1 Saturday 6:00 AM The Little Minister (1934)
A young miss masquerades as a gypsy to win a minister's love.
Dir: Richard Wallace Cast: Katharine Hepburn , John Beal , Alan Hale .
BW-110 mins, TV-G, CC,
8:00 AM The Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
A feisty school teacher sets out to solve a murder in an aquarium.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Edna May Oliver , James Gleason , Robert Armstrong .
BW-65 mins, TV-G, CC,
9:30 AM The Spiral Staircase (1945)
A serial killer stalks a mute servant girl in a remote mansion.
Dir: Robert Siodmak Cast: Dorothy McGuire , George Brent , Ethel Barrymore .
BW-84 mins, TV-14, CC,
11:00 AM Zorro Rides Again: Retribution (1937)
In the twelfth and final chapter of Zorro Rides Again, the swashbuckler's great grandson rides on a collision course with a speeding train.
BW-16 mins, TV-G,
11:30 AM Zorro's Fighting Legion: The Golden God (1939)
In the first chapter of Zorro's Fighting Legion, the masked hero fights to save Mexico's gold from a murderous villain.
BW-27 mins, TV-G,
12:00 PM Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
The jungle king pursues four criminals out to exploit a diamond mine.
Dir: John Guillermin Cast: Gordon Scott , Anthony Quayle , Sara Shane .
C-87 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
1:45 PM Another Thin Man (1939)
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: William Powell , Myrna Loy , Virginia Grey .
BW-103 mins, TV-G, CC,
3:30 PM Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Illicit lovers fight to stay together during the turbulent years of the Russian Revolution.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Geraldine Chaplin , Julie Christie , Tom Courtenay .
C-200 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
7:00 PM A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (2009)
BW-58 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE ESSENTIALS: PROFESSORS 8:00 PM Ball Of Fire (1941)
A group of professors takes in a nightclub singer hiding from the law to protect her gangster boyfriend.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Gary Cooper , Barbara Stanwyck , Oscar Homolka .
BW-112 mins, TV-G, CC,
10:00 PM Vivacious Lady (1937)
After a whirlwind courtship, a nightclub singer has to adjust to her professor husband's conservative family.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Ginger Rogers , James Stewart , James Ellison .
BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC,
12:00 AM She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)
A professor helps a burlesque queen get a college education.
Dir: Bruce Humberstone Cast: Virginia Mayo , Ronald Reagan , Gene Nelson .
C-101 mins, TV-G, CC,
]2:00 AM The Male Animal (1942)
A college professor fights censorship and an amorous football player who's after his wife.
Dir: Elliott Nugent Cast: Henry Fonda , Olivia de Havilland , Joan Leslie .
BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC,
4:00 AM Young Ideas (1943)
A widow's grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Susan Peters , Herbert Marshall , Mary Astor .
BW-77 mins, TV-G,
5:30 AM Now Playing October (2011)
Features highlights of the month's programming on TCM, including festivals and stars.
C-15 mins, TV-PG, CC,