TCM Schedule for Saturday 9/20: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Blackboard Jungle, The Goodbye Girl

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DAY AT A GLANCE

WRITER NEIL SIMON
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986) (TCM Premiere)
Goodbye Girl, The (1977)
Sunshine Boys, The (1975)
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Hucksters, The (1947)
MGM Cartoons: The Field Mouse (1946)
So You Want to Play the Piano (1956) (short)
Believe It or Not #7 (1932) (short)
Big Hearted Herbert (1934)
Lone Ranger Ch. 15: The Last of the Rangers
(1938) (TCM Premiere)
Popeye: Flies Ain't Human (1941)
Falcon Takes Over, The (1942)
Alaska Lifeboat (1956) (short)
Small Town Girl (1953) (Musical Matinee)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Fail Safe (1964)
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
- TCM PRIMETIME
LUCILLE BALL AND DESI ARNAZ
Too Many Girls (1940)
Long, Long Trailer, The (1954)
- NOIR ALLEY
Murderers Are Among Us, The (1946) (TCM Premiere)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: TONY RANDALL
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
Island of Love (1963)
MGM Parade Show #29 (1955)

DETAILED SCHEDULE

12:00 AM Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
Jonathan Silverman, Blythe Danner, Judith Ivey, Bob Dishy, Fyvush Finkel, Brian Drillinger, Stacey Glick. This first entry in Neil Simon's heavily autographical stage series (which continued with "Biloxi Blues," "Broadway Bound," and "Laughter on the 23rd Floor&quot gets the film treatment from veteran stage and screen ...
Dir: Gene Saks Cast: Jonathan Silverman, Blythe Danner, Judith Ivey, Bob Dishy
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-PG CC:


2:00 AM The Goodbye Girl (1977)
Paula is a divorced mother and ex-Broadway dancer, who learns that her lover has left her only when aspiring actor Elliot arrives to sublet the apartment in the middle of the night. Their uneasy truce blossoms into love.
Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


4:00 AM The Sunshine Boys (1975)
A feuding comedy team reunites for a television comeback.
Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

6:00 AM The Hucksters (1947)
A war veteran fights for honesty in the advertising game.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, Sydney Greenstreet
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 AM The Field Mouse (1941)
A lazy field mouse proves his worth to his grandfather by rescuing him from a thresher.
Dir: Hugh Harman Cast: Mel Blanc, Frank Elmquist, Martha Wentworth
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:15 AM So You Want to Play the Piano (1956)
Joe McDoakes tries to impress his wife by learning how to play the piano.
Dir: Richard Bare Cast: George O'Hanlon
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:30 AM Believe It or Not #7 (1932)
In this short film, Robert L. Ripley presents a series of rare sights and oddities, such as a leaning lighthouse and the definition of the word "fathom." Vitaphone Release 1361.
Dir: Alfred J. Goulding Cast: Robert L. Ripley
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:40 AM Big Hearted Herbert (1934)
A plumber's business success makes him neglect his family.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Aline Macmahon, Guy Kibbee, Patricia Ellis
Runtime: 59 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:40 AM The Last of the Rangers (1938)
The 15th and final chapter of the The Lone Ranger 1938 serial. When a band of Texas Rangers is massacred in an ambush, one of the men is nursed back to health by an Indian named Tonto. The lone survivor swears vengeance, and assumes another identity to learn more about who was behind the attack.
Dir: John English, William Witney Cast: Lynn Roberts, Chief Thunder-Cloud, George Letz
Runtime: 17 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: N


10:10 AM Flies Ain't Human (1941)
A bunch of flies buzzing around his head disturb Popeye's nap and he shoos them out of the window. But there is one fly, obviously a devil-may-care fellow, who resents Popeye's treatment and flies back into the room.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson Cast: Jack Mercer
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:20 AM The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
A society sleuth and a lady reporter try to track down a murderous thug's lost girlfriend.
Dir: Irving Reis Cast: George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason
Runtime: 63 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM Alaska Lifeboat (1956)
A medical services ship stops in the native village of Haines, Alaska.
Dir: Herbert Morgan Cast: Ralph Sarlan
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y


12:00 PM Small Town Girl (1953)
A sheriff's daughter falls for a playboy arrested for speeding.
Dir: Leslie Kardos Cast: Jane Powell, Farley Granger, Ann Miller
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


1:45 PM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains
Runtime: 130 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:00 PM Fail Safe (1964)
A failure in the U.S. defense system threatens to start World War III.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


6:00 PM Blackboard Jungle (1955)
An idealistic teacher confronts the realities of juvenile delinquency.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


8:00 PM Too Many Girls (1940)
Four college football stars are hired to chaperon a reckless heiress to a Wild West college.
Dir: George Abbott Cast: Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson, Ann Miller
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:00 PM The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
A newlywed couple encounter many difficulties during their honeymoon trip aboard a trailer they purchased.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


12:00 AM The Murderers Are Among Us (1946)
After returning from a concentration camp, a woman finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences during World War II. Also known by the German title "Die Mörder sind unter uns."
Dir: Wolfgang Staudte Cast: Hildegard Knef, Elly Burgmer, Erna Sellmer
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: N


1:45 AM 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
A Chinese showman uses his magical powers to save a Western town from itself.
Dir: George Pal Cast: Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, Arthur O'Connell
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:30 AM Island of Love (1963)
A con artist scams a gangster into financing his movie.
Dir: Morton Dacosta Cast: Robert Preston, Tony Randall, Georgia Moll
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:15 AM MGM Parade Show #29 (1955)
Walter Pidgeon introduces Part Three of "Captains Courageous" and a clip from "Tribute to a Badman."
Dir: null Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y