TCM Schedule for Wednesday, July 4: Happy Independence Day!

[CBHagman]

Borrowing from PBS's Great Performances for a minute, the trailer from Hamilton's America:

It's too early for a Hamilton movie, but be assured TCM's put musical Founding Fathers/Mothers on the schedule. So celebrate your right to speak and sing out!

And I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that today's features are brought to us in part by immigrants (e.g., Michael Curtiz) and refugees (S.Z. Sakall), and at least one blacklistee (Howard Da Silva).

So celebrate the Bill of Rights and classic movies this Independence Day.

Wednesday, July 4th, 2018

12:00 AM
PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE ( 1940)
Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Cary Grant , Katharine Hepburn , James Stewart .
BW- 112 mins, CC,

2:00 AM
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT ( 1945)
A homemaking specialist who can't boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Dennis Morgan , Sydney Greenstreet .
BW- 101 mins, CC,

4:00 AM
MEET THE PEOPLE ( 1944)
A fading stage star tries to revive her career by taking a job in a shipyard.
Dir: Charles Riesner Cast: Lucille Ball , Dick Powell , Virginia O'Brien .
BW- 100 mins, CC,

5:45 AM
SHIPMATES FOREVER ( 1935)
An admiral's son gives up the Navy for a career as a song-and-dance man.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Dick Powell , Ruby Keeler , Lewis Stone .
BW- 109 mins, CC,

7:45 AM
AH, WILDERNESS! ( 1935)
In his only comedy, Eugene O'Neill captures the trials of growing up in small-town America.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Wallace Beery , Lionel Barrymore , Aline MacMahon .
BW- 98 mins, CC,

9:30 AM
AMERICA AMERICA ( 1963)
A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Stathis Giallelis , Frank Wolff , Harry Davis .
BW- 168 mins, CC,

12:19 PM
TWO TOO YOUNG ( 1936)
A gang of children battle over fireworks in this comedic short film.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Paul Hilton , Eugene Lee , Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer .
BW- 10 mins,

12:30 PM
HOWARDS OF VIRGINIA, THE ( 1940)
A young Virginian joins the American Revolution despite his love for a beautiful Royalist.
BW- 116 mins, CC,

2:30 PM
SCARLET COAT, THE ( 1955)
An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Cornel Wilde , Michael Wilding , George Sanders .
C- 101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 PM
JOHN PAUL JONES ( 1959)
The hero of the Revolutionary War clashes with Congress.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Robert Stack , Marisa Pavan , Charles Coburn .
C- 126 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

6:30 PM
DEVIL'S DISCIPLE, THE ( 1959)
A preacher and a rebel leader change places during the Revolution.
Dir: Guy Hamilton Cast: Burt Lancaster , Kirk Douglas , Laurence Olivier .
BW- 83 mins, Letterbox Format

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

8:00 PM
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY ( 1942)
Spirited musical biography of the song-and-dance man who kept America humming through two world wars.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: James Cagney , Joan Leslie , Walter Huston .
BW- 126 mins, CC,

10:15 PM
1776 ( 1972)
The founding fathers struggle to draft the Declaration of Independence.
Dir: Peter H. Hunt Cast: William Daniels , Howard Da Silva , Ken Howard .
C- 165 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

1:15 AM
FOUR JILLS IN A JEEP ( 1943)
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Kay Francis , Carole Landis , Martha Raye .
BW- 89 mins, CC,

3:01 AM
HAIL COLUMBIA ( 1934)
This short film provides highlights from U.S. history, focusing on Washington's farewell to the troops to the War of 1812. Vitaphone Release 1740.
BW- 10 mins,

3:15 AM
HOLIDAY INN ( 1942)
When he loses in love, a song-and-dance man retires from show business to run a country inn.
Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Bing Crosby , Fred Astaire , Marjorie Reynolds .
BW- 101 mins, CC,

4:57 AM
BILL OF RIGHTS, THE ( 1939)
This short film dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. Vitaphone Release 9300-9301.
Dir: Crane Wilbur Cast: John Hamilton , Creighton Hale , Sidney Bracy .
C- 17 mins,

5:15 AM
FLAG: A STORY INSPIRED BY THE TRADITION OF BETSY ROSS, THE ( 1927)
In this silent short film, George Washington appeals to Betsy Ross to help create a flag for the new United States.
Dir: Arthur Maude Cast: Enid Bennett , Francis X. Bushman , Alice Calhoun .
C- 20 mins,

5:41 AM
AMERICAN SPOKEN HERE ( 1940)
This short film takes a look at the origins of North American slang.
Dir: Basil Wrangell Cast: Harry Depp , Edgar Dearing , Steve Pendleton .
BW- 11 mins,

[elleng]

1. YAY, 10:15 PM 1776 ( 1972)

again!