TCM Schedule for Sunday January 4 - Henry Mancini

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Tonight it's a double header from one of Hollywood's most prolific and proficient composers (coincidentally, both directed by Stanley Donen). Plus: a Rudolph Valentino twin bill on Silent Sundays.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM ANCHORS AWEIGH (1945)
A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star. Dir: George Sidney Cast: Frank Sinatra , Kathryn Grayson , Gene Kelly . C-139 mins, CC,

8:20 AM EYES OF THE NAVY (1940)
This short film follows U.S. naval aviators through their basic training in Florida and advanced training at California. Cast: Russell Wade , Charles Middleton , BW-20 mins,

8:45 AM ON APPROVAL (1944)
Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. Dir: Clive Brook Cast: Clive Brook , Beatrice Lillie , Googie Withers . BW-80 mins,

10:15 AM CRISS CROSS (1949)
A man tries to save his fickle ex-wife from her criminal lover. Dir: Robert Siodmak Cast: Burt Lancaster , Yvonne De Carlo , Dan Duryea . BW-88 mins, CC,

12:00 PM CAREFREE (1938)
A psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else. Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Ralph Bellamy . BW-83 mins, CC,

1:30 PM MASTER OF BALLANTRAE, THE (1953)
A Scottish lord rebels against the British by taking up piracy. Dir: William Keighley Cast: Errol Flynn , Roger Livesey , Anthony Steel . C-89 mins, CC,

3:15 PM BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ (1962)
True story of Robert Stroud, the prison lifer who became an expert on birds. Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Burt Lancaster , Karl Malden , Thelma Ritter . BW-149 mins, CC,

6:00 PM MIRACLE WORKER, THE (1962)
True story of the determined teacher who helped Helen Keller overcome deafness and blindness to learn to communicate. Dir: Arthur Penn Cast: Anne Bancroft , Patty Duke , Victor Jory . BW-107 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM CHARADE (1963)
A beautiful widow tries to find her husband's lost fortune while eluding the killers who want it themselves. Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Cary Grant , Audrey Hepburn , Walter Matthau . C-113 mins,
Letterbox Format

10:00 PM ARABESQUE (1966)
A university professor gets mixed up with international spies and a two-timing woman. Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Gregory Peck , Sophia Loren , Alan Badel . C-105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM MORAN OF THE LADY LETTY (1922)
In this silent film, a playboy fights to save a young woman from the smugglers who have kidnapped them. Dir: George Melford Cast: Dorothy Dalton , Rodolph Valentino , Charles Brinley . BW-68 mins,

1:15 AM STOLEN MOMENTS (1920)
In this silent film, love turns a young innocent into a blackmail victim and murder suspect. Dir: James Vincent Cast: Marguerite Namara , Rudolph Valentine , Albert L. Barrett . BW-35 mins,

2:00 AM CHILDREN OF PARADISE (1945)
In 19th-Century Paris, four men with very different intentions court a sideshow performer. Dir: Marcel Carne Cast: Arletty , Jean-Louis Barrault , Marcel Herrand . BW-190 mins,

5:15 AM MGM PARADE SHOW #34 (1955)
Walter Pidgeon introduces Part Three of "The Pirate" and a clip from "The Swan." These clips feature Judy Garland and Gene Kelly. BW-26 mins,