TCM Schedule for Monday August 23, 2021 - Summer Under the Stars: Eve Arden

Everybody's favorite scene (and film) stealer takes the spotlight today.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 am Stage Door (1937)
1h 23m | Drama | TV-G
Women at a theatrical boarding house try to make their big break happen.
Director: Gregory Lacava. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou

7:45 am Obliging Young Lady (1941)
1h 20m | Comedy | TV-G
A lawyer's secretary tries to protect a controversial client from prying eyes at an over-crowded hotel.
Director: Richard Wallace. Cast: Joan Carroll, Edmond O'brien, Ruth Warrick

9:15 am At the Circus (1939)
1h 27m | Comedy | TV-G
The Marx Bros. team up to keep a circus from going bankrupt.
Director: Edward Buzzell. Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx

11:00 am The Doughgirls (1944)
1h 42m | Comedy | TV-G
Honeymooners in Washington get caught up in wartime crowding, with disastrous results.
Director: James V. Kern. Cast: Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson

12:45 pm Comrade X (1940)
1h 30m | Comedy | TV-G
An American warms up an icy Russian streetcar conductor.
Director: King Vidor. Cast: Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr, Oscar Homolka

2:30 pm The Unfaithful (1947)
1h 49m | Drama | TV-PG
While her husband is away, a woman gets mixed up in murder.
Director: Vincent Sherman. Cast: Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott

4:30 pm Whiplash (1948)
1h 31m | Drama | TV-G
An artist becomes a boxer but finds that it may not have been the best career choice.
Director: Lew Seiler. Cast: Dane Clark, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott

6:15 pm Tea for Two (1950)
1h 38m | Musical | TV-PG
An heiress has to say no to every question for 24 hours if she wants to star on Broadway.
Director: David Butler. Cast: Doris Day, Gordon Macrae, Gene Nelson

8:00 pm Our Miss Brooks (1956)
1h 25m | Comedy | TV-G
A high school teacher has to rescue the professor she loves from his grasping mother.
Director: Al Lewis. Cast: Eve Arden, Gale Gorden, Don Porter

9:45 pm Mildred Pierce (1945)
1h 53m | Drama | TV-PG
A woman's ambitions for her daughter drastically impact her life.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott

11:45 pm Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
2h 40m | Drama | TV-PG
A small-town lawyer gets the case of a lifetime when a military man avenges an attack on his wife.
Director: Otto Preminger. Cast: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara

2:45 am She Couldn't Say No (1941)
1h 2m | Comedy | TV-G
Opposing lawyers face off in court over a land deal only to wind up in each other's arms.
Director: William Clemens. Cast: Roger Pryor, Eve Arden, Cliff Edwards

4:00 am The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)
1h 39m | Comedy | TV-G
A woman is saved from drowning by a mysterious submarine, but nobody believes her.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Jane Wyman, Dennis Morgan, Eve Arden