TCM Schedule for Thursday, August 16 -- Summer Under The Stars: Elvis Presley

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Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! Work has interfered and I just got this together. It's just as well that I don't have time to fill in any movie trivia. Elvis Presley has always been one of my least favorite actors. His greasy-haired, sultry looks never appealed to me. And I have never forgiven him for dying a few short days after one of my favorite actors, Groucho Marx. Groucho got very little recognition at the time of his passing, because he was so overshadowed by Presley's overdose. But if you like old swivel hips, enjoy!


6:00 AM -- It Happened At The World's Fair (1963)
A pilot's efforts to help a lost girl at the Seattle World's Fair lead to love.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood
C-105 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 AM -- Kissin' Cousins (1964)
A singing military officer gets mixed up with his look-alike hillbilly cousin.
Dir: Gene Nelson Cast: Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Glenda Farrell
C-96 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

9:45 AM -- Girl Happy (1965)
A rock singer is hired to chaperone a gangster's daughter in Fort Lauderdale.
Dir: Boris Sagal Cast: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Harold J. Stone
C-95 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

11:30 AM -- Harum Scarum (1965)
An American film star is kidnapped in the Middle East.
Dir: Gene Nelson Cast: Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries
C-85 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

1:00 PM -- Double Trouble (1967)
A teen heiress falls for an American rock singer in London.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Elvis Presley, Annette Day, John Williams
C-92 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:45 PM -- Stay Away, Joe (1968)
A young Indian tries to save his failing reservation by selling grazing rights to a corrupt tycoon.
Dir: Peter Tewksbury Cast: Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith, Joan Blondell
BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 PM -- Charro! (1969)
A reformed outlaw takes on his former cohorts to defend a Western town.
Dir: Charles Marquis Warren Cast: Elvis Presley, Ina Balin, Victor French
C-98 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

6:15 PM -- The Trouble With Girls (1969)
A traveling show's star gets involved in a small-town murder case.
Dir: Peter Tewksbury Cast: Elvis Presley, Marlyn Mason, Nicole Jaffe
C-99 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: ELVIS PRESLEY


8:00 PM -- Elvis on Tour (1972)
Extensive concert footage highlights this documentary about the King's touring in the early '70s.
Dir: Robert Abel Cast: Elvis Presley,
C-93 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

9:45 PM -- Jailhouse Rock (1957)
After learning to play the guitar in prison, a young man becomes a rock 'n roll sensation.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy
BW-96 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

11:30 PM -- Viva Las Vegas (1964)
A race-car driver falls for a pretty swimming instructor who wants him to slow down his career.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Cesare Danova
C-85 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

1:00 AM -- Speedway (1968)
A race car driver tries to outrun the beautiful tax auditor out to settle his account.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, Bill Bixby
C-94 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:45 AM -- Spinout (1966)
A singing race-car driver has to choose among three amorous females.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Diane McBain
C-93 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 AM -- Live A Little, Love A Little (1968)
A photographer tries to keep his conservative boss from learning that he's moonlighting for a girlie magazine.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Elvis Presley, Michele Carey, Don Porter
C-89 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format