TCM Schedule for Wednesday, July 1: White Men among Native Americans

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Today TCM marks the birthday of actor-director Charles Laughton, born on this day in 1899 in Scarborough, Yorkshire.

Wednesday, July 1st, 2015

12:50 AM
Hollywood Scout (1945)
This short film focuses on a day in the life of a Hollywood talent scout assigned to cast animals.
Cast: William H. O'Brien , Celia Travers , Paul Sydell .
BW-8 mins,

1:00 AM
Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Cary Grant , Katharine Hepburn , James Stewart .
BW-112 mins, CC,

3:00 AM
High Society (1956)
In this musical version of The Philadelphia Story, tabloid reporters invade a society wedding.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Bing Crosby , Grace Kelly , Frank Sinatra .
C-112 mins, CC,

5:00 AM
Hollywood My Hometown (1965)
In this special, Ken Murray hosts his own behind-the-scenes home movies of some of Hollywood's greatest stars.
BW-53 mins, CC,

6:00 AM
Payment Deferred (1932)
A milquetoast kills for money and finds it a hard habit to break.
Dir: Lothar Mendes Cast: Charles Laughton , Maureen O'Sullivan , Dorothy Peterson .
BW-81 mins,

7:30 AM
Barretts of Wimpole Street, The (1934)
An invalid poetess defies her father's wishes to marry a dashing young poet.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Norma Shearer , Fredric March , Charles Laughton .
BW-110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:30 AM
Tuttles of Tahiti, The (1942)
A family in the South Seas goes to any lengths to escape work.
Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: Charles Laughton , Jon Hall , Peggy Drake .
BW-91 mins,

11:05 AM
Sydney "Pride Of Australia" (1938)
This short film takes the viewer to Sydney, Australia.
C-9 mins,

11:15 AM
Man From Down Under, The (1943)
A World War I veteran sneaks two orphans back to his native Australia.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Charles Laughton , Binnie Barnes , Richard Carlson .
BW-103 mins, CC,

1:15 PM
Canterville Ghost, The (1944)
A ghost who died a coward tries to inspire U.S. GIs to become heroes.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Charles Laughton , Robert Young , Margaret O'Brien .
BW-96 mins, CC,



3:00 PM
Passport to Destiny (1944)
A British war widow travels to Berlin to assassinate Hitler.
Dir: Ray McCarey Cast: Elsa Lanchester , Gordon Oliver , Lenore Aubert .
BW-63 mins, CC,

4:15 PM
Captain Kidd (1945)
An infamous pirate tries to double cross the King of England.
Dir: Rowland V. Lee Cast: Charles Laughton , Randolph Scott , Barbara Britton .
BW-81 mins, CC,

5:45 PM
Young Bess (1953)
The future Elizabeth I fights court intrigue in the turbulent years before her ascension to the throne.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Jean Simmons , Stewart Granger , Deborah Kerr .
C-112 mins, CC,

7:39 PM
Camera Caught It, The (1954)
This short film looks at various images that cameras managed to film, none of which was staged
BW-9 mins,

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8:00 PM
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
An ex-soldier moves to the Colorado wilderness but cannot escape civilization.
Dir: Sydney Pollack Cast: Robert Redford , Will Geer , Delle Bolton .
BW-116 mins, CC, Letterbox Format



10:00 PM
Little Big Man (1970)
An American pioneer raised by Indians ends up fighting alongside General Custer.
Dir: Arthur Penn Cast: Dustin Hoffman , Faye Dunaway , Martin Balsam .
C-139 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:30 AM
Searchers, The (1956)
An Indian-hating Civil War veteran tracks down the tribe that slaughtered his family and kidnapped his niece.
Dir: John Ford Cast: John Wayne , Jeffrey Hunter , Vera Miles .
C-119 mins, CC,

2:45 AM
Last of the Mohicans, The (1936)
A frontier scout rescues the daughters of a British colonial commander from renegades.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Randolph Scott , Binnie Barnes , Henry Wilcoxon .
BW-92 mins, CC,

4:30 AM
Paleface, The (1922)
In this silent short film, a white man survives an Indian attack to become an honorary tribesman.
BW-21 mins,

5:00 AM
Buster Keaton: So Funny It Hurt! (2004)
Documentary that focuses on comedian Buster Keaton's years at MGM.
Dir: Christopher Bird
C-38 mins, CC,

5:50 AM
Divine Woman (Lost Garbo Footage), The (1928)
In the surviving footage of this lost film, a Parisian soldier has a last meal with his lover before he ships for Algiers.
BW-9 mins,