TCM Schedule for Wednesday, April 7th: Star of the Month Robert Taylor; Pirates

[CBHagman]

Aargh. Time for more Robert Taylor, matey, and a few buccaneers. Aargh.



Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

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

7:45 AM Escape (1940)
A Nazi officer's mistress helps an American free his mother from a concentration camp. Cast: Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-98 mins, TV-G

9:30 AM Stand Up and Fight (1939)
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom. Cast: Wallace Beery, Robert Taylor, Florence Rice. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-97 mins, TV-PG, CC

11:15 AM Remember? (1939)
A bickering couple takes an amnesia potion so they can re-discover each other. Cast: Robert Taylor, Greer Garson, Lew Ayres. Dir: Norman Z. McLeod. BW-83 mins, TV-G, CC

12:45 PM Lucky Night (1939)
During a drunken night out, an heiress marries a broken-down gambler. Cast: Myrna Loy, Robert Taylor, Henry O'Neill. Dir: Norman Taurog. BW-82 mins, TV-G

2:15 PM Lady Of The Tropics (1939)
An American playboy in Saigon has to fight to get his Eurasian wife out of the country. Cast: Robert Taylor, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Schildkraut. Dir: Jack Conway. BW-92 mins, TV-G

4:00 PM Broadway Melody Of 1938 (1937)
Backstage problems jeopardize a Broadway musical. Cast: Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Robert Taylor. Dir: Roy Del Ruth. BW-111 mins, TV-G

6:00 PM Gorgeous Hussy, The (1936)
President Andrew Jackson's friendship with an innkeeper's daughter spells trouble for them both. Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore. Dir: Clarence Brown. BW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC



7:44 PM Short Film: Old Hickory (1940)
C-17 mins,

8:00 PM Black Swan, The (1942)
When he's named governor of Jamaica, a former pirate sets out to clean up the Caribbean. Cast: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn. Dir: Henry King. C-85 mins, TV-PG, CC



9:30 PM Spanish Main, The (1945)
Dutch rebels in the Caribbean turn pirate and kidnap the corrupt Spanish governor's bride-to-be. Cast: Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak. Dir: Frank Borzage. C-101 mins, TV-PG, CC

11:15 PM Captain Blood (1935)
After being unjustly sentenced to prison, a doctor escapes and becomes a notorious pirate. Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-119 mins, TV-G, CC

1:30 AM Pirate, The (1948)
An actor poses as a notorious pirate to court a romantic Caribbean girl. Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Gladys Cooper. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-102 mins, TV-PG, CC

3:30 AM Morgan The Pirate (1960)
An escaped slave takes on the Spanish Navy. Cast: Steve Reeves, Valerie Lagrange, Lydia Alfonsi. Dir: Andre de Toth. C-96 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

5:15 AM Golden Hawk, The (1952)
Male and female pirates join forces against a corrupt Caribbean governor. Cast: Sterling Hayden, Rhonda Fleming, Helena Carter. Dir: Sidney Salkow. C-82 mins, TV-PG