TCM Schedule for Sunday, June 19 --- ESSENTIALS, JR. : JOHN FORD/JOHN WAYNE

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19 Sunday



6:45 AM The Champ (1931)
A broken-down prizefighter battles to keep custody of his son.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich.
BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC,

8:15 AM Jacqueline (1956)
A young girl fights to get her unemployed father to quit drinking.
Dir: Roy Ward Baker Cast: John Gregson, Kathleen Ryan, Christopher Steele.
BW-93 mins, TV-G,

10:00 AM No, My Darling Daughter (1961)
A British aristocrat tries to manage his daughter's romantic affairs.
Dir: Ralph Thomas Cast: Michael Redgrave, Michael Craig, Roger Livesey.
BW-97 mins, TV-G,

11:45 AM Life Begins For Andy Hardy (1941)
A small-town boy tries life in the big city before going to college.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland.
BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC,

1:30 PM Father Of The Bride (1950)
A doting father faces mountains of bills and endless trials when his daughter marries.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor.
BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC,

3:08 PM Salute To The Theatres (1955)
This short features theatrical trailers of original musicals released by MGM in 1955 and visits the sets of films still in production.
C-17 mins,

3:30 PM The Courtship Of Eddie's Father (1963)
A young boy plays matchmaker for his widowed father.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Glenn Ford, Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens.
C-119 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

5:45 PM Life With Father (1947)
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor.
C-118 mins, TV-G, CC,

7:47 PM So You'Re Going To Be A Father (1947)
Joe McDoakes and his wife Alice are expecting a boy, but the pregnancy seems to take a bigger toll on Joe than it does Alice.
Dir: Richard Bare Cast: George O'Hanlon,
BW-11 mins,


WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: ESSENTIALS, JR. : JOHN FORD/JOHN WAYNE

8:00 PM Stagecoach (1939)
A group of disparate passengers battle personal demons and each other while racing through Indian country.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine.
BW-96 mins, TV-G, CC,

10:00 PM The Wings of Eagles (1957)
Biography of Frank "Spig" Wead, the pioneer aviator who turned to writing after being grounded by an accident.
Dir: John Ford Cast: John Wayne, Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara.
C-110 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM The Phantom Carriage (1922)
In this silent film, fear of a terrible curse prompts a dying man to try atoning for his sins.
BW-107 mins, TV-PG,

2:00 AM The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
After seeing the classic Frankenstein, two naive young girls go searching for the mad doctor's monster.
Dir: Victor Erice Cast: Juan Margallo, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent.
C-99 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

3:42 AM All Eyes On Sharron Tate (1966)
A short behind the scenes promo for "Eye of the Devil" (1966), showcasing the late Sharon Tate, then a young, 22-year-old hopeful at MGM.
Cast: Sharon Tate,
BW-10 mins,

4:00 AM Frankenstein (1931)
A crazed scientist creates a living being from body parts, not realizing it has a madman's brain.
Dir: James Whale Cast: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles.
BW-70 mins, TV-PG, CC,

5:15 AM Waterloo Bridge (1931)
A ballerina sinks into prostitution when her husband is reported killed in World War I.
Dir: James Whale Cast: Mae Clarke, Kent Douglass, Doris Lloyd.
BW-81 mins, TV-PG,

[CBHagman]

1. "Life with Father."

It shows its stagy origins and may not resonate well with today's audiences, but I still love seeing Edmund Gwenn and especially William Powell, as the type of set-in-his-ways man who would even argue with God or at least the church.

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