TCM Schedule for Monday September 11, 2023 - Directed by Leo McCarey

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Daytime brings a load of musical biopics.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 am MGM Parade Show #7 (1955)
26m | Documentary
Ray Bolger performs in a clip from "The Great Ziegfeld"; Debbie Reynolds introduces a clip from "The Tender Trap." Hosted by George Murphy.

6:45 am Night and Day (1946)
2h 8m | Musical | TV-G
Fanciful biography of songwriter Cole Porter, who rose from high society to find success on Tin Pan Alley.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley

9:00 am I'll See You In My Dreams (1951)
1h 49m | Musical | TV-G
Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy

11:00 am Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)
1h 52m | Musical | TV-G
Song-filled look behind the scenes of vaudeville, based on the lives of Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.
Director: David Butler. Cast: Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson

1:00 pm Words and Music (1948)
1h 59m | Musical | TV-G
Songwriters Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart search for love while rising to the top.
Director: Norman Taurog. Cast: Perry Como, Mickey Rooney, Ann Sothern

3:15 pm Deep in My Heart (1954)
2h 12m | Musical | TV-G
Musical biography of composer Sigmund Romberg, who fought to bring serious music to Broadway.
Director: Stanley Donen. Cast: Jose Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Helen Traubel

5:30 pm Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
2h 19m | Musical | TV-PG
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.
Director: Irving Rapper. Cast: Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith

8:00 pm Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
1h 32m | Drama | TV-G
A devoted couple faces the harsh economic realities of growing older.
Director: Leo Mccarey. Cast: Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter

9:45 pm Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
1h 16m | Comedy | TV-G
A Western rancher wins a British valet in a poker game.
Director: Leo Mccarey. Cast: Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles

11:30 pm Going My Way (1944)
2h 10m | Musical | TV-G
A young priest revitalizes a failing parish and brings new life to the elder priest.
Director: Leo Mccarey. Cast: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank Mchugh

1:45 am The Milky Way (1936)
1h 28m | Comedy | TV-G
A mild-mannered milkman stumbles onto a career in the boxing ring.
Director: Leo Mccarey. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Adolphe Menjou, Verree Teasdale

3:30 am Love Affair (1939)
1h 27m | Romance | TV-G
Near-tragic misunderstandings threaten a shipboard romance.
Director: Leo Mccarey. Cast: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya

5:00 am Hollywood Without Make-Up (1966)
50m | Documentary | TV-G
In this special, Ken Murray hosts his own behind-the-scenes home movies of some of Hollywood's greatest stars.

[CBHagman]

1. I still have not seen Make Way for Tomorrow.

But I understand no one should watch it without a box of tissues at the ready.