TCM Schedule for Tuesday, April 6th: Star of the Month: Robert Taylor

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Today we salute birthday boy Walter Huston and Star of the Month Robert Taylor.



Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

1:30 AM Shane (1953)
A mysterious drifter helps farmers fight off a vicious gunman. Cast: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Brandon de Wilde. Dir: George Stevens. C-118 mins, TV-G, CC

3:45 AM Annie Oakley (1935)
The famed female sharpshooter learns that you can't get a man with a gun when she falls for a rival marksman. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas. Dir: George Stevens. BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC

5:30 AM Short Film: Now Playing April (2010) (2010)
Features highlights of the month's programming on TCM, including festivals and stars. BW-21 mins, TV-PG, CC

6:00 AM Criminal Code, The (1931)
A convict trying to reform is torn between conflicting loyalties when he witnesses a murder behind bars. Cast: Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Boris Karloff. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-96 mins, TV-PG

7:45 AM Ruling Voice, The (1931)
A powerful gangster goes soft when he meets his grown-up daughter. Cast: Walter Huston, Loretta Young, Doris Kenyon. Dir: Rowland V. Lee. BW-72 mins,

9:00 AM Star Witness (1931)
An old man who witnessed a crime is threatened by gangsters. Cast: Walter Huston, Chic Sale, Grant Mitchell. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-68 mins, TV-G, CC

10:15 AM Beast Of The City, The (1932)
A police captain leads the fight against a vicious gangland chief. Cast: Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford. Dir: Charles Brabin. BW-86 mins, TV-14, CC

11:45 AM Ann Vickers (1933)
A social worker's fight for reform is compromised by her love for a corrupt judge. Cast: Irene Dunne, Walter Huston, Conrad Nagel. Dir: John Cromwell. BW-76 mins, TV-G, CC



1:00 PM Gabriel Over The White House (1933)
A crooked president reforms mysteriously. Cast: Walter Huston, Arthur Byron, Karen Morley. Dir: Gregory La Cava. BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC

2:30 PM Devil and Daniel Webster, The (1941)
A farmer sells his soul for seven years of good crops. Cast: Walter Huston, Edward Arnold, John Craig. Dir: William Dieterle. BW-106 mins, TV-G, CC



4:30 PM Dragonwyck (1946)
A farm girl signs on as governess in a gloomy mansion. Cast: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price. Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. BW-103 mins, TV-14, CC



6:30 PM Wicked Woman, A (1934)
A woman kills her drunken husband to defend her children. Cast: Mady Christians, Charles Bickford, Betty Furness. Dir: Charles Brabin. BW-73 mins, TV-PG

What's On Tonight: STAR OF THE MONTH: ROBERT TAYLOR



8:00 PM Magnificent Obsession (1935)
A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death. Cast: Irene Dunne, Robert Taylor, Charles Butterworth. Dir: John M. Stahl. BW-102 mins,

10:00 PM Camille (1936)
In this classic 19th-century romance, a kept woman runs off with a young admirer in search of love and happiness. Cast: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore. Dir: George Cukor. BW-109 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS



12:00 AM Waterloo Bridge (1940)
A ballerina turns to prostitution when her fiance is reported killed in World War I. Cast: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-109 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS



2:00 AM Billy The Kid (1941)
A misunderstood youngster turns into one of the West's most notorious outlaws. Cast: Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Ian Hunter. Dir: David Miller. C-94 mins, TV-PG, CC

3:45 AM When Ladies Meet (1941)
A female novelist doesn't realize her new friend is the wife whose husband she's trying to steal. Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Greer Garson. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. BW-105 mins, TV-G, CC



5:45 AM Flight Command (1940)
A cocky cadet tries to prove himself during flight training. Cast: Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, Walter Pidgeon. Dir: Frank Borzage. BW-116 mins, TV-PG, CC