TCM Schedule for Thursday, November 13, 2014 -- What's On Tonight - Virginia Weidler
My apologies for the abbreviated listing, but I'm on the road for one more week, with limited Internet access. In the meantime, tonight's films all star one of my favorite child stars, Virginia Weidler. Enjoy!
6:00 AM -- Love Affair (1939)
Near-tragic misunderstandings threaten a shipboard romance.
Dir: Leo McCarey
Cast: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya
88 min, CC
7:30 AM -- Guys and Dolls (1955)
A big-city gambler bets that he can seduce a Salvation Army girl.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra
C-149 min, CC, Letterbox Format
10:00 AM -- Sunday in New York (1963)
A philandering pilot gets real moral, real fast when his sister contemplates a premarital fling.
Dir: Peter Tewksbury
Cast: Rod Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cliff Robertson
C-105 min, CC
12:00 PM -- Where The Boys Are (1960)
College coeds go looking for love during spring break in Fort Lauderdale.
Dir: Henry Levin
Cast: Dolores Hart, Yvette Mimieux, Barbara Nichols
C-99 min, CC, Letterbox Format
2:00 PM -- Gigi (1958)
A Parisian girl is raised to be a kept woman but dreams of love and marriage.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan
C-115 min, CC, Letterbox Format
4:00 PM -- Woman of the Year (1942)
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter.
Dir: George Stevens
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter
114 min, CC
6:00 PM -- Pillow Talk (1959)
A man and woman carry their feud over the telephone line they share into their real lives.
Dir: Michael Gordon
Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall
C-102 min, CC, Letterbox Format
TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: VIRGINIA WEIDLER
8:00 PM -- Bad Little Angel (1939)
An orphan on the run tries to find a new home.
Dir: William Thiele
Cast: Virginia Weidler, Gene Reynolds, Guy Kibbee
72 min
9:30 PM -- Young Tom Edison (1940)
As a precocious child, Tom Edison defies authority to develop his first inventions.
Dir: Norman Taurog
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter, George Bancroft
86 min, CC
11:15 PM -- The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage.
Dir: George Cukor
Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart
112 min, CC
1:15 AM -- Born To Sing (1942)
Fledgling entertainers put on a show for Uncle Sam.
Dir: Edward Ludwig
Cast: Virginia Weidler, Ray McDonald, Leo Gorcey
82 min, CC
2:45 AM -- Barnacle Bill (1941)
A fishing boat captain searches for romance in hopes of improving his financial picture.
Dir: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Leo Carrillo
92 min
4:30 AM -- The Youngest Profession (1943)
Teenage autograph seekers cause trouble at MGM.
Dir: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Virginia Weidler, Edward Arnold, John Carroll
82 min, CC