TCM Schedule for Tuesday, January 16: 1950s Musicals/Star of the Month: Robert Mitchum
That's what they wrote. Let the singing and smoldering begin, but also the Howard Keel haul (sorry) and the
Robert Mitchum edition of World War II.
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
1:00 AM Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
After years of segregation, the University of Alabama becomes the last U.S. college to open its doors to black students.
Dir: Robert Drew Cast: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, George Wallace, Robert F Kennedy
Runtime: 58 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:00 AM Freedom on My Mind (1994)
The dramatic story of the Mississippi Voter Registration project (1961-64) is told through the eyewitness accounts of several remarkable men and women.
Dir: Connie Field Cast: Endesha Ida Mae Holland, Pam Chude Allen, Marshall Ganz
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 AM Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979)
This documentary covers the life, career, and activism of actor Paul Robeson.
Dir: Saul J. Turell Cast: Sidney Poitier, Jessica Huppert-Berman, Saul J. Turell
Runtime: 30 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:30 AM Song of Freedom (1936)
A black dock-worker becomes an opera star, then discovers his African roots.
Dir: J Edgar Willis Cast: Paul Robeson, Elizabeth Welch, Ingram D'abbes
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
6:00 AM She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)
A professor helps a burlesque queen get a college education.
Dir: Bruce Humberstone Cast: Virginia Mayo, Ronald Reagan, Gene Nelson
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:00 AM Kismet (1955)
In this Arabian Nights musical, the "king of the beggars" infiltrates high society when his daughter is wooed by a handsome prince.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:00 AM Lovely to Look At (1952)
All-star remake of Roberta, with three Broadway producers inheriting a Parisian fashion house.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Red Skelton, Howard Keel
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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12:00 PM Two Weeks with Love (1950)
Two sisters find romance during a turn-of-the-century family vacation.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Jane Powell, Ricardo Montalban, Louis Calhern
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:00 PM Easy to Love (1953)
Williams loves her boss from afar and finally wins him over when she starts an affair with another man.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Esther Williams, Van Johnson, Tony Martin
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:00 PM Tea for Two (1950)
An heiress has to say no to every question for 24 hours if she wants to star on Broadway.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:00 PM Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Fanciful musical biography of Wild West sharpshooter Annie Oakley.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
What's on Tonight: Star of the Month: Robert Mitchum
8:00 PM The Story of G. I. Joe (1945)
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins an Army platoon during World War II to learn what battle is really about.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
10:00 PM The Enemy Below (1957)
Two submarine commanders, one American and the other German, engage in a dangerous, suspenseful game of cat and mouse as they try to overtake one another in the North Atlantic during World War II.
Dir: Dick Powell Cast: Robert Mitchum, Curt Jurgens, Al Hedison
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
11:45 PM Anzio (1968)
A vivid portrait of one of the bloodiest WWII battles ever fought. After landing with Allied troops at Anzio, Italy in 1944, war correspondent Dick Ennis and buddy Corporal Rabinoff tell Anzio commander General Lesley that the road to Rome is wide open. But instead of heading to Rome, Lesley attempts to build a coastal ...
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Earl Holliman
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
1:45 AM The Longest Day (1962)
The story of the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II. Following dozens of characters who together re-create the historical events of five separate invasion points that made up the operation.
Dir: Ken Annakin Cast: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda
Runtime: 180 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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4:45 AM Till the End of Time (1946)
A returning World War II veteran falls for a troubled war widow.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Guy Madison, Robert Mitchum
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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