TCM Schedule for Saturday, August 25 -- The Essentials: Tyrone Power

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6:00 AM
MARIE ANTOINETTE (1938)

Lavish biography of the French queen who "let them eat cake."
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II
Cast: Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore.
BW-157 mins, TV-G, CC


8:45 AM
THE LONG GRAY LINE (1955)

An Irish immigrant becomes one of West Point's most beloved officers.
Dir: John Ford
Cast: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Francis.
C-137 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format


11:15 AM
THE SUN ALSO RISES (1957)

A group of disillusioned American expatriate writers live a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle in 1920's France and Spain.
Dir: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer.
C-130 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


1:30 PM
JOHNNY APOLLO (1940)

The son of a jailed Wall Street broker turns to crime to pay for his father's release.
Dir: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold.
BW-94 mins, TV-PG


3:15 PM
CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE (1947)

The invasion of Mexico by Cortez, as seen by a young Spanish officer fleeing the Inquisition.
Dir: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero.
C-141 mins, TV-PG, CC


5:45 PM
THE EDDY DUCHIN STORY (1956)

The famed pianist loses the love of his life and almost loses his son's love as well.
Dir: George Sidney
Cast: Kim Novak, Rex Thompson, James Whitmore.
BW-123 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


8:00 PM
THE RAZOR'S EDGE (1946)

A young man's quest for spiritual peace threatens his position in society.
Dir: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne.
BW-145 mins, TV-G, CC


10:45 PM
JESSE JAMES (1939)

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
Dir: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly.
C-106 mins, TV-PG


12:45 AM
A YANK IN THE R.A.F. (1941)

A hot shot flyer discovers the hero within when he joins the British Air Force during World War II.
Dir: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, John Sutton.
BW-98 mins, TV-PG


2:30 AM
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957)

A British lawyer gets caught up in a couple's tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder.
Dir: Billy Wilder
Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton.
BW-116 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


4:30 AM
THE RISING OF THE MOON (1957)

Three stories examine the lives of the Irish living under British oppression.
Dir: John Ford
Cast: Tyrone Power, Denis O Dea, Eileen Crowe.
BW-81 mins, TV-PG, CC