TCM Schedule for Tuesday, August 12: Summer Under the Stars: Alexis Smith

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Alexis Smith is one of the few figures from classic Hollywood I ever saw on the stage (The others are Helen Hayes, Ann Miller, and Vincent Price).

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Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

1:45 AM
Julius Caesar (1953)
An all-star adaptation of Shakespeare's classic about Julius Caesar's assassination and its aftermath.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: John Doucette , George Macready , Michael Pate .
BW-121 mins, CC,

4:00 AM
Formula, The (1980)
A detective is in jeopardy after discovering a synthetic formula for gasoline.
Dir: John G. Avildsen Cast: George C. Scott , Marlon Brando , Marthe Keller .
BW-118 mins, Letterbox Format

6:00 AM
Horn Blows at Midnight, The (1945)
An angel is sent to destroy the earth with a trumpet blast.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Jack Benny , Alexis Smith , Dolores Moran .
BW-78 mins, CC,

7:30 AM
One More Tomorrow (1946)
A playboy and a lady photographer allow social differences to come between them.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Ann Sheridan , Dennis Morgan , Jack Carson .
BW-88 mins,

9:00 AM
One Last Fling (1949)
A jealous wife decides working for her husband is the best way to keep tabs on him.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Alexis Smith , Zachary Scott , Douglas Kennedy .
BW-64 mins,

10:15 AM
Split Second (1953)
Escaped convicts hold hostages in a ghost town that's the target of a nuclear bomb test.
Dir: Dick Powell Cast: Stephen McNally , Alexis Smith , Jan Sterling .
BW-86 mins,

11:45 AM
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Robert Alda , Joan Leslie , Alexis Smith .
BW-141 mins, CC,

2:15 PM
Night and Day (1946)
Fanciful biography of songwriter Cole Porter, who rose from high society to find success on Tin Pan Alley.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Cary Grant , Alexis Smith , Monty Woolley .
C-128 mins, CC,

4:30 PM
San Antonio (1945)
A reformed rustler tracks down a band of cattle thieves and tries to reform a crooked dance-hall girl.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Errol Flynn , Alexis Smith , S. Z. "Cuddles" Sakall .
C-109 mins, CC,



6:30 PM
Montana (1950)
An Australian gets caught in the battle between ranchers and sheep men.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Errol Flynn , Alexis Smith , S. Z. "Cuddles" Sakall .
C-76 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: ALEXIS SMITH

8:00 PM
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Fanciful biography of 19th-century boxing champion Jim Corbett.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Errol Flynn , Alexis Smith , Jack Carson .
BW-104 mins, CC,

10:00 PM
Any Number Can Play (1949)
The owner of a gambling casino tries to win back his estranged wife and child.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Clark Gable , Alexis Smith , Wendell Corey .
BW-103 mins, CC,

12:00 AM
Constant Nymph, The (1943)
A composer finds inspiration in his wife's romantic cousin.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Charles Boyer , Joan Fontaine , Alexis Smith .
BW-112 mins, CC,

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2:00 AM
Conflict (1945)
A man murders his wife so he can be free to marry her sister.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Alexis Smith , Sydney Greenstreet .
BW-86 mins, CC,

3:30 AM
Young Philadelphians, The (1959)
A young lawyer from the wrong side of town tries to break into society.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Paul Newman , Barbara Rush , Alexis Smith .
BW-137 mins, CC, Letterbox Format