TCM salutes Lucille Ball, Marlon Bando, Bette Davis, Cary Grant, many others
Still the greatest movie ever made? You can check out 'Citizen Kane' on Aug. 8 on TCM. Photo credit: TCM
Like Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, TCM’s Summer Under the Stars has become a summer favorite.
Every day in August, the movie channel salutes a Hollywood legend, character actor or memorable performer with 24 hours of movies.
This year’s festival starts Monday with Marlon Brando and concludes on Aug. 31 with Marlene Dietrich.
Of special note: TCM on Saturday, Aug. 6, salutes Lucille Ball, one of TV’s greatest stars, who gained her training over many years in the movies. Viewers will get to see her Technicolor beauty in “Du Barry Was a Lady,” her teaming with Desi Arnaz in “The Long, Long Trailer” and her superb supporting performance in “Dance, Girl, Dance.”
Here’s the list of days, performers and movies in prime time:
Monday, Marlon Brando: “The Wild One” at 8 p.m.; “A Streetcar Named Desire” at 9:30.
Tuesday, Paulette Goddard: “The Great Dictator” at 8; “Reap the Wild Wind” at 10:15.
Wednesday, Bette Davis: “The Old Maid” at 8; “Jezebel” at 10.
Thursday, Ronald Colman: “A Tale of Two Cities” at 8; “Random Harvest” at 10:15.
Friday, John Garfield: “The Postman Always Rings Twice” at 8; “The Breaking Point” at 10.
Aug. 6, Lucille Ball: “Stage Door” at 8; “The Big Street” at 9:45; “Easy to Wed” at 11:30. “Big Street” is Ball’s most dramatic performance.
Aug. 7, Charles Laughton: “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” at 8; “Hobson’s Choice” at 10:15.
Aug. 8, Orson Welles: “The Third Man” at 8; “Citizen Kane” at 10.
Aug. 9, Ann Dvorak: “Scarface” (1932 version) at 8; “Three on a Match” at 9:45.
Aug. 10, Shirley MacLaine: “The Apartment” at 8; “Some Came Running” at 10:30.
Aug. 11, Ben Johnson: “Mighty Joe Young” at 8; “Wagon Master’ at 9:45; “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” at 11:15.
Aug. 12, Claudette Colbert: “Midnight” at 8; “It’s a Wonderful World” at 10; “It Happened One Night” at 11:30.
Aug. 13, James Stewart: “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” at 8; “No Highway in the Sky” at 10:15. If you’ve never seen “No Highway,” I highly recommend it.
Aug. 14, Ralph Bellamy: “His Girl Friday” at 8; “The Awful Truth” at 9:45; “Sunrise at Campobello” at 11:30.
Aug. 15, Lon Chaney: “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1923 version) at 8; “The Phantom of the Opera” (1925 version) at 10.
Aug. 16: Joanne Woodward: “A Kiss Before Dying” at 8; “The Sound and the Fury” at 10.
Aug. 17, Humphrey Bogart: “The Maltese Falcon” at 8; “Sahara” at 10.
Aug. 18, Jean Gabin: “Pepe Le Moko” at 8; “Grand Illusion” at 10.
Aug. 19, Debbie Reynolds: “The Gazebo” at 8; “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” at 10.
Aug. 20, Montgomery Clift: “A Place in the Sun” at 8; “The Heiress” at 10:15.
Aug. 21, Cary Grant: “Gunga Din” at 8; “Only Angels Have Wings” at 10:15.
Aug. 22, Joan Crawford: “Possessed” (1931 version) at 8; “Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star” documentary at 9:30; “Mildred Pierce” at 11.
Aug. 23, Conrad Veidt: “The Hands of Orlac” at 8; “The Thief of Bagdad” (1940 version) at 9:45; “Casablanca” at 11:45.
Aug. 24, Joan Blondell: “Sinners’ Holiday” at 8; “Dames” at 9:15; “Stand-In” at 11.
Aug. 25, Burt Lancaster: “The Leopard” at 8; “The Killers” at 11:30.
Aug. 26, Peter Lawford: “Good News” at 8; “It Should Happen to You” at 10.
Aug. 27, Linda Darnell: “A Letter to Three Wives” at 8; “Star Dust” at 10; “Hangover Square” at 11:30.
Aug. 28, Carole Lombard: “My Man Godfrey” at 8; “Hands Across the Table: at 10; “Nothing Sacred” at 11:30.
Aug. 29, Anne Francis: “Blackboard Jungle” at 8; “Forbidden Planet” at 10.
Aug. 30, Howard Keel: “The Small Voice” at 8; “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” at 9:30; “Kiss Me Kate” at 11:30.
Aug. 31, Marlene Dietrich: “The Scarlet Empress” at 8; “The Devil Is a Woman” at 10; “Manpower” at 11:30.