TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 14: Back on Campus

The daytime TCM theme is That Girl, and tonight it's Back on Campus.

Oh, and there's a sighting of the unofficial patron saint of the Classic Films Group, Robert Montgomery.

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

2:15 am
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
2h | Drama | TV-PG
Adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play about a young man dreaming of stardom.
Director
Richard Brooks
Cast
Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight

4:30 am
The Outrage (1964)
1h 37m | Western | TV-PG
A murderer, a sexually assaulted wife and the dead man himself present conflicting versions of what happened.
Director
Martin Ritt
Cast
Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom

6:15 am
The Richest Girl in the World (1934)
1h 16m | Romance | TV-G
To put off fortune-hunters, an heiress trades places with her secretary.
Director
William A. Seiter
Cast
Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray

7:45 am
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
1h 42m | Romance | TV-PG
President Andrew Jackson's friendship with an innkeeper's daughter spells trouble for them.
Director
Clarence Brown
Cast
Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore

9:45 am
Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
1h 35m | Comedy | TV-G
A woman's two lives as small-town innocent and author of torrid romances collide.
Director
Richard Boleslawski
Cast
Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas, Thomas Mitchell

11:30 am
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
1h 42m | Comedy | TV-G
A straight-laced paleontologist loses a dinosaur bone to a dog belonging to a free-spirited heiress.
Director
Howard Hawks
Cast
Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles

1:30 pm
The Girl Downstairs (1938)
1h 17m | Romance | TV-G
A European playboy falls for his maid.
Director
Norman Taurog
Cast
Franciska Gaal, Franchot Tone, Walter Connolly

3:00 pm
Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
1h 10m | Comedy | TV-G
A country girl follows the man who jilted her to the big city, where she finds two new suitors.
Director
Richard Thorpe
Cast
Janet Gaynor, Robert Montgomery, Franchot Tone



4:15 pm
Vivacious Lady (1938)
1h 30m | Comedy | TV-G
After a whirlwind courtship, a nightclub singer has to adjust to her professor husband's conservative family.
Director
George Stevens
Cast
Ginger Rogers, James Stewart, James Ellison



6:00 pm
Ninotchka (1939)
1h 50m | Comedy | TV-G
A cold-hearted Soviet agent is warmed up by a trip to Paris and a night of love.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: BACK TO CAMPUS

8:00 pm
The Paper Chase (1973)
1h 51m | Drama | TV-MA
In his first year at Harvard, law student Hart tries desperately to deal with the pressure.
Director
James Bridges
Cast
John Houseman, Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner



10:00 pm
Good News (1947)
1h 35m | Musical | TV-G
A football hero falls in love with his French tutor.
Director
Charles Walters
Cast
June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Patricia Marshall

11:45 pm
Getting Straight (1970)
2h 5m | Comedy
A graduate student must choose between his former activism and the preservation of his academic career when violence breaks out on campus.
Director
Richard Rush
Cast
Elliott Gould, Candice Bergen, Robert F. Lyons

2:00 am
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
1h 14m | Comedy | TV-G
A lovesick teenager searches for romance at college.
Director
Don Weis
Cast
Debbie Reynolds, Bobby Van, Barbara Ruick



3:30 am
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
1h 40m | Drama | TV-G
A cocky American student runs into trouble when he transfers to the famed British college.
Director
Jack Conway
Cast
Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan



5:30 am
MGM Parade Show #19 (1955)
25m | Documentary | TV-G
Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly perform in a clip from Ziegfeld Follies.
Director
No Director Available
Cast
No Cast Information Available.