TCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 16: Classroom Cinema: Teacher's Selections
TCM's daytime (but not birthday) tribute is to actress Ruth Hussey, and you'll be glad to know the line-up includes The Philadelphia Story!
This evening another educator plays guest programmer at TCM. See what Susan Loccke has for your consideration this evening:
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Wednesday, June 16, 2021
12:15 am
The Harvey Girls (1946)
1h 41m | Musical | TV-G
Straitlaced waitresses battle saloon girls to win the West for domesticity.
Director
George Sidney
Cast
Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger
2:15 am
On an Island with You (1948)
1h 47m | Musical | TV-G
A movie star falls for a handsome naval officer during location shooting in Hawaii.
Director
Richard Thorpe
Cast
Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalban
4:30 am
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
1h 43m | Musical | TV-G
A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound.
Director
Gene Kelly
Cast
Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds
6:30 am
H. M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
2h | Drama | TV-PG
A stuffy businessman livens things up by having a fling.
Director
King Vidor
Cast
Hedy Lamarr, Robert Young, Ruth Hussey
8:45 am
Fast and Furious (1939)
1h 13m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
Married book-dealers Joel and Garda Sloane get mixed up with murder during a beauty pageant...
Director
Busby Berkeley
Cast
Franchot Tone, Ann Sothern, Ruth Hussey
10:15 am
Maisie (1939)
1h 14m | Comedy | TV-G
A Brooklyn showgirl tries to clear a ranch foreman of murder charges.
Director
Edwin L. Marin
Cast
Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Ruth Hussey
11:45 am
Tennessee Johnson (1942)
1h 43m | Drama | TV-G
This biopic focuses on Andrew Johnson, the first American president to be impeached.
Director
William Dieterle
Cast
Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Hussey
1:45 pm
Northwest Passage (1940)
2h 6m | Western | TV-G
True story of Major Rogers' Rangers and their fight to open up new frontiers...
Director
King Vidor
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Walter Brennan, Robert Young
4:00 pm
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
1h 51m | Comedy | TV-G
Socialite Tracy Lord is getting married, and an honest reporter is there to get the story....
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart
6:00 pm
Flight Command (1940)
1h 50m | Adventure | TV-PG
A cocky cadet tries to prove himself during flight training.
Director
Frank Borzage
Cast
Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, Walter Pidgeon
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8:00 pm
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
2h 2m | Drama | TV-PG
A fading southern belle tries to build a new life with her sister in New Orleans.
Director
Elia Kazan
Cast
Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter
10:15 pm
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
2h 8m | Drama | TV-PG
The Younger family strives to get out of their ghetto neighborhood on the south side of Chicago...
Director
Daniel Petrie
Cast
Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee
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12:30 am
Lord of the Flies (1963)
1h 30m | Drama | TV-14
Schoolboys marooned on a Pacific island create their own savage civilization.
Director
Peter Brook
Cast
James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards
2:15 am
Light in the Piazza (1962)
1h 41m | Romance | TV-PG
A woman's efforts to marry off her daughter are hindered by a family secret.
Director
Guy Green
Cast
Olivia De Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Mimieux
4:00 am
Rome Adventure (1962)
1h 59m | Romance | TV-PG
A man falls in love with two women.
Director
Delmer Daves
Cast
Troy Donahue, Angie Dickinson, Rossano Brazzi