TCM Schedule for Saturday, July 24 --- THE ESSENTIALS: (ALMOST) ALL-BLACK CASTS

24 Saturday



6:00 AM The Legend Of Lylah Clare (1968)
An obsessed movie director grooms an unknown to play his deceased movie-star wife. Cast: Kim Novak, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine. Dir: Robert Aldrich. C-130 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

8:11 AM Short Film: Stopover In Hollywood (1963)
A travel documentary-style short, stopping at various landmarks and attractions in Hollywood, CA. Cast: Will Williams C-16 mins,

8:30 AM Caged (1950)
A young innocent fights to survive the harsh life in a women's prison. Cast: Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Hope Emerson. Dir: John Cromwell. BW-97 mins, TV-PG

10:19 AM Short Film: Jammin' The Blues (1944)
In this short, prominent jazz musicans of the 1940s get together for a rare filming of a jam session. Cast: Lester Young, Marie Bryant, George 'Red' Callender. Dir: Gjon Mili. BW-10 mins,

10:30 AM Blues Busters (1950)
The Bowery Boys open a night club when a tonsillectomy turns one of them into a singing star. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Craig Stevens. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-68 mins, TV-G

11:51 AM Short Film: Island Windjammers (1956)
BW-8 mins,

12:00 PM Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
Officers on a WWII submarine clash during a perilous Pacific tour. Cast: Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden. Dir: Robert Wise. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

1:39 PM Short Film: Eyes Of The Navy (1940)
BW-20 mins,

2:00 PM Pt 109 (1963)
Future president John Kennedy fights to save his crew when their PT boat sinks in the Pacific. Cast: Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp, Ty Hardin. Dir: Leslie Martinson. C-140 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 PM Berlin Express (1948)
Allied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe. Cast: Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Paul Lukas. Dir: Jacques Tourneur. BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC

6:15 PM Key Largo (1948)
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall. Dir: John Huston. BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS


What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: (ALMOST) ALL-BLACK CASTS

8:00 PM Black Orpheus (1959)
A streetcar conductor loses his true love during Brazil's carnival season. Cast: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Ademar da Silva. Dir: Marcel Camus. C-108 mins, TV-PG

10:00 PM Cabin In The Sky (1943)
God and Satan battle for the soul of a wounded gambler. Cast: Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC

11:43 PM Short Film: Studio Visit (1946)
A Pete Smith Specialty short exlporing film lots and what goes on behind-the-scenes. Cast: Pete Smith BW-10 mins,

12:00 AM A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
A black woman uses her late husband's life insurance to build a better world for her children. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee. Dir: Daniel Petrie. BW-128 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:15 AM Shaft (1971)
A slick black detective enlists gangsters and African nationals to fight the mob. Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi. Dir: Gordon Parks. C-100 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

3:59 AM Short Film: Soul In Cinema: Shaft On Location (1971)
A short behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of "Shaft" (1971), focusing on Gordon Parks' directing and Isaac Hayes' score. Cast: Richard Roundtree, Isaac Hayes Dir: Gordon Parks C-11 mins,

4:15 AM Sounder (1972)
Black sharecroppers during the Depression fight to get their children a decent education. Cast: Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Kevin Hooks. Dir: Martin Ritt. C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format