TCM Schedule for Saturday, June 19 --- THE ESSENTIALS: JACK CARSON

19 Saturday



3:00 AM A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Shakespeare's classic about two pairs of lovers and an amateur actor who get mixed up with fairies. Cast: James Cagney, Dick Powell, Mickey Rooney. Dir: Max Reinhardt, William Dieterle. BW-143 mins, TV-PG, CC

5:30 AM Blackbeard the Pirate (1952)
A kidnapped beauty gets caught between feuding pirates. Cast: Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, Keith Andes. Dir: Raoul Walsh. C-99 mins, TV-PG, CC

7:10 AM Short Film: Captain Kidd'S Treasure (1938)
BW-10 mins,

7:30 AM Angels In Disguise (1949)
The Bowery Boys go undercover to expose a gang. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Ray Walker. Dir: ean Yarbrough. BW-63 mins, TV-G

8:51 AM Short Film: Big Blue Goose (1956)
BW-8 mins,

9:00 AM The Big Country (1958)
Feuding families vie for water rights in the old West. Cast: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston. Dir: William Wyler. C-167 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 PM Ice Station Zebra (1968)
A sub commander on a perilous mission must ferret out a Soviet agent on his ship. Cast: Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Jim Brown. Dir: John Sturges. C-152 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:45 PM The Wind And The Lion (1975)
An Arab chief triggers an international incident when he kidnaps an American widow and her children. Cast: Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith. Dir: John Milius. C-119 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: JACK CARSON

5:00 PM A Star Is Born (1954)
A falling star marries the newcomer he's helping reach the top. Cast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson. Dir: George Cukor. C-176 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

8:03 PM Short Film: The Man That Got Away (Alternate Take) (1954)
An alternate version of Judy Garland singing "The Man That Got Away," in its original, unedited form from "A Star Is Born" (1954). Cast: Judy Garland C-5 mins, , Letterbox Format

8:15 PM It's a Great Feeling (1949)
When nobody at Warner Bros. will work with him, movie star Jack Carson decides to turn an unknown into his co-star. Cast: Jack Carson, Doris Day, Dennis Morgan. Dir: David Butler. C-85 mins, TV-G

9:45 PM Two Guys From Texas (1948)
Two vaudevillians on the run from crooks try to pass themselves off as cowboys. Cast: Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Dorothy Malone. Dir: David Butler. C-86 mins, TV-G, CC

11:15 PM The Hard Way (1942)
An ambitious woman doesn't care who she hurts in her drive to make her sister a star. Cast: Ida Lupino, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson. Dir: Vincent Sherman. BW-109 mins, TV-G, CC

1:15 AM The Male Animal (1942)
A college professor fights censorship and an amorous football player who's after his wife. Cast: Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Jack Carson. Dir: Elliott Nugent. BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC

One of the most perfect moments in cinematic history is that sequence in A Star Is Born when James Mason is watching Judy Garland perform "The Man That Got Away." The song is one of the greats in its own right, but hearing/seeing Judy Garland perform it, and watching Mason's reaction, is just amazing.

I don't think I've ever seen the alternative take, but frankly that intrigues me too.

Seeing Judy perform anything-- priceless! :hi: