The night I am most looking forward to this month is July 10th. TCM will be featuring six classic documentaries such as Salesman, Harlan County USA, and Sans Soleil. I really like documentaries and that night’s movies is a nice mix of things I’m looking forward to re-watching and ones I’ve been wanting to see.
Now, on to the rest of the schedule…
July 1: Happy birthday to Leslie Caron! See her in An American in Paris at 6:00 AM, The Man With a Cloak at 8:00 AM, Glory Alley at 9:30 AM, Lili at 11:00 AM, The Story of Three Loves at 12:30 PM, The Glass Slipper at 2:45 PM, Gaby at 4:30 PM, and The Doctor’s Dilemma at 6:15 PM. Then Maureen O’Hara gets her first night in the spotlight with The Hunchback of Notre Dame at 8:00 PM, How Green Was My Valley at 10:15 PM, Sentimental Journey at 12:30 AM, The Forbidden Street at 2:15 AM, A Woman’s Secret at 4:00 AM, and The Fallen Sparrow at 5:30 AM.
July 3: It’s a night of Mae West with I’m No Angel at 8:00 PM, She Done Him Wrong at 9:45 PM, Belle of the Nineties at 11:15 PM, My Little Chickadee at 12:45 AM, and The Heat’s On at 2:15 AM.
July 4: Happy Independence Day! Lots of patriotic movies on today, including 1776 at 1:30 PM and Yankee Doodle Dandy at 4:15 PM. Not only is it Independence day, it’s the first Friday Night Spotlight of movies about World War I. There’s Sergeant York at 8:00 PM, The Fighting 69th at 10:30 PM, The Dawn Patrol at 12:15 AM, and Wings at 2:15 AM.
July 5: Spend the evening with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at 8:00 PM, The Taming of the Shrew at 10:30 PM, The V.I.P.s at 12:45 AM.
July 8: Maureen O’Hara returns tonight with Dance, Girl, Dance at 8:00 PM, They Met in Argentina at 9:45 PM, Do You Love Me? at 11:15 PM, Sitting Pretty at 1:00 AM, Our Man in Havana at 2:30 AM.
July 10: It’s a night of classic documentaries tonight with Salesman at 8:00 PM, The Times of Harvey Milk at 9:45 PM, Harlan County USA at 11:30 PM, Calcutta at 1:30 AM, Sans Soleil at 3:30 AM, and God Respects Us When We Work But Loves Us When We Dance at 5:30 AM.
July 11: The spotlight on movies about World War I continues all day today, including Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse at 6:00 AM, Waterloo Bridge (1931 version) at 4:45 PM, Paths of Glory at 8:00 PM, All Quiet on the Western Front at 9:45 PM, and The Big Parade at 12:15 AM.
July 13: Pillow Talk at 2:00 PM, Mogambo at 4:00 PM, and Dial M For Murder at 6:00 PM.
July 14: Kay Francis shines tonight with For the Defense at 8:00 PM, Trouble in Paradise at 9:15 PM, I Found Stella Parish at 10:45 PM, Jewel Robbery at 12:15 AM, Raffles at 1:30 AM, Stranded at 3:00 AM, and Allotment Wives at 4:30 AM.
July 15: Maureen O’Hara is back with The Black Swan at 8:00 PM, The Spanish Main at 9:30 PM, Sinbad the Sailor at 11:15 PM, and The Sword’s Point at 1:15 AM.
July 16: Happy birthday to two of the greatest stars to ever grace the silver screen: Ginger Rogers and Barbara Stawnyck! See Ginger in The Tip-Off at 6:00 AM, You Said a Mouthful at 7:15 AM, Finishing School at 8:30 AM, The First Traveling Saleslady at 9:45 AM. Then it’s Barbara Stanwyck’s turn with the documentary Fire and Desire at 11:30 AM, Jeopardy at 12:30 PM, Witness to Murder at 1:45 PM, These Wilder Years at 3:15 PM, Crime of Passion at 5:00 PM, and Trooper Hook at 6:30 PM. Then it’s on to a night of Robert Osborne’s picks with Fanny at 8:00 PM, The Bitter Tea of General Yen at 10:30 PM, Experiment Perilous at 12:15 AM, Yolanda and the Thief at 2:00 AM, and Dark Delusion at 4:00 AM.
