TCM Schedule for Monday April 8, 2024 - MGM 100th Anniversary

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Today's MGM anniversary salute covers the 30's and 40's.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
2h 12m | Adventure | TV-PG
Classic adventure about the sadistic Captain Bligh, who drove his men to revolt during a South Seas expedition.
Director: Frank Lloyd. Cast: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone

8:15 AM Born to Dance (1936)
1h 48m | Musical | TV-G
A sailor on leave helps a young dancer make it to the top on Broadway.
Director: Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce

10:15 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

12:00 PM Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
1h 54m | Drama | TV-PG
A cold-hearted teacher becomes the school favorite when he's thawed by a beautiful young woman.
Director: Sam Wood. Cast: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn

2:00 PM The Mortal Storm (1940)
1h 40m | Drama | TV-PG
The Third Reich's rise tears apart a German family.
Director: Frank Borzage. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young

3:45 PM Lassie Come Home (1943)
1h 28m | Adventure | TV-G
A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to her lost family.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox. Cast: Roddy Mcdowall, Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty

5:15 PM Bathing Beauty (1944)
1h 41m | Musical | TV-G
A songwriter enrolls in an all-girl school to court a pretty gym teacher.
Director: George Sidney. Cast: Red Skelton, Esther Williams, Basil Rathbone

7:00 PM Some of the Best (1944)
48m | Short | TV-G
Highlights of MGM's productions from 1924 through 1943, in honor of the studio's twentieth anniversary.
Cast: Lewis Stone

8:00 PM The Wizard of Oz (1939)
1h 41m | Musical | TV-G
A Kansas farm girl dreams herself into a magical land where she must fight a wicked witch to escape.
Director: Victor Fleming. Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger

10:00 PM MGM: When The Lion Roars Part II: The Lion Reigns Supreme (1992)
2h | Documentary | TV-MA
Patrick Stewart takes viewers through the history of Hollywood's greatest film studio at its height during the thirties and early forties. Featuring interviews with Katharine Hepburn and Joan Crawford.
Director: Frank Martin. Cast: Patrick Stewart, June Allyson, Lew Ayres

12:15 AM The Philadelphia Story (1940)
1h 51m | Comedy | TV-G
Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage.
Director: George Cukor. Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart

2:15 AM A Woman's Face (1941)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-PG
Plastic surgery gives a scarred female criminal a new outlook on life.
Director: George Cukor. Cast: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt

4:15 AM Cabin in the Sky (1943)
1h 38m | Musical | TV-G
God and Satan battle for the soul of a wounded gambler.
Director: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lena Horne