TCM Schedule for Saturday, August 17, 2013 -- The Essentials: Wallace Beery

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6:00 AM
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1920)

In this silent film, an Indian guide tries to help two sisters caught up in the French and Indian War.
Dir: Maurice Tourneur
Cast: Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford, Albert Roscoe.
BW-76 mins, TV-G

7:30 AM
THE BIG HOUSE (1930)

An attempted prison break leads to a riot.
Dir: George Hill
Cast: Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone.
BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC

9:00 AM
THE BAD MAN OF BRIMSTONE (1937)

An old bandit reforms when he meets his long-lost son.
Dir: J. Walter Ruben
Cast: Wallace Beery, Virginia Bruce, Dennis O'Keefe.
BW-89 mins, TV-G, CC

10:34 AM
FIRST AID (1943)
This short film is a humorous look at basic first aid techniques for mishaps that often occur around the house.
BW-10 mins

10:45 AM
RATIONING (1943)



A small-town butcher has problems coping with meat rationing.
Dir: Willis Goldbeck
Cast: Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Donald Meek.
BW-93 mins, TV-G

12:30 PM
THE CHAMP (1931)

A broken-down prizefighter battles to keep custody of his son.
Dir: King Vidor
Cast: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich.
BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC

1:59 PM
HOT NEWS MARGIE (1931)
In this short film, a reporter for a tabloid newspaper attempts to find out if a college football star is secretly married.
BW-7 mins

2:15 PM
TREASURE ISLAND (1934)

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a young boy out to foil pirates and find a buried treasure.
Dir: Victor Fleming
Cast: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore.
BW-103 mins, TV-G, CC

4:06 PM
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM- A DREAM COMES TRUE (1935)
BW-7 mins

4:15 PM
AH, WILDERNESS! (1935)

In his only comedy, Eugene O'Neill captures the trials of growing up in small-town America.
Dir: Clarence Brown
Cast: Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Aline MacMahon.
BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC

6:00 PM
A DATE WITH JUDY (1948)

A teenager thinks her grandfather is involved with a fiery Latin singer.
Dir: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor.
C-113 mins, TV-G, CC

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8:00 PM
GRAND HOTEL (1932)

Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through scandal and heartache.
Dir: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford.
BW-113 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:00 PM
DINNER AT EIGHT (1933)

A high-society dinner party masks a hotbed of scandal and intrigue.
Dir: George Cukor
Cast: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery.
BW-111 mins, TV-PG, CC

12:00 AM
MIN AND BILL (1930)

Two crusty waterfront characters try to protect their daughter from a terrible secret.
Dir: George Hill
Cast: Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Dorothy Jordan.
BW-66 mins, TV-G

1:15 AM
VIVA VILLA! (1934)

Rousing biography of the bandit chief who led the battle for Mexican independence.
Dir: Jack Conway
Cast: Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Fay Wray.
BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC

3:15 AM
CHINA SEAS (1935)

A sea captain caught in a romantic triangle has to fight off modern-day pirates.
Dir: Tay Garnett
Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery.
BW-87 mins, TV-G, CC

4:45 AM
THE BAD MAN (1941)

A Mexican outlaw reforms to help an old friend and a pair of young lovers.
Dir: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day.
BW-70 mins, TV-PG, CC