July 17: Happy birthday to another one of my favorites, James Cagney! Taxi! at 6:00 AM, Winner Take All at 7:15 AM, Footlight Parade at 8:30 AM, Hard to Handle at 10:30 AM, Lady Killer at 12:00 PM, The Mayor of Hell at 1:30 PM, Picture Snatcher at 3:15 PM, Here Comes the Navy at 4:45 PM, and Jimmy the Gent at 6:15 PM. Tonight, you have the chance to see two movies followed by their remakes. There’s The Criminal Code at 8:00 PM with Convicted at 10:00 PM and Scarface (1932) at 12:00 AM with Scarface (1983) at 2:00 AM.
July 18: The spotlight on World War I continues all day with movies such as J’Accuse at 6:00 AM, A Farewell to Arms (1932) at 11:00 AM, Ever in my Heart at 2:00 PM, Lawrence of Arabia at 8:00 PM, and Grand Illusion at 2:00 AM.
July 20: Lifeboat at 10:00 AM, His Girl Friday at 2:15 PM, A Patch of Blue at 4:00 PM, The Night of the Hunter at 6:00 PM, Two Tars at 8:00 PM, Never Weaken at 8:30 PM, Coney Island at 9:00 PM, The Immigrant at 9:30 PM, and The Gold Rush at 10:00 PM.
July 22: Another night of Maureen O’Hara with Immortal Sergeant at 8:00 PM, Buffalo Bill at 9:45 PM, McClintock! at 11:30 PM, The Deadly Companions at 1:45 AM, The Wings of Eagles at 3:30 AM, and The Long Gray Line at 5:30 AM.
July 23: Lots of fun stuff on today! Broadway Melody of 1940 at 12:15 PM, Lady Be Good at 2:00 PM, A Date With Judy at 4:00 PM. July’s guest programmer is director William Friedkin, who has selected Bullitt at 8:00 PM, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre at 10:15 PM, Belle De Jour at 12:30 AM, and Blow-Up at 2:15 AM.
July 24: Kirk Douglas is the man of the night with Lust For Life at 8:00 PM, Douglas’ one-man show Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget at 10:15 PM, Young Man With a Horn at 12:00 AM, Out of the Past at 2:00 AM, and The Hook at 4:00 AM.
July 25: One more spotlight on World War I today, including Heroes for Sale at 7:30 AM, The Shopworn Angel at 12:30 PM, Shoulder Arms at 3:45 PM, Random Harvest at 8:00 PM, Waterloo Bridge (1940) at 10:15 PM, and Mata Hari at 2:45 AM.
July 26: It’s a night of movies featuring cinematography by Karl Freund. Metropolis at 8:00 PM, The Seventh Cross at 10:45 PM, and The Mummy at 12:45 AM.
July 27: The Charge of the Light Brigade at 6:00 AM, The Ladykillers at 12:15 PM, Blackboard Jungle at 2:00 PM, Rebel Without a Cause at 4:00 PM, Magnificent Obsession at 6:00 PM, Cat People at 8:00 PM, and Pandora’s Box at 12:15 AM.
July 28: Enjoy a night of Ingmar Bergman with Smiles of a Summer Night at 8:00 PM, Wild Strawberries at 10:00 PM, The Seventh Seal at 11:45 PM, Through a Glass Darkly at 1:30 AM, Winter Light at 3:15 AM, and The Silence at 4:45 AM.
July 29: It’s Maureen O’Hara’s last night as Star of the Month tonight. Rio Grande at 8:00 PM, Spencer’s Mountain at 10:00 PM, The Battle of the Villa Fiorita at 12:15 AM, and Fire Over Africa at 2:15 AM.
July 30: The Bride Wore Red at 8:00 AM, Double Wedding at 12:00 PM, Carousel at 5:00 PM, Middle of the Night at 2:00 AM, and Marty at 4:15 AM.
July 31: Another Thin Man at 10:00 AM and East Side, West Side at 1:15 PM. Then July draws to a close with a night of movies starring Mel Brooks. The Twelve Chairs at 8:00 PM, Silent Movie at 9:45 PM, High Anxiety at 11:30 PM, and To Be or Not to Be at 2:15 AM.