TCM Schedule for Thursday, August 1, 2024 - Summer Under The Stars: William Powell

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William Powell, Skippy, and Myrna Loy


6:00 AM | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
A chic jewel thief in England falls in love with one of her marks.
Dir: Richard Boleslawski | Cast: Joan Crawford, William Powell, Robert Montgomery

8:00 AM | Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Boyhood friends grow up on opposite sides of the law.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke | Cast: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy

10:00 AM | Rendezvous (1935)
A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
Dir: William K. Howard | Cast: William Powell, Rosalind Russell, Binnie Barnes

12:00 PM | The Heavenly Body (1943)
An astronomer's neglected wife takes up astrology and a handsome astrologer.
Dir: Alexander Hall | Cast: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, James Craig

2:00 PM | Libeled Lady (1936)
When an heiress sues a newspaper, the editor hires a reporter to compromise her.
Dir: Jack Conway | Cast: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy

4:00 PM | The Thin Man (1934)
In New York, a detective, his wife and his dog solve the murder case of an eccentric inventor.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke | Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan

5:45 PM | Life with Father (1947)
A financier from New York rules his numerous family members, consisting of his wife and his four sons, with the meticulousness of a bookkeeper.
Dir: Michael Curtiz | Cast: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor

8:00 PM | Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
While on vacation in the Caribbean with his wife, a middle-aged man unexpectedly finds, and falls in love with, a mermaid.
Dir: Irving Pichel | Cast: William Powell, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey

9:45 PM | My Man Godfrey (1936)
A zany heiress tries to help a tramp by making him the family butler.
Dir: Gregory La Cava | Cast: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady

11:30 PM | Love Crazy (1941)
A businessman concocts a series of harebrained schemes to keep his wife from divorcing him.
Dir: Jack Conway | Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick

1:15 AM | Double Wedding (1937)
A dress designer tries to break her sister's engagement to a free-living artist, only to discover the man is falling for her instead.
Dir: Richard Thorpe | Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Florence Rice

3:00 AM | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
A detective teams with his ex-wife to solve a murder.
Dir: Stephen Roberts | Cast: William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason

4:30 AM | Jewel Robbery (1932)
A jewel thief falls for a tycoon's wife in Vienna.
Dir: William Dieterle | Cast: William Powell, Kay Francis, Helen Vinson