TCM Schedule for Saturday, November 20 --- The Essentials: San Francisco

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20 Saturday



6:00 AM Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Three showgirls in the Ziegfeld Follies face romantic trials on their way to the top. Cast: James Stewart, Judy Garland, Lana Turner. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. BW-132 mins, TV-G, CC

8:14 AM Short Film: We Must Have Music (1941)
BW-11 mins,

8:30 AM Christopher Columbus (1949)
The legendary explorer discovers the new world while searching for a route to Asia. Cast: Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Francis L. Sullivan. Dir: David McDonald. C-99 mins, TV-G

10:11 AM Short Film: Will Rogers Memorial Hosp. (Cary Grant) (1940)
Cary Grant asking moviegoers to donate to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital, a hospital and recovery center for tuberculosis patients. Cast: Cary Grant BW-2 mins,

10:20 AM Short Film: Where Is Jane Doe? (1956)
BW-8 mins,

10:30 AM Private Eyes (1953)
The Bowery Boys open a detective agency when one of them develops mind-reading talents. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Joyce Holden. Dir: Edward Bernds. BW-65 mins,

11:48 AM Short Film: Servant Of Mankind - Thomas Edison (1940)
BW-9 mins,

12:00 PM The Dream Merchants (2010)
C-60 mins, TV-PG, CC

1:00 PM Carson City (1952)
When the local stagecoach is raided by bandits, a western banker sinks all of his capital into a railway line. Cast: Randolph Scott, Raymond Massey, Lucille Norman. Dir: Andre De Toth. C-88 mins, TV-PG

2:30 PM The Story Of Will Rogers (1952)
Oklahoma lad grows up to become America's favorite humorist. Cast: Will Rogers, Jr., Jane Wyman, Slim Pickens. Dir: Michael Curtiz. C-109 mins, TV-PG

4:30 PM Trapeze (1956)
An aging trapeze star and his protigi fall for the same woman. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida. Dir: Carol Reed. C-106 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:30 PM 20 Million Miles To Earth (1957)
A crashed spaceship unleashes a rapidly growing monster from Venus. Cast: William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia. Dir: Nathan Juran. BW-83 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


What's On Tonight: The Essentials -- San Francisco

8:00 PM San Francisco (1936)
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the big earthquake. Cast: Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-115 mins, TV-G, CC

10:00 PM Up the River (1930)
Two convicts break out to help an ex-con friend stay straight. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Claire Luce, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: John Ford. BW-85 mins, , CC, Letterbox Format

11:30 PM Short Film: The Big Dog House (1930)
In this short from the Dogville series, dogs play out a story of jealousy, murder and justice thwarted. Cast: Oscar, Buster, Jiggs. Dir: Zion Myers, Jules White. BW-16 mins, TV-G

11:48 PM Short Film: Picturesque Massachusetts (1942)
C-9 mins,

12:00 AM Plymouth Adventure (1952)
Epic dramatization of the Pilgrims' journey to the new world on the Mayflower. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson. Dir: Clarence Brown. C-106 mins, TV-PG, CC

2:00 AM The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
A Cuban fisherman believes his long dry spell will end when he catches a legendary fish. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos, Harry Bellaver. Dir: John Sturges. C-87 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

3:30 AM The Devil At Four O'Clock (1961)
A drunken missionary and three escaped convicts try to save a group of children from a South Seas volcano. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Frank Sinatra, Kerwin Mathews. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. C-126 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

5:40 AM Short Film: Challenge Of Champions (1966)
A featurette giving a behind the cameras look at the filming of "Grand Prix" (1966) at the actual Grand Prix in Monaco. C-13 mins,