TCM Schedule for Saturday, August 6 --- THE ESSENTIALS: LUCILLE BALL

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6 Saturday



6:00 AM Du Barry Was A Lady (1943)
A night club employee dreams he's Louis XV, and the star he idolizes is his lady love.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Red Skelton , Lucille Ball , Gene Kelly .
C-101 mins, TV-G, CC,

7:50 AM How To Read (1938)
Robert Benchley comedy short making light of the proper reading technique.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Robert Benchley ,
BW-9 mins,

8:00 AM Panama Lady (1939)
An oil man forces a cabaret singer to work for him after she tries to rob him.
Dir: Jack Hively Cast: Lucille Ball , Allan Lane , Steffi Duna .
BW-65 mins, TV-G,

9:07 AM Benny From Panama (1934)
Honeymoon bliss is interrupted for these newlyweds when an old friend makes a surprise visit.
Dir: James Parrott Cast: Steve Shanks (Spanky) , Jeanette Loff , Eddie Foy Jr. .
BW-19 mins,

9:30 AM Without Love (1945)
A World War II housing shortage inspires a widow to propose a marriage of convenience with an inventor.
Dir: Harold S. Bucquet Cast: Spencer Tracy , Katharine Hepburn , Lucille Ball .
BW-111 mins, TV-PG, CC,

11:30 AM Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
An inept secretary goes to work for a bogus real estate firm thinking it's for real.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Lucille Ball , William Holden , Janis Carter .
BW-88 mins, TV-G, CC,

1:00 PM The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Lucille Ball , Eddie Albert , Carl Benton Reid .
BW-84 mins, TV-G, CC,

2:30 PM The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
Life on the road isn't what it's cracked up to be when a honeymooning couple invests in an oversized motor home.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Lucille Ball , Desi Arnaz , Marjorie Main .
C-96 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:10 PM Desi Arnaz And His Orchestra (1946)
The multi-talented Desi Arnaz displays his love of music in this fun short.
Dir: Jack Scholl
BW-10 mins,

4:30 PM Best Foot Forward (1943)
A movie star wreaks havoc when she accepts an invitation to a military academy dance.
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Lucille Ball , William Gaxton , Virginia Weidler .
C-94 mins, TV-G, CC,

6:15 PM Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
A ballet dancer and a burlesque queen compete for a wealthy suitor.
Dir: Dorothy Arzner Cast: Maureen O'Hara , Louis Hayward , Lucille Ball .
BW-90 mins, TV-G,

7:50 PM Quaint Quebec (1936)
This "Traveltalk" explores the history, culture, and customs of Quebec.
Dir: Benjamin D. Sharpe
C-8 mins,


WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE ESSENTIALS: LUCILLE BALL

8:00 PM Stage Door (1937)
Women at a theatrical boarding house try to make their big break happen.
Dir: Gregory LaCava Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Ginger Rogers , Adolphe Menjou .
BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC,

9:45 PM The Big Street (1942)
A nightclub waiter, who's in love with a selfish showgirl, gets to prove his love when she's injured.
Dir: Irving Reis Cast: Henry Fonda , Lucille Ball , Barton MacLane .
BW-89 mins, TV-G, CC,

11:30 PM Easy To Wed (1946)
In this remake of Libeled Lady, a tough newspaper editor hires a gigolo to compromise a woman suing his paper for libel.
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Van Johnson , Esther Williams , Lucille Ball .
C-110 mins, TV-G, CC,

1:30 AM Lured (1947)
A woman helps the police catch the serial killer who murdered her best friend.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: George Sanders , Lucille Ball , Charles Coburn .
BW-103 mins, TV-G,

3:15 AM The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
A screen queen suffers through harebrained publicity stunts schemed up by her press agent.
Dir: Ben Stoloff Cast: Jack Oakie , Lucille Ball , Ruth Donnelly .
BW-67 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:30 AM Annabel Takes A Tour (1938)
A movie star on tour gets thrown into a variety of wacky publicity stunts.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Jack Oakie , Lucille Ball , Ruth Donnelly .
BW-67 mins, TV-G, CC,

5:38 AM Film That Was Lost (1942)
BW-10 mins,