TCM Schedule for Tuesday, June 21: Liz in the '50s

[CBHagman]

Happy Summer Solstice!

TCM's daytime theme is, fittingly, Summer at the Drive-In.

In evening, the theme is Liz in the '50s. If you have to ask who Liz is, well, you need to spend more time watching classic movies!

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

1:30 AM
The Watermelon Woman (1995)
1h 30m | Comedy | TV-MA
Cheryl, a twenty-something Black lesbian, is struggling to make a documentary about a beautiful but elusive 1930s film actress.
Director
Cheryl Dunye
Cast
Donnita Hamilton, Margaret Hargrove, Guinevere Turner

3:30 AM
Mala Noche (1986)
1h 18m | Adaptation
An amiable skid-row liquor store clerk falls madly in love with an Mexican immigrant.
Director
Gus Van Sant
Cast
Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate, Walt Curtis

5:00 AM
Born in Flames (1983)
1h 30m | Drama | TV-14
In a future where a socialist government gains power, a group of women decides to organize to fight the government.
Director
Lizzie Borden 
Cast
Dee Dee Halleck, Julia Hanlon, Johanna Heer

6:30 AM
News From Home (1976)
1h 30m | Drama | TV-14
A female film director explores New York City while enduring demanding letters from her mother.
Director
Chantal Akerman
Cast
Chantal Akerman

8:15 AM
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
1h 5m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A space visitor's touch turns an unhappy heiress into a vengeful giant.
Director
Nathan Hertz 
Cast
Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers

&t=22s

9:45 AM
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
1h 19m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
Residents of California's San Fernando Valley are under attack by flying saucers from outer space.
Director
Edward D. Wood Jr.
Cast
Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Duke Moore

11:30 AM
The Future Is Now (1955)
14m | Short | TV-G
This goes inside government research laboratories to showcase some of the products that will be used in the near future.
Director
Larry O'Reilly 
Cast
Dwight Weist, Burton Benjamin, Burton Benjamin

12:00 PM
Born Reckless (1959)
1h 20m | Drama | TV-PG
A saloon singer falls in love with a free roaming rider and tries to change his lifestyle.
Director
Howard W. Koch
Cast
Mamie Van Doren, Jeff Richards, Arthur Hunnicutt

1:30 PM
A Bucket of Blood (1959)
1h 6m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A jealous Bohemian wannabe resorts to murder to perpetuate his new-found success as a sculptor.
Director
Roger Corman
Cast
Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone

2:45 PM
Duck and Cover (1951)
9m | Short | TV-PG
In this short film, a monkey's prank on a turtle demonstrates how to survive a nuclear attack.
Director
Anthony Rizzo
Cast
Leo M. Langlois III, Ray J. Mauer, Robert Middleton

3:00 PM
The Wild, Wild Planet (1965)
1h 33m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-14
Space amazons control the Earth by shrinking its leaders.
Director
Anthony Dawson 
Cast
Tony Russel, Lisa Gastoni, Massimo Serato

4:45 PM
Catalina Caper (1967)
1h 7m | Comedy | TV-PG
A group of teens try to foil a group of crooks searching for a stolen scroll.
Director
Lee Sholem 
Cast
Tommy Kirk, Del Moore, Peter Duryea

6:15 PM
Speedway (1968)
1h 35m | Musical | TV-PG
A race car driver tries to outrun the beautiful tax auditor out to settle his account.
Director
Norman Taurog 
Cast
Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, Bill Bixby

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8:00 PM
Ivanhoe (1952)
1h 46m | Epic | TV-G
Adaptation of the novel by Sir Walter Scott: King Richard the Lion-Hearted is being held for ransom by the King of Austria, and his evil brother, Prince John, rules in his stead.
Director
Richard Thorpe
Cast
Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine

&t=20s

10:00 PM
Giant (1956)
3h 21m | Drama | TV-PG
A Texas ranching family fights to survive changing times.
Director
George Stevens 
Cast
Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean

&t=38s

1:30 AM
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
1h 56m | Drama | TV-PG
An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited": A soldier settles in Paris after WWII to start a career as a novelist and falls in love.
Director
Richard Brooks
Cast
Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon

3:45 AM
Beau Brummell (1954)
1h 51m | Romance | TV-PG
An English Don Juan courts the Prince of Wales' favor while romancing his way through society.
Director
Curtis Bernhardt
Cast
Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley

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[CBHagman]

2. You are welcome!