TCM Schedule for Sunday, July 15 -- The Essentials, Jr.: Genies in Bottles

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6:00 AM
THE SEA GULL (1968)

The film adaptation of Anton Chekhov's story of life in rural Russia during the latter part of the 19th century.
Dir: Sidney Lumet
Cast: James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave, Simone Signoret.
C-141 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


8:30 AM
NIGHT AND THE CITY (1950)

A London hustler has ambitious plans that never work out.
Dir: Jules Dassin
Cast: Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers.
BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC


10:30 AM
THE RECKLESS MOMENT (1949)

A mother attempts to protect her murderous daughter.
Dir: Max Opuls
Cast: James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks.
BW-82 mins, TV-PG, CC


12:00 PM
THE VIRGIN QUEEN (1955)

Sir Walter Raleigh wins favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.
Dir: Henry Koster
Cast: Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins.
C-92 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


1:45 PM
PEYTON PLACE (1957)

Small-town scandals erupt when a repressed woman deals with her daughter's move into adulthood.
Dir: Mark Robson
Cast: Lana Turner, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan.
C-157 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


4:30 PM
MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (1948)

A New York businessman's dream of a country home is shattered when he buys a tumbledown rural shack.
Dir: H. C. Potter
Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas.
BW-94 mins, TV-G, CC


6:15 PM
PROMISE HER ANYTHING (1966)

A single mother must choose between two suitors.
Dir: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Warren Beatty, Leslie Caron, Bob Cummings.
C-97 mins, TV-PG


WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE ESSENTIALS, JR.
GENIES IN BOTTLES

8:00 PM
THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940)

A young thief faces amazing monsters to return Bagdad's deposed king to the throne.
Dir: Ludwig Berger
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez.
C-106 mins, TV-G, CC


10:00 PM
THE BOY AND THE PIRATES (1960)

Magic transports a boy to the days of cutthroats and buccaneers.
Dir: Bert I. Gordon
Cast: Charles Herbert, Susan Gordon, Murvyn Vye.
C-84 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


12:00 AM
THE FILMS OF GEORGES MELIES (1896)

Film pioneer Georges Melies invents the art of special effects in these 17 restored shorts.
C-109 mins, TV-G


2:00 AM
SAWDUST AND TINSEL (1953)

A circus owner is torn between his oversexed mistress and the wife he deserted.
Dir: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Harriet Andersson, Ake Gronberg, Anders Ek.
BW-92 mins, TV-14


4:00 AM
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, TV-PG, CC