TCM Schedule for Monday April 15, 2024 - MGM 100th Anniversary

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Today's MGM salute focuses on the 40's and 50's.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Bataan (1943)
1h 54m | War | TV-PG
Thirteen U.S. soldiers risk their lives to hold a bridge against the Japanese.
Director: Tay Garnett. Cast: Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell

8:00 AM Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015)
1h 37m | Biography | TV-PG
After Marsha Hunt's successful acting career was destroyed when she was blacklisted during the McCarthy era, she became an agent of change for good all over the world.
Director: Roger C Memos.

9:45 AM The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
1h 51m | Crime | TV-PG
A frustrated wife seduces a drifter into murdering her husband.
Director: Tay Garnett. Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway

11:45 AM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
1h 53m | Musical | TV-G
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Director: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'brien, Mary Astor

1:45 PM Father of the Bride (1950)
1h 33m | Comedy | TV-G
A doting father faces mountains of bills and endless trials when his daughter marries.
Director: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor

3:30 PM On the Town (1949)
1h 38m | Musical | TV-G
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen. Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller

5:30 PM Silk Stockings (1957)
1h 57m | Musical | TV-G
A straitlaced Soviet agent is seduced by the charm of Paris and a high-stepping film producer.
Director: Rouben Mamoulian. Cast: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige

8:00 PM Singin' in the Rain (1952)
1h 43m | Musical | TV-G
A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound.
Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen. Cast: Gene Kelly, Donald O'connor, Debbie Reynolds

10:00 PM When The Lion Roars Part III: The Lion In Winter (1992)
2h | Documentary | TV-MA
Patrick Stewart takes viewers through the history of Hollywood's greatest film studio as it fades from glory during the fifties. Featuring interviews with Gene Kelly and Charlton Heston.
Director: Frank Martin.

12:15 AM Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
1h 48m | Drama | TV-PG
A dying plantation owner tries to help his alcoholic son solve his problems.
Director: Richard Brooks. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives

2:15 AM Ben-Hur (1959)
3h 32m | Epic | TV-PG
While seeking revenge, a rebellious Israelite prince crosses paths with Jesus Christ.
Director: William Wyler. Cast: Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins