TCM Schedule for Sunday September 1, 2024 - Big Band Leaders

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(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM The Bobo (1967)
1h 4m| Comedy | TV-PG
To land a job, an aspiring singer has to seduce a heartless gold digger.
Director: Robert Parrish. Cast: Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Rossano Brazzi

7:45 AM Lady L (1965)
2h 4m | Comedy | TV-PG
A beautiful laundress rises through European society.
Director: Peter Ustinov. Cast: Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven

9:45 AM Give a Girl a Break (1953)
1h 21m | Musical | TV-G
Three young dancers vie for a starring role on Broadway.
Director: Stanley Donen. Cast: Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Debbie Reynolds

11:15 AM The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
2h 43m | War | TV-G
An aging military man looks back on the loves and friends who shaped his life.
Director: Michael Powell. Cast: Deborah Kerr, Roger Livesey, Anton Walbrook

2:15 PM Seven Sweethearts (1942)
1h 38m | Musical | TV-G
A father insists that his seven daughters marry in order, from eldest to youngest.
Director: Frank Borzage. Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Marsha Hunt, Cecilia Parker

4:00 PM Lassie Come Home (1943)
1h 28m | Adventure | TV-G
A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to her lost family.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox. Cast: Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty

5:45 PM To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
2h 11m | Drama | TV-PG
In 1932 Alabama, a widowed lawyer with two small children defends a black man accused of raping a white woman.
Director: Robert Mulligan. Cast: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton

8:00 PM The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
1h 56m | Musical | TV-G
The famed bandleader fights to establish himself and keep his family going.
Director: Anthony Mann. Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Henry Morgan

10:15 PM The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
1h 56m | Musical | TV-G
The legendary band leader fights to make swing acceptable.
Director: Valentine Davies. Cast: Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Berta Gersten

12:30 AM Exit Smiling (1926)
1h 17m | Silent | TV-G
In this silent film, the worst actress in a theatrical company turns out to be their only hope of survival.
Director: Sam Taylor. Cast: Beatrice Lillie, Jack Pickford, Doris Lloyd

2:00 AM An Enemy of the People (1989)
1h 49m | Drama | TV-PG
An idealistic physician discovers that the town's temple waters are dangerously contaminated. But with the community relying on the holy attraction for tourist dollars, his warnings go unheeded.
Director: Satyajit Ray. Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Dipankar Dey

4:00 AM A Master Builder (2013)
2h 27m | Drama | TV-14
A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.
Director: Jonathan Demme. Cast: Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Larry Pine