TCM Schedule for Tuesday, August 24: Summer Under the Stars: Maurice Chevalier

[CBHagman]

Some people call him Maurice . . .

Just kidding. We ALL call him Maurice. And here he is, playing a various rakish types and, in one of today's films, a priest!

Tune in for everything from pre-Code Ernst Lubitsch fare to a musical adaptation of a novella by Colette to less familiar '60s films.

Added bonus: Multiple sightings of Charles Ruggles and Leslie Caron.

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

2:45 am
She Couldn't Say No (1941)
1h 2m | Comedy | TV-G
Opposing lawyers face off in court over a land deal only to wind up in each other's arms.
Director
William Clemens
Cast
Roger Pryor, Eve Arden, Cliff Edwards

4:00 am
The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)
1h 39m | Comedy | TV-G
A woman is saved from drowning by a mysterious submarine, but nobody believes her.
Director
Michael Curtiz
Cast
Jane Wyman, Dennis Morgan, Eve Arden

6:00 am
Pepe (1961)
3h 15m | Comedy | TV-G
When is beloved horse is stolen and sold to a movie star, a young man travels to Hollywood...
Director
George Sidney
Cast
Cantinflas, Dan Dailey, Shirley Jones

9:00 am
Jessica (1962)
1h 52m | Comedy | TV-PG
When a sexy midwife comes to town, the local women abstain from sex rather than risk having her deliver their babies.
Director
Jean Negulesco
Cast
Angie Dickinson, Maurice Chevalier, Noël-Noël

11:00 am
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
2h 10m | Romance | TV-G
An aging American tycoon overcomes his inhibitions to court a young Parisian.
Director
Billy Wilder
Cast
Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier

1:30 pm
Gigi (1958)
1h 56m | Musical | TV-G
The story of an illegitimate waif in late 1800s Paris who is pushed upon by her grandmother and great-aunt to become a courtesan.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Cast
Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan

3:45 pm
Can-Can (1960)
2h 11m | Musical | TV-PG
An ambitious judge tries to put a stop to the "forbidden dance" at a nightclub...
Director
Walter Lang
Cast
Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier

6:00 pm
The Merry Widow (1934)
1h 39m | Musical | TV-PG
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton

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8:00 pm
Love Me Tonight (1932)
1h 2m | Musical | TV-G
A Parisian tailor falls in love with a princess.
Director
Rouben Mamoulian
Cast
Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charles Ruggles

9:45 pm
The Love Parade (1930)
1h 50m | Musical | TV-G
A count finds his marriage to a queen less than satisfying.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Lupino Lane

11:45 pm
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
1h 42m | Comedy | TV-G
A misfired flirtation lands a young lieutenant married to a princess instead of the violinist he loves.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins

1:30 am
Fanny (1961)
2h 13m | Romance | TV-PG
An old waterfront character tries to help his daughter when her lover leaves her pregnant....
Director
Joshua Logan
Cast
Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer

4:00 am
Count Your Blessings (1959)
1h 42m | Comedy | TV-PG
After a wartime separation, an Englishwoman discovers her French husband is a womanizer.
Director
Jean Negulesco
Cast
Deborah Kerr, Rossano Brazzi, Maurice Chevalier

[Tomconroy]

1. Love In The Afternoon shouldn't be missed.