TCM Schedule for Saturday, July 3 --- THE ESSENTIALS: MARJORIE MAIN

[lavenderdiva]

3 Saturday



6:00 AM Weekend at the Waldorf (1945)
In this remake of Grand Hotel, guests at a New York hotel fight to survive personal tragedy. Cast: Ginger Rogers, Walter Pidgeon, Lana Turner. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. BW-130 mins, TV-G, CC

8:30 AM Ringside Maisie (1941)
A Brooklyn showgirl sets pulses racing at a boxers' training camp. Cast: Ann Sothern, George Murphy, Robert Sterling. Dir: Edwin L. Marin. BW-95 mins, TV-G, CC

10:30 AM Blonde Dynamite (1950)
The Bowery Boys get into the escort service and get mixed up with crooks. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Adele Jergens. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-66 mins, TV-G

12:00 PM Summer Stock (1950)
A farmer gets sucked into show business when a theatrical troupe invades her farm. Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers. Dir: Charles Walters. C-109 mins, TV-G, CC

2:00 PM On the Town (1949)
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City. Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Vera-Ellen. Dir: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen. C-98 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

4:00 PM An American in Paris (1951)
An American artist finds love in Paris but almost loses it to conflicting loyalties. Cast: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

6:00 PM The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
A Kansas farm girl dreams herself into a magical land where she must fight a wicked witch to escape. Cast: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr. Dir: Victor Fleming. C-102 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: MARJORIE MAIN

8:00 PM Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-113 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

10:00 PM Ma And Pa Kettle (1949)
On the verge of eviction, the hillbilly family wins a slogan contest and moves into an automated home. Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long. Dir: Charles Lamont. BW-76 mins, TV-G

11:30 PM The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
Life on the road isn't what it's cracked up to be when a honeymooning couple invests in an oversized motor home. Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-96 mins, TV-G, CC

1:30 AM The Women (1939)
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays. Cast: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell. Dir: George Cukor. BW-133 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

4:00 AM Tish (1942)
Three small-town spinsters adopt a baby. Cast: Marjorie Main, ZaSu Pitts, Aline MacMahon. Dir: S. Sylvan Simon. BW-85 mins, TV-PG

5:30 AM Now Playing July (2010)
C-23 mins, TV-PG, CC

[CBHagman]

1. Marjorie Main!

I never get tired of Meet Me in St. Louis or The Women, in both of which Marjorie Main holds her own within the respective ensemble casts.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a5lhupBpnQ4/SwaEZ_E7lVI/AAAAAAAACRA/7goJhieoLbM/s400/empregada_marjorie+main.jpg

[lavenderdiva]

2. LUV Marjorie!

thans for those pics, CBH- They're great! :hi:

[Faygo Kid]

3. Thanks for posting. Meet Me in St. Louis is just a great movie.

Never could stand Margaret O'Brien, though.

[CBHagman]

4. That's precisely how I feel.

I was interesting to see her take part in Robert Osborne's program featuring former child stars (Dickie Moore was another of the participants), but I don't have a burning interest in her performances, even in features like Our Vines Have Tender Grapes and The Canterville Ghost. And I cannot stand Tootie in Meet Me in St. Louis, though of course it's the way the part is written as much as it is the way Margaret O'Brien plays her. The supposedly adorable mascot of the family is a spoiled brat in my book. In fact both younger daughters really belong to the dark side, IMHO.

But I love Grandpa, and of course Judy Garland as Esther was just a treasure and got to sing some of the best songs of her career.

Interesting trivia tidbit: Years ago the National Portrait Gallery in D.C. mounted an exhibit on the American musical, and among the artifacts they brought in was the glorious red dress Judy Garland wore in the Christmas Eve party scenes. I couldn't believe how tiny the waist was on that dress.

[Faygo Kid]

5. Great post. Thanks so much.

Your response epitomizes why I am a long-timer on DU.

[CBHagman]

6. That's the most wonderful thing I've heard all day...

...and in a while! Thank you. :blush: