TCM Schedule for Tuesday, June 18: Sweet Films/Star of the Month: Fox Stars

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Sweet! Schedules with multiple genres, memorable performances, and notable directors, and we've got the Annes, Baxter and Bancroft.

Enjoy!

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

12:30 AM The Aviator (2004)
The early years of the legendary aviator and film producer Howard Hughes' career, from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.
Dir: Martin Scorsese Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale
Runtime: 170 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-14 CC:


3:30 AM Papillon (1973)
Two Devil's Island prisoners devote all of their time to hatching escape plans.
Dir: Franklin J. Schaffner Cast: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory
Runtime: 150 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

6:15 AM Sweet Adeline (1935)
A gay nineties waitress rises from beer gardens to Broadway.
Dir: Mervyn Le Roy Cast: Irene Dunne, Donald Woods, Hugh Herbert
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


7:45 AM Sweet Music (1935)
A band leader shares a tempestuous romance with his lead singer.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Rudy Vallee, Ann Dvorak, Ned Sparks
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

9:30 AM Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Detective Philip Marlowe's search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

11:30 AM Seven Sweethearts (1942)
A father insists that his seven daughters marry in order, from eldest to youngest.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Marsha Hunt, Cecilia Parker
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

1:15 PM Sweet November (1968)
A woman refuses to let her romances last longer than one month.
Dir: Robert Ellis Miller Cast: Anthony Newley, Sandy Dennis, Theodore Bikel
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

3:15 PM Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play about a young man dreaming of stardom who meets up with a has-been movie star and travels with her to his small hometown to find the girl he left behind (and pregnant), only to be awaited by her father.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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5:30 PM Sweet Charity (1969)
A taxi dancer's faith in love leads her to one bad match after another.
Dir: Bob Fosse Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis Jr., Ricardo Montalban
Runtime: 149 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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What's on Tonight: Star of the Month: Fox Stars

8:00 PM Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Two singers work their way to Paris, enjoying the company of eligible men they meet along the way.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:00 PM All About Eve (1950)
An ambitious young actress tries to take over a star's career and love life.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders
Runtime: 138 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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12:30 AM Laura (1944)
A hard-boiled detective falls hard for a murder victim. Every man who knew her fell in love with her, and now that she's dead, the obsessed detective can't get her out of his mind.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:15 AM The Graduate (1967)
Benjamin Braddock, adrift after college, is seduced by a woman twice his age: icily assured friend of the family Mrs. Robinson. So it's understandable that Benjamin's dream girl is aghast when she finds out he's been sleeping with...her mother.
Dir: Mike Nichols Cast: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

4:15 AM The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1974)
A suddenly unemployed executive and his understanding wife must adapt to their new life.
Dir: Melvin Frank Cast: Jack Lemmon, Elizabeth Wilson, Anne Bancroft
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y