TCM Schedule for Monday September 23, 2024 - Star of the Month: Lauren Bacall

Daytime has a Mickey Rooney birthday salute.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
2h 12m | Comedy | TV-PG
Shakespeare's classic about two pairs of lovers and an amateur actor who get mixed up with fairies.
Director: Max Reinhardt. Cast: Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale, Hobart Cavanaugh

8:30 AM Ah, Wilderness! (1935)
1h 38m | Comedy | TV-G
In his only comedy, Eugene O'Neill captures the trials of growing up in small-town America.
Director: Clarence Brown. Cast: Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Aline MacMahon

10:15 AM A Family Affair (1936)
1h 9m | Comedy | TV-G
In the first Hardy Family film, a small-town judge fights for re-election while dealing with family problems.
Director: George B. Seitz. Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Cecilia Parker, Eric Linden

11:30 AM Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
1h 30m | Comedy | TV-G
A small-town boy tries to juggle two girlfriends at once.
Director: George B. Seitz. Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker

1:15 PM Stablemates (1938)
1h 29m | Comedy | TV-G
A broken down veterinarian saves a stable boy's prize racehorse.
Director: Sam Wood. Cast: Wallace Beery, Mickey Rooney, Arthur Hohl

3:00 PM Love Is a Headache (1938)
1h 13m | Comedy | TV-G
A freak accident gives a fading actress a huge publicity push.
Director: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Gladys George, Franchot Tone, Ted Healy

4:15 PM The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
1h 30m | Adventure | TV-G
Mark Twain's classic troublemaker helps a runaway slave escape to the North.
Director: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, William Frawley

6:00 PM The Human Comedy (1943)
1h 58m | Drama | TV-PG
A small-town telegraph boy deals with the strains of growing up during World War II.
Director: Clarence Brown. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig

8:00 PM Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
2h 7m | Suspense | TV-14
Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of a mysterious businessman during a luxurious train ride.
Director: Sidney Lumet. Cast: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman

10:15 PM The Shootist (1976)
1h 40m | Western | TV-PG
A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.
Director: Don Siegel. Cast: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard

12:00 AM Appointment with Death (1988)
1h 43m | Suspense | TV-PG
Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot finds his vacation trip to the Holy Land (Palestine circa 1937) interrupted when one of the members of his tour group is murdered at an archaeological dig, and Poirot must solve the crime before continuing with his holiday.
Director: Michael Winner. Cast: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher

2:00 AM Harper (1966)
2h 1m | Suspense | TV-14
A broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman's missing husband.
Director: Jack Smight. Cast: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris

4:15 AM Bright Leaf (1950)
1h 50m | Drama | TV-PG
Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal