TCM Schedule for Tuesday, July 17: Star of the Month: Leslie Howard
It's Leslie Howard night again on TCM, and among the featured movies is the screen adaptation of Outward Bound (Remade in the '40s as Between Two Worlds)
During the day there's a birthday tribute to director Jack Conway.
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
12:00 AM
Captains Courageous (1937)
A spoiled rich boy is lost at sea and rescued by a fishing boat, where hard work and responsibility help him become a man.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Freddie Bartholomew , Spencer Tracy , Lionel Barrymore .
BW-117 mins, TV-G, CC,
2:00 AM
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The (1939)
Mark Twain's classic troublemaker helps a runaway slave escape to the North.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Mickey Rooney , Walter Connolly , William Frawley .
BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC,
3:45 AM
Thief Of Bagdad, The (1924)
An Arabian thief sets out on a magical adventure to win a beautiful princess.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Douglas Fairbanks , Snitz Edwards , Charles Belcher .
BW-140 mins, TV-PG,
6:15 AM
Sheik, The (1921)
An Arabian sheik kidnaps a beautiful Englishwoman to win her heart.
Dir: George Melford Cast: Rudolph Valentino , Agnes Ayres , Ruth Miller .
BW-86 mins, TV-G,
7:45 AM
Our Modern Maidens (1929)
In this silent film, a flapper offers herself to a diplomat to advance her fiance's career.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Joan Crawford , Rod La Rocque , Douglas Fairbanks Jr. .
BW-76 mins, TV-G, CC,
9:15 AM
Untamed (1929)
An oil heiress raised to be wild falls for a penniless young man.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Joan Crawford , Robert Montgomery , Ernest Torrence .
BW-85 mins, TV-PG, CC,
10:45 AM
They Learned About Women (1930)
Professional baseball players win big with their vaudeville act until love gets in the way.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Joseph T. Schenck , Gus Van , Bessie Love .
C-95 mins, TV-PG,
12:30 PM
Easiest Way, The (1931)
A slum girl discovers the joys of life as a kept woman until she falls in love.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Constance Bennett , Adolphe Menjou , Robert Montgomery .
BW-74 mins, TV-G,
1:45 PM
But The Flesh Is Weak (1932)
A widower and his son set out to marry rich widows.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Robert Montgomery , Nora Gregor , Heather Thatcher .
BW-77 mins, TV-G,
3:15 PM
Solitaire Man, The (1933)
Crooks double cross each other during a tense flight from Paris to London.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Herbert Marshall , Mary Boland , Lionel Atwill .
BW-67 mins, TV-PG,
4:30 PM
Yank At Oxford, A (1938)
A cocky American student runs into trouble when he transfers to the famed British college.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Robert Taylor , Lionel Barrymore , Maureen O'Sullivan .
BW-102 mins, TV-G, CC,
6:30 PM
Let Freedom Ring (1939)
A crusader returns to his Western hometown to root out corruption.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Nelson Eddy , Virginia Bruce , Victor McLaglen .
BW-87 mins, TV-G,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: LESLIE HOWARD
8:00 PM
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
Shakespeare's classic tale of young lovers from feuding families.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Norma Shearer , Leslie Howard , John Barrymore .
BW-125 mins, TV-G, CC,
10:15 PM
Free Soul, A (1931)
A hard-drinking lawyer's daughter falls for one of his underworld clients.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Norma Shearer , Leslie Howard , Lionel Barrymore .
BW-94 mins, TV-G, CC,
12:00 AM
Smilin' Through (1932)
A young woman falls in love with the son of an old family enemy.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Norma Shearer , Fredric March , Leslie Howard .
BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC,
1:45 AM
Outward Bound (1930)
Passengers on a fog-shrouded ship learn that they are lost souls on the way to heaven or hell.
Dir: Robert Milton Cast: Leslie Howard , Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , Helen Chandler .
BW-83 mins, TV-PG,
3:15 AM
Captured! (1933)
While in a POW camp, a man discovers his best friend was his wife's lover.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Leslie Howard , Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , Paul Lukas .
BW-69 mins, TV-G,
4:30 AM
Beast With Five Fingers, The (1946)
After a famous pianist's murder, his hand returns to wreak vengeance.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Robert Alda , Andrea King , Peter Lorre .
BW-89 mins, TV-PG, CC,
