TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 10 -- AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE MOVIES

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4:00am Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Desperate losers plan a bank robbery with unexpected results.
Cast: Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame. Dir: Robert Wise. BW-96 mins, TV-PG

5:37am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Alaska Lifeboat (1956)
BW-21 mins

6:00am Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
A teenage boy goes into debt to court a Manhattan socialite.
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Lewis Stone. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-88 mins, TV-G

7:30am Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)
On the verge of graduation, a high-school boy decides he needs a social secretary.
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Kathryn Grayson. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-101 mins, TV-G

9:15am Life Begins For Andy Hardy (1941)
A small-town boy tries life in the big city before going to college.
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Judy Garland. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-101 mins, TV-G

11:00am Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)
A new college student lets romance get in the way of his studies.
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Esther Williams. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-92 mins, TV-G

12:33pm Short Film: From The Vaults: Loews Christmas Greeting (Hardy Family) (1939)
BW-3 mins

12:45pm Miracle Worker, The (1962)
True story of the determined teacher who helped Helen Keller overcome deafness and blindness to learn to communicate.
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Inga Swenson. Dir: Arthur Penn. BW-107 mins, TV-PG

2:45pm Yours, Mine And Ours (1968)
A widow with eight children marries a widower with ten, then gets pregnant.
Cast: Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Van Johnson. Dir: Melville Shavelson. C-111 mins, TV-PG

4:45pm Marnie (1964)
A rich man marries a compulsive thief and tries to unlock the secrets of her mind.
Cast: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-130 mins, TV-PG

7:00pm Hollywood My Hometown (1965)
In this special, Ken Murray hosts his own behind-the-scenes home movies of some of Hollywood's greatest stars.
BW-52 mins, TV-G

What's On Tonight: TCM SPOTLIGHT: AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE MOVIES

8:00pm Advise & Consent (1962)
A controversial presidential nomination threatens the careers of several prominent politicians.
Cast: Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray. Dir: Otto Preminger. BW-138 mins, TV-PG

10:30pm Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption.
Cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-130 mins, TV-G

12:45am Farmer's Daughter, The (1947)
When she goes to work for a congressman, a Minnesota farm girl takes Washington by storm.
Cast: Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore. Dir: H.C. Potter. BW-97 mins, TV-G

2:30am Washington Story (1952)
A reporter in search of government corruption falls for a congressman.
Cast: Van Johnson, Patricia Neal, Louis Calhern. Dir: Robert Pirosh. BW-82 mins, TV-G

4:00am Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932)
A young congressman tries to rid Washington of corruption while courting a senator's daughter.
Cast: Lee Tracy, Constance Cummings, Walter Connolly. Dir: James Cruze. BW-79 mins, TV-G

5:30am Festival of Shorts #26 (2000)
TCM promotes two comedy shorts with ventriloquist Edgar Bergan, "The Eyes Have It" (1931) and "Africa Speaks...English" (1933).
BW-22 mins