TCM’s Summer Under the Stars programming has officially ended, so today TMP returns to the usual Tuesday routine of regular “What to Watch” posts. In this series I take a look at the TCM schedule and list my top picks for each day, in hopes that you’ll watch or record them. All times are listed in EST and subject to change.
There are no new-to-me picks this week because I’m starting a new semester and will likely be in a school-related frenzy with very little movie time.
Linked film titles in this list will take you to previous TMP posts on the film.
September 4
7:15 am – The Wind (1928) – starring Lillian Gish
8:00 pm – Captains of the Clouds (1942) – starring James Cagney
11:30 pm – You’ll Never Get Rich (1941) – starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth
September 5
9:15 am – Little Caesar (1930) – starring Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Glenda Farrell
12:00 pm – Illicit (1931) – Stanwyck alert! This film is not one of her best, but is still worth a watch.
1:30 pm – The Grapes of Wrath (1940) – starring Henry Fonda and John Carradine
6:00 pm – No Way Out (1950) – starring Richard Widmark and Sid Poitier
8:00 pm – Vertigo (1958) – with an introduction by Kim Novak from TCMFF
September 6
12:15 am – The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) – starring Frank Sinatra
8:45 am – A Stranger in Town (1943) – starring Frank Morgan
5:00 pm – Funny Girl (1968) – starring Barbra Streisand
8:00 pm – Metropolis (1927) – directed by Fritz Lang
September 7
8:00 pm – Giant (1956) – starring Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean and Rock Hudson
September 8
3:30 am – Bride of Frankenstein (1935) – starring Boris Karloff, Colin Clive and Valerie Hobson
12:00 pm – Stage Fright (1950) – directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Jane Wyman
4:00 pm – The Wrong Man (1956) – directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Henry Fonda
6:00 pm – Saboteur (1942) – directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Priscilla Lane
8:00 pm – Foreign Correspondent (1940) – directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Joel McCrea
10:15 pm – North by Northwest (1959) – directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring my one true love, Cary Grant
September 9
7:15 am – Annie Get Your Gun (1950) – starring Betty Hutton
9:15 am – Showboat (1951) – starring Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel and Ava Gardner
12:45 pm – Singin’ in the Rain (1952) – starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor
4:45 pm – Invitation to the Dance (1956) – starring Gene Kelly
8:30 pm – Three Ages (1923) – directed by and starring Buster Keaton
11:15 pm – The General (1927) – directed by and starring Buster Keaton
September 10
12:45 am – The Kid (1921) – starring Chaplin and Jackie Coogan
1:45 am – City Lights (1931) – starring Chaplin
4:15 am – Safety Last! (1923) – starring Harold Lloyd
4:00 pm – High Sierra (1941) – starring Bogie and Ida Lupino
8:00 pm – Nanook of the North (1922)