TCM Schedule for Tuesday, May 20th: James Stewart's 100th Birthday

[CBHagman]

Check it out, Thelma!



Brilliant schedule, and a nice variety of moods, genres, and eras. Check out The Mortal Storm, which is likely to be one of the most rarely seen Stewart films.

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008.


1:30 AM Cathy Come Home (1966) A family must rely on the British welfare system when they become homeless. Cast: Carol White, Ray Brooks, Winifred Dennis. Dir: Ken Loach. BW-77 mins, TV-PG

3:00 AM This Sporting Life (1963) A rugby player finds the violence in his professional life tainting his personal relationships. Cast: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel. Dir: Lindsay Anderson. BW-134 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

5:30 AM Festival of Shorts #23 (1999) TCM promotes two 10-minute shorts from 1950 entitled "Screen Actors" and "Moments in Music". This series spotlighted the various arts, crafts, and sciences employed in the making of a motion picture. BW-21 mins, , CC

6:00 AM Stratton Story, The (1949) True story of Monty Stratton, the baseball star who fought to continue his career after losing a leg. Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan. Dir: Sam Wood. BW-107 mins, TV-G, CC

7:48 AM Short Film: Opening Day (1938) BW-9 mins,

8:00 AM Mortal Storm, The (1940) The Third Reich's rise tears apart a German family. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young. Dir: Frank Borzage. BW-100 mins, TV-PG, CC



9:45 AM Shop Around The Corner, The (1940) Feuding co-workers don't realize they're secret romantic pen pals. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan. Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS



11:30 AM Philadelphia Story, The (1940) Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage. Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart. Dir: George Cukor. BW-112 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS



1:30 PM Glenn Miller Story, The (1954) The famed bandleader fights to establish himself and keep his family going. Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan. Dir: Anthony Mann. C-116 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 PM Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1956) International spies kidnap a doctor's son when he stumbles on their assassination plot. Cast: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-120 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format



5:45 PM Vertigo (1958) A detective falls for the mysterious woman he's been hired to tail. Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-130 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM Rear Window (1954) A photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a nearby apartment building. Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Raymond Burr. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) An experienced gunman and a peace-loving tenderfoot clash with a Western bully. Cast: John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Marvin. Dir: John Ford. BW-123 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

12:15 AM Anatomy Of A Murder (1959) A small-town lawyer gets the case of a lifetime when a military man avenges an attack on his wife. Cast: James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick. Dir: Otto Preminger. BW-161 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 AM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption. Cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-130 mins, TV-G, CC

5:15 AM Harvey (1950) A wealthy eccentric prefers the company of an invisible six-foot rabbit to his family. Cast: James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Cecil Kellaway. Dir: Henry Koster. BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC

[lavenderdiva]

1. what an amazing line-up!

I can't remember when SO many of my favorites were being shown on ONE day!! Great post, CBH, and great pics too!! :loveya: