TCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 1: Stage to Screen
Just look at that evening schedule! 
Wednesday, June 1st, 2016
1:19 AM
You, John Jones! (1943)
An air raid warden realizes how fortunate he is to live safely with his family while others around the world suffer from the war in this short film aimed at boosting U.S morale.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Ann Sothern , James Cagney , Margaret O'Brien .
BW-10 mins,
1:30 AM
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,
3:45 AM
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
True story of torch singer Ruth Etting's struggle to escape the gangster who made her a star.
Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: Doris Day , James Cagney , Cameron Mitchell .
C-122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6:00 AM
MGM Parade Show #22 (1955)
Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald perform in a clip from "Maytime"; Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz introduce a clip from "Forever Darling." Hosted by George Murphy.
BW-26 mins,
6:30 AM
It's a Pleasure (1945)
A disgraced hockey player takes up figure skating and falls for the show's star.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Sonja Henie , Michael O'Shea , Marie McDonald .
BW-90 mins,
8:15 AM
Violence (1947)
A female reporter goes undercover within a neo-Nazi group, then loses her memory.
Dir: Jack Bernhard Cast: Nancy Coleman , Michael O'Shea , Sheldon Leonard .
BW-72 mins, CC,
9:30 AM
This Marriage Business (1938)
A reporter turns a small-town clerk into a hero then falls for his daughter.
Dir: Christy Cabanne Cast: Victor Moore , Allan Lane , Vicki Lester .
BW-71 mins,
11:00 AM
Payment On Demand (1951)
A bitter divorcee thinks back on the mistakes that destroyed her marriage.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Bette Davis , Barry Sullivan , Jane Cowl .
BW-90 mins, CC,
12:45 PM
June Bride (1948)
Two bickering reporters turn a small-town wedding into a battleground.
Dir: Bretaigne Windust Cast: Bette Davis , Robert Montgomery , Fay Bainter .
BW-97 mins, CC,
2:30 PM
Winter Meeting (1948)
A repressed poetess and an embittered war hero help each other cope with their problems.
Dir: Bretaigne Windust Cast: Bette Davis , Janis Paige , James Davis .
BW-104 mins, CC,
4:30 PM
Perfect Strangers (1950)
A divorcee finds love with a married man while they both sit on a jury.
Dir: Bretaigne Windust Cast: Ginger Rogers , Dennis Morgan , Thelma Ritter .
BW-88 mins, CC,
6:15 PM
Pretty Baby (1950)
A pair of advertising executives use a woman's child to snag a client.
Dir: Bretaigne Windust Cast: Dennis Morgan , Betsy Drake , Zachary Scott .
BW-92 mins, CC,
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8:00 PM
Long Day's Journey into Night (1962)
A young writer tries to find himself while his family falls apart.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Ralph Richardson , Jason Robards Jr. .
BW-170 mins, CC,
11:00 PM
Our Town (1940)
Small town lovers search for happiness.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Frank Craven , William Holden , Martha Scott .
BW-89 mins, CC,
12:45 AM
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
An academic couple reveal their deepest secret to a pair of newcomers during an all-night booze fest.
Dir: Mike Nichols Cast: Elizabeth Taylor , Richard Burton , George Segal .
BW-131 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
3:15 AM
These Three (1936)
Scandal destroys the lives of two small-town schoolteachers.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Miriam Hopkins , Merle Oberon , Joel McCrea .
BW-93 mins, CC,
5:15 AM
Sea Gull, The (1968)
The film adaptation of Anton Chekhov's story of life in rural Russia during the latter part of the 19th century.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: James Mason , Vanessa Redgrave , Simone Signoret .
C-141 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
