TCM Schedule for Saturday, May 15 --- THE ESSENTIALS: MAY FLOWERS

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15 Saturday



6:00 AM Little Men (1940)
A con artist tries to save the boarding school where his son has found a home. Cast: Kay Francis, Jack Oakie, George Bancroft. Dir: Norman Z. McLeod. BW-83 mins, TV-G, CC

7:30 AM Anne Of Green Gables (1934)
A young orphan goes to stay with elderly relatives in the country. Cast: Anne Shirley, Tom Brown, O.P. Heggie. Dir: George Nichols, Jr. BW-78 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

9:00 AM Horse Feathers (1932)
In an effort to beef up his school's football team, a college president mistakenly recruits two loonies. Cast: The Marx Brothers, Thelma Todd, David Landau. Dir: Norman Z. McLeod. BW-67 mins, TV-G, CC

10:08 AM Short Film: Fine Feathers (1933)
C-9 mins,

10:30 AM Smugglers' Cove (1948)
The Bowery Boys take on a gang of German smugglers. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Martin Kosleck. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-66 mins, TV-G

11:46 AM Short Film: On The Trail Of The Iguana (1964)
C-14 mins,

12:00 PM The Swimmer (1968)
A tortured man reflects on past mistakes while "swimming" home through his neighbors' pools. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Janice Rule, Joan Rivers. Dir: Frank Perry. C-95 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 PM International Velvet (1978)
In this sequel to National Velvet, a former racing champ helps turn a delinquent girl into an Olympic rider. Cast: Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins. Dir: Bryan Forbes. C-127 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 PM The Big Heat (1953)
A police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster's moll to bring down a powerful gangster. Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin. Dir: Fritz Lang. BW-90 mins, TV-14, CC

6:00 PM The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
A bored tycoon turns to bank robbery and courts the insurance investigator assigned to bring him in. Cast: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke. Dir: Norman Jewison. C-102 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: MAY FLOWERS

8:00 PM The Blue Dahlia (1946)
A veteran fights to prove he didn't kill his cheating wife. Cast: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix. Dir: George Marshall. BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:00 PM Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
A husband and wife fight to conquer alcoholism. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Jack Klugman. Dir: Blake Edwards. BW-117 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM Please Don't Eat The Daisies (1960)
A drama critic and his family try to adjust to life in the country. Cast: Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige. Dir: Charles Walters. C-111 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

2:00 AM What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
Woody Allen dubbed in comic dialogue for this outrageous spoof of secret-agent thrillers. Cast: Voices of Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Mickey Rose. Dir: Woody Allen. C-80 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 AM Brother Orchid (1940)
After a failed hit, a mob chief recuperates in a monastery. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC

5:00 AM The Blue Gardenia (1953)
A telephone operator kills in self-defense but can't remember the details of the encounter. Cast: Anne Baxter, Raymond Burr, Richard Conte. Dir: Fritz Lang. BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC