TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 20: Rodgers & Hammerstein
In daytime, pour yourself a cuppa and nibble on some biscuits as you watch Early Britcoms.
And tonight it's time for Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals on TCM!
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
12:00 AM
Billy Liar (1963)
1h 36m | Comedy | TV-PG
An emotionally stunted clerk retreats into his fantasies.
Director
John Schlesinger
Cast
Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles
1:45 AM
The Knack ... and How to Get It (1965)
1h 24m | Comedy | TV-PG
A rampant womanizer tries to help an innocent friend bed an eccentric girl.
Director
Richard Lester
Cast
Rita Tushingham, Ray Brooks, Michael Crawford
3:15 AM
A Taste of Honey (1962)
1h 40m | Drama | TV-14
Deserted by her mother, a pregnant teen turns to a gay friend for help.
Director
Tony Richardson
Cast
Dora Bryan, Rita Tushingham, Robert Stephens
5:15 AM
This Sporting Life (1963)
2h 14m | Drama | TV-MA
A rugby player finds the violence in his professional life tainting his personal relationships.
Director
Lindsay Anderson
Cast
Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel
7:30 AM
Evergreen (1934)
1h 33m | Musical | TV-G
A publicity man passes off an aspiring musical star as her famous, long-retired mother.
Director
Victor Saville
Cast
Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Betty Balfour
9:15 AM
Wedding Rehearsal (1932)
1h 19m | Comedy | TV-G
To avoid marriage, a nobleman schemes to marry off the eligible women on his family's list.
Director
Alexander Korda
Cast
Maurice Evans, Roland Young, John Loder
10:45 AM
Pygmalion (1938)
1h 34m | Comedy | TV-G
A linguistics professor bets he can turn a flower girl into a lady by teaching her to speak properly.
Director
Anthony Asquith
Cast
Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson
12:30 PM
The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
1h 30m | Comedy | TV-G
In need of a hotel room, a woman poses as a scandalous divorcee.
Director
Tim Whelan
Cast
Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barnes
2:15 PM
An Ideal Husband (1947)
1h 36m | Comedy | TV-G
An upstanding politician is haunted by his past when a blackmailer threatens to reveal a youthful indiscretion.
Director
Alexander Korda
Cast
Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding, Hugh Williams
4:00 PM
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
2h 5m | Drama | TV-G
Three visitors to a small town try to catch a man who pours glue in women's hair.
Director
Michael Powell
Cast
Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, John Sweet
6:15 PM
Blithe Spirit (1945)
1h 36m | Comedy | TV-G
A man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife.
Director
David Lean
Cast
Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond
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8:00 PM
The King and I (1956)
2h 13m | Musical | TV-G
The king of Siam clashes with the British governess hired to teach his children.
Director
Walter Lang
Cast
Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno
10:30 PM
Carousel (1956)
2h 8m | Musical | TV-G
A dramatic love story unfolds between a rough-talking, macho carousel barker, and an innocent young mill worker.
Director
Henry King
Cast
Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell
12:45 AM
State Fair (1945)
1h 40m | Musical | TV-G
An Iowa family finds romance and adventure at the yearly state fair.
Director
Walter Lang
Cast
Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes
2:45 AM
Flower Drum Song (1961)
2h 13m | Musical | TV-G
A refugee travels to Chinatown as a mail-order bride.
Director
Henry Koster
Cast
Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Juanita Hall
5:15 AM
MGM Is on the Move! (1964)
36m | Short | TV-G
This promotional short showcases MGM's upcoming movies of 1964.
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.