TCM Schedule for Monday July 3 - The American Dream

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Quite appropriately (given recent events), TCM spotlights films featuring immigrants seeking a new start in the US.

(all times Eastern)

6:30 AM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's The Songwriters' Revue (1930)
This short showcases composers and lyricists of songs that are now considered standards of American popular music. Dir: Sammy Lee B/W - 20 m TV-G

7:00 AM Pagan, The (1929)
A South Seas native falls for a white woman. Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Ramón Novarro , Renée Adorée , Donald Crisp . B/W - 78 m TV-PG

8:30 AM Student Tour (1934)
A philosophy professor gets stuck chaperoning a student tour of the world. Dir: Charles F. Riesner Cast: Jimmy Durante , Charles Butterworth , Maxine Doyle . B/W - 84 m TV-G

10:15 AM Bribe, The (1949)
A sultry singer tries to tempt a federal agent from the straight-and-narrow. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Robert Taylor , Ava Gardner , Charles Laughton . B/W - 98 m TV-PG

12:00 PM Kissing Bandit, The (1949)
A timid young man is forced to follow in his father's footsteps as a notorious masked bandit. Dir: Laslo Benedek Cast: Frank Sinatra , Kathryn Grayson , J. Carrol Naish . C - 100 m TV-G CC

2:00 PM Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)
On the verge of graduation, a high-school boy decides he needs a social secretary. Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Lewis Stone , Mickey Rooney , Fay Holden . B/W - 101 m TV-G CC

4:00 PM Rio Rita (1942)
A pair of nitwits try to stop Nazis from infiltrating a Western ranch. Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Bud Abbott , Lou Costello , Kathryn Grayson . B/W - 91 m TV-G CC

5:45 PM So This Is Love (1953)
Opera singer Grace Moore turns to popular music when her dreams of a classical career fail to materialize. Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Kathryn Grayson , Merv Griffin , Joan Weldon . C - 101 m TV-G CC

8:00 PM America America (1963)
A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America. Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Stathis Giallelis , Frank Wolff , Harry Davis . B/W - 168 m TV-PG CC

11:00 PM I Remember Mama (1948)
Norwegian immigrants face the trials of family life in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. Dir: George Stevens Cast: Irene Dunne , Barbara Bel Geddes , Oscar Homolka . B/W - 134 m TV-G CC

1:30 AM American Romance, An (1944)
A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family. Dir: King Vidor Cast: Brian Donlevy , Ann Richards , Walter Abel . C - 121 m TV-G CC

3:45 AM Emigrants, The (1971)
An impoverished farming couple decides to move from Sweden to the U.S. in the 19th century. Dir: Jan Troell C - 150 m TV-PG

[kimbutgar]

1. Thank you for posting this

I Am also angry they are discontinuing the monthly printed schedule. It's as if the person making the decision doesn't appreciate the touch of a paper publication. Demographics be damned right tcm?