TCM Schedule for Sunday, July 4 --- ESSENTIALS, JR. : CLASSIC AMERICANA

4 Sunday



6:00 AM The Short Film: Flag (1927)
In this silent film, George Washington appeals to Betsy Ross to help create a flag for the new United States. Cast: Francis X. Bushman, Doris Kenyon, Enid Bennett. Dir: Arthur Maude. C-20 mins, TV-G

6:30 AM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption. Cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-130 mins, TV-G, CC

9:00 AM The Devil's Disciple (1959)
A preacher and a rebel leader change places during the Revolution. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier. Dir: Guy Hamilton. BW-83 mins, TV-PG

10:30 AM The Howards of Virginia (1940)
A young Virginian joins the American Revolution despite his love for a beautiful Royalist. Cast: Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke. Dir: Frank Lloyd. BW-116 mins, TV-G, CC

12:30 PM The Scarlet Coat (1955)
An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor. Cast: Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, Anne Francis. Dir: John Sturges. C-101 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 PM 1776 (1972)
The founding fathers struggle to draft the Declaration of Independence. Cast: William Daniels, Ken Howard, Blythe Danner. Dir: Peter H. Hunt. C-165 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 PM Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Spirited musical biography of the song-and-dance man who kept America humming through two world wars. Cast: James Cagney, Walter Huston, Joan Leslie. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-126 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

What's On Tonight: ESSENTIALS, JR. : CLASSIC AMERICANA

8:00 PM Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
A rock star's personal appearance turns a small town into a disaster area. Cast: Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret. Dir: George Sidney. C-112 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM Oklahoma! (1955)
Pride and a lecherous ranch hand stand between an amorous cowboy and his farm girl sweetheart. Cast: Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae, Rod Steiger. Dir: Fred Zinnemann. C-140 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

12:30 AM The General (1927)
In this silent film, a Confederate engineer fights to save his train and his girlfriend from the Union army. Cast: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender. Dir: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman. BW-75 mins, TV-G

2:00 AM Gigi (1948 - French) (1948)
In this original French version, a young girl who has been trained to be a kept woman, sets out to reform the young man who wants to keep her. Cast: Daniele Delorme, Gaby Morlay, Yvonne de Bray. Dir: Jacqueline Audry. BW-83 mins, TV-PG

3:30 AM Gigi (1958)
A Parisian girl is raised to be a kept woman but dreams of love and marriage. Cast: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-116 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

5:30 AM Joan Allen (2008)
Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell. C-27 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format