TCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 8: Method Acting, Part II
Now this is intriguing: TCM's daytime theme is RKO's Busiest Year. Expect rarely seen movies!
And evening marks the return of the method actors and a roster mostly made up of well-known films.
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
12:00 AM
How to Steal a Million (1966)
2h 7m | Comedy | TV-PG
A young woman enlists the help of a detective to recover a sculpture that her father, an art forger, lent to a museum.
Director
William Wyler
Cast
Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach
2:15 AM
How To Save a Marriage--And Ruin Your Life (1968)
1h 42m | Comedy | TV-G
A womanizer sets out to end a friend's extramarital affair but romances the wrong woman.
Director
Fielder Cook
Cast
Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Eli Wallach
4:15 AM
How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines (1943)
1h 2m | Documentary | TV-G
A training film for OSS agents.
Director
John Ford
Cast
John Ford, Peter Lorre
5:30 AM
MGM Parade Show #27 (1955)
25m | Documentary | TV-G
Walter Pidgeon introduces Part One of "Captains Courageous" and introduces a clip from "Forbidden Planet."
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Walter Pidgeon
6:00 AM
They Wanted to Marry (1937)
1h | Comedy | TV-G
A photojournalist and his pet pigeon crash a society party and find love.
Director
Lew Landers
Cast
Betty Furness, Gordon Jones, E. E. Clive
7:15 AM
Racing Lady (1937)
59m | Drama | TV-G
A millionaire hires a lady trainer for his stables.
Director
Wallace Fox
Cast
Ann Dvorak, Smith Ballew, Harry Carey
8:30 AM
The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
1h 7m | Drama | TV-PG
A determined nurse puts a cocky surgeon back on track.
Director
Lew Landers
Cast
John Beal, Joan Fontaine, Philip Huston
9:45 AM
Criminal Lawyer (1937)
1h 12m | Crime | TV-G
A wily defense attorney changes his tune when he's named district attorney.
Director
Christy Cabanne
Cast
Lee Tracy, Margot Grahame, Erik Rhodes
11:00 AM
The Life of the Party (1937)
1h 17m | Comedy | TV-G
A young girl tries to escape the suitors her mother has picked for her.
Director
William A. Seiter
Cast
Joe Penner, Gene Raymond, Parkyakarkus
12:30 PM
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937)
1h 7m | Western | TV-G
A former lowlife adopts a child to help him go straight.
Director
Christy Cabanne
Cast
Preston Foster, Jean Muir, Van Heflin
1:45 PM
Border Cafe (1937)
1h 7m | Western | TV-PG
Cowboys clash with gangsters and Boston snobs in the modern West.
Director
Lew Landers
Cast
Harry Carey, John Beal, Armida
3:00 PM
Hollywood Cowboy (1937)
1h 4m | Western | TV-G
A vacationing Western star signs on to help a female rancher fight off bandits.
Director
Ewing Scott
Cast
George O'Brien, Cecilia Parker, Maude Eburne
4:15 PM
Super-Sleuth (1937)
1h 10m | Comedy | TV-G
A movie detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
Director
Ben Stoloff
Cast
Jack Oakie, Ann Sothern, Eduardo Ciannelli
5:30 PM
China Passage (1937)
1h 5m | Adventure | TV-G
Murder and jewel theft plague a China-bound steamer.
Director
Edward Killy
Cast
Constance Worth, Vinton Haworth, Leslie Fenton
6:45 PM
Flight from Glory (1937)
1h 7m | Adventure | TV-PG
Tensions flare among flyers carrying supplies through the Andes.
Director
Lew Landers
Cast
Chester Morris, Whitney Bourne, Onslow Stevens
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: METHOD ACTING, PART II
8:00 PM
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
2h 4m | Drama | TV-14
Set in the 1920s, two teenagers in the Midwest fall in love and are frightened by their physical desires.
Director
Elia Kazan
Cast
Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle
10:15 PM
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
1h 36m | Drama | TV-MA
A classical pianist who's dropped out of society returns to the family he deserted.
Director
Bob Rafelson
Cast
Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Lois Smith
12:15 AM
Wanda (1970)
1h 41m | Drama | TV-14
A rootless working-class woman takes up with an abusive criminal.
Director
Barbara Loden
Cast
Michael Higgins, Barbara Loden, Frank Jourdano
2:15 AM
Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More (1974)
1h 53m | Comedy | TV-MA
A widow who dreams of a singing career ends up waiting tables in Phoenix.
Director
Martin Scorsese
Cast
Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Diane Ladd
4:15 AM
Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-MA
When his wife leaves him, an ad exec gets a crash course in parenting.
Director
Robert Benton
Cast
Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander
