TCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 19: Written by Donald Ogden Stewart (May Whitty's Birthday, Too!)

[CBHagman]

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

2:15 AM
Robin And The 7 Hoods (1964)
A Chicago gangster stumbles into philanthropic work during a gang war.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin , Sammy Davis Jr. .
C-123 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 AM
Romance On The High Seas (1948)
A singer on a Caribbean cruise gets mixed up in a series of romantic problems.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Jack Carson , Janis Paige , Don DeFore .
C-99 mins, TV-PG, CC,

6:15 AM
Now Playing July (2013) (2013)
Features highlights of the month's programming on TCM, including festivals and stars.
BW-22 mins, TV-PG, CC,

6:45 AM
Thirteenth Chair, The (1937)
A phony psychic tries to solve a murder that took place during her seance.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Dame May Whitty , Madge Evans , Lewis Stone .
BW-67 mins, TV-G,

8:00 AM
Constant Nymph, The (1943)
A composer finds inspiration in his wife's romantic cousin.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Charles Boyer , Joan Fontaine , Alexis Smith .
BW-112 mins, TV-PG, CC,

10:00 AM
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
A small-town girl changes her identity to make it in New York, leaving her boyfriend a suspect in her "disappearance."
Dir: Wesley Ruggles Cast: Lana Turner , Robert Young , Walter Brennan .
BW-94 mins, TV-G, CC,

11:45 AM
Lassie Come Home (1943)
A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to her lost family.
Dir: Fred M. Wilcox Cast: Roddy McDowall , Donald Crisp , Dame May Whitty .
C-89 mins, TV-G, CC,

1:30 PM
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
A young girl finds herself entrenched in a murder cover-up when she goes to work for a wealthy widow.
Dir: Joseph H. Lewis Cast: Nina Foch , Dame May Whitty , George Macready .
BW-65 mins, TV-PG, CC,



2:45 PM
Devotion (1946)
The Bronte sisters and their brother fight personal demons to realize their artistic ambitions.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Ida Lupino , Paul Henreid , Olivia de Havilland .
BW-107 mins, TV-G, CC,



4:41 PM
Jimmy Fund - Deborah Kerr (1956)
Deborah Kerr urges the audience to donate to the Jimmy Fund to eradicate childhood cancer.
BW-3 mins,

4:45 PM
If Winter Comes (1947)
Scandal results when a well-meaning man takes in a pregnant girl.
Dir: Victor Saville Cast: Walter Pidgeon , Deborah Kerr , Angela Lansbury .
BW-97 mins, TV-G, CC,

6:30 PM
Sign of the Ram, The (1948)
An invalid matriarch manipulates her entire family.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Susan Peters , Alexander Knox , Phyllis Thaxter .
BW-84 mins, TV-G, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: WRITTEN BY DONALD OGDEN STEWART

8:00 PM
Holiday (1938)
An unhappy heiress falls in love with her stodgy sister's freethinking fiance.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Cary Grant , Doris Nolan .
BW-96 mins, TV-G, CC,



9:40 PM
Campus Cinderella (1938)
C-18 mins,

10:00 PM
Keeper Of The Flame (1942)
A reporter digs into the secret life of a recently deceased political hero.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy , Katharine Hepburn , Richard Whorf .
BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC,

12:00 AM
No More Ladies (1935)
A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
Dir: Edward H. Griffith Cast: Joan Crawford , Robert Montgomery , Charlie Ruggles .
BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC,



1:30 AM
Woman's Face, A (1941)
Plastic surgery gives a scarred female criminal a new outlook on life.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Joan Crawford , Melvyn Douglas , Conrad Veidt .
BW-107 mins, TV-PG, CC,

3:21 AM
Joan Crawford Biography (1962)
BW-4 mins,

3:30 AM
Barretts of Wimpole Street, The (1934)
An invalid poetess defies her father's wishes to marry a dashing young poet.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Norma Shearer , Fredric March , Charles Laughton .
BW-109 mins, TV-G, CC,



5:30 AM
Now Playing July (2013) (2013)
Features highlights of the month's programming on TCM, including festivals and stars.
BW-22 mins, TV-PG, CC,

[Matilda]

1. Stewart was an excellent writer, and a man of great courage.

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"Holiday" is a favourite of mine - I think it's slipped a bit under the radar these days, because it's never mentioned when people talk or write about the great films of Cary Grant or Katharine Hepburn. I have it on DVD and pull it out every so often to enjoy again. Grant still had a bit of the "rogue and vagabond" about him at this time. before he became Mr Super-suave, and I rather like that persona. And he and Hepburn always played well together.

And of course, The Barretts of Wimpole Street - although I always enjoy both Norma Shearer and Fredric March, this is Charles Laughton's film. It's not so much in what he says as what he doesn't say. He conveys so much in a subtle but unmistakable way. He was so good!

And all power to Donald Ogden Stewart for giving them the vehicles to play in.

[CBHagman]

2. Agree wholeheartedly about "Holiday"

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I hadn't thought to consider that Holiday is a neglected gem, especially since it shows up on TCM regularly, but I do have to agree with you.

On top of that, it doesn't fit into any tidy little categories. As a comedy, it's likely eclipsed by a lot of the other work Cary Grant did, and as a Grant-Hepburn pairing, it's simply not as well-known as The Philadelphia Story and Bringing Up Baby.

It's a Christmas-New Year movie yet not a household name to people who would drop everything to watch Christmas in Connecticut or The Bishop's Wife.

On top of that, there's air of melancholy and longing underneath the frivolity of the dialogue. I'm not sure I picked up on that when I was 19 or 20 years old and first saw the movie, but it certainly resonates now.

As for Donald Ogden Stewart, out of curiosity I looked up a list of his credits. Uh, how did I not realize he'd done all these screenplays?! What a stellar list!

[url]http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0829330/[/url]

[Matilda]

3. There were more credits on that list than I was aware of; amazing.

And I pay tribute to him as a man who wasn't afraid to proclaim his convictions, even when it would endanger his livelihood.

And he was such a mild-looking man - you'd think he was probably a bank clerk.