TCM Schedule for Tuesday, August 6: Summer Under the Stars: Jean Harlow

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

12:45 AM On Moonlight Bay (1951)
A small-town tomboy falls for the boy-next-door in the years before World War I.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, ["Smiling"] Jack Smith
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:30 AM By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
A small-town girl's love life goes ballistic when her sweetheart returns from World War I.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:30 AM The Big Punch (1948)
Gangsters frame a boxer for murder when he refuses to throw a fight.
Dir: Sherry Shourds Cast: Wayne Morris, Lois Maxwell, Gordon MacRae
Runtime: 50 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:00 AM The Secret Six (1931)
A secret society funds the investigation of a bootlegging gang.
Dir: George Hill Cast: Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, John Mack Brown
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


7:30 AM The Beast of the City (1932)
A police captain leads the fight against a vicious gangland chief.
Dir: Charles Brabin Cast: Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



9:00 AM Red-Headed Woman (1932)
An ambitious secretary tries to sleep her way into high society.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Jean Harlow, Chester Morris, Lewis Stone
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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10:30 AM The Girl from Missouri (1934)
A gold-digging chorus girl tries to keep her virtue while searching for a rich husband.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Franchot Tone
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



12:00 PM Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell (1993)
Sharon Stone hosts this look at Jean Harlow's rise to stardom and her tragic end.
Dir: Tom McQuade Cast: Sharon Stone, Edward Baker, Paul Boorstin
Runtime: 47 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y


1:00 PM Hold Your Man (1933)
A hard-boiled woman and a conman wear down each other's rough edges.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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2:30 PM China Seas (1935)
A sea captain caught in a romantic triangle has to fight off modern-day pirates.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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4:00 PM Reckless (1935)
A theatrical star gets in over her head when she marries a drunken millionaire.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



6:00 PM Bombshell (1933)
Film starlet Lola Burns is tired of her money-grubbing father and her scandal-chasing publicist E.J. "Space" Hanlon. After being unable to adopt a child due to Hanlon's interference, Lola flees movie stardom and meets Gifford Middleton, a millionaire who doesn't know of her fame. Just when marriage seems right around the corner for the new couple, Lola discovers that her past won't be as easy to forget as she'd like.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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8:00 PM Platinum Blonde (1931)
A heartless heiress seduces a hard-working reporter into a disastrous marriage.
Dir: Frank R. Capra Cast: Loretta Young, Robert Williams, Jean Harlow
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



9:45 PM Hell's Angels (1930)
Two buddies take on World War I flying aces and a seductive blonde.
Dir: Howard Hughes, Edmund Goulding, James Whale Cast: Ben Lyon, James Hall, Jean Harlow
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N



12:15 AM Dinner at Eight (1933)
A high-society dinner party masks a hotbed of scandal and intrigue.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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2:15 AM Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
A secretary becomes so valuable to her boss that it jeopardizes his marriage.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y



4:00 AM Saratoga (1937)
A horse breeder's daughter falls for a bookie.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y