Classic Films
Related: About this forumTCM Schedule for Tuesday, August 2: Summer Under the Stars: Jean Arthur
I can scarcely believe my good luck to have Jean Arthur's Summer Under the Stars schedule to post. She's in so many of both the iconic and overlooked classics, and her work needs to be better known!
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
12:00 AM
It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
1h 45m | Musical | TV-G
A pair of broke, small-time pilots go to the Seattle World's Fair to try to win some money.
Director
Norman Taurog
Cast
Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood
2:00 AM
Spinout (1966)
1h 35m | Musical | TV-PG
Elvis Presley stars as racecar driver and rock singer Mike McCoy, who is being pursued by three amorous females
Director
Norman Taurog
Cast
Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Diane McBain
4:00 AM
Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
1h 30m | Musical | TV-PG
Elvis is a model photographer who eventually falls for one of his subjects.
Director
Norman Taurog
Cast
Elvis Presley, Michele Carey, Don Porter
6:00 AM
Seven Chances (1925)
45m | Silent | TV-G
To inherit a fortune, a man races to find a bride by 7 p.m.
Director
Buster Keaton
Cast
Buster Keaton, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards
7:00 AM
The Silver Horde (1930)
1h 16m | Drama | TV-G
An Alaskan fisherman is dogged by a ruthless competitor and an ambitious dance hall girl.
Director
George Archainbaud
Cast
Evelyn Brent, Louis Wolheim, Joel McCrea
8:30 AM
Public Hero No. 1 (1935)
1h 29m | Drama | TV-G
An undercover G-man helps with a jailbreak to learn the mob's secrets.
Director
J. Walter Ruben
Cast
Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris
10:15 AM
Whirlpool (1934)
1h 13m | Drama | TV-G
An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.
Director
Roy William Neill
Cast
Jack Holt, Jean Arthur, Donald Cook
11:45 AM
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
1h 20m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
A detective teams with his ex-wife to solve a murder.
Director
Stephen Roberts
Cast
William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason
1:15 PM
The Talk of the Town (1942)
1h 58m | Comedy | TV-G
An escaped political prisoner and a stuffy law professor vie for the hand of a spirited schoolteacher.
Director
George Stevens
Cast
Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman
3:30 PM
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
2h 1m | Adventure | TV-PG
A team of flyers risks their lives to deliver the mail in a mountainous South American country.
Director
Howard Hawks
Cast
Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess
5:45 PM
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
2h | Comedy | TV-G
A girl from a family of freethinkers falls for the son of a conservative banker.
Director
Frank Capra
Cast
Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart
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8:00 PM
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
2h 5m | Drama | TV-G
An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption.
Director
Frank Capra
Cast
Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains
10:15 PM
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
1h 55m | Comedy | TV-G
When he inherits a fortune, a small-town poet has to deal with the corruption of city life.
Director
Frank Capra
Cast
Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft
12:30 AM
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
1h 32m | Comedy | TV-G
A department store owner goes undercover as an employee to thwart union activists.
Director
Sam Wood
Cast
Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn
2:30 AM
The More the Merrier (1943)
1h 44m | Comedy | TV-G
The World War II housing shortage brings three people together and sparks an unlikely romance for two of them.
Director
George Stevens
Cast
Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn
4:30 AM
Danger Lights (1931)
1h 27m | Romance | TV-G
A family railroad is threatened when the owner's girl falls for a conductor.
Director
George B. Seitz
Cast
Louis Wolheim, Robert Armstrong, Jean Arthur