TCM Schedule for Monday October 8 - Star of the Month: Spencer Tracy

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More of Spencer Tracy's early work, plus a daytime birthday tribute to director Rouben Mamoulian.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1932)
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a scientist who unleashes the beast within. Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart. BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC,

7:45 AM QUEEN CHRISTINA (1933)
Romantic tale of the 17th-century Swedish queen and her romance with a Spanish diplomat. Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith. BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC,

9:30 AM WE LIVE AGAIN (1934)
A Russian nobleman discovers the peasant girl he once seduced has turned to crime. Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Anna Sten, Fredric March, Jane Baxter. BW-82 mins, TV-PG, CC,

11:00 AM GAY DESPERADO, THE (1936)
A Mexican bandit kidnaps a singing cowboy star to learn American ways. Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Nino Martini, Ida Lupino, Leo Carrillo. BW-87 mins, TV-G,

12:30 PM GOLDEN BOY (1939)
A crooked promoter lures a young violinist to give up music for boxing. Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, William Holden. BW-99 mins, TV-PG,

2:15 PM SILK STOCKINGS (1957)
A straitlaced Soviet agent is seduced by Paris and a high-stepping film producer. Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige. C-118 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 PM SEVEN THUNDERS (1957)
British POWs hide from the Germans in occupied France. Dir: Hugo Fregonese Cast: Stephen Boyd, James Robertson Justice, Anna Gaylor. BW-100 mins, TV-PG,

6:00 PM MY SIX CONVICTS (1952)
A prison psychologist tries to rehabilitate six hardcore criminals. Dir: Hugo Fregonese Cast: Millard Mitchell, Gilbert Roland, John Beal. BW-104 mins, TV-PG,

8:00 PM FURY (1936)
An innocent man escapes a lynch mob then returns for revenge. Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel. BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC,

9:45 PM LIBELED LADY (1936)
When an he iress sues a newspaper, the editor hires a reporter to compromise her. Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy. BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC,

11:30 PM TEST PILOT (1938)
An irresponsible test pilot's wife and best friend try to get him to grow up. Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy. BW-119 mins, TV-G, CC,

1:45 AM EDISON, THE MAN (1940)
Thomas Edison fights to turn his dreams into reality. Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman. BW-107 mins, TV-G, CC,

3:45 AM I TAKE THIS WOMAN (1940)
A tenement doctor's marriage to a European refugee threatens his practice. Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, Verree Teasdale. BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC,

5:30 AM BOOM TOWN (1940)
Friends become rivals when they strike-it-rich in oil. Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert. BW-119 mins, TV-PG, CC,

[CBHagman]

1. Ooh, good line-up!

Libeled Lady is fun and worth checking out, and so is Fury, with its still-relevant look at mob violence.