TCM Schedule for Saturday, July 25 --- THE ESSENTIALS: ALLAN JONES

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25 Saturday



6:00 AM Rusty's Birthday (1949)
A lost dog tries to find his way back to his beloved master. Cast: Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Ann Doran. Dir: Seymour Friedman. BW-61 mins,

7:00 AM It's Showtime (1976)
Film clips trace the careers of the screen's most popular animal actors. Cast: Asta, Rin Tin Tin, Trigger. Dir: Alan Myerson. BW-86 mins, TV-G

8:30 AM Lord Jim (1965)
After turning coward, a naval officer tries to redeem himself by helping Asian natives stage a revolution. Cast: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Eli Wallach. Dir: Richard Brooks. C-154 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

11:05 AM Short Film: Over The Seas To Belfast (1946)
C-9 mins,

11:30 AM Beat The Devil (1954)
A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gina Lollobrigida, Jennifer Jones. Dir: John Huston. BW-90 mins, TV-PG, CC

1:13 PM Short Film: This Is...Julie Christie (1965)
BW-1 mins,

1:15 PM Birdman Of Alcatraz (1962)
True story of Robert Stroud, the prison lifer who became an expert on birds. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Telly Savalas, Thelma Ritter. Dir: John Frankenheimer. BW-149 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:50 PM Short Film: Merry Wives Of Windsor (1953)
The MGM Symphony Orchestra performs the Overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor. C-9 mins, , Letterbox Format

4:00 PM Knights Of The Round Table (1953)
Queen Guinevere is torn between love for her husband and Sir Lancelot. Cast: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer. Dir: Richard Thorpe. C-116 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

6:00 PM Soylent Green (1973)
A future cop uncovers the deadly secret behind a mysterious synthetic food. Cast: Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young. Dir: Richard Fleischer. C-97 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

7:41 PM Short Film: A Look At The World Of Soylent Green (1973)
C-10 mins,

What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: ALLAN JONES

8:00 PM A Night at the Opera (1935)
Three zanies turn an operatic performance into chaos in their efforts to promote their protege's romance with the leading lady. Cast: The Marx Brothers, Allan Jones, Kitty Carlisle. Dir: Sam Wood. BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

9:36 PM Short Film: The Opry House (1929)
BW-9 mins,

9:56 PM Short Film: Jeanette Macdonald Biography (1962)
BW-4 mins,

10:00 PM The Firefly (1937)
A Spanish spy masquerades as a singer to sabotage Napoleon's forces. Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, Warren William. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. BW-130 mins, TV-G, CC

12:15 AM Rose Marie (1936)
An opera singer goes undercover in the Canadian wilderness to hunt for her criminal brother. Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, James Stewart. Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II. BW-111 mins, TV-G, CC

2:15 AM Show Boat (1936)
Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River." Cast: Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Helen Morgan, Paul Robeson. Dir: James Whale. BW-114 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

4:15 AM A Day At The Races (1937)
A group of zanies tries to save a pretty girl's sanitarium. Cast: The Marx Bros., Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan. Dir: Sam Wood. BW-109 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS