TCM Schedule for Tuesday, June 24th: RACE AND HOLLYWOOD

[CBHagman]

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008.

1:00 AM Mask Of Fu Manchu, The (1932) A Chinese warlord threatens explorers in search of the key to global power. Cast: Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Myrna Loy. Dir: Charles Brabin. BW-68 mins, TV-PG, CC

2:15 AM Last Of Mrs. Cheyney, The (1937) A chic jewel thief in England falls in love with one of her marks. Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, William Powell. Dir: Richard Boleslawski. BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC



4:00 AM For Me And My Gal (1942) An unscrupulous song-and-dance man uses his partner and his best friend to get ahead. Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, George Murphy. Dir: Busby Berkeley. BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC



5:45 AM Short Film: If I Forget You - Judy Garland (1940) BW-3 mins

6:00 AM Day Of The Evil Gun (1968) A gunman tries to control a vengeful farmer whose wife has been kidnapped. Cast: Glenn Ford, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger. Dir: Jerry Thorpe. C-90 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

7:31 AM Short Film: Passenger, The: Professional Reporter (1975) C-4 mins

7:50 AM Short Film: San Sebastian 1746 In 1968 (1968) C-10 mins

8:00 AM Guns For San Sebastian (1968) A Mexican bandit masquerading as a priest gets roped into helping villagers defend against an Indian attack. Cast: Anthony Quinn, Anjanette Comer, Charles Bronson. Dir: Henri Verneuil. C-111 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 AM Tall Stranger, The (1957) When rustlers leave him for dead, a Westerner throws in his lot with the wagon train whose inhabitants have rescued him. Cast: Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Michael Ansara. Dir: Thomas Carr. C-83 mins, TV-PG

11:30 AM Cimarron (1960) A pioneer couple plays a major role in the settling of Oklahoma. Cast: Glenn Ford, Maria Schell, Anne Baxter. Dir: Anthony Mann. C-148 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 PM Colorado Territory (1949) An outlaw just released from prison is sucked back into a life of crime in this remake of High Sierra. Cast: Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone. Dir: Raoul Walsh. BW-94 mins, TV-G, CC

3:35 PM Short Film: Colorful Colorado (1944) C-8 mins

4:00 PM Billy The Kid (1941) A misunderstood youngster turns into one of the West's most notorious outlaws. Cast: Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Ian Hunter. Dir: David Miller. C-94 mins, TV-PG, CC

5:36 PM Short Film: Pony Express Days (1940) C-20 mins

6:00 PM War Wagon, The (1967) A rancher and a hired gun join forces to take on the criminal who betrayed them both. Cast: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel. Dir: Burt Kennedy. C-101 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

7:47 PM Short Film: Floral Japan (1937) This "Traveltalk" explores the importance of gardens, hairstyles, and clothing in traditional Japanese culture. Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick C-43 mins

8:00 PM Crimson Kimono, The (1959) Two detectives clash over the hunt for a stripper's killer in Los Angeles' Japanese district. Cast: Victoria Shaw, Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta. Dir: Samuel Fuller. BW-81 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

9:30 PM Mountain Road, The (1960) An American officer helps villiagers against the Japanese during WWII. Cast: James Stewart, Lisa Lu, Henry Morgan. Dir: Daniel Mann. BW-102 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

11:21 PM Short Film: Cavalcade Of San Francisco (1940) C-9 mins

11:30 PM Flower Drum Song (1961) A refugee travels to Chinatown as a mail-order bride. Cast: Benson Fong, Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta. Dir: Henry Koster. C-131 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format



2:00 AM Enter the Dragon (1973) A U.S. agent enters a martial arts tournament to spy on an international super-villain. Cast: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly. Dir: Robert Clouse. C-103 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:45 AM Kill a Dragon (1967) Chinese villagers hire a team of karate fighters to rid their home of a gangster. Cast: Jack Palance, Fernando Lamas, Aldo Ray. Dir: Michael D. Moore. C-91 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

5:30 AM Festival of Shorts #24 (2000) TCM promotes two MGM comedy shorts produced by Peter Smith: Menu (1933) and Penny Wisdom (1937). C-22 mins, TV-G, CC

[lavenderdiva]

1. man, that is one awesome picture from 'The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'!

I haven't seen the film yet, but the description sounds good! AND who can pass up Robert Montgomery and Joan Crawford!!