TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 20th: Star of the Month: Kirk Douglas

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During the day there's a tribute to birthday girl (okay, woman) Sophia Loren.

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

12:15 AM Invitation to the Dance (1956)
Three stories told in dance: a circus clown loves a trapeze artist; a bracelet passes from one lover to another; a sailor enters an animated Arabian Nights fantasy.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly , Igor Youskevitch , Claire Sombert .
C-93 mins, TV-G,

2:00 AM Unfinished Dance, The (1947)
A young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn't like.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Margaret O'Brien , Cyd Charisse , Karin Booth .
BW-101 mins, TV-G,

3:45 AM Ballerina (1938)
A young dancer dreams of performing with four different suitors.
Dir: Jean-Benoit Levy Cast: Ludwig Berger , Violette Verday , Mia Slavenska .
BW-83 mins, TV-PG,

5:15 AM MGM Parade Show #5 (1955)
Tony Martin performs in a clip from "Till the Clouds Roll By"; John Hodiak introduces a clip from "Trial." Hosted by George Murphy
BW-26 mins, TV-G,

6:00 AM Please Believe Me (1950)
Three men pursue a shipboard romance with a woman they think is an heiress.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Deborah Kerr , Robert Walker , Mark Stevens .
BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC,

7:30 AM Quo Vadis (1951)
A Roman commander falls for a Christian slave girl as Nero intensifies persecution of the new religion.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Robert Taylor , Deborah Kerr , Leo Genn .
C-175 mins, TV-PG, CC,

10:30 AM Two Women (1960)
A widow tries to get her daughter to safety in World War II Italy.
Dir: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Sophia Loren , Jean-Paul Belmondo , Eleonora Brown .
BW-96 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

12:15 PM Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want.
Dir: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Sophia Loren , Marcello Mastroianni , Aldo Giuffrè .
C-114 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format



2:15 PM Lady L (1965)
A beautiful laundress rises through European society.
Dir: Peter Ustinov Cast: Sophia Loren , Paul Newman , David Niven .
C-109 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 PM Operation Crossbow (1965)
Allied agents go behind enemy lines to destroy a German missile base.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: Sophia Loren , George Peppard , Trevor Howard .
C-116 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:15 PM Ghosts - Italian Style (1969)
An unemployed opera singer and his wife find jobs as caretakers in a haunted castle.
C-93 mins, TV-PG,



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: KIRK DOUGLAS

8:00 PM Lust For Life (1956)
Passionate biography of painter Vincent van Gogh, whose genius drove him mad.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Kirk Douglas , Anthony Quinn , James Donald .
C-122 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



10:15 PM Paths Of Glory (1957)
A military lawyer comes to question the status quo when he defends three men accused of cowardice.
Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Fred Bell , John Stein , Harold Benedict .
BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC,



12:00 AM Last Train From Gun Hill (1959)
A Western Marshall discovers the man who raped and murdered his wife is his best friend's son.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Kirk Douglas , Anthony Quinn , Carolyn Jones .
BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

1:45 AM Devil's Disciple, The (1959)
A preacher and a rebel leader change places during the Revolution.
Dir: Guy Hamilton Cast: Burt Lancaster , Kirk Douglas , Laurence Olivier .
BW-83 mins, TV-PG,

3:15 AM Town Without Pity (1961)
A military lawyer defends three soldiers accused of raping a girl in occupied Germany.
Dir: Gottfried Reinhardt Cast: Kirk Douglas , E. G. Marshall , Christine Kaufmann .
BW-103 mins, TV-14, CC,

5:15 AM Two Weeks In Another Town (1962)
A recovering alcoholic film director tries for a comeback in Rome.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Kirk Douglas , Edward G. Robinson , Cyd Charisse .
C-107 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format