John Wayne movies
6:00 AM FLYING LEATHERNECKS (1951) A World War II Marine officer drives his men mercilessly during the battle for Guadalcanal. Director: Nicholas Ray. Cast: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor, Janis Carter, Jay C. Flippen. Color-102 minutes.
7:45 AM ALLEGHENY UPRISING (1939) Colonial settlers fight the corrupt British in the days before the American Revolution. Director:William A. Seiter. Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Sanders. Black and White-81 minutes.
9:15 AM STAGECOACH (1939) A group of disparate passengers battle personal demons and each other while racing through Indian country. Director: John Ford. Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Donald Meek, Louise Platt, George Bancroft, Thomas Mitchell. Black and White-96 minutes.
11:00 AM RED RIVER (1948) A young cowhand rebels against his rancher stepfather during a perilous cattle drive. Director: Howard Hawks. Cast: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, John Ireland. Black and White-133 minutes.
1:15 PM THE SEARCHERS (1956) An Indian-hating Civil War veteran tracks down the tribe that slaughtered his family and kidnapped his niece. Director: John Ford. Cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles Natalie Wood. Color-119 minutes. Letterbox.
3:15 PM RIO BRAVO (1959) A sheriff enlists a drunk, a kid and an old man to help him fight off a ruthless cattle baron. Director: Howard Hawks. Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Walter Brennan, Angie Dickinson. Color-141 minutes. Letterbox.
5:45 PM MCLINTOCK! (1963) A cattle baron fights to tame the West and his estranged wife. Director: Andrew V. McLaglen. Cast: John Wayne. Maureen O’Hara, Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Chill Wills, Jack Kruschen, Yvonne De Carlo, Edgar Buchanan. Color-127 minutes. Letterbox.
8:00 PM SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (1949) An aging Cavalry officer tries to prevent an Indian war in the last days before his retirement. Director: John Ford. Cast: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar. Color-104 minutes.
10:00 PM THEY WERE EXPENDABLE (1945) A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II. Director: John Ford. Cast: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed. Black and White-135 minutes.
12:30 AM OPERATION PACIFIC (1951) A dedicated submarine commander sacrifices everything to defeat the enemy. Director: George Waggner. Cast: John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Ward Bond. Black and White-109 minutes.
2:30 AM TROUBLE ALONG THE WAY (1953) A famous football coach uses underhanded means to turn a bankrupt college’s team into winners. Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: John Wayne, Donna Reed, Charles Coburn. Black and White-110 minutes.
4:30 AM TALL IN THE SADDLE (1944) A woman-hating cowboy signs on with a lady rancher. Director: Edwin L. Marin. Cast: John Wayne, Ella Raines, Ward Bond. Black and White-87 minutes.
Myrna Loy Movies
Turner Classic Movies, Thursday, Aug. 2.
6:00 AM THE GREAT DIVIDE (1929) A businessman masquerades as a bandit to kidnap a flapper and end her reckless days. Director: Reginald Barker. Cast: Dorothy Mackaill, Ian Keith, Myrna Loy. Black and White-73 minutes.
7:15 AM THE NAUGHTY FLIRT (1931) A flighty heiress goes to work as a secretary to win the straitlaced man she loves. Director: Edward F. Cline. Cast: Alice White, Paul Page, Myrna Loy. Black and White-56 minutes.
8:15 AM THE BARBARIAN (1933) An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide to court a beautiful American. Director: Sam Wood. Cast: Ramon Novarro, Myrna Loy, Reginald Denny, Louise Closser Hale. Black and White-84 minutes.
9:45 AM WHEN LADIES MEET (1933) A female novelist doesn’t realize her new friend is the wife whose husband she’s trying to steal. Director: Harry Beaumont. Cast: Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy. Black and White-85 minutes.
11:15 AM THE PRIZEFIGHTER AND THE LADY (1933) A boxing champion falls for a gangster’s moll. Director: W.S. Van Dyke. Cast: Myrna Loy, Max Baer, Primo Carnera. Black and White-102 minutes.
1:00 PM LIBELED LADY (1936) When an heiress sues a newspaper, the editor hires a reporter to compromise her. Director: Jack Conway. Cast: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy. Black and White-98 minutes.
2:45 PM WIFE VS. SECRETARY (1936) A secretary becomes so valuable to her boss that it jeopardizes his marriage. Director: Clarence Brown. Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy. Black and White-88 minutes.
4:15 PM THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER (1947) A teenage girl’s crush on a playboy spells trouble, particularly when he falls for her older sister. Director: Irving Reis. Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple, Harry Davenport. Black and White-95 minutes.
