TCM Schedule for Tuesday, July 27: Star Signs
TCM's daytime theme is I Feel It in My Fingers, and all I can say is that proves to be one wild schedule. Just take a look at the plot summaries and casts!
Nighttime is when the stars come out, and tonight's shining examples were all born under water signs: Elizabeth Taylor (Pisces), Ginger Rogers (Cancer), and Grace Kelly (Scorpio).
For more on the theme, see this feature:
https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/021392?source=Block
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
12:15 am
Casablanca (1942)
1h 42m | Romance | TV-PG
An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up.
Director
Michael Curtiz
Cast
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid
2:15 am
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
1h 50m | Adventure | TV-PG
The legendary lover saves his queen from treason.
Director
Vincent Sherman
Cast
Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas
4:15 am
The Searchers (1956)
1h 59m | Western | TV-PG
A veteran returning to Texas after the Civil War discovers that Comanche Indians have killed his brother's family and taken his niece.
Director
John Ford
Cast
John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles
6:30 am
The Man Who Played God (1932)
1h 21m | Drama | TV-G
After losing his hearing, a musician uses lip-reading to help others.
Director
John G. Adolfi
Cast
George Arliss, Violet Heming, Bette Davis
8:00 am
Sincerely Yours (1955)
1h 55m | Romance | TV-G
Hearing loss creates professional and romantic crises for a concert pianist.
Director
Gordon Douglas
Cast
Liberace, Joanne Dru, Dorothy Malone
10:00 am
Night Song (1947)
1h 42m | Drama | TV-G
A socialite pretends to be blind to win the love of a blind concert pianist.
Director
John Cromwell
Cast
Dana Andrews, Merle Oberon, Ethel Barrymore
11:45 am
Too Young to Kiss (1951)
1h 31m | Comedy | TV-G
A grown woman poses as a child prodigy to advance her career as a concert pianist.
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Cast
June Allyson, Van Johnson, Gig Young
1:30 pm
Hands of a Stranger (1962)
1h 25m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A concert pianist loses his hands in an accident but gets a new pair from an enterprising surgeon.
Director
Newt Arnold
Cast
Paul Lukather, Joan Harvey, James Stapleton
3:15 pm
The Seventh Veil (1945)
1h 34m | Drama | TV-PG
A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.
Director
Compton Bennett
Cast
James Mason, Ann Todd, Herbert Lom
5:00 pm
Monterey Pop (1969)
1h 18m | Documentary | TV-14
Featuring performances by popular artists of the 1960s, this concert film highlights the musicians.
Director
D. A. Pennebaker
Cast
Lou Adler, Sam Andrew, Marty Balin
6:30 pm
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
1h 20m | Crime | TV-14
A concert pianist on the run gets mixed up with gangsters.
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR SIGNS
Water Signs
8:00 pm
BUtterfield 8 (1960)
1h 49m | Drama | TV-PG
A party girl ruins her life when she falls for a married man.
Director
Daniel Mann
Cast
Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher
10:00 pm
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
1h 47m | Musical | TV-G
An unhappily married woman mistakes a suitor for the gigolo hired to end her marriage.
Director
Mark Sandrich
Cast
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady
12:00 am
Mogambo (1953)
1h 55m | Adventure | TV-PG
In this remake of Red Dust, an African hunter is torn between a lusty showgirl and a marri...
Director
John Ford
Cast
Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly
2:15 am
Cahill, U.S. Marshal (1973)
1h 43m | Western | TV-PG
A tough lawman has to bring in his own sons for a train robbery.
Director
Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast
John Wayne, Gary Grimes, George Kennedy
4:00 am
Chisum (1970)
1h 50m | Western | TV-PG
A cattle baron enlists Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid to help him fight a land war.
Director
Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast
John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George