TCM Schedule for Monday September 23, 2019 - Disability in the Movies - Part 1

The first of 2 Mondays devoted to films involving the physically challenged. Plus: happy birthday Mickey Rooney.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Down The Stretch ( 1936)
A disgraced jockey's son fights to clear the family name. Dir: William Clemens Cast: Patricia Ellis , Mickey Rooney , Dennis Moore . BW- 66 mins, CC,

7:15 AM Devil Is a Sissy, The ( 1936)
A British boy in New York tries to join a tenement gang. Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Freddie Bartholomew , Jackie Cooper , Mickey Rooney . BW- 92 mins, CC,

9:00 AM Thoroughbreds Don't Cry ( 1937)
A young jockey goes crooked to land a valuable riding job. Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Judy Garland , Mickey Rooney , Ronald Sinclair . BW- 80 mins, CC,

10:30 AM Love is a Headache ( 1938)
A freak accident gives a fading actress a huge publicity push. Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Gladys George , Franchot Tone , Ted Healy . BW- 73 mins, CC,

12:00 PM Yank at Eton, A ( 1942)
An American playboy is sent to a British boarding school to learn discipline. Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Mickey Rooney , Edmund Gwenn , Ian Hunter . BW- 88 mins, CC,

1:45 PM Big Wheel, The ( 1949)
A mechanic alienates everyone who loves him when he becomes a champion race car driver. Dir: Edward Ludwig Cast: Mickey Rooney , Thomas Mitchell , Mary Hatcher . BW- 91 mins,

3:30 PM Quicksand ( 1950)
Petty theft leads a mechanic into a life of crime. Dir: Irving Pichel Cast: Mickey Rooney , Jeanne Cagney , Barbara Bates . BW- 79 mins, CC,

5:00 PM Slight Case Of Larceny, A ( 1953)
A garage owner taps into his rivals' gas lines. Dir: Don Weis Cast: Mickey Rooney , Eddie Bracken , Elaine Stewart . BW- 71 mins, CC,

6:15 PM 24 Hours To Kill ( 1965)
During a 24-hour layover in Beirut, a greedy airline purser transports a cache of stolen goods. Dir: Peter Bezencenet Cast: Lex Barker , Mickey Rooney , Michael Medwin . C- 92 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion ( 2018)
Dir: Jenni Gold BW- 97 mins, CC,

10:00 PM Freaks ( 1932)
A lady trapeze artist violates the code of the side show when she plots to murder her midget husband. Dir: Tod Browning Cast: Wallace Ford , Leila Hyams , Olga Baclanova . BW- 62 mins, CC,

11:15 PM Bride of Frankenstein ( 1935)
To save his wife, Baron Frankenstein must build a mate for his monster. Dir: James Whale Cast: Karloff , Colin Clive , Valerie Hobson . BW- 75 mins, CC,

12:45 AM Hunchback of Notre Dame, The ( 1939)
A deformed bell ringer rescues a gypsy girl falsely accused of witchcraft and murder. Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Charles Laughton , Sir Cedric Hardwicke , Thomas Mitchell . BW- 117 mins, CC,

3:00 AM Johnny Belinda ( 1948)
A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate. Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Jane Wyman , Lew Ayres , Charles Bickford .BW- 102 mins, CC,

4:45 AM Unknown, The ( 1927)
In this silent film, an escaped killer pretends to be a sideshow's armless wonder. Dir: Tod Browning Cast: Lon Chaney , Norman Kerry , Joan Crawford . BW- 49 mins, CC,