TCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 22: Starring Mel Gibson

[CBHagman]

Welcome to summer, TCM fans. The daytime theme for Wednesday will be Directed by William A. Seiter; evening's is Starring Mel Gibson.

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

1:30 AM
The Last Time I Saw Paris Profile Image The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
1h 56m | Drama | TV-PG
A soldier settles in Paris after WWII to start a career as a novelist and falls in love.
Director
Richard Brooks
Cast
Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon

3:45 AM
Beau Brummell (1954)
1h 51m | Romance | TV-PG
An English Don Juan courts the Prince of Wales' favor while romancing his way through society.
Director
Curtis Bernhardt
Cast
Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley

6:00 AM
The Family Secret (1951)
1h 25m | Drama | TV-G
When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.
Director
Henry Levin 
Cast
John Derek, Lee J. Cobb, Jody Lawrence

7:30 AM
Why Be Good? (1929)
1h 21m | Comedy | TV-G
A virtuous flapper gets into a compromising situation with the boss's son.
Director
William A. Seiter
Cast
Colleen Moore, Neil Hamilton, Bodil Rosing

9:00 AM
The Truth About Youth (1930)
1h 7m | Drama | TV-G
A gold-digging cabaret singer is unaware that her latest love is penniless.
Director
William Seiter
Cast
Loretta Young, David Manners, Conway Tearle

10:15 AM
Going Wild (1931)
1h 10m | Comedy | TV-G
A lovesick fool pretends to be an ace flyer.
Director
William A. Seiter 
Cast
Joe E. Brown, Laura Lee, Walter Pidgeon

11:30 AM
Too Many Cooks (1931)
1h 16m | Comedy | TV-G
A young couple tries to cope with relatives who keep intruding on their happiness.
Director
William Seiter 
Cast
Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee, Rosco Ates

1:00 PM
Is My Face Red? (1932)
1h 10m | Crime | TV-G
A gossip columnist witnesses a gangland killing.
Director
William Seiter 
Cast
Helen Twelvetrees, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond

2:15 PM
Way Back Home (1932)
1h 21m | Drama | TV-G
A New England preacher shelters a young boy from his alcoholic father.
Director
William Seiter 
Cast
Phillips H. Lord, Effie L. Palmer, Frank Albertson

3:45 PM
Professional Sweetheart (1933)
1h 8m | Comedy | TV-G
A radio star's pure image leads to a fake engagement to a hayseed.
Director
William A. Seiter 
Cast
Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, Zasu Pitts

5:00 PM
Chance at Heaven (1934)
1h 11m | Romance | TV-G
A society girl steals a simple gas station attendant from his working-class girlfriend.
Director
William Seiter
Cast
Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marion Nixon

6:15 PM
Roberta (1935)
1h 25m | Musical | TV-G
John Kent, visiting Paris with his bandleader friend, Huck Haines, suddenly inherits his aunt's chic fashion house.
Director
William A. Seiter
Cast
Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STARRING MEL GIBSON

8:00 PM
The Bounty (1984)
2h 10m | Adaptation
William Bligh is summoned before a court-martial to explain the events leading up to the famous mutiny.
Director
Roger Donaldson
Cast
Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier

10:30 PM
Mad Max (1979)
1h 30m | Adventure | TV-MA
A post-apocalyptic cop seeks revenge when his family is murdered.
Director
George Miller 
Cast
Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Steve Bisley

12:15 AM
Ransom (1996)
2h 1m | Crime | TV-14
A wealthy corporate executive's world comes crashing down when his child is abducted.
Director
Ron Howard 
Cast
Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Brawley Nolte

2:30 AM
Mrs. Soffel (1984)
1h 50m | Romance | TV-14
A prison warden's wife is seduced into helping a notorious killer escape.
Director
Gillian Armstrong 
Cast
Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine

4:30 AM
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-14
An Australian reporter and photographer get more than they'd bargained for during an Indonesian revolution.
Director
Peter Weir
Cast
Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt

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[Staph]

1. I despise the sort of depraved and hateful person that Mel Gibson has become,

but the man can act!

[CBHagman]

2. I felt awkward posting this...

...and I will never forgive the Academy for giving Braveheart honors that should have gone to one or more of the multiple worthier films that year. That said, Gibson has made a number of films well worth seeing.