TCM Schedule for Sunday September 4, 2022 - Best of Guest

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That's Guest as in Christopher, with a trio of films.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 am Broadway Melody of 1936 (1936)
1h 43m | Musical | TV-G
A Broadway columnist tries to use an innocent dancer to frame a producer.
Director: Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor

8:00 am Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
1h 42m | Musical | TV-G
A vaudeville team breaks up when both men fall for the same gorgeous hoofer.
Director: Norman Taurog. Cast: Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy

10:00 am Hit and Run (1957)
1h 27m | Action | TV-PG
Illicit lovers arrange a fatal accident for the woman's husband.
Director: Hugo Haas. Cast: Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, Vince Edwards

11:45 am To Be or Not to Be (1942)
1h 39m | Comedy | TV-PG
A troupe of squabbling actors joins the Polish underground to dupe the Nazis.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack

1:30 pm Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
2h 50m | Epic | TV-G
A Victorian gentleman bets that he can beat the world's record for circling the globe.
Director: Michael Anderson. Cast: David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine

4:45 pm Jumbo (1962)
2h 5m | Musical | TV-G
The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.
Director: Charles Walters. Cast: Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante

7:00 pm Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum (2017)
Documentary | TV-PG
Director: Sophie Bassaler. Cast: Sophie Bassaler, Maxime Beauquesne, Sally Blake

8:00 pm Best in Show (2000)
1h 30m | Comedy | TV-14
Eccentric contestants prepare to compete in a national dog show.
Director: Christopher Guest. Cast: Parker Posey, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy

9:45 pm Waiting for Guffman (1996)
1h 33m | Comedy
A mockumentary set in the fictional town of Blaine, Missouri in which creative citizens prepare a multi-media pageant celebrating the 150th anniversary of their city.
Director: Christopher Guest. Cast: Christopher Guest, Fred Willard, Eugene Levy

11:30 pm This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
1h 22m | Comedy | TV-MA
A filmmaker documents the history of Spinal Tap, the world's loudest rock band.
Director: Rob Reiner. Cast: Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Michael Mckean

1:00 am The Torrent (1926)
1h 15m | Silent | TV-PG
In this silent film, a Spanish country girl moves to Paris to become an opera star.
Director: Monta Bell. Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Greta Garbo, Gertrude Olmsted

2:45 am Pandora's Box (1929)
1h 50m | Silent | TV-PG
A young innocent's sexuality destroys all who come near her.
Director: G. W. Pabst. Cast: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer

5:15 am Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1925 Studio Tour (1925)
32m | Short | TV-G
A silent tour of MGM studios in 1925.
Cast: Rupert Hughes, Reginald Barker, Roy D'arcy