TCM Schedule for Saturday, September 18 --- THE ESSENTIALS: MAURICE CHEVALIER

[lavenderdiva]

18 Saturday



6:00 AM The Journey (1959)
A Communist officer falls hard for a married woman trying to escape from Hungary. Cast: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Jason Robards, Jr. Dir: Anatole Litvak. C-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

8:21 AM Short Film: Big Blue Goose (1956)
BW-8 mins,

8:30 AM The Big Clock (1948)
A corrupt publisher tries to frame a career-driven editor for murder. Cast: Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan. Dir: John Farrow. BW-95 mins, TV-PG

10:19 AM Short Film: So You Want To Play The Horses (1946)
BW-11 mins,

10:30 AM Crazy Over Horses (1951)
The Bowery Boys get mixed up with a race horse and the gambling racket. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Allen Jenkins. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-65 mins, TV-G

11:38 AM Short Film: Trial By Trigger (1944)
BW-21 mins,

12:00 PM Rio Lobo (1970)
A Civil War veteran searches for the traitor behind a friend's death. Cast: John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jack Elam. Dir: Howard Hawks. C-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 PM Blood Alley (1955)
An American sailor breaks out of a Chinese jail and dodges Communist agents on the road to Hong Kong. Cast: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix. Dir: William A. Wellman. C-115 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 PM Soylent Green (1973)
A future cop uncovers the deadly secret behind a mysterious synthetic food. Cast: Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young. Dir: Richard Fleischer. C-97 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

5:40 PM Short Film: A Look At The World Of Soylent Green (1973)
C-10 mins,

6:00 PM Fail Safe (1964)
A failure in the U.S. defense system threatens to start World War III. Cast: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Larry Hagman. Dir: Sidney Lumet. BW-112 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format


What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: MAURICE CHEVALIER

8:00 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

10:15 PM Love In The Afternoon (1957)
An aging American tycoon overcomes his inhibitions to court a young Parisian. Cast: Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-130 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

12:30 AM Man About Town (1947)
A womanizing film director takes on a pretty protegee in early 20th-century Paris. Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Francois Perrier, Dany Robin. Dir: Rene Clair. BW-88 mins, TV-PG

2:11 AM Short Film: Jeanette Macdonald Biography (1962)
BW-4 mins,

2:15 AM The Merry Widow (1934)
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country. Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Una Merkel. Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:00 AM Jessica (1962)
When a sexy midwife comes to town, the local women abstain from sex rather than risk having her deliver their babies. Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Angie Dickinson, Gabrielle Ferzetti. Dir: Jean Negulesco, Oreste Palella. BW-105 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

5:56 AM Short Film: John Barrymore (1962)
BW-3 mins,