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CBHagman

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Sun Aug 1, 2021, 09:49 PM Aug 2021

TCM Schedule for Wednesday, August 4: Summer Under the Stars: Louis Armstrong

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

1:45 am
Pushover (1954)
1h 28m | Crime | TV-PG
A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
Director
Richard Quine
Cast
Fred MacMurray, Phil Carey, Kim Novak

3:30 am
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
2h 10m | Drama | TV-14
An obsessed movie director grooms an unknown to play his deceased movie-star wife.
Director
Robert Aldrich
Cast
Kim Novak, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine

6:00 am
New Orleans (1947)
1h 29m | Musical | TV-G
A gambling-hall owner goes straight when he discovers the market for Chicago jazz.
Director
Arthur Lubin
Cast
Arturo de Córdova, Dorothy Patrick, Marjorie Lord, Irene Rich, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong

7:45 am
A Song Is Born (1948)
1h 53m | Musical | TV-G
A group of music professors takes in a singer on the run from her gangster boyfriend.
Director
Howard Hawks
Cast
Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman

10:00 am
Going Places (1938)
1h 25m | Musical | TV-G
A sporting-goods salesman poses as a jockey to stimulate sales.
Director
Ray Enright
Cast
Dick Powell, Anita Louise, Allen Jenkins

11:30 am
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
1h 38m | Musical | TV-G
God and Satan battle for the soul of a wounded gambler.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Cast
Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lena Horne



1:30 pm
Pennies From Heaven (1936)
1h 30m | Musical | TV-G
A singer gets mixed up with a grieving family and a haunted house.
Director
Norman Z. McLeod
Cast
Bing Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellows

3:00 pm
Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959)
1h 24m | Documentary | TV-PG
An incredible collection of classic live performances, "Jazz on a Summer's Day" captures Louis Armstrong and other artists at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.
Director
Bert Stern
Cast
Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Gerry Mulligan



4:30 pm
Glory Alley (1952)
1h 19m | Drama | TV-G
A boxer's drinking problem threatens his career and his love life.
Director
Raoul Walsh
Cast
Ralph Meeker, Leslie Caron, Kurt Kaszner

6:00 pm
A Man Called Adam (1966)
1h 43m | Drama | TV-PG
A guilt-ridden jazz trumpeter blames himself for a car accident that killed his family.
Director
Leo Penn
Cast
Sammy Davis Jr., Ossie Davis, Cicely Tyson



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: LOUIS ARMSTRONG

8:00 pm
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong (1989)
1h 30m | Documentary
A documentary on the life and work of trumpeter, singer and bandleader Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong.
Director
Kendrick Simmons
Cast
Arvell Shaw, Cod Cheatham, Lester Bowie

9:45 pm
The Five Pennies (1959)
1h 57m | Biography | TV-G
Loring "Red" Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s...
Director
Melville Shavelson
Cast
Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong

12:00 am
High Society (1956)
1h 47m | Musical | TV-PG
In this musical version of The Philadelphia Story, tabloid reporters invade a society wedding.
Director
Charles Walters
Cast
Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra



2:00 am
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong (1989)
1h 30m | Documentary
A documentary on the life and work of trumpeter, singer and bandleader Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong
Director
Kendrick Simmons
Cast
Arvell Shaw, Cod Cheatham, Lester Bowie

4:00 am
Pillow to Post (1945)
1h 32m | Comedy | TV-G
A girl pretends to be a war bride to get a hotel room in Washington.
Director
Vincent Sherman
Cast
Ida Lupino, Sydney Greenstreet, William Prince

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