TCM Schedule for Wednesday, August 26: Summer Under the Stars - Laurence Olivier

(Portrait by Carl Van Vechten)

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

1:00 AM
MURDER, MY SWEET ( 1944)
Detective Philip Marlowe's search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Dick Powell , Claire Trevor , Anne Shirley .
BW- 95 mins, CC,

2:45 AM
SATURDAY'S CHILDREN ( 1940)
A young inventor's new marriage is jeopardized by financial problems.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: John Garfield , Anne Shirley , Claude Rains .
BW- 102 mins, CC,

4:30 AM
MUSIC IN MANHATTAN ( 1944)
An actress's publicist starts a rumor that she's a war hero's secret bride.
Dir: John H. Auer Cast: Anne Shirley , Dennis Day , Phillip Terry .
BW- 81 mins, CC,

6:00 AM
WESTWARD PASSAGE ( 1932)
An heiress gives up her fortune to wed a poor novelist, then dreams of giving their children the finer things.
Dir: Robert Milton Cast: Ann Harding , Laurence Olivier , ZaSu Pitts .
BW- 73 mins, CC,

7:15 AM
DIVORCE OF LADY X, THE ( 1938)
In need of a hotel room, a woman poses as a scandalous divorcee.
Dir: Tim Whelan Cast: Merle Oberon , Laurence Olivier , Binnie Barnes .
C- 91 mins, CC,

9:00 AM
21 DAYS ( 1940)
After accidentally killing his mistress' husband, a man must decide whether to let another man hang for his crime.
Dir: Basil Dean Cast: Vivien Leigh , Leslie Banks , Laurence Olivier .
BW- 75 mins, CC,

10:30 AM
THAT HAMILTON WOMAN ( 1941)
Naval hero Lord Nelson defies convention to court a married woman of common birth.
Dir: Alexander Korda Cast: Vivien Leigh , Laurence Olivier , Alan Mowbray .
BW- 125 mins, CC,



12:45 PM
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE ( 1940)
Jane Austen's comic classic about five sisters out to nab husbands in 19th-century England.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Greer Garson , Laurence Olivier , Mary Boland .
BW- 118 mins, CC,



2:45 PM
HENRY V ( 1944)
Shakespeare's tale of the warrior king who learns the meaning of heroism during a daring invasion of France.
Dir: Laurence Olivier Cast: Laurence Olivier , Robert Newton , Renee Asherson .
BW- 137 mins, CC,

5:15 PM
HAMLET ( 1948)
The melancholy Dane flirts with insanity while trying to prove his uncle murdered his father.
Dir: Laurence Olivier Cast: Laurence Olivier , Eileen Herlie , Basil Sydney .
BW- 154 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS - LAURENCE OLIVIER

8:00 PM
WUTHERING HEIGHTS ( 1939)
A married noblewoman fights her lifelong attraction to a charismatic gypsy.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Merle Oberon , Laurence Olivier , David Niven .
BW- 104 mins, CC,



10:00 PM
LITTLE ROMANCE, A ( 1979)
Teenagers elope with the help of an aging pickpocket.
Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Laurence Olivier , Diane Lane , Claudette Sutherland .
C- 110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM
ENTERTAINER, THE ( 1960)
A third-rate vaudevillian uses liquor and young women to escape the pressures of changing times.
Dir: Tony Richardson Cast: Laurence Olivier , Brenda De Banzie , Joan Plowright .
BW- 104 mins, CC,

2:00 AM
PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL, THE ( 1957)
An American showgirl in London creates an international incident when she falls for a European prince.
Dir: Laurence Olivier Cast: Richard Wattis , David Thorne , Jeremy Spenser .
C- 117 mins, CC,



4:00 AM
BEGGAR'S OPERA, THE ( 1953)
A jailed thief creates an opera based on his exploits.
Dir: Peter Brook Cast: Hugh Griffith , George Rose , Stuart Burge .
C- 94 mins, CC,

5:36 AM
CAPRICCIO ITALIEN ( 1953)
In this short film, The MGM Symphony Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky's "Capriccio Italien."
BW- 10 mins,