TCM Schedule for Tuesday, May 17th: Playing the Ponies

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Today is also a celebration of actress Maureen O'Sullivan, born on this day in 1911 in County Roscommon, Ireland.



Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

12:00 AM Las Vegas Story, The (1952)
When newlyweds visit Las Vegas, the wife's shady past comes to the surface.
Dir: Robert Stevenson Cast: Jane Russell, Victor Mature, Vincent Price.
BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC,

1:35 AM Ontario "Land Of Lakes" (1949)
C-10 mins,

1:45 AM Painting the Clouds With Sunshine (1951)
Three chorus girls hit Las Vegas in search of rich husbands.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Dennis Morgan, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson.
C-87 mins, TV-G, CC,

3:30 AM Meet Me In Las Vegas (1956)
A ballerina becomes a gambler's lucky charm.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Agnes Moorehead.
C-112 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 AM John Leguizamo (2008)
Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives
in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell.
C-28 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 AM Big Shot, The (1932)
Swindlers dupe a young go-getter into buying swamp land, then discover it's actually worth a fortune.
Dir: Ralph F. Murphy Cast: Eddie Quillan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mary Nolan.
BW-66 mins, TV-PG,

7:15 AM Payment Deferred (1932)
A milquetoast kills for money and finds it a hard habit to break.
Dir: Lothar Mendes Cast: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, Dorothy Peterson.
BW-81 mins, TV-G,

8:45 AM Strange Interlude (1932)
A doctor's daughter defies convention in her fight for love and her child.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Alexander Kirkland.
BW-109 mins, TV-PG, CC,

10:45 AM Stage Mother (1933)
A young actress's mother will sacrifice anything, even her daughter, for money.
Dir: Charles Brabin Cast: Alice Brady, Maureen O'Sullivan, Franchot Tone.
BW-85 mins, TV-G,

12:15 PM Tugboat Annie (1933)
A lady tugboat captain tries to help two young lovers come together.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Robert Young.
BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC,

1:45 PM Flame Within, The (1935)
A lady psychiatrist falls for a patient's husband.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Ann Harding, Herbert Marshall, Maureen O'Sullivan.
BW-72 mins, TV-PG,

3:00 PM Woman Wanted (1935)
An innocent woman is chased by both gangsters and the police.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Maureen O'Sullivan, Joel McCrea, Lewis Stone.
BW-67 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:15 PM Between Two Women (1937)
A nurse with an alcoholic husband falls for a doctor, only to find his interests lie elsewhere.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Franchot Tone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Virginia Bruce.
BW-88 mins, TV-PG,

5:45 PM Let Us Live (1939)
Two wrongly convicted men are sentenced to death.
Dir: John Brahm Cast: Maureen O'Sullivan, Henry Fonda, Ralph Bellamy.
BW-68 mins, TV-PG,

7:00 PM SOME OF THE BEST - 1944 (1944)
Features highlights of MGM's productions from 1924 through 1943, in honor of the studio's twentieth anniversary. Hosted by Lewis Stone.
BW-49 mins, TV-G,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: PLAYING THE PONIES

8:00 PM National Velvet (1944)
A British farm girl fights to train a difficult horse for the Grand National Steeplechase.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor.
C-124 mins, TV-G, CC,



10:15 PM International Velvet (1978)
In this sequel to National Velvet, a former racing champ helps turn a delinquent girl into an Olympic rider.
Dir: Bryan Forbes Cast: Nanette Newman, Christopher Plummer, Tatum O'Neal.
C-127 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

12:30 AM Black Beauty (1946)
A motherless girl searches for the horse she raised.
Dir: Max Nosseck Cast: Mona Freeman, Richard Denning, Evelyn Ankers.
BW-72 mins, TV-G, CC,

2:00 AM Snowfire (1958)
A young girl on an isolated ranch forges a close bond with a wild stallion.
Dir: Dorrell McGowan Cast: Molly McGowan, Don Megowan, Michael Vallon.
C-73 mins,

3:23 AM Action On The Beach (1964)
BW-6 mins,

3:30 AM Casey's Shadow (1978)
A young boy from a racing family tries to turn his pet horse into a champion.
Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: Walter Matthau, Alexis Smith, Robert Webber.
C-117 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 AM MGM STORY,THE (1950)
A collection of MGM previews with an introduction by Lionel Barrymore.
C-57 mins, TV-G,