TCM Schedule for Monday April 28, 2025 - Star of the Month: Red Skelton

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(all times Eastern)

6:45 AM A Free Soul (1931)
1h 31m | Drama | TV-G
A hard-drinking lawyer's daughter falls for one of his underworld clients.
Director: Clarence Brown. Cast: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore

8:30 AM Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)
1h 24m | Drama | TV-G
A wheelchair-bound doctor fights off a homicidal maniac.
Director: Harold S. Bucquet. Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Philip Dorn, Donna Reed

10:00 AM A Family Affair (1936)
1h 9m | Comedy | TV-G
In the first Hardy Family film, a small-town judge fights for re-election while dealing with family problems.
Director: George B. Seitz. Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Cecilia Parker, Eric Linden

11:15 AM Captains Courageous (1937)
1h 56m | Drama | TV-G
A spoiled rich boy is lost at sea and rescued by a fishing boat where hard work and responsibility help him become a man.
Director: Victor Fleming. Cast: Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore

1:15 PM The Devil-Doll (1936)
1h 19m | Horror | TV-PG
A Devil's Island escapee shrinks murderous slaves and sells them to his victims as dolls.
Director: Tod Browning. Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton

2:45 PM The Mysterious Island (1929)
1h 35m | Science Fiction | TV-G
A scientist builds an underwater ship to search for a legendary race of fish men.
Director: Lucien Hubbard. Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Jane Daly, Lloyd Hughes

4:30 PM Mata Hari (1931)
1h 29m | Romance | TV-PG
Romantic biography of World War I's notorious lady spy.
Director: George Fitzmaurice. Cast: Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore

6:15 PM On Borrowed Time (1939)
1h 39m | Drama | TV-G
An old man and his grandson trap Death in a tree.
Director: Harold S. Bucquet. Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi

8:00 PM The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
1h 33m | Comedy | TV-PG
A bumbling salesman gets mixed up in murder.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon. Cast: Red Skelton, Janet Blair, Don McGuire

9:45 PM The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
1h 25m | Comedy | TV-G
An inventor's unbreakable glass attracts the attention of businessmen and gangsters.
Director: Jack Donohue. Cast: Red Skelton, Gloria De Haven, Walter Slezak

11:30 PM Excuse My Dust (1951)
1h 22m | Comedy | TV-G
An inventor's new automobile could put his girlfriend's livery stable out of business.
Director: Roy Rowland. Cast: Red Skelton, Sally Forrest, Macdonald Carey

1:00 AM Lovely to Look At (1952)
1h 45m | Musical | TV-G
All-star remake of Roberta, with three Broadway producers inheriting a Parisian fashion house.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy. Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Red Skelton, Howard Keel

3:00 AM The Clown (1953)
1h 32m | Drama | TV-G
In this remake of The Champ, a drunken clown tries to make a comeback so he can keep his son.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard. Cast: Red Skelton, Jane Greer, Tim Considine

4:45 AM Half a Hero (1953)
1h 11m | Comedy | TV-G
A married writer moves to the suburbs to research a story.
Director: Don Weis. Cast: Red Skelton, Jean Hagen, Charles Dingle