TCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 30: Starring Olivia de Havilland

[CBHagman]

Fecundity takes over TCM during the daytime, where the theme is She's Having a Baby.

And on the eve of what would be Olivia de Havilland's 105th birthday, TCM offers a roster of the Oscar-winning actress's work. Is your favorite on the schedule?

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

12:30 am
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
1h 52m | Comedy | TV-G
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Director
George Cukor
Cast
Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart

2:30 am
The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
1h 38m | Comedy | TV-G
A womanizing author of children's books borrows a son to woo his illustrator.
Director
Norman Taurog
Cast
Van Johnson, June Allyson, Butch Jenkins

4:15 am
High Barbaree (1947)
1h 31m | Drama | TV-PG
A downed pilot looks back on his life as he awaits rescue in the South Pacific.
Director
Jack Conway
Cast
Van Johnson, June Allyson, Thomas Mitchell

6:00 am
Music for Millions (1944)
1h 57m | Musical | TV-G
A pregnant musician awaits her husband's return from World War II.
Director
Henry Koster
Cast
Margaret O'Brien, José Iturbi, June Allyson

8:15 am
Susan Slade (1961)
1h 56m | Romance | TV-PG
A pregnant teen allows her mother to pass the baby off as her own.
Director
Delmer Daves
Cast
Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Dorothy McGuire

10:15 am
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943)
1h 3m | Comedy | TV-G
A husband mistakenly believes his hot Latin wife is pregnant.
Director
Leslie Goodwins
Cast
Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Walter Reed

11:30 am
Never Too Late (1965)
1h 45m | Comedy | TV-PG
A woman with grown children discovers she's pregnant again.
Director
Bud Yorkin
Cast
Paul Ford, Connie Stevens, Maureen O'Sullivan

1:30 pm
The High Cost of Loving (1958)
1h 27m | Romance | TV-PG
An office worker thinks he's going to lose his job just as his wife announces she may be pregnant.
Director
Jose Ferrer
Cast
Jose Ferrer, Joanne Gilbert, Jim Backus

3:00 pm
Everything I Have Is Yours (1952)
1h 32m | Musical | TV-G
On the eve of her big Broadway break, a dancer discovers she's pregnant.
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Cast
Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Dennis O'Keefe

4:45 pm
Confidentially Connie (1953)
1h 14m | Comedy | TV-G
An expectant mother hatches a series of madcap schemes to improve her husband's financial standing.
Director
Edward Buzzell
Cast
Van Johnson, Janet Leigh, Louis Calhern

6:15 pm
Doctor, You've Got To Be Kidding (1967)
1h 34m | Comedy | TV-PG
Four suitors pursue a pregnant singer to the maternity ward.
Director
Peter Tewksbury
Cast
Sandra Dee, George Hamilton, Celeste Holm

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STARRING OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND

8:00 pm
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-PG
A gigolo flees Nazi occupation and sets his sights on a shy schoolteacher who happens to be a US citizen.
Director
Mitchell Leisen
Cast
Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard

10:15 pm
The Heiress (1949)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-PG
A plain young woman's wealth makes her prey to fortune hunters.
Director
William Wyler
Cast
Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson

12:30 am
The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)
1h 43m | Comedy | TV-G
A diplomat's daughter in Paris turns a fact-finding mission into a nonstop party.
Director
Norman Krasna
Cast
Olivia de Havilland, John Forsythe, Myrna Loy

2:30 am
In This Our Life (1942)
1h 37m | Drama | TV-PG
A neurotic Southerner steals her sister's husband then vies with her for another man...
Director
John Huston
Cast
Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent

4:15
am
Dodge City (1939)
1h 45m | Western | TV-PG
A soldier of fortune takes on the corrupt boss of a western town.
Director
Michael Curtiz
Cast
Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan

[Staph]

1. Tough call on the favorite OdH film!

I've never seen Hold Back the Dawn or In This Our Life, but I love The Heiress. She has one of those transparent faces, where you can see every emotion that the character feels, and in The Heiress, you can follow her heart throughout the film. No wonder she won an Oscar for the part.


(P.S. I love that the folks on DU have extensive vocabularies and aren't afraid to use them. I'm tired of dumbing things down on the 'Net, so I really appreciated your "fecundity"!)

[CBHagman]

2. Aw, thanks.

And speaking of all the movies with pregnant protagonists, I have to wonder how many of the earlier movies will avoid so much as the suggestion of a maternity dress. I've seen enough Production Code-era movies to be entertained by the magic trick of the full-term baby from a mother who never actually looked pregnant.