TCM Schedule for Tuesday, February 15: Star of the Month: Henry Fonda

[CBHagman]

In daytime theme: Starring Joan Leslie.
Evening theme: Star of the Month Henry Fonda, who has a double feature with co-star Barbara Stanwyck.

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

2:00 am
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
3h 17m | Epic | TV-PG
Sweeping epic about a Russian doctor pursuing the woman he loves during Russia's turbulent years of revolution.
Director
David Lean
Cast
Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay

5:30 am
The Love Department (1935)
19m | Musical | TV-PG
A love columnist can't find her own love connection in this musical short.
Director
Roy Mack
Cast
Donald Douglas, Milt Douglas, Don Tomkins

6:00 am
High Sierra (1941)
1h 40m | Crime | TV-G
An aging ex-con sets out to pull one more big heist.
Director
Raoul Walsh
Cast
Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis

8:00 am
Sergeant York (1941)
2h 14m | War | TV-G
True story of the farm boy who made the transition from religious pacifist to World War I hero.
Director
Howard Hawks
Cast
Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie

10:30 am
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
2h 6m | Musical | TV-G
The life story of dancing vaudevillian George M. Cohan.
Director
Michael Curtiz
Cast
James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston

12:45 pm
Born to Be Bad (1950)
1h 34m | Drama | TV-PG
An ambitious girl steals a rich husband but keeps her lover on the side.
Director
Nicholas Ray
Cast
Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott

2:45 pm
The Hard Way (1942)
1h 49m | Drama | TV-G
An ambitious woman doesn't care who she hurts in her drive to make her sister a star.
Director
Vincent Sherman
Cast
Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie

4:45 pm
The Sky's the Limit (1943)
1h 29m | Musical | TV-G
A pilot on leave falls for a pretty news photographer.
Director
Edward H. Griffith
Cast
Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie, Robert Benchley

6:30 pm
The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950)
1h 25m | Comedy | TV-G
A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.
Director
Elliott Nugent
Cast
Robert Walker, Joan Leslie, Edward Arnold

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: HENRY FONDA

8:00 pm
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
1h 5m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
A daffy socialite gets her friends mixed up in a murder investigation.
Director
Leigh Jason
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene

9:15 pm
The Lady Eve (1941)
1h 37m | Comedy | TV-PG
A lady cardsharp tries to con an eccentric scientist only to fall for him.
Director
Preston Sturges
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn

11:00 pm
Yours, Mine, and Ours (1968)
1h 51m | Comedy | TV-PG
A widow with eight children marries a widower with ten, then gets pregnant.
Director
Melville Shavelson
Cast
Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Van Johnson

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1:00 am [Also listed for 1:15 a.m., so there may be issues with the schedule...]
Spencer's Mountain (1963)
1h 59m | Drama | TV-G
A Wyoming farmer fights to build a better life for his oldest son.
Director
Delmer Daves
Cast
Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, James MacArthur

3:15 am [Also listed for 3:30 a.m.]
The Big Street (1942)
1h 28m | Romance | TV-G
A nightclub waiter, who's in love with a selfish showgirl, gets to prove his love when she's injured.
Director
Irving Reis
Cast
Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Barton MacLane

5:00 am
I Dream Too Much (1935)
1h 35m | Musical | TV-G
A composer sets the stage for discord when he pushes his wife into a singing career.
Director
John Cromwell
Cast
Lily Pons, Henry Fonda, Eric Blore

[Auggie]

1. Astaire fans:

For what its worth, I think The Sky's the Limit is one of Fred's best films of the 1940s (along with You Were Never Lovelier).

It's a wartime romance -- appropriate for February 14th. Great score by Harold Arlen.