TCM Schedule for Wednesday, August 8: Summer Under the Stars: Jeanette MacDonald

[CBHagman]

Did you know that Jeanette MacDonald made a movie with Lassie? I certainly didn't, and anyway I prefer baritones to canines.

Have fun with Ms. M. this Mittwoch.

Wednesday, August 8th, 2018

12:30 AM
SPEEDY ( 1928)
In this silent film, a young man helps his girlfriend save the family trolley business.
Dir: Ted Wilde Cast: Harold Lloyd , Ann Christy , Bert Woodruff .
BW- 86 mins,

2:15 AM
MOVIE CRAZY ( 1932)
A stagestruck young actor accidentally receives somebody else's invitation to test in Hollywood.
Dir: Clyde Bruckman Cast: Harold Lloyd , Constance Cummings , Kenneth Thomson .
BW- 96 mins,

4:00 AM
CAT'S PAW, THE ( 1934)
A missionary's son gets mixed up in a Chinese clan war.
Dir: Sam Taylor Cast: Harold Lloyd , Una Merkel , George Barbier .
BW- 102 mins, CC,

5:49 AM
SWING CAT'S JAMBOREE ( 1938)
In this short musical, Louis Prima and his jazz quartette play such musical selections as "Please Be Kind" and "Loch Lomond." Vitaphone Release B138.
Dir: Roy Mack
BW- 9 mins,

6:00 AM
CAT AND THE FIDDLE, THE ( 1934)
A struggling composer courts a singing star.
Dir: William K. Howard Cast: Ramon Novarro , Jeanette MacDonald , Frank Morgan .
BW- 89 mins, CC,

7:45 AM
FIREFLY, THE ( 1937)
A Spanish spy masquerades as a singer to sabotage Napoleon's forces.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Jeanette MacDonald , Allan Jones , Warren William .
BW- 130 mins, CC,

10:00 AM
MERRY WIDOW, THE ( 1934)
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Maurice Chevalier , Jeanette MacDonald , Edward Everett Horton .
BW- 99 mins, CC,

11:46 AM
MENDELSSOHN'S WEDDING MARCH ( 1939)
This short film provides an account of how Mendelssohn came to write "The Wedding March."
Dir: James A. FitzPatrick Cast: Mary Anderson , Vernon Dent , E Alyn Warren .
C- 8 mins,

12:00 PM
SMILIN' THROUGH ( 1941)
An embittered man threatens the love life of his niece, who's a dead ringer for his lost fiancee.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Jeanette MacDonald , Brian Aherne , Gene Raymond .
C- 100 mins, CC,

1:50 PM
COLOR SCALES ( 1932)
This short film shows various species of tropical fish at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, California.
Dir: Zion Myers
C- 8 mins,

2:00 PM
SAN FRANCISCO ( 1936)
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the big earthquake.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Clark Gable , Jeanette MacDonald , Spencer Tracy .
BW- 115 mins, CC,



4:00 PM
CAIRO ( 1942)
A war correspondent in Egypt thinks a screen star on tour is a spy.
Dir: Maj. W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Jeanette MacDonald , Robert Young , Ethel Waters .
BW- 101 mins, CC,

5:50 PM
CAIRO "CITY OF CONTRAST" ( 1938)
This short film focuses on the landmarks, people and culture of Cairo, Egypt.
C- 9 mins,

6:00 PM
SUN COMES UP, THE ( 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,

7:35 PM
CARNIVAL IN PARIS ( 1937)
In this short, the janitor of a Paris museum's Egyptology department agrees to help a girl hide from the police.
Dir: William J. Thiele Cast: Eric Mayne , Ferdinand Gottschalk , Tom Ricketts .
BW- 22 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: JEANETTE MACDONALD

8:00 PM
MAYTIME ( 1937)
An opera star's manager tries to stop her romance with a penniless singer.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Jeanette MacDonald , Nelson Eddy , John Barrymore .
BW- 132 mins, CC,

10:30 PM
ROSE MARIE ( 1936)
An opera singer goes undercover in the Canadian wilderness to hunt for her criminal brother.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Jeanette MacDonald , Nelson Eddy , Reginald Owen .
BW- 111 mins, CC,

12:30 AM
NAUGHTY MARIETTA ( 1935)
A French princess in Colonial America gets involved with an Indian scout.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Jeanette MacDonald , Nelson Eddy , Frank Morgan .
BW- 104 mins, CC,

2:30 AM
NEW MOON ( 1940)
A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Jeanette MacDonald , Nelson Eddy , Mary Boland .
BW- 105 mins, CC,

4:19 AM
GLEN GRAY AND THE CASA LOMA ORCHESTRA ( 1941)
In this musical short film, Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra play such popular tunes as "Purple Moonlight" and "Broom Street." Vitaphone Release 479A.
Dir: Jean Negulesco
BW- 9 mins,

4:30 AM
I MARRIED AN ANGEL ( 1942)
A playboy drops his many girlfriends when he falls in love with a grounded angel.
Dir: Maj. W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Jeanette MacDonald , Nelson Eddy , Edward Everett Horton .
BW- 85 mins, CC,