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TCM kicks off a month-long salute to great directors; Leo McCarey in daytime, John Ford at night.
(all times Eastern)
6:00am Innocent Husbands (1925) In this silent short, an honest husband has to keep his suspicious wife from finding the woman who's passed out in his bedroom. Cast: Charley Chase, James Finlayson, William Gillespie, Jane Sherman Dir: Leo McCarey BW-21 mins, TV-G
6:30am Be Your Age (1926) In this silent short, a young man in need considers marrying a wealthy widow. Cast: Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy, Frank Brownlee, Lillian Leighton Dir: Leo McCarey BW-22 mins, TV-G
7:00am Dog Shy (1926) In this silent short, a man tries to rescue a young beauty from marrying a rich man she doesn't love. Cast: Charley Chase, Josephine Crowell, William Orlamond, Stuart Holmes Dir: Leo McCarey BW-22 mins, TV-G
7:30am Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official. Cast: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker Dir: Leo McCarey BW-115 mins, TV-G, CC
9:30am Love Affair (1939) Near-tragic misunderstandings threaten a shipboard romance. Cast: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya, Lee Bowman Dir: Leo McCarey BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC
11:00am Milky Way, The (1936) A mild-mannered milkman stumbles onto a career in the boxing ring. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Adolphe Menjou, Verree Teasdale, Helen Mack Dir: Leo McCarey BW-88 mins, TV-G
12:30pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Kiddie Revue (1930) Cast: Gus Edwards C-14 mins
12:45pm Kid From Spain, The (1932) An innocent man accused of robbing banks masquerades as a bullfighter to escape the police. Cast: Eddie Cantor, Lyda Roberti, Robert Young, Ruth Hall Dir: Leo McCarey BW-96 mins, TV-G
2:30pm Duck Soup (1933) When he's named dictator of Freedonia, a con artist declares war on the neighboring kingdom. Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx Dir: Leo McCarey BW-69 mins, TV-G, CC
3:40pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Soup And Fish (1934) In this Todd/Kelly short, the girls crash a high society party and have trouble fitting in. Cast: Patsy Kelly, Thelma Todd, Gladys Gale, Don Barclay Dir: Gus Meins BW-18 mins
4:00pm Bells Of St. Mary's, The (1945) A liberal priest tries to soften the strict nun running a boys' school. Cast: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers, William Gargan Dir: Leo McCarey BW-126 mins, TV-G, CC
6:15pm Awful Truth, The (1937) A divorced couple keeps getting mixed up in each other's love lives. Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy Dir: Leo McCarey BW-91 mins, TV-PG, CC
7:47pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Will Rogers Memorial Hosp. (Cary Grant) (1940) Cary Grant asking moviegoers to donate to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital, a hospital and recovery center for tuberculosis patients. Cast: Cary Grant BW-2 mins
8:00pm Directed By John Ford (2006) Newly updated and re-edited version of the 1971 documentary chronicling the career of maverick director John Ford. Narrated by Orson Welles. Cast: John Ford, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, John Wayne Dir: Peter Bogdanovich BW-110 mins, TV-14, CC
10:00pm Stagecoach (1939) A group of disparate passengers battle personal demons and each other while racing through Indian country. Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine Dir: John Ford BW-96 mins, TV-G, CC
11:45pm Horse Soldiers, The (1959) A Union cavalry officer leads his men on a vital mission behind Confederate lines. Cast: John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers, Judson Pratt Dir: John Ford C-120 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox, CC
1:48am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Stars On Horseback (1943) Master blacksmith, Georg Garfield, makes house calls to Hollywood stars' homes to pamper their horse's hooves. Cast: Bette Davis, Priscilla Lane, George Garfield, George Tobias Dir: Myron J. Swartz BW-7 mins
2:00am Quiet Man, The (1952) An Irish ex-boxer retires to Ireland and searches for the proper wife. Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond Dir: John Ford C-129 mins, TV-PG, CC
4:15am She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949) An aging Cavalry officer tries to prevent an Indian war in the last days before his retirement. Cast: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson Dir: John Ford C-104 mins, TV-PG
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