TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 30: Star of the Month: Joel McCrea

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Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

1:00 AM Decks Ran Red, The (1958)
Dishonest seamen plan a murderous mutiny.
Dir: Andrew L. Stone Cast: James Mason , Dorothy Dandridge , Broderick Crawford .
BW-84 mins, TV-PG,

2:30 AM Tarzan's Peril (1951)
The jungle king tries to catch gunrunners.
Dir: Byron Haskin Cast: Lex Barker , Virginia Huston , George Macready .
BW-79 mins, TV-PG,

4:00 AM Irene (1940)
An Irish shop girl falls in love with a high-society boy.
Dir: Herbert Wilcox Cast: Anna Neagle , Ray Milland , Roland Young .
BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC,

6:00 AM Barretts of Wimpole Street, The (1934)
An invalid poetess defies her father's wishes to marry a dashing young poet.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Norma Shearer , Fredric March , Charles Laughton .
BW-109 mins, TV-G, CC,



8:00 AM Outcast Lady (1934)
A spoiled rich girl sacrifices her reputation to preserve her dead husband's memory.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Constance Bennett , Herbert Marshall , Mrs. Patrick Campbell .
BW-77 mins, TV-G,

9:30 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,



11:15 AM What Every Woman Knows (1934)
An ambitious wife backs her husband's political career.
Dir: Gregory La Cava Cast: Helen Hayes , Brian Aherne , Madge Evans .
BW-90 mins, TV-G,

1:00 PM No More Ladies (1935)
A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
Dir: Edward H. Griffith Cast: Joan Crawford , Robert Montgomery , Charlie Ruggles .
BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC,

2:30 PM Riffraff (1936)
Young marrieds in the fishing business run afoul of the law.
Dir: J. Walter Ruben Cast: Jean Harlow , Spencer Tracy , Una Merkel .
BW-94 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:15 PM Maytime (1937)
An opera star's manager tries to stop her romance with a penniless singer.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Jeanette MacDonald , Nelson Eddy , John Barrymore .
BW-132 mins, TV-G, CC,



6:30 PM Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005)
Film clips and interviews tell the story of MGM 'boy wonder' Irving Thalberg.
C-74 mins, TV-PG, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: JOEL MCCREA

8:00 PM Ride The High Country (1962)
Two aging gunslingers sign on to transport gold from a remote mining town.
Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: Randolph Scott , Joel McCrea , Mariette Hartley .
C-94 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



9:45 PM 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.
Dir: Thomas Carr Cast: Joel McCrea , Virginia Mayo , Barry Kelley .
C-83 mins, TV-PG, CC,

11:15 PM Wells Fargo (1937)
An employee of an express shipping service helps to provide people with the supplies they need.
Dir: Frank Lloyd Cast: Joel McCrea , Bob Burns , Frances Dee .
BW-96 mins, TV-G, CC,



1:15 AM Fort Massacre (1958)
A possibly mad cavalry commander leads his troops through dangerous Indian territory.
Dir: Joseph M. Newman Cast: Joel McCrea , Forrest Tucker , John Russell .
C-81 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

2:45 AM Frenchie (1950)
A woman sells her successful business in New Orleans to find the men who killed her father.
Dir: Louis King Cast: Joel McCrea , Shelley Winters , Paul Kelly .
C-80 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:30 AM Trooper Hook (1957)
A woman returns from Indian captivity to find herself an outcast.
Dir: Charles Marquis Warren Cast: Joel McCrea , Barbara Stanwyck , Earl Holliman .
BW-82 mins, TV-PG,