TCM Schedule for Tuesday, July 16: Birthday Tribute: Ginger Rogers/Islands in the Pacific

Celebrate Ginger Rogers' birthday with some movies you might not be expecting (yes, both Nazis and the Klan put in appearances).

Then head out into the Pacific for romance, adventure, and danger.

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

12:45 AM Stella Dallas (1937)
After divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:45 AM The Divorcee (1930)
The double standard destroys a liberal couple's marriage.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:15 AM The Gay Divorcee (1934)
A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.
Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:15 AM Carnival Boat (1932)
A logger defies his father to court a showgirl.
Dir: Albert Rogell Cast: Bill Boyd, Ginger Rogers, Fred Kohler
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


7:30 AM Romance in Manhattan (1935)
A New York chorus girl helps an illegal immigrant build a new life in the big city.
Dir: Stephen Roberts Cast: Francis Lederer, Ginger Rogers, Arthur Hohl
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

9:00 AM In Person (1935)
A movie star runs off to the mountains for an incognito vacation.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Ginger Rogers, George Brent, Alan Mowbray
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:30 AM Suicide Fleet (1931)
Three Navy shipmates fight over the same girl.
Dir: Albert Rogell Cast: Bill Boyd, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-G CC: N



12:00 PM Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)
A promoter neglects his wife to make a singer a radio star.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y



1:45 PM Storm Warning (1951)
While visiting relatives in a small town, Marsha Mitchell witnesses the beating death of a man at the hands of the Klan and soon discovers that the whole town is controlled by the group--and that her loutish brother-in-law is a member. District Attorney Burt Rainey finally breaks the stranglehold of the hooded terrorists, but not before further tragedy occurs.
Dir: Stuart Heisler Cast: Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris Day
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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3:30 PM Chance at Heaven (1934)
A society girl steals a simple gas station attendant from his working-class girlfriend.
Dir: William Seiter Cast: Ginger Rogers, Joel Mccrea, Marion Nixon
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y



4:45 PM Professional Sweetheart (1933)
A radio star's pure image leads to a fake engagement to a hayseed.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, Zasu Pitts
Runtime: 68 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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6:00 PM Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.
Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Walter Slezak
Runtime: 116 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



What's on Tonight: Islands in the Pacific

8:00 PM South Pacific (1958)
Two stories set side by side about love and loss set in the wartime tropics. Adaptation of the 1949 stage play.
Dir: Joshua Logan Cast: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr
Runtime: 171 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y



10:45 PM Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
A marine and a nun are shipwrecked on a Pacific Island.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Akira Ohno
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y



12:45 AM On an Island with You (1948)
A movie star falls for a handsome naval officer during location shooting in Hawaii.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalban
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y



2:45 AM All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
Brothers on a whaling schooner become romantic rivals.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Ann Blyth
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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4:30 AM Bird of Paradise (1932)
An island visitor falls for a Polynesian beauty slated for sacrifice to the gods.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Dolores Del Rio, Joel McCrea, John Halliday
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y