Throughout the month of August, I’ll be sharing recommended films from TCM’s Summer Under the Stars programming every Tuesday. It isn’t August just yet, but I wanted to get a list up that included the first week of the month. Feel free to share your own recommendations for me in the comments below, as they’re running a ton of films I haven’t seen this year!
The following recommendations cover TCM’s scheduled programming from August 1st through 7th. All times are Eastern.
August 1 – John Wayne
- 9:15 AM – Stagecoach (1939)
Dir. John Ford
Also starring Claire Trevor and Andy Devine
Western, Walter Wanger Productions
August 2 – Myrna Loy
- 1:00 PM – Libeled Lady (1936)
Dir. Jack Conway
Also starring Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy and William Powell
Romantic comedy, MGM - 2:45 PM – Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
Dir. Clarence Brown
Also starring Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and Jimmy Stewart
Romantic drama/comedy, MGM - 6:00 PM – Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
Dir. H.C. Potter
Also starring Cary Grant and Melvyn Douglas
Comedy, RKO - 12:45 AM – The Thin Man (1934)
Dir. W.S. Van Dyke
Also starring William Powell and Maureen O’Sullivan
Comedy/mystery, MGM
August 3 – Johnny Weissmuller
- 8:48 AM – How to Hold Your Husband – BACK (1941)
Dir. Johnny Hines
Comedic short, MGM
August 4 – Marilyn Monroe
- 10:00 AM – Niagara (1953)
Dir. Henry Hathaway
Also starring Joseph Cotten and Jean Peters
Thriller, Twentieth Century Fox - 6:00 PM – The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Dir. Billy Wilder
Also starring Tom Ewell
Comedy, Twentieth Century Fox - 12:00 AM – How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Dir. Jean Negulesco
Also starring Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall
Comedy/drama, Twentieth Century Fox
August 5 – Claude Rains
- 4:45 PM – Now, Voyager (1942)
Dir. Irving Rapper
Also starring Bette Davis and Paul Henreid
Drama, Warner Bros. - 8:00 PM – The Invisible Man (1933)
Dir. James Whale
Also starring Gloria Stuart
Horror/drama, Universal Pictures - 12:15 Am – The Unsuspected (1947)
Dir. Michael Curtiz
Also starring Joan Caulfield and Audrey Totter
Drama/mystery, Warner Bros.
August 6 – Van Heflin
- 9:15 AM – Tennessee Johnson (1942)
Dir. William Dieterle
Also starring Lionel Barrymore and Ruth Hussey
Biographical drama, MGM - 11:45 PM – The Prowler (1951)
Dir. Joseph Losey
Also starring Evelyn Keyes and John Maxwell
Drama/thriller, Horizon Pictures
August 7 – Sidney Poitier
- 8:00 AM – Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Dir. Richard Brooks
Also starring Glenn Ford, Anne Francis and Louis Calhern
Drama, MGM - 4:00 PM – The Bedford Incident (1965)
Dir. James B. Harris
Also starring Richard Widmark
Drama/wartime thriller, Columbia Pictures - 10:15 PM – To Sir, With Love (1967)
Dir. James Clavell
Also starring Judy Geeson and Christian Roberts
Drama, Columbia Pictures
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