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Classic Films
Related: About this forumTCM Schedule Sat. 3/22/25 - On The Waterfront, Baseball, To Sir With Love, A King In New York, Brigadoon, What's Up Doc?
Day At a GlanceTCM SPOTLIGHT: MOVIE MIX-UPS
- IN HOT WATER
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Wrong Man, The (1956)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
My Favorite Wife (1940)
Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
Saturday, March 22
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
MGM Parade Show #24 (1955) (7:30 am ET)
MGM Cartoons: The Milky Way (1940)
Desert Regatta (1932) (short)
23 -- Skidoo (1930) (short)
Spy Chasers (1955)
Galloping Ghost Ch. 7: When the Lights Went Out
(1931) (TCM Premiere)
Popeye: It's the Natural Thing to Do (1939)
Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)
Double Exposure (1935) (short)
Brigadoon (1954) (Musical Matinee)
On the Waterfront (1954)
King in New York, A (1957)
Adam's Rib (1949)
- TCM PRIMETIME
BASEBALL
Bad News Bears, The (1976)
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
- NOIR ALLEY
Clash by Night (1952)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: TEACHERS
To Sir, with Love (1967)
Corn Is Green, The (1945)
Full Day Schedule
10:00 PM Some Like It Hot (1959)
When a pair of bumbling, out-of-work musicians, accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day gangster murders, they disguise themselves as women and join up with a travelling all-womens' band to escape the mobsters after them.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:15 AM The Wrong Man (1956)
Based on the true story of a musician wrongly accused of robbing an insurance company and the grave effect his predicament has on his family.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:15 AM What's Up, Doc? (1972)
The accidental mix up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.
Dir: Peter Bogdanovich Cast: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 AM My Favorite Wife (1940)
A shipwrecked woman is rescued just in time for her husband's remarriage.
Dir: Garson Kanin Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:30 AM The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Socialite Tracy Lord is getting married, and an honest reporter is there to get the story. It's a dull assignment until Tracy's ex-husband shows up, with a thirst for alcohol and a not-quite extinguished torch for his lovely one-time wife.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
7:30 AM MGM Parade Show #24 (1955)
Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney perform in a clip from "Strike Up the Band;" John Gilbert and Renee Adoree perform in a clip from "The Big Parade." Hosted by George Murphy.
Dir: null Cast: George Murphy, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:00 AM The Milky Way (1940)
Three kittens aren't given any milk as punishment for misbehaving so they sail to the Milky Way using a hot air balloon.
Dir: Rudolf Ising Cast: Geneva Hall, Jeanne Dunne, Bernice Hansen
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:10 AM Desert Regatta (1932)
In this short film, power boat racers use specially designed outboard motor boats in a race on California's Salton Sea.
Dir: Jules White Cast: Pete Smith, Pete Smith
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:20 AM 23 -- Skidoo (1930)
In this comedic short, the owner of a beer garden has difficulty hiring waiters and gets in trouble with his wife. Vitaphone Release 1017.
Dir: Arthur Hurley Cast: Gloria Shea, Weber And Fields, Helen Goodhue
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:30 AM Spy Chasers (1955)
The Bowery Boys get mixed up with an exiled king and a murderous band of spies.
Dir: Edward Bernds Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
9:35 AM When the Lights Went Out (1931)(TCM Premiere)
Chapter 7 of The Galloping Ghost 1931 serial. A gambling ring is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, who try to eliminate him from playing.
Dir: B. Reeves Eason Cast: Harold "Red" Grange, Dorothy Gulliver, Walter Miller
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
9:55 AM It's the Natural Thing to Do (1939)
Persuaded by Olive Oyl that the public might like them in a different role, Popeye and Bluto attempt to be sophisticated men-about-town. Their best intentions wind up causing their most rambunctious fight in a long while. Olive discards her veneer of gentility and joins in the fray.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson Cast: Pinto Colvig, Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:05 AM Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)
A schoolteacher jumps into detective mode when a fellow airplane passenger gets sick and dies.
Dir: Lloyd Corrigan Cast: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Lola Lane
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:25 AM Double Exposure (1935)
An aspiring photographer gets more than he bargained for when he snaps a picture of a stranger in this short film. Vitaphone Release 1891-1892.
Dir: Lloyd French Cast: John Berkes, Bob Hope, Jules Epailly
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N
12:00 PM Brigadoon (1954)
Two New Yorkers on a hunting trip to Scotland stumble upon the legendary and magical village of Brigadoon, which appears once every hundred years. They are enchanted and charmed by this wonderful world and one of them falls for a beautiful woman who lives in it.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:00 PM On the Waterfront (1954)
An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims. Based on a series of Pulitzer prize-winning newspaper articles.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Eva Marie Saint
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 PM A King in New York (1957)
A European king loses his money while stranded in the U.S.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:00 PM Adam's Rib (1949)
A happily-married, middle-aged husband and wife strain their marriage while serving as trial attorneys on opposite sides of the same headline-making attempted murder-marital case. He is the prosecutor, and she is the defender.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:00 PM The Bad News Bears (1976)
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Dir: Michael Ritchie Cast: Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:00 PM Angels in the Outfield (1951)
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:00 AM Clash by Night (1952)
An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband's best friend.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:00 AM To Sir, with Love (1967)
A new teacher changes the lives of a rowdy class of youngsters and gains their respect and admiration.
Dir: James Clavell Cast: Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 AM The Corn Is Green (1945)
A dedicated teacher sacrifices everything to send a young miner to Oxford.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Bette Davis, Nigel Bruce, Rhys Williams
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y