TCM Schedule for Tuesday, July 4: Happy Independence Day!

[CBHagman]

With baseball players, beauty pageant contestants, Founding Fathers (and Mothers), a song and dance man, and a con man, TCM's covering all the bases this 4th of July.

Tuesday, July 4th, 2017

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 mins,

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- 151 mins, CC,

6:30 AM
JUDGE HARDY AND SON ( 1939)

A small-town judge tries to save an elderly couple from eviction while coping with his wife's illness.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Lewis Stone , Mickey Rooney , Cecilia Parker .
BW- 90 mins, CC,

8:00 AM
JOHN PAUL JONES ( 1959)

The hero of the Revolutionary War clashes with Congress.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Robert Stack , Marisa Pavan , Charles Coburn .
C- 126 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:15 AM
SCARLET COAT, THE ( 1955)

An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Cornel Wilde , Michael Wilding , George Sanders .
C- 101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 PM
DEVIL'S DISCIPLE, THE ( 1959)

A preacher and a rebel leader change places during the Revolution.
Dir: Guy Hamilton Cast: Burt Lancaster , Kirk Douglas , Laurence Olivier .
BW- 83 mins, Letterbox Format

1:30 PM
WEST SIDE STORY ( 1961)

A young couple from dueling street gangs falls in love.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Natalie Wood , Richard Beymer , Russ Tamblyn .
C- 154 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 PM
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME ( 1949)

A beautiful woman takes over a turn-of-the-century baseball team.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Frank Sinatra , Esther Williams , Gene Kelly .
C- 93 mins, CC,

6:00 PM
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS ( 1954)

When their older brother marries, six lumberjacks decide it's time to go courting for themselves.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Howard Keel , Jeff Richards , Russ Tamblyn .
C- 102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

8:00 PM
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY ( 1942)

Spirited musical biography of the song-and-dance man who kept America humming through two world wars.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: James Cagney , Joan Leslie , Walter Huston .
BW- 126 mins, CC,

10:15 PM
1776 ( 1972)

The founding fathers struggle to draft the Declaration of Independence.
Dir: Peter H. Hunt Cast: William Daniels , Howard Da Silva , Ken Howard .
C- 165 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

1:15 AM
MUSIC MAN, THE ( 1962)

A con artist hawks musical instruments and band uniforms to small-town America.
Dir: Morton DaCosta Cast: Robert Preston , Shirley Jones , Buddy Hackett .
C- 151 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM
MISS FIRECRACKER ( 1989)

A small-town girl pins all her hopes on winning a local beauty pageant.
C- 103 mins,

5:46 AM
GREAT AMERICAN MUG, THE ( 1945)

This short film takes a look at the typical American barbershop.
Dir: Cy Endfield Cast: Eric Mayne , Pat McKee , Harry Barris .
BW- 10 mins,