TCM Schedule for Sunday, June 21 --- VINCENTE MINNELLI

[lavenderdiva]

21 Sunday



6:00 AM Cabin In The Sky (1943)
God and Satan battle for the soul of a wounded gambler. Cast: Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC

7:40 AM Short Film: Studio Visit (1946)
A Pete Smith Specialty short exlporing film lots and what goes on behind-the-scenes. Cast: Pete Smith BW-10 mins,

8:00 AM Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-113 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

10:00 AM The Band Wagon (1953)
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop. Cast: Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Cyd Charisse. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-112 mins, TV-G, CC

12:00 PM An American in Paris (1951)
An American artist finds love in Paris but almost loses it to conflicting loyalties. Cast: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

2:00 PM Gigi (1958)
A Parisian girl is raised to be a kept woman but dreams of love and marriage. Cast: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-116 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

3:59 PM Short Film: Paris On Parade (1938)
C-9 mins,

4:15 PM The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
Life on the road isn't what it's cracked up to be when a honeymooning couple invests in an oversized motor home. Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-96 mins, TV-G, CC

6:00 PM The Courtship Of Eddie's Father (1963)
A young boy plays matchmaker for his widowed father. Cast: Glenn Ford, Ron Howard, Shirley Jones. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-119 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

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8:00 PM Father Of The Bride (1950)
A doting father faces mountains of bills and endless trials when his daughter marries. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

9:45 PM Father's Little Dividend (1951)
In this sequel to Father of the Bride, a doting father faces a series of comic trials when his daughter has her first child. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC

11:15 PM Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952)
An unscrupulous movie producer uses everyone around him in his climb to the top. Cast: Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Dick Powell. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

1:15 AM Lust For Life (1956)
Passionate biography of painter Vincent van Gogh, whose genius drove him mad. Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-122 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

3:30 AM Some Came Running (1958)
A veteran returns home to deal with family secrets and small-town scandals. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Dean Martin. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-136 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

[CBHagman]

1. More breadth than I'd expected!

I associate Minnelli with some of the best of the great Hollywood musicals and tend to forget he directed nonmusical comedies and dramas as well.

All in all, a great day for viewing.