TCM Schedule for Monday October 2, 2023 - Oscar and Tony Winners for the Same Role
Plus: in daytime it's Groucho Marx' birthday.
(all times Eastern)
6:00 am The Story of Mankind (1957)
1h 40m | Epic | TV-PG
Satan and the spirit of mankind contend for the future of humanity.
Director: Irwin Allen. Cast: Ronald Colman, Hedy Lamarr, Groucho Marx
8:00 am Double Dynamite (1951)
1h 20m | Comedy | TV-G
A bank teller reaps the rewards of saving a gangster's life, but can't reveal where he got the money.
Director: Irving Cummings. Cast: Jane Russell, Groucho Marx, Frank Sinatra
9:45 am Go West (1940)
1h 21m | Comedy | TV-PG
Three zanies tackle outlaws and Indians when they head westward.
Director: Edward Buzzell. Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
11:30 am The Big Store (1941)
1h 20m | Comedy | TV-G
A detective and his zany pals take over a failing department store.
Director: Charles Riesner. Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
1:00 pm A Day at the Races (1937)
1h 45m | Comedy | TV-G
A group of zanies tries to save a pretty girl's sanitarium.
Director: Sam Wood. Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx]
3:00 pm A Girl in Every Port (1952)
1h 26m | Comedy | TV-G
Two sailors invest in a racehorse.
Director: Chester Erskine. Cast: Groucho Marx, Marie Wilson, William Bendix
4:30 pm A Night at the Opera (1935)
1h 36m | Comedy | TV-G
The Marx Brothers are pitted against high culture as they try to help two young opera singers who are in love.
Director: Sam Wood. Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
6:30 pm At the Circus (1939)
1h 27m | Comedy | TV-G
The Marx Bros. team up to keep a circus from going bankrupt.
Director: Edward Buzzell. Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
8:00 pm The Miracle Worker (1962)
1h 47m | Drama | TV-PG
True story of the determined teacher who helped Helen Keller overcome deafness and blindness to learn to communicate.
Director: Arthur Penn. Cast: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory
10:00 pm The Subject Was Roses (1968)
1h 47m | Drama | TV-14
A young soldier returns from World War II, moves in with his parents, and tries to mend their deteriorating marriage.
Director: Ulu Grosbard. Cast: Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson, Martin Sheen
12:00 am My Fair Lady (1964)
2h 50m | Musical | TV-G
A phonetics instructor bets that he can pass a street urchin off as a lady.
Director: George Cukor. Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway
3:00 am Cabaret (1972)
Set in Berlin in 1931, a starry-eyed singer and the club's master of ceremonies try to bring happiness and decadence to the lives of Berliners as the spectre of Nazism grows around them and threatens to destroy their lives.
2h 4m | Musical | TV-14
Director: Bob Fosse. Cast: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem
5:15 am Main Street Follies (1935)
21m | Comedy | TV-PG
A New York producer sends a spy to a nightclub to report back on the musical acts.
Director: Joseph Henabery. Cast: Hal Leroy, Mary Joan Martin, George Anderson