TCM Schedule for Tuesday, August 28: Summer Under the Stars: Ava Gardner

[CBHagman]

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

12:45 AM
Merry Widow, The (1934)
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Maurice Chevalier , Jeanette MacDonald , Edward Everett Horton .
BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC,

2:30 AM
Sweethearts (1938)
Bickering husband-and-wife stage stars are manipulated into a break-up for publicity purposes.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Jeanette MacDonald , Nelson Eddy , Frank Morgan .
C-114 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:30 AM
I Married An Angel (1942)
A playboy drops his many girlfriends when he falls in love with a grounded angel.
Dir: Maj. W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Jeanette MacDonald , Nelson Eddy , Edward Everett Horton .
BW-85 mins, TV-G, CC,

6:00 AM
Hitler's Madman (1943)
The Nazis take revenge on a Czech village after one of their most sadistic commanders is assassinated there.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: Patricia Morison , John Carradine , Alan Curtis .
BW-84 mins, TV-14, CC,

7:45 AM
Maisie Goes To Reno (1944)
On a trip to Reno, a Brooklyn showgirl tries to stop a soldier and his wife from divorcing.
Dir: Harry Beaumont Cast: Ann Sothern , John Hodiak , Tom Drake .
BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC,

9:30 AM
East Side, West Side (1949)
A chic New York couple is torn apart by a seductive model.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , James Mason , Van Heflin .
BW-108 mins, TV-G, CC,

11:30 AM
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
A Spanish temptress falls for a haunted ship's captain.
Dir: Albert Lewin Cast: James Mason , Ava Gardner , Nigel Patrick .
C-124 mins, TV-14,



1:45 PM
Knights Of The Round Table (1953)
Queen Guinevere is torn between love for her husband and Sir Lancelot.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Robert Taylor , Ava Gardner , Mel Ferrer .
C-116 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

3:45 PM
Bhowani Junction (1956)
An Anglo-Indian beauty falls for a British officer as her country fights for independence.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Ava Gardner , Stewart Granger , Bill Travers .
C-110 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:45 PM
Night Of The Iguana, The (1964)
A defrocked priest surrenders to the sins of the flesh in a Mexican hotel.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Richard Burton , Ava Gardner , Deborah Kerr .
BW-118 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: AVA GARDNER

8:00 PM
55 Days At Peking (1963)
An American major leads the defense against Chinese revolutionaries in 1900 Peking.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: Charlton Heston , Ava Gardner , David Niven .
C-162 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:45 PM
Bribe, The (1949)
A sultry singer tries to tempt a federal agent from the straight-and-narrow.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Robert Taylor , Ava Gardner , Charles Laughton .
BW-98 mins, TV-PG, CC,

12:30 AM
Mogambo (1953)
In this remake of Red Dust, an African hunter is torn between a lusty showgirl and a married woman.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Clark Gable , Ava Gardner , Grace Kelly .
C-116 mins, TV-PG, CC,

2:30 AM
Seven Days In May (1964)
An American military officer discovers his superiors are planning a military coup.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Burt Lancaster , Kirk Douglas , Fredric March .
BW-118 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

4:45 AM
My Forbidden Past (1951)
A beauty with a skeleton in her closet seeks revenge on the suitor who jilted her.
Dir: Robert Stevenson Cast: Robert Mitchum , Ava Gardner , Melvyn Douglas .
BW-70 mins, TV-PG, CC,

[Graybeard]

1. Nice selection of her films.

These films will give the viewer a good idea of how alluring Ava Gardner was at every stage of her career. Wonderful in the 1940s, 1950s and the 1960s. In fact I contend that she was sexiest in Night of the Iguana and Seven Days In May, both made in 1964.