TCM Schedule for Monday October 1 - Star of the Month: Spencer Tracy

[rdmtimp]

After a daytime birthday tribute to Walter Matthau, TCM launches its Spencer Tracy salute with some of his earliest film work.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Face In The Crowd, A (1957)
A female television executive turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star. Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Andy Griffith , Patricia Neal , Anthony Franciosa . 126 min TV-PG widescreen close captioned

8:15 AM Island of Love (1963)
A con artist scams a gangster into financing his movie. Dir: Morton DaCosta Cast: Robert Preston , Tony Randall , Georgia Moll . C- 101 min TV-PG widescreen

10:00 AM Ensign Pulver (1964)
A young officer on a World War II supply ship battles his captain to keep the men happy. Dir: Joshua Logan Cast: Robert Walker Jr. , Burl Ives , Walter Matthau . C- 104 min TV-PG widescreen

12:00 PM Fail-Safe (1964)
A failure in the U.S. defense system threatens to start World War III. Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Henry Fonda , Dan O'Herlihy , Walter Matthau . 112 min TV-14 widescreen close captioned

2:00 PM Fortune Cookie, The (1966)
A crooked lawyer trumps up an insurance case for a cameraman injured at a pro football game. Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Jack Lemmon , Walter Matthau , Ron Rich . 126 min TV-PG widescreen close captioned

4:15 PM Cactus Flower (1969)
A philandering dentist asks his assistant to help him deal with his latest girlfriend. Dir: Gene Saks Cast: Walter Matthau , Ingrid Bergman , Goldie Hawn . C- 104 min TV-14 widescreen close captioned

6:00 PM Golden Equator, The (1956) 18 min short

6:30 PM Spencer Tracy Legacy, The (1987)
Katharine Hepburn pays tribute to one of the screen's most natural actors, Spencer Tracy. Dir: David Heeley Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Elizabeth Taylor , Frank Sinatra . C- 87 min TV-G close captioned

8:00 PM Me and My Gal (1932)
A New York cop's love of a waitress is threatened by her sister's affair with a gangster. Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Spencer Tracy , Joan Bennett , Marion Burns. 80 min TV-PG close captioned

9:30 PM Man's Castle, A (1933)
An unemployed man turns to crime when he gets his girlfriend pregnant. Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Spencer Tracy , Loretta Young , Marjorie Rambeau. 69 min TV-PG

10:45 PM Henry Santrey And His Soldiers Of Fortune Orchestra (1931) 10 min short

11:00 PM Power and the Glory, The (1933)
A man rises to run a railroad company at the cost of his family ties. Dir: William K. Howard Cast: Spencer Tracy , Colleen Moore , Ralph Morgan. 76 min TV-PG close captioned

12:30 AM Dante's Inferno (1935)
A carny builds a gambling empire at the expense of his family's well being. Dir: Harry Lachman Cast: Spencer Tracy , Claire Trevor , Henry B. Walthall. 89 min TV-PG

2:00 AM 20,000 Years In Sing Sing (1932)
When his girl commits murder, a hardened criminal takes the rap to protect her honor. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Spencer Tracy , Bette Davis , Arthur Byron. 78 min TV-PG close captioned

3:30 AM Show-Off, The (1934)
A man's loud-mouthed bumbling almost ruins his new wife's family. Dir: Charles F. Riesner Cast: Spencer Tracy , Madge Evans , Henry Wadsworth. 77 min TV-G

5:00 AM Murder Man, The (1935)
A hard-drinking reporter specializes in murder cases, until he becomes a suspect in one himself. Dir: Tim Whelan Cast: Spencer Tracy , Virginia Bruce , Lionel Atwill. 69 min TV-PG close captioned

[CBHagman]

1. I caught a bit of "Me and My Gal."

And I saw Robert Osborne's introduction. It's a Raoul Walsh-directed film starring Spencer Tracy, and tonight was its TCM premiere.

It's also pre-Code, which means we're nowhere near Father Flanagan territory.