TCM Schedule for Sunday April 15 - Bill Travers & Virginia McKenna

[rdmtimp]

This British husband-and-wife acting pair are spotlighted; plus epic films from von Stroheim and Tarkovsky.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM NIGHT NURSE ( 1931)
A nurse discovers that the children she's caring for are murder targets. Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Ben Lyon , Joan Blondell . BW- 72 mins, CC,

7:30 AM WOMEN, THE ( 1939)
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays. Dir: George Cukor Cast: Norma Shearer , Joan Crawford , Rosalind Russell . BW- 133 mins, CC,

10:00 AM MYSTERY STREET ( 1950)
Criminal pathologists try to crack a case with nothing but the victim's bones to go on. Dir: John Sturges Cast: Ricardo Montalban , Sally Forrest , Bruce Bennett . BW- 93 mins, CC,

12:00 PM MGM PARADE SHOW #7 ( 1955)
Ray Bolger performs in a clip from "The Great Ziegfeld"; Debbie Reynolds introduces a clip from "The Tender Trap." Hosted by George Murphy. BW- 26 mins,

12:30 PM JULIA MISBEHAVES ( 1948)
A showgirl returns to her stuffy estranged husband when their daughter gets engaged. Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Greer Garson , Walter Pidgeon , Peter Lawford . BW- 99 mins, CC,

2:30 PM CHALLENGE TO LASSIE ( 1949)
A faithful dog changes the lives of all who know her after her master dies. Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Edmund Gwenn , Donald Crisp , Geraldine Brooks . C- 76 mins, CC,

4:00 PM TASTE OF HONEY, A ( 1961)
Deserted by her mother, a pregnant teen turns to a gay friend for help. Dir: Tony Richardson Cast: Dora Bryan , Rita Tushingham , Robert Stephens . BW- 101 mins, CC,

6:00 PM SUNSHINE BOYS, THE ( 1975)
A feuding comedy team reunites for a television comeback. Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Walter Matthau , George Burns , Richard Benjamin . C- 111 mins, CC,

8:00 PM SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH, THE ( 1957)
A young couple inherits a small movie theater only to find that they have inherited a group of aging employees along with it. Dir: Basil Dearden Cast: Virginia McKenna , Bill Travers , Peter Sellers . BW- 77 mins, CC,

10:00 PM BORN FREE ( 1965)
A game warden and his wife face a wrenching decision when the lion cub they've raised becomes too big to keep. Dir: James Hill Cast: Virginia McKenna , Bill Travers , Geoffrey Keen . C- 95 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM GREED ( 1924)
In this silent film, lust for gold tears apart a dentist and his wife. Dir: Erich von Stroheim Cast: Gibson Gowland , ZaSu Pitts , Jean Hersholt . C- 239 mins,

2:15 AM SOLARIS ( 1972)
An alien intelligence infiltrates a space mission. Dir: Andrey Tarkovskiy Cast: Donatas Banionis , Natalia Bondarchuk , Youri Yarvet . C- 167 mins, Letterbox Format

5:15 AM "SOME OF THE BEST" TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF MOTION PICTURE LEADERSHIP ( 1949)
This promotional short features highlights of MGM's productions from 1924 through 1948 in honor of the studio's 25th anniversary. C- 42 mins, CC,

[MFM008]

1. I loved Born Free.

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[CBHagman]

2. The Smallest Show on Earth!

I stumbled on that a few years ago and was charmed.