TCM Schedule for Saturday, June 15, 2013 -- The Essentials: Rudy Vallee

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7:00 AM
H.M. PULHAM, ESQ. (1941)

A stuffy businessman livens things up by having a fling.
Dir: King Vidor
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Robert Young, Ruth Hussey.
BW-120 mins, TV-PG


9:15 AM
THE WACKY WORLD OF MOTHER GOOSE (1967)

Animated film based on various fairy tales and nursery rhymes.
Dir: Jules Bass
Cast: Margaret Rutherford
C-81 mins, TV-G


10:45 AM
THE FALCON OUT WEST (1944)

A society sleuth turns cowboy to investigate a Texas murder.
Dir: William Clemens
Cast: Tom Conway, Carole Gallagher, Barbara Hale.
BW-64 mins, TV-G, CC


12:00 PM
COURAGE OF LASSIE (1946)

A young girl tries to rehabilitate the famous collie after his return from combat service in World War II.
Dir: Fred M. Wilcox
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Tom Drake.
C-93 mins, TV-PG, CC


2:00 PM
THE DEFIANT ONES (1958)

Two convicts, a white racist and an angry black, escape while chained to each other.
Dir: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel.
BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


4:00 PM
WRITTEN ON THE WIND (1957)

A young woman marries into a corrupt oil family then falls for her husband's best friend.
Dir: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack.
C-99 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


6:00 PM
THE OUTLAW (1943)

Billy the Kid and Doc Holliday fight over possession of a stallion and a sultry Mexican girl.
Dir: Howard Hughes
Cast: Jack Beutel, Thomas Mitchell, Jane Russell.
BW-116 mins, TV-PG, CC


TONIGHT ON TCM
THE ESSENTIALS: RUDY VALLEE

8:00 PM
THE PALM BEACH STORY (1942)

To finance her husband's career, a married woman courts an eccentric millionaire.
Dir: Preston Sturges
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor.
BW-88 mins, TV-G, CC


9:45 PM
GOLD DIGGERS IN PARIS (1938)

Three showgirls travel to Paris in search of rich husbands.
Dir: Ray Enright
Cast: Rudy Vallee, Rosemary Lane, Hugh Herbert.
BW-97 mins, TV-G, CC


11:30 PM
SWEET MUSIC (1935)

A band leader shares a tempestuous romance with his lead singer.
Dir: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Rudy Vallee, Ann Dvorak, Ned Sparks.
BW-95 mins, TV-G

1:30 AM
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Features highlights of the month's programming on TCM, including festivals and stars.
BW-20 mins, TV-PG, CC


2:00 AM
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986)

A student prank unleashes alien predators on a college campus.
Dir: Fred Dekker
Cast: Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow.
C-88 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format


3:30 AM
TERRORVISION (1986)

A family's satellite television becomes a gateway to an alien invasion.
Dir: Ted Nicolaou
Cast: Diane Franklin, Gerritt Graham, Mary Woronov.
BW-85 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format


5:00 AM
WHEN I AM OLD ENOUGH, GOODBYE (1962)
Short film that emphasizes the problems of a young man who drops out of high school.
BW-28 mins, TV-PG

5:30 AM
THERE'S A MESSAGE IN EVERY BOTTLE (1968)
A teenager recalls an incident where he and his friends used fake IDs to buy and consume alcohol in a bar.
C-27 mins, TV-G