TCM Schedule for Sunday, August 1 --- ESSENTIALS, JR. : BASIL RATHBONE

Sunday, August 1



4:15am MGM Parade Show #26 (1955)
Eleanor Powell performs in a clip from "Broadway Melody"; Spencer Tracy performs in a clip from "Captains Courageous." Hosted by George Murphy.
BW-25 mins, TV-G

4:42am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: A Day At Santa Anita (1937)
A top thoroughbred race horse, Wonder Boy, responds well only to a child. After the girl's father is killed in an accident, she inherits Wonder Boy and becomes his owner, but child authorities threaten to take custody. A familiar story that still holds its sentimental value.
Cast: Marcia Ralston, Sybil Jason Dir: Bobby Connolly C-18 mins

5:00am Anna Karenina (1935)
Adaptation of Tolstoy's classic tale of a woman who deserts her family for an illicit love.
Cast: Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Freddie Bartholomew, Maureen O'Sullivan Dir: Clarence Brown BW-94 mins, TV-14

6:39am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Vaudeville Days (1942)
A sort of vaudeville historical revue from Warner Bros. A recreation of the first vaudeville act is staged, followed by several impersonation acts representing the growth in vaudville in 1880s-1890s. Finally, contemporary acts from vaudeville of the day (1940s) are performed.
Cast: Eddie Garr, Whirling Camerons, The Duffins, Rio Brothers Dir: LeRoy Prinz BW-20 mins

7:00am Crossroads (1942)
A French diplomat who's recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can't remember.
Cast: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor, Basil Rathbone Dir: Jack Conway BW-83 mins, TV-G

8:30am The Last Days Of Pompeii (1935)
A blacksmith's rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by his son's Christianity and the eruption of Vesuvius.
Cast: Preston Foster, Alan Hale, Basil Rathbone, John Wood Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack BW-96 mins, TV-PG

10:15am The Bishop Murder Case (1930)
Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a series of murders inspired by Mother Goose rhymes.
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young, Alec B. Francis Dir: Nick Grinde. BW-87 mins, TV-G

11:44am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: The Emergency Case (1930)
BW-10 mins

12:00pm A Tale Of Two Cities (1935)
Charles Dickens' classic story of two men in love with the same woman during the French Revolution.
Cast: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allen, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen Dir: Jack Conway BW-126 mins, TV-PG

2:15pm Bathing Beauty (1944)
A songwriter enrolls in an all-girl school to court a pretty gym teacher.
Cast: Red Skelton, Esther Williams, Basil Rathbone, Bill Goodwin Dir: George Sidney C-101 mins, TV-G

4:00pm Fingers At The Window (1942)
A magician uses hypnosis to create an army of murderers.
Cast: Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Basil Rathbone, Walter Kingsford Dir: Charles Lederer BW-81 mins, TV-PG

5:30pm The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
Sherlock Holmes uncovers a plot to murder the heir to a country estate.
Cast: Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone, Wendy Barrie, Nigel Bruce Dir: Sidney Lanfield BW-80 mins, TV-PG


What's On Tonight: ESSENTIALS, JR. : BASIL RATHBONE


7:00pm Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The (1939)
The famed sleuth tries to stop Professor Moriarty from stealing the Crown Jewels.
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, Alan Marshal Dir: Alfred Werker BW-82 mins, TV-G

8:34pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Lest We Forget (1937)
A short honoring the late Will Rogers with clips from his films and stars paying tribute.
Cast: Harry Carey, Robert Taylor, Allan Jones, Gary Cooper Dir: Henry Hathaway BW-10 mins

8:45pm Confession (1937)
A glamorous singer commits murder to protect her daughter's virtue.
Cast: Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Basil Rathbone, Jane Bryan Dir: Joe May BW-87 mins, TV-PG

10:20pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Wee Bit Of Scotland, A (1949)
In this "Traveltalk," we learn about the history, culture, and people of Scotland.
Cast: James A. FitzPatrick C-10 mins

10:30pm David Copperfield (1935)
Charles Dickens' classic tale of an orphaned boy's fight for happiness and the colorful characters who help and hinder him.
Cast: W. C. Fields, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Madge Evans Dir: George Cukor BW-130 mins, TV-G

12:49am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Captain Kidd'S Treasure (1938)
BW-10 mins

Text 1:00am Captain Blood (1935)
After being unjustly sentenced to prison, a doctor escapes and becomes a notorious pirate.
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone Dir: Michael Curtiz BW-119 mins, TV-G

Text 3:15am Tales Of Terror (1962)
Three Edgar Allen Poe stories feature murder, hauntings and a fiendish hypnotist.
Cast: Vincent Price, Maggie Pierce, Leona Gage, Edmund Cobb Dir: Roger Corman BW-89 mins, TV-PG