TCM Schedule for Monday May 8, 2023 - Special Theme: James Wong Howe

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Daytime is packed with 50's comedies.

(all times Eastern)

6:15 am Father's Little Dividend (1951)
1h 22m | Comedy | TV-G
In this sequel to Father of the Bride, a doting father faces a series of comic trials when his daughter has her first child.
Director: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor

8:00 am Angels in the Outfield (1951)
1h 42m | Drama | TV-G
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
Director: Clarence Brown. Cast: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn

10:00 am Pat and Mike (1952)
1h 35m | Comedy | TV-G
A promoter falls for a gym teacher he bills as the world's top woman athlete.
Director: George Cukor. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Aldo Ray

12:00 pm The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
1h 36m | Comedy | TV-G
Life on the road isn't what it's cracked up to be when a honeymooning couple invests in an oversized motor home.
Director: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main

2:00 pm The Mating Game (1959)
1h 37m | Comedy | TV-G
A tax agent falls for a farm girl whose father he's investigating.
Director: George Marshall. Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, Paul Douglas

4:00 pm Pillow Talk (1959)
1h 45m | Comedy | TV-G
A man and woman carry their feud over the telephone line they share into their real lives.
Director: Michael Gordon. Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall

6:00 pm Born Yesterday (1950)
1h 43m | Comedy | TV-PG
A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman's girlfriend.
Director: George Cukor. Cast: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden

8:00 pm Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
1h 50m | Drama | TV-G
An exploration into the domestic and political life of former president, Abraham Lincoln.
Director: John Cromwell. Cast: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon

10:00 pm Kings Row (1942)
2h 7m | Drama | TV-PG
Small town scandals inspire an idealistic young man to take up psychiatry.
Director: Sam Wood. Cast: Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan

12:15 am Air Force (1943)
2h 4m | War | TV-G
A bomber crew sees World War II action over the Pacific.
Director: Howard Hawks. Cast: John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy

2:30 am The North Star (1943)
1h 45m | War | TV-PG
Ukrainian villagers unite to fight off invading Nazis.
Director: Lewis Milestone. Cast: Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston

4:30 am Shining Victory (1941)
1h 20m | Drama | TV-PG
A psychiatrist sacrifices everything for his research.
Director: Irving Rapper. Cast: James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp

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1. Not really the best selection of Howe's work

Good to see him recognized anyway