , Nadja Tiller . BW-91 mins, TV-PG, | |
4:30 PM |
Maria Chapdelaine (1934) |
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A Canadian frontierswoman must choose from among three suitors. Dir: Julien Duvivier Cast: Jean Gabin , BW-72 mins, TV-G, | |
6:00 PM |
Bandera, La (1934) |
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A murderer escapes France to join the Spanish Foreign Legion, where he finds love while pursued by the law. Dir: Julien Duvivier Cast: Jean Gabin , BW-97 mins, TV-PG, |
*missed a few days there... go to the link (and scroll on their dial) to see which stars were showcased... http://www.tcm.com/summer/#/day18

August 19
Debbie Reynolds

10:00 PM |
Unsinkable Molly Brown, The (1964) |
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Musical biography of the backwoods girl who struck it rich in Colorado and survived the Titanic. Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Debbie Reynolds , Harve Presnell , Ed Begley . C-129 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format | |
12:15 AM |
Divorce, American Style (1967) |
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A bored couple drifts toward divorce, only to discover how hard the single life is. Dir: Bud Yorkin Cast: Dick Van Dyke , Debbie Reynolds , Jason Robards Jr. . C-109 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format | |
2:15 AM |
Singin' In The Rain (1952) |
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A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound. Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly , Donald O'Connor , Debbie Reynolds . C-103 mins, TV-G, CC, | |
4:11 AM |
One Reel Wonder: Singing Nun, The (1966) |
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C-3 mins, | |
4:15 AM |
Singing Nun, The (1966) |
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Fanciful biography of the Belgian nun who briefly made the hit parade. Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Debbie Reynolds , Ricardo Montalban , Greer Garson . C-97 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format |

August 20
Montgomery Clift
--this is the 'star' I was waiting for them to showcase!!!!

:00 PM |
Red River (1948) |
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A young cowhand rebels against his rancher stepfather during a perilous cattle drive. Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: John Wayne , Montgomery Clift , Joanne Dru . BW-133 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
3:30 PM |
From Here To Eternity (1953) |
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Enlisted men in Hawaii fight for love and honor on the eve of World War II. Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Burt Lancaster , Montgomery Clift , Deborah Kerr . BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
5:45 PM |
Misfits, The (1961) |
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A sensitive divorcee gets mixed up with modern cowboys roping mustangs in the desert. Dir: John Huston Cast: Clark Gable , Marilyn Monroe , Montgomery Clift . BW-125 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format | |
8:00 PM |
Place in the Sun, A (1951) |
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An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy. Dir: George Stevens Cast: Montgomery Clift , Elizabeth Taylor , Shelley Winters . BW-122 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
10:15 PM |
Heiress, The (1949) |
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A plain young woman's money makes her prey to fortune hunters. Dir: William Wyler Cast: Olivia de Havilland , Montgomery Clift , Ralph Richardson . BW-115 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
12:15 AM |
Search, The (1948) |
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An American soldier in post-war Europe becomes attached to a homeless child. Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Montgomery Clift , Aline MacMahon , Wendell Corey . BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
2:15 AM |
I Confess (1953) |
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A priest suspected of murder can only clear himself by violating the sanctity of the confessional. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Montgomery Clift , Anne Baxter , Karl Malden . BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC, | |
4:00 AM |
Defector, The (1966) |
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A shady CIA agent recruits an American physicist to help a Russian scientist defect. Dir: Raoul LΓΒ©vy Cast: Montgomery Clift , Hardy Kruger , Macha MΓΒ©ril . C-100 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format |





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