TCM Schedule for Monday June 6 - TCM Spotlight: Ernie Kovacs

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He's best remembered as a seminal TV comic, but Ernie Kovacs made a few movies in his day, and TCM has some tonight. Plus, an always welcome dose of Cary Grant in the daytime.

(all times Eastern)

7:00 AM My Favorite Wife (1940)
A shipwrecked woman is rescued just in time for her husband's re-marriage.
Dir: Garson Kanin Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott.
BW-88 mins, TV-G, CC,

8:30 AM His Girl Friday (1940)
An unscrupulous editor plots to keep his star reporter-and ex-wife-from re-marrying. Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy.
BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC,

10:15 AM Once Upon a Time (1944)
A Broadway producer finds fame with his new act -- a dancing caterpillar.
Dir: Alexander Hall Cast: Cary Grant, Janet Blair, James Gleason.
BW-89 mins, TV-G,

11:45 AM Every Girl Should Be Married (1949)
A young woman uses scientific research to trap a man into marriage.
Dir: Don Hartman Cast: Cary Grant, Franchot Tone, Diana Lynn.
BW-85 mins, TV-G, CC,

1:30 PM Room For One More (1952)
A family with three children takes in troubled orphans. Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Lurene Tuttle. BW-95 mins,

3:15 PM Pride And The Passion, The (1957)
A British naval officer helps Spanish peasants haul a large cannon cross-country to battle Napoleon. Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren. C-132 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

5:30 PM North By Northwest (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
C-136 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM North to Alaska (1960)
Two prospectors cope with woman problems and a con man. Dir: Henry Hathaway Cast: John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs. C-122 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:15 PM Operation Mad Ball (1957)
A peacetime soldier plots to throw a party under his strict captain's nose.
Dir: Richard Quine Cast: Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Kathryn Grant.
BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

12:15 AM Five Golden Hours (1960)
A con artist who fleeces wealthy widows falls for his latest mark. Dir: Mario Zampi Cast: Ernie Kovacs, Cyd Charisse, George Sanders. BW-90 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM It Happened To Jane (1959)
A small-town businesswoman takes on a railroad magnate in court. Dir: Richard Quine Cast: Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs. C-98 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM Bell, Book and Candle (1959)
A beautiful witch puts a love spell on an unknowing publisher. Dir: Richard Quine Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon. C-102 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

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1. Ernie! Ernie!