TCM Schedule for Tuesday, August 24th: Summer Under the Stars: John Gilbert

[CBHagman]

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

1:21 AM Short Film: Sandpiper - The Big Sur (1965)
C-9 mins,

1:30 AM V.I.P.S, The (1963)
Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Margaret Rutherford. Dir: Anthony Asquith. C-119 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM X Y & Zee (1972)
A possessive woman fights to end her husband's affair with a younger woman. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Susannah York. Dir: Brian G. Hutton. C-106 mins, TV-14

5:47 AM Short Film: Statue For The Sandpiper, A (1965)
BW-4 mins,

6:00 AM Busher, The (1919)
In this silent film, a minor-league baseball player gets his shot at the big leagues. Cast: Charles Ray, Colleen Moore, John Gilbert. Dir: Jerome Storm. BW-55 mins, TV-G

7:00 AM He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
In this silent film, a scientist flees his tragic past to become a circus clown. Cast: Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert. Dir: Victor Seastrom. BW-72 mins, TV-G



8:13 AM Short Film: Help! (1916)
BW-15 mins,

8:30 AM Merry Widow, The (1925)
In this silent film, a European nobleman courts the wealthy American widow he once loved to save his bankrupt homeland, Cast: Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Tully Marshall. Dir: Erich von Stroheim. BW-137 mins, TV-PG

11:00 AM Show, The (1927)
In this silent film, a sideshow dancer secretly loves the show's amoral barker. Cast: John Gilbert, Renee Adoree, Lionel Barrymore. Dir: Tod Browning. BW-76 mins, TV-14

12:30 PM Desert Nights (1929)
In this silent film, diamond robbers get caught in a violent sandstorm. Cast: John Gilbert, Mary Nolan, Ernest Torrence. Dir: William Nigh. BW-62 mins, TV-G

1:45 PM Way For A Sailor (1930)
A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea. Cast: John Gilbert, Wallace Beery, Leila Hyams. Dir: Sam Wood. BW-85 mins, TV-G

3:15 PM Gentleman's Fate (1931)
A bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him. Cast: John Gilbert, Louis Wolheim, Leila Hyams. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-93 mins, TV-PG

5:00 PM Phantom of Paris, The (1931)
A magician is charged with killing his fiancee's father. Cast: John Gilbert, Leila Hyams, Ian Keith. Dir: John S. Robertson. BW-74 mins, TV-PG

6:19 PM Short Film: Olympic Events (1932)
BW-10 mins,

6:30 PM Downstairs (1932)
An evil chauffeur seduces and blackmails his way through high society. Cast: John Gilbert, Virginia Bruce, Paul Lukas. Dir: Monta Bell. BW-78 mins, TV-G

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: JOHN GILBERT

8:00 PM Big Parade, The (1925)
In this silent film, a young innocent enlists for World War I service but soon learns the horrors of war. Cast: John Gilbert, Renee Adoree, Karl Dane. Dir: King Vidor. BW-126 mins, TV-G



10:15 PM Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
A notorious womanizer falls for the woman he has bet he can trick into marriage. Cast: John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman, Roy D'Arcy. Dir: King Vidor. BW-90 mins, TV-PG

12:00 AM Flesh And The Devil (1926)
In this silent film, a femme fatale comes between childhood friends. Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lars Hanson. Dir: Clarence Brown. BW-113 mins, TV-PG



2:00 AM Queen Christina (1933)
Romantic tale of the 17th-century Swedish queen and her romance with a Spanish diplomat. Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lewis Stone. Dir: Rouben Mamoulian. BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bpdWsOrotV0/TFc9mmO0U_I/AAAAAAAAC9A/YmBxVJ9vyoM/s400/greta+garbo+john+gilbert+queen+christina+2.jpg

3:50 AM Short Film: Sea Spiders (1932)
BW-9 mins,

4:00 AM Captain Hates the Sea, The (1934)
A bond thief, a private eye and a drunken reporter wreak havoc on an ocean voyage. Cast: Victor McLaglen, Wynne Gibson, John Gilbert. Dir: Lewis Milestone. BW-85 mins, TV-G