6:00 PM MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (1948) A New York businessman’s dream of a country home is shattered when he buys a tumbledown rural shack. Director: H. C. Potter. Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas. Black and White-94 minutes.
8:00 PM THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946) Three returning servicemen fight to adjust to life after World War II. Director: William Wyler. Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Harold Russell, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O’Donnell. Black and White-170 minutes.
11:00 PM THE THIN MAN (1934) A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts. Director: W.S. Van Dyke. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan. Black and White-91 minutes.
12:45 AM CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN (1950) A pioneering efficiency expert tests his theories on his large family. Director: Walter Lang. Cast: Clifton Webb, Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy. Color-86 minutes.
2:15 AM PENTHOUSE (1933) The mob frames a lawyer for murder, so he enlists a call girl’s help in finding the real killer. Director: W.S. Van Dyke. Cast: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth. Black and White-89 minutes.
4:00 AM TEST PILOT (1938) An irresponsible test pilot’s wife and best friend try to get him to grow up. Director: Victor Fleming. Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy. Black and White-119 minutes.
Johnny Weissmuller Movies
Turner Classic Movies: Friday, Aug. 3
6:00 AM TARZAN AND THE MERMAIDS (1948) Tarzan and Jane try to keep a woman from being forced to marry a con artist. Director: Robert Florey. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, George Zucco. Black and White-68 minutes.
7:30 AM TARZAN AND THE HUNTRESS (1947) Tarzan fights to keep a seductive female big game hunter from capturing too many animals. Director: Kurt Neumann. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield. Black and White-72 minutes.
9:00 AM TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD WOMAN (1946) Tarzan fights to keep a killer cult from attacking traders. Director: Kurt Neumann. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield. Black and White-72 minutes.
10:15 AM TARZAN AND THE AMAZONS (1945) Archaeologists trick Boy into helping them find a hidden valley ruled by women. Director: Kurt Neumann. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield. Black and White-76 minutes.
11:45 AM TARZAN’S DESERT MYSTERY (1943) The jungle king braves a lost prehistoric world to obtain malaria serum for the Allies. Director: William Thiele. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Nancy Kelly, Johnny Sheffield. Black and White-70 minutes.
1:00 PM TARZAN TRIUMPHS (1943) The jungle king helps the princess of a lost civilization fight off Nazi invaders. Director: William Thiele. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Johnny Sheffield, Frances Gifford. Black and White-76 minutes.
2:30 PM TARZAN’S NEW YORK ADVENTURE (1942) When a circus kidnaps Boy, Tarzan and Jane follow him to New York City. Director: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O’Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield. Black and White-71 minutes.
3:45 PM TARZAN’S SECRET TREASURE (1941) Prospectors kidnap Jane and Boy to force the jungle king to reveal the location of a golden treasure. Director: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O’Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield. Black and White-81 minutes.
5:15 PM TARZAN FINDS A SON! (1939) The jungle king adopts the infant survivor of a plane crash. Director: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O’Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Laraine Day. Black and White-82 minutes.
6:45 PM TARZAN: SILVER SCREEN KING OF THE JUNGLE (2004) An original documentary featuring rare, behind-the-scenes footage and comments by Maureen O’Sullivan, Johnny Weissmuller, Jr., TCM host Robert Osborne and several noted Tarzan historians. Color-73 minutes.
8:00 PM TARZAN THE APE MAN (1932) A British lord raised by apes kidnaps a beautiful noblewoman exploring Africa with her father. Director: W.S. Van Dyke. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, Maureen O’Sullivan, C. Aubrey Smith. Black and White-100 minutes.
10:00 PM TARZAN AND HIS MATE (1934) The jungle king fights to protect his wife from a greedy ivory hunter. Director: Cedric Gibbons. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O’Sullivan, Neil Hamilton. Black and White-104 minutes.
12:00 AM TARZAN ESCAPES (1936) Jane Parker’s cousins try to kidnap the jungle king to get their hands on her inheritance. Director: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O’Sullivan, John Buckler. Black and White-89 minutes.
1:45 AM JUNGLE JIM (1948) The famed explorer tries to protect a lady scientist searching the jungle for a polio cure. Director: William Berke. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Virginia Grey, George Reeves. Black and White-72 minutes.
3:00 AM THE LOST TRIBE (1949) Jungle Jim fights to protect an African village targeted for exploitation. Director: William Berke. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Myrna Dell, Elena Verdugo. Black and White-73 minutes.
4:30 AM PYGMY ISLAND (1950) Jungle Jim searches for a female Army captain who’s gone missing. Director: William Berke. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Ann Savage, David Bruce. Black and White-69 minutes.
Movie schedule and synopsis via the Turner Classic Movies website.