TCM Schedule for Tuesday, August 23: Summer Under the Stars: Mickey Rooney
This schedule definitely gets credit for variety; there's everything from horse training to puppy love, from music to murder, from literary adaptations to a biopic.
Enjoy! 
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
12:45 AM
The Easiest Way (1931)
1h 26m | Drama | TV-G
A slum girl discovers the joys of life as a kept woman until she falls in love.
Director
Jack Conway
Cast
Constance Bennett, Adolphe Menjou, Robert Montgomery
2:15 AM
Law of the Tropics (1941)
1h 16m | Drama | TV-PG
A night-club singer on the lam marries a South American rubber planter to escape the law.
Director
Ray Enright
Cast
Constance Bennett, Jeffrey Lynn, Regis Toomey
4:00 AM
Smart Woman (1948)
1h 33m | Romance | TV-G
A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past.
Director
Edward A. Blatt
Cast
Brian Aherne, Constance Bennett, Barry Sullivan
6:00AM
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
2h 12m | Comedy | TV-PG
Shakespeare's classic about two pairs of lovers and an amateur actor who get mixed up with the fairies during a feud between Titania and Oberon.
Director
Max Reinhardt
Cast
Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale, Hobart Cavanaugh, Mickey Rooney
8:30 AM
The Human Comedy (1943)
1h 58m | Drama | TV-PG
A small-town telegraph boy deals with the strains of growing up during World War II.
Director
Clarence Brown
Cast
Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig
10:45 AM
Young Tom Edison (1940)
1h 22m | Drama | TV-G
As a precocious child, Tom Edison defies authority to develop his first inventions.
Director
Norman Taurog
Cast
Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter, George Bancroft
12:15 PM
Girl Crazy (1943)
1h 39m | Musical | TV-G
A womanizing playboy finds true love when he's sent to a desert college.
Director
Norman Taurog
Cast
Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Gil Stratton
2:00 PM
National Velvet (1944)
2h 5m | Drama | TV-G
A British farm girl fights to train a difficult horse for the Grand National Steeplechase.
Director
Clarence Brown
Cast
Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor
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4:15 PM
Killer McCoy (1947)
1h 43m | Crime | TV-PG
A lightweight boxer gets mixed up in murder.
Director
Roy Rowland
Cast
Mickey Rooney, Brian Donlevy, Ann Blyth
6:15 PM
The Strip (1951)
1h 25m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A jazz drummer fights to clear his name when he's accused of killing a racketeer.
Director
Leslie Kardos
Cast
Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest, William Demarest
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8:00 PM
Strike Up the Band (1940)
2h | Musical | TV-G
A high-school band sets out to win a national radio contest.
Director
Busby Berkeley
Cast
Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
10:15 PM
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
1h 25m | Comedy | TV-G
An attractive dramatics teacher becomes the center of innocent Andy's busy world.
Director
W. S. Van Dyke Ii
Cast
Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Helen Gilbert
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12:00 AM
Boys Town (1938)
1h 36m | Drama | TV-G
True story of Father Flanagan's fight to build a home for orphaned boys.
Director
Norman Taurog
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull
2:00 AM
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
1h 30m | Adventure | TV-G
Mark Twain's classic troublemaker helps a runaway slave escape to the North.
Director
Richard Thorpe
Cast
Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, William Frawley
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4:00 AM
Stablemates (1938)
1h 29m | Comedy | TV-G
A broken down veterinarian saves a stable boy's prize racehorse.
Director
Sam Wood
Cast
Wallace Beery, Mickey Rooney, Arthur Hohl