Welcome to this week’s installment of What to Watch, the series in which I share my top TCM picks for the next seven days! All times are listed in EST and subject to change. Check your local schedule for updates.

September 25

  • 6:00 am – The Divorcee (1930) – dir. Robert Z. Leonard, starring Norma Shearer
  • 11:30 am – Payment on Demand (1951) – dir. Curtis Bernhardt, starring Bette Davis
  • 2:45 pm – The Palm Beach Story (1942) – dir. Preston Sturges, starring Claudette Colbert & Joel McCrea

September 26

  • 12:15 am – Stella Dallas (1937) – dir. King Vidor, starring Barbara Stanwyck
  • 8:00 am – Shall We Dance (1937) – dir. Mark Sandrich, starring Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
  • 12:00 pm – Girl Crazy (1943) – dir. Norman Taurog, starring Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland
  • 6:00 pm – An American in Paris (1951) – dir. Vincente Minnelli, starring Gene Kelly

September 27

  • 1:45 pm – Trooper Hook (1957) – dir. Charles Marquis Warren, starring Joel McCrea & Barbara Stanwyck
  • 8:00 pm – The Time Machine (1960) – dir. George Pal, starring Rod Taylor

September 28

  • 4:00 pm – The Long, Long Trailer (1954) – dir. Vincente Minnelli, starring Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz
  • 6:00 pm – Butterfield 8 (1960) – dir. Daniel Mann, starring Elizabeth Taylor
  • 8:00 pm – Gun Crazy (1950) – dir. Joseph H. Lewis, starring Peggy Cummins

September 29

  • 6:00 am – The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) – dir. Lewis Milestone, starring Barbara Stanwyck
  • 12:00 pm – Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) – dir. Alfred Hitchcock, starring Carole Lombard & Robert Montgomery
  • 2:00 pm – Suspicion (1941) – dir. Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant & Joan Fontaine
  • 4:00 pm – Strangers on a Train (1951) – dir. Alfred Hitchcock, starring Farley Granger & Robert Walker
  • 10:15 pm – Notorious (1946) – dir. Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman

September 30

  • 4:15 am – Brief Encounter (1945) – dir. David Lean, starring Celia Johnson and Tervor Howard
  • 8:00 am – Random Harvest (1942) – dir. Mervyn LeRoy, starring Greer Garson & Ronald Colman
  • 4:00 pm – Leave Her to Heaven (1945) – dir. John M. Stahl, starring Gene Tierney
  • 6:00 pm – Magnificent Obsession (1954) – dir. Douglas Sirk, starring Jane Wyman
  • 11:15 pm – Citizen Kane (1941) – dir. Orson Welles, starring Orson Welles & Joseph Cotten

October 1

  • 1:30 am – The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) – dir. William Wyler
  • 6:00 pm – Walk on the Wild Side (1962) – dir. Edward Dmytryk, starring Jane Fonda & Barbara Stanwyck
  • 8:00 pm – Singin’ in the Rain (1952) – dir. Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, starring Gene Kelly & Debbie Reynolds
  • 10:00 pm – Double Indemnity (1944) – dir. Billy Wilder, starring Fred MacMurray & Barbara Stanwyck