TCM Schedule for Saturday, September 8 -- The Essentials: Precocious Girls

6:00 AM
It's A Dog's Life (1955)

A bull terrier rises from rags to riches.
Dir: Herman Hoffman
Cast: Jeff Richards, Jarma Lewis, Edmund Gwenn.
C-87 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format


7:30 AM
The Honeymoon Machine (1961)

Two sailors discover a way to beat the roulette tables in a Venice casino.
Dir: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Steve McQueen, Brigid Bazlen, Jim Hutton.
C-87 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


9:00 AM
Thunderbird 6 (1968)

Puppet aviators fight to save a beautiful woman from kidnappers.
Dir: David Lane
Cast: Sylvia Anderson, David Graham, Geoffrey Keen.
BW-89 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format


10:45 AM
The Power of the Whistler (1945)

A young woman seeks an amnesiac's true identity in the clues in his pockets.
Dir: Lew Landers
Cast: Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell.
BW-66 mins, TV-PG


12:00 PM
The Lost Tribe (1949)

Jungle Jim fights to protect an African village targeted for exploitation.
Dir: William Berke
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Myrna Dell, Elena Verdugo.
BW-72 mins, TV-PG


1:30 PM
To Be or Not to Be (1942)

A troupe of squabbling actors joins the Polish underground to dupe the Nazis.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack.
BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC


3:30 PM
Zorba The Greek (1964)

An amoral Greek peasant teaches a British student the meaning of life.
Dir: Michael Cacoyannis
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas.
BW-142 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


6:00 PM
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)

A pioneer woman replaces her ailing husband in a poker game after he loses most of their money.
Dir: Fielder Cook
Cast: Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards Jr..
C-95 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format


TCM PRIMETIME -- WHAT'S ON TONIGHT
THE ESSENTIALS: PRECOCIOUS GIRLS

8:00 PM
The Goodbye Girl (1977)

A dancer discovers her runaway boyfriend has sublet her apartment to an aspiring actor.
Dir: Herbert Ross
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings.
C-111 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format


10:00 PM
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)

A teenage girl's crush on a playboy spells trouble, particularly when he falls for her older sister.
Dir: Irving Reis
Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple.
BW-95 mins, TV-G, CC


11:45 PM
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)

A college boy has to cope with a pair of beautiful twins.
Dir: George B. Seitz
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden.
BW-107 mins, TV-G, CC


1:45 AM
Lost Angel (1943)

A girl raised to be a genius gets lost and discovers the simple pleasure of life.
Dir: Roy Rowland
Cast: Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, Marsha Hunt.
BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC


3:45 AM
Little Women (1949)

The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien.
C-122 mins, TV-G, CC