TCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 23rd: TCM Prime Time Feature: 20th Anniversary of Milestone Films

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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

12:00 AM See Here, Private Hargrove (1944)
A green recruit has a series of madcap adventures in the Army. Cast: Robert Walker, Donna Reed, Keenan Wynn. Dir: Wesley Ruggles. BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC

1:45 AM Short Film: Army Champions (1941)
BW-11 mins,

2:00 AM You're In The Army Now (1941)
Two incompetent door-to-door salesmen enlist by accident. Cast: Jimmy Durante, Phil Silvers, Jane Wyman. Dir: Lewis Seiler. BW-79 mins, TV-G

3:30 AM At War With The Army (1950)
A song-and-dance team have trouble adjusting to Army life. Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen. Dir: Hal Walker. BW-91 mins, TV-PG

5:03 AM Short Film: U.S. Army Air Force Band (1942)
A patriotic wartime short showcasing the U.S. Army Air Force Band and famous military and patriotic songs played by the band interspersed with wartime footage of the Army Air Force. BW-10 mins,

5:15 AM MGM Parade Show #25 (1955)
Jeanette MacDonald and Allan Jones perform in a clip from "The Firefly"; Dan Dailey introduces a clip from "Meet Me in Las Vegas." Hosted by George Murphy. BW-26 mins, TV-G

5:49 AM Short Film: Rainbow Pass, The (1937)
BW-11 mins,

6:00 AM Dragon Seed (1944)
Chinese peasants fight to survive the Japanese occupation during World War II. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Agnes Moorehead. Dir: Jack Conway. BW-148 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

8:30 AM China Sky (1945)
A dedicated doctor joins the Chinese in their fight against Japanese invaders. Cast: Randolph Scott, Ruth Warrick, Anthony Quinn. Dir: Ray Enright. BW-78 mins, TV-PG

10:00 AM Good Earth, The (1937)
Epic adaptation of the Pearl Buck classic about Chinese farmers battling the elements. Cast: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly. Dir: Sidney Franklin. BW-138 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

12:30 PM Bitter Tea of General Yen, The (1932)
An American missionary falls in love with a Chinese warlord. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Walter Connolly. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC



2:00 PM Seven Women (1966)
The women staffing an isolated Chinese mission fight to survive a bandit attack. Cast: Anne Bancroft, Flora Robson, Margaret Leighton. Dir: John Ford. C-87 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 PM 55 Days At Peking (1963)
An American major leads the defense against Chinese revolutionaries in 1900 Peking. Cast: Charlton Heston, David Niven, Ava Gardner. Dir: Nicholas Ray. C-162 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM China Doll (1958)
A World War II veteran searches for the daughter he left behind in China. Cast: Victor Mature, Li Li Hua, Ward Bond. Dir: Frank Borzage. C-99 mins, TV-PG


What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF MILESTONE FILMS

8:00 PM Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives (1977)
The stories of 26 gay men and lesbians create a mosaic of gay life in the U.S. Cast: John Burnside, Sally M. Gearheart, Elsa Gidlow, Harry Hay, David Gillon. Dir: Lucy Massie Phenix, Andrew Brown, Veronica Selver, Nancy Adair, Peter Adair. C-132 mins,



10:15 PM Killer of Sheep (1977)
A black slaughterhouse worker copes with the stress of raising a family with little money. Cast: Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy. Dir: Charles Burnett. BW-80 mins, TV-MA, CC



12:00 AM Legong (Dance of the Virgins) (1935)
A Balinese beauty's sister plots to keep her from finding love. Cast: Poetoe Aloes Goesti, Bagus Mara Goesti, Saplak Njoman. Dir: Henri de la Falaise. C-56 mins, TV-14

1:15 AM Exiles, The (1961)
Three young Native Americans feel lost and isolated when they leave the reservation for the big city. Cast: Mary Donahue, Homer Nish, Clydean Parker. Dir: Kent MacKenzie. BW-73 mins, TV-PG

2:30 AM Bat Whispers, The (1930)
A masked criminal terrorizes the residents at a deserted country house. Cast: Chester Morris, Chance Ward, Una Merkel. Dir: Roland West. BW-85 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives (1977)
The stories of 26 gay men and lesbians create a mosaic of gay life in the U.S. Cast: John Burnside, Sally M. Gearheart, Elsa Gidlow, Harry Hay, David Gillon. Dir: Lucy Massie Phenix, Andrew Brown, Veronica Selver, Nancy Adair, Peter Adair. C-132 mins,