TCM Schedule for Saturday, November 14, 2015 -- The Essentials - Dorothy McGuire

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Tonight's Essentials are films starring Dorothy McGuire, including a gem in The Enchanted Cottage (1945), where McGuire plays a homely young woman who literally becomes beautiful through the power of love and of the cottage in which she and her new husband are living. Enjoy!



6:30 AM -- MGM Parade Show #11 (1955)
Judy Garland and Gene Kelly perform in a clip from "For Me and My Gal"; Susan Hayward introduces a clip from "I'll Cry Tomorrow." Hosted by George Murphy.
BW-26 mins,


7:00 AM -- An Annapolis Story (1955)
Two brothers enrolled at the U.S. Naval Academy fall in love with the same girl.
Dir: Don Siegel
Cast: John Derek, Diana Lynn, Kevin McCarthy
BW-81 mins, CC,


8:30 AM -- Red Dust (1932)
A plantation overseer in Indochina is torn between a married woman and a lady of the evening.
Dir: Victor Fleming
Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Gene Raymond
BW-83 mins, CC,


10:00 AM -- Batman and Robin: Batman vs. Wizard (1949)
The Caped Crusader fights to save Commissioner Gordon from an invisible assassin.
BW-17 mins,


10:30 AM -- In Fast Company (1946)
The Bowery Boys get wrapped up in a taxi war.
Dir: Del Lord
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Jane Randolph
BW-63 mins, CC,


11:45 AM -- Calling On Costa Rica (1947)
This documentary short film presents the life, geography, and historical aspects of Costa Rica.
C-10 mins,


12:00 PM -- The Sun Comes Up (1949)
Lassie helps an embittered woman find happiness with an orphaned boy.
Dir: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Lloyd Nolan, Claude Jarman Jr.
C-93 mins, CC,


1:42 PM -- Nostradamus And The Queen (1953)
In this short film, elderly Catherine de Medici reflects back on how the prophecies of Nostradamus accurately predicted her fate.
Cast: Forrest Taylor, Mitchell Lewis, Maria Palmer
BW-11 mins,


2:00 PM -- Billy Budd (1962)
Adaptation of Herman Melville's classic tale of a ship's captain caught between an innocent young sailor and an evil officer.
Dir: Peter Ustinov
Cast: Terence Stamp, Peter Ustinov, Robert Ryan
BW-123 mins, CC, Letterbox Format


4:15 PM -- Broken Arrow (1950)
A former soldier sets out to create peace between white settlers and the Apache.
Dir: Delmer Daves
Cast: James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget
C-93 mins,


6:00 PM -- Monte Walsh (1970)
An aging cowboy faces changes in the West with the rise of civilization.
Dir: William A. Fraker
Cast: Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Palance
C-99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format



TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT's ON TONIGHT: THE ESSENTIALS: DOROTHY MCGUIRE



8:00 PM -- Friendly Persuasion (1956)
A peaceful Quaker family's sanctity is tested during the Civil War.
Dir: William Wyler
Cast: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Marjorie Main
BW-138 mins, CC,


10:30 PM -- The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
A scarred veteran and a homely woman are transformed by love.
Dir: John Cromwell
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall
BW-92 mins, CC,


12:15 AM -- Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
Three American roommates working in Italy wish for the man of their dreams after throwing coins into a fountain.
Dir: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters
C-102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format


2:15 AM -- Abar, First Black Superman (1977)
A scientist turns his African-American bodyguard into a superhero to fight bigotry.
Dir: Frank Packard
Cast: J. Walter Smith, Tobar Mayo, Roxie Young
C-102 mins,


4:15 AM -- Three The Hard Way (1974)
Three martial arts experts take on a racist group out to destroy the African-American race.
Dir: Gordon Parks
Cast: Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly
C-90 mins, CC,


5:51 AM -- Basque Sports (1957)
This short film focuses on the sports played by ethnic Basques who live in the Pyrenees Mountains.
Dir: Van Campen Heilner
BW-8 mins,