TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 7: Introducing the Soundies, Part 1

The daytime is devoted to a birthday tribute to director Elia Kazan.

Nighttime brings on the first installment of TCM's feature on the soundies.

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

WED, SEPTEMBER 7

12:30 AM
Shanks (1974)
1h 33m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A mute puppeteer discovers how to manipulate dead bodies.
Director
William Castle
Cast
Marcel Marceau, Biff Manard, Phil Adams

2:15 AM
The Unholy Three (1930)
1h 12m | Crime | TV-G
A ventriloquist, a strong man and a midget form a criminal alliance.
Director
Jack Conway
Cast
Lon Chaney, Lila Lee, Elliott Nugent

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3:45 AM
Here We Go Again (1942)
1h 17m | Comedy | TV-G
While on their second honeymoon, Fibber McGee and Molly get mixed up with con men.
Director
Allan Dwan
Cast
Edgar Bergen, Fibber McGee and Molly, Harold Peary

5:15 AM
Bring on the Girls (1937)
10m | Short | TV-G
In this comedic short, Edgar Bergen and his ventriloquist dummy partner Charlie McCarthy introduce a vaudeville show.
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Edgar Bergen, Jerry Goff, Jack Kerr

5:30 AM
A Neckin' Party (1937)
11m | Comedy | TV-G
In this comedic short, Edgar Bergen and his ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy get into trouble in Mexico.
Director
Lloyd French
Cast
Mortimer Snerd, Edgar Bergen, Ray Foster

5:45 AM
Fight for Your Lady (1938)
1h 6m | Drama | TV-G
A wrestling promoter helps an opera singer with his love life.
Director
Ben Stoloff
Cast
John Boles, Jack Oakie, Ida Lupino

7:00 AM
Blues in the Night (1941)
1h 28m | Drama | TV-PG
The members of a traveling jazz band try to keep their leader from drinking himself to death.
Director
Anatole Litvak
Cast
Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf



8:45 AM
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
2h 4m | Drama | TV-14
Set in the 1920s, two Midwest teenagers fall in love and are frightened by their physical desires.
Director
Elia Kazan
Cast
Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle

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11:00 AM
The Sea of Grass (1947)
2h 11m | Drama | TV-PG
Cattlemen and their farmer enemies feud over New Mexico grasslands.
Director
Elia Kazan
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Walker



1:15 PM
The Arrangement (1969)
2h 7m | Drama | TV-14
A successful Madison Avenue executive suffers a mid-life breakdown and attempts suicide.
Director
Elia Kazan
Cast
Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway, Deborah Kerr



3:30 PM
East of Eden (1955)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-PG
Film adaptation of Steinbeck's classic about a 1917 California farm family and two brothers.
Director
Elia Kazan
Cast
Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey



5:45 PM
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
2h 2m | Drama | TV-PG
A fading southern belle tries to build a new life with her sister in New Orleans.
Director
Elia Kazan
Cast
Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter

&t=15s

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: INTRODUCING THE SOUNDIES, PART 1

8:00 PM
Soundies: A Musical History (2007)
Documentary
No Description available
Director
No Director Available
Cast
No Cast Information Available.

9:30 PM
Cow-Cow Boogie (1942)
No Description available
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Dorothy Dandridge

9:36 PM
He's a Latin from Manhattan (1941)
No Description available
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Ricardo Montalban

9:42 PM
Tiger Rag (1943)
No Description available
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Liberace

9:48 PM
This Love of Mine (1942)
No Description available
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Cyd Charisse

9:54 PM
My Lost Horizon (1941)
No Description available
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Doris Day

10:00 PM
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
1h 39m | Musical | TV-PG
A man hires a private eye to watch his wife on a cruise, but the wife sends an impostor.
Director
Michael Curtiz
Cast
Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Don Defore

11:45 PM
Let Me Off Uptown (1942)
5m
No Description available
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Gene Krupa

11:50 PM
Minnie the Moocher (1942)
5m
No Description available
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Cab Calloway

11:55 PM
Swingin’ at the Séance (1941)
10m | Short, Music
No Description available
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Johnny Long

12:00 AM
Swingin' on Nothin' (1942)
5m
No Description available
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Louis Armstrong

12:05 AM
Jammin' in the Panoram (1942)
5m
No Description available
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Stan Kenton

12:10 AM
Orchestra Wives (1942)
1h 38m | Musical | TV-G
A woman falls in love with a musician in a band and learns about life as an orchestra wife.
Director
Archie Mayo
Cast
George Montgomery, Ann Rutherford, Glenn Miller



2:00 AM
Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942)
3m
No Description available
Director
No Director Available
Cast
No Cast Information Available.

2:03 AM
Why Did I Fall for Abner? (1945)
3m
No Description available
Director
No Director Available
Cast
No Cast Information Available.

2:06 AM
Along the Navajo Trail (1945)
4m
No Description available
Director
No Director Available
Cast
No Cast Information Available.

2:10 AM
No Vacancy (1946)
5m
No Description available
Director
No Director Available
Cast
No Cast Information Available.

2:15 AM
Back in the Saddle Again (1942)
5m
No Description available
Director
No Director Available
Cast
No Cast Information Available.

2:20 AM
Your Cheatin' Heart (1964)
1h 39m | Musical | TV-14
Legendary country-western singer Hank Williams uses alcohol to deal with the pressures of fame.
Director
Gene Nelson
Cast
George Hamilton, Susan Oliver, Red Buttons

4:00 AM
Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
1h 59m | Drama | TV-14
Country singer and songwriter Buck Bonham has a solid following in his home state of Texas but has not had a hit that would give him national fame.
Director
Jerry Schatzberg
Cast
Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon, Amy Irving