TCM Schedule for Monday June 26, 2023 - The Celluloid Closet

Daytime has a birthday salute to Eleanor Parker; prime time touches on LGBTQ themes.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 am Many Rivers to Cross (1955)
1h 32m | Western | TV-G
A pioneer woman sets her sights on a trapper.
Director: Roy Rowland. Cast: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Victor Mclaglen

7:45 am Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
1h 38m | Western | TV-PG
The Civil War complicates the Cavalry's battle against Indians.
Director: John Sturges. Cast: William Holden, Eleanor Parker, John Forsythe

9:30 am The Very Thought of You (1944)
1h 39m | Romance | TV-G
In-law problems threaten a wartime marriage.
Director: Delmer Daves. Cast: Dennis Morgan, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark

11:15 am One for the Book (1948)
1h 43m | Comedy | TV-G
A lovelorn actress shares her apartment with a lonely soldier.
Director: Irving Rapper. Cast: Ronald Reagan, Eleanor Parker, Eve Arden

1:00 pm Of Human Bondage (1946)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-PG
A medical student risks his future when he falls for a low-class waitress.
Director: Edmund Goulding. Cast: Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker, Alexis Smith

3:00 pm Lizzie (1957)
1h 21m | Drama | TV-PG
A mousy woman discovers she has two other personalities.
Director: Hugo Haas. Cast: Eleanor Parker, Richard Boone, Joan Blondell

4:30 pm Valley of the Kings (1954)
1h 26m | Adventure | TV-PG
Archaeologists clash with graverobbers during the search for a priceless Egyptian treasure.
Director: Robert Pirosh. Cast: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Carlos Thompson

6:00 pm Scaramouche (1952)
1h 55m | Adventure | TV-PG
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
Director: George Sidney. Cast:Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh

8:00 pm The Celluloid Closet (1995)
1h 42m | Adaptation | TV-MA
From comic sissies to lesbian vampires, from pathetic queens to sadistic predators, Hollywood has both reflected and defined how we think about homosexuality--and what it means to be a man or woman.
Director: Robert Epstein. Cast: Lily Tomlin, Jan Oxenberg, Daniel Melnick

10:00 pm Rope (1948)
1h 20m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-14
Two wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Dick Hogan, John Dall, Farley Granger

11:30 pm The Children's Hour (1961)
1h 47m | Drama | TV-PG
A malicious student tries to destroy the teachers at a girls' school.
Director: William Wyler. Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Shirley Maclaine, James Garner

1:30 am Queen Christina (1933)
1h 37m | Romance | TV-G
Young Christina ascends to the Swedish throne at age 5.
Director: Rouben Mamoulian. Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith

3:30 am Victim (1961)
1h 40m | Drama | TV-PG
A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.
Director: Basil Dearden. Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price

5:30 am Tea and Sympathy (1956)
2h 2m | Drama | TV-PG
A faculty wife risks her marriage to help a troubled teen tormented by his fellow students.
Director: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Deborah Kerr, John Kerr, Leif Erickson