TCM Schedule for Sunday, April 8, 2012 -- The Essentials, Jr.: Time To Go Home

[Bolo Boffin]

I apologize for this getting up so late. I've had a rough weekend at work.

I hope you've been enjoying all the musicals this July 1. Tonight, settle in for a pack of dog-related movies, with some Harold Lloyd thrown into the mix. "Goodbye, My Lady" is a gem you may not have seen before, and later tonight the extraordinary "Umberto D" from the later Italian Neorealism movement will steal your heart. I wish I could get a few of my "Alabama moderate" cousins to watch it. Enjoy!

6:00 AM
42ND STREET (1933)

The definitive backstage musical, complete with the dazzling newcomer who goes on for the injured star.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent.
BW-89 mins, TV-G, CC


7:30 AM
SHOW BOAT (1951)

Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River."
Dir: George Sidney
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel.
C-108 mins, TV-G, CC


9:30 AM
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (1950)

Fanciful musical biography of wild West sharpshooter Annie Oakley.
Dir: George Sidney
Cast: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern.
C-107 mins, TV-G, CC


11:30 AM
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, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


1:30 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, TV-G, CC


3:15 PM
ON THE TOWN (1949)

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Dir: Gene Kelly
Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett.
C-98 mins, TV-G, CC


5:15 PM
THE MUSIC MAN (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, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


WHAT'S ON TONIGHT
THE ESSENTIALS, JR.: TIME TO GO HOME

8:00 PM
LASSIE COME HOME (1943)

A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to her lost family.
Dir: Fred M. Wilcox
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty.
C-89 mins, TV-G, CC


10:00 PM
GOOD-BYE, MY LADY (1956)

A stray dog brings together a young boy and an old man in the Georgia swamps.
Dir: William A. Wellman
Cast: Walter Brennan, Phil Harris, Brandon de Wilde.
BW-95 mins, TV-G


12:00 AM
NUMBER, PLEASE? (1920)

In this silent short, a young man chases his girlfriend's dog around a seaside resort.
Dir: Fred Newmeyer
Cast: Harold Lloyd
BW-25 mins, TV-G


12:30 AM
NEVER WEAKEN (1921)

In this silent film, a young man thwarted in love stumbles through a series of suicide attempts.
Dir: Fred Newmeyer
Cast: Harold Lloyd
BW-29 mins, TV-G

1:00 AM
A SAILOR-MADE MAN (1921)

In this silent film, a feckless young man joins the Navy to prove himself worthy of the girl he loves.
Dir: Fred Newmeyer
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young.
BW-47 mins, TV-G


2:00 AM
UMBERTO D. (1952)

A retiree copes with the realities of old age.
Dir: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari.
BW-89 mins, TV-PG


3:45 AM
AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)

Four high-school seniors face an uncertain future as they try to live through their last big school dance.
Dir: George Lucas
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Charles Martin Smith.
C-112 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format