TCM Schedule for Wednesday, August 21: Summer Under the Stars: Joel McCrea

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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

12:30 AM
FRIENDLY PERSUASION ( 1956)
A peaceful Quaker family's sanctity is tested during the Civil War.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Gary Cooper , Dorothy McGuire , Marjorie Main .
BW- 138 mins, CC,

3:00 AM
INVITATION ( 1952)
A millionaire tries to buy his dying daughter a husband.
Dir: Gottfried Reinhardt Cast: Van Johnson , Dorothy McGuire , Ruth Roman .
BW- 85 mins, CC,

4:30 AM
CALLAWAY WENT THATAWAY ( 1951)
A real cowboy signs on to impersonate a faded western star for public appearances.
Dir: Norman Panama Cast: Fred MacMurray , Dorothy McGuire , Howard Keel .
BW- 82 mins, CC,

6:00 AM
MOST DANGEROUS GAME, THE ( 1932)
A big game hunter decides to stalk human prey.
Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast: Joel McCrea , Fay Wray , Robert Armstrong .
BW- 63 mins, CC,

7:15 AM
BED OF ROSES ( 1933)
A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin .
Dir: Gregory LaCava Cast: Constance Bennett , Joel McCrea , John Halliday .
BW- 67 mins, CC,

8:33 AM
SO YOU WANT TO BE A GAMBLER ( 1948)
This comedic short takes a look at the pitfalls of gambling. Vitaphone Release 1630A.
Dir: Richard Bare Cast: George O'Hanlon ,
BW- 11 mins,

8:45 AM
GAMBLING LADY ( 1934)
Two gamblers fall in love but one is already married to a possible murderer.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Joel McCrea , Pat O'Brien .
BW- 66 mins, CC,

10:00 AM
RICHEST GIRL IN THE WORLD, THE ( 1934)
To put off fortune-hunters, an heiress trades places with her secretary.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Miriam Hopkins , Joel McCrea , Fay Wray .
BW- 75 mins, CC,

11:30 AM
DEAD END ( 1937)
A killer returns to his childhood home to plot his escape from the law.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Sylvia Sidney , Joel McCrea , Humphrey Bogart .
BW- 92 mins, CC,

1:15 PM
PRIMROSE PATH ( 1940)
The youngest child in a family of prostitutes tries to go straight with a working man.
Dir: Gregory La Cava Cast: Ginger Rogers , Joel McCrea , Marjorie Rambeau .
BW- 93 mins, CC,

3:00 PM
WICHITA ( 1955)
Wyatt Earp fights to straighten out a crooked cow town.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Joel McCrea , Vera Miles , Lloyd Bridges .
C- 81 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 PM
COLORADO TERRITORY ( 1949)
An outlaw just released from prison is sucked back into a life of crime in this remake of High Sierra.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Joel McCrea , Virginia Mayo , Dorothy Malone .
BW- 94 mins, CC,

6:10 PM
WAGON WHEELS WEST ( 1943)
In this short film, a U.S. marshal seeks vengeance against the man who killed his father. Vitaphone Release 1147A.
Dir: B. Reeves Eason Cast: Julian Rivero , George Ernest , Nina Foch .
BW- 17 mins,

6:30 PM
PALM BEACH STORY, THE ( 1942)
To finance her husband's career, a married woman courts an eccentric millionaire.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Claudette Colbert , Joel McCrea , Mary Astor .
BW- 88 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: JOEL MCCREA

8:00 PM
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS ( 1942)
A filmmaker masquerades as a hobo to get in touch with the little people.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Joel McCrea , Veronica Lake , Robert Warwick .
BW- 91 mins, CC,

9:45 PM
MORE THE MERRIER, THE ( 1943)
The World War II housing shortage brings three people together for an unlikely romance.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Jean Arthur , Joel McCrea , Charles Coburn .
BW- 104 mins, CC,

11:45 PM
UNION PACIFIC ( 1939)
A crooked politician tries to stop construction of the first intercontinental railroad.
Dir: Cecil B. De Mille Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Joel McCrea , Akim Tamiroff .
BW- 135 mins, CC,

2:15 AM
RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY ( 1962)
Two aging gunslingers sign on to transport gold from a remote mining town.
Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: Randolph Scott , Joel McCrea , Mariette Hartley .
C- 94 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:52 AM
ALASKA LIFEBOAT ( 1956)
This short film focuses on a medical services ship that stops in the native village of Haines, Alaska.
Dir: Herbert Morgan
BW- 21 mins,

4:15 AM
STARS IN MY CROWN ( 1950)
A parson uses six-guns and the Bible to bring peace to a Tennessee town.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Joel McCrea , Ellen Drew , Dean Stockwell .
BW- 89 mins, CC,

5:47 AM
UNEXPECTED RICHES ( 1942)
In this short comedy, a gang of children dream about what it would be like to be rich.
Dir: Herbert Glazer Cast: Buckwheat Thomas , Margaret Bert , Ernestine Wade .
BW- 11 mins,