TCM Schedule for Monday September 9 - TCM Spotlight: The Story of Film

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After a daytime salute to MGM musicals, The Story of Film continues with a look at Hollywood's early years, followed by some prime Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM PAGAN LOVE SONG (1950)
An American tourist romances a Tahitian beauty. Dir: Robert Alton Cast: Esther Williams , Howard Keel , Minna Gombell . C-77 mins, TV-G, CC,

7:15 AM ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (1950)
Fanciful musical biography of wild West sharpshooter Annie Oakley. Dir: George Sidney Cast: Betty Hutton , Howard Keel , Louis Calhern . C-107 mins, TV-G, CC,

9:15 AM SHOW BOAT (1951)
Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River." Dir: George Sidney Cast: Kathryn Grayson , Ava Gardner , Howard Keel . C-108 mins, TV-G, CC,

11:15 AM BELLE OF NEW YORK, THE (1952)
A turn-of-the-century playboy courts a Salvation Army girl. Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Fred Astaire , Vera-Ellen , Marjorie Main . C-81 mins, TV-G, CC,

12:45 PM SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound. Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly , Donald O'Connor , Debbie Reynolds . C-103 mins, TV-G, CC,

2:45 PM BAND WAGON, THE (1953)
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop. Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Fred Astaire , Cyd Charisse , Oscar Levant . C-112 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:45 PM INVITATION TO THE DANCE (1956)
Three stories told in dance: a circus clown loves a trapeze artist; a bracelet passes from one lover to another; a sailor enters an animated Arabian Nights fantasy. Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly , Igor Youskevitch , Claire Sombert . C-93 mins, TV-G,

6:30 PM MUSICALS GREAT MUSICALS: THE ARTHUR FREED UNIT AT MGM (1996)
A one-time songwriter rises to produce some of the screen's greatest musicals. Dir: David Thompson Cast: Irving Brecher , Leslie Caron , Saul Chaplin . C-86 mins, TV-G,

8:00 PM ONE WEEK (1920)
Newlyweds try to assemble a prefabricated house. Cast: Buster Keaton , BW-25 mins, TV-G,

8:30 PM THREE AGES, THE (1923)
Men in three different ages each face off against a burly villain for love of a woman. Dir: Buster Keaton Cast: Buster Keaton , Margaret Leahy , Wallace Beery . BW-63 mins, TV-G,

10:00 PM STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY, THE: 1918-1928 - THE TRIUMPH OF AMERICAN FILM AND THE FIRST OF ITS REBELS (2011)
The second episode in this 15-part history of cinema discusses the beginnings of Hollywood in the 1920s. C-60 mins, TV-PG,

11:15 PM GENERAL, THE (1927)
In this silent film, a Confederate engineer fights to save his train and his girlfriend from the Union army. Dir: Buster Keaton Cast: Marion Mack , Glen Cavender , Jim Farley . BW-75 mins, TV-G,

12:45 AM KID, THE (1921)
In this silent comedy, an adoptive father schemes to keep his son. Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Jackie Coogan , Edna Purviance , Carl Miller . BW-53 mins, TV-G,

1:45 AM CITY LIGHTS (1931)
In this silent film, the Little Tramp tries to help a blind flower seller to see again. Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charlie Chaplin , Virginia Cherrill , Florence Lee . BW-87 mins, TV-G,

3:30 AM NEVER WEAKEN (1921)
In this silent film, a young man thwarted in love stumbles through a series of suicide attempts. Dir: Fred Newmeyer Cast: Harold Lloyd , BW-29 mins, TV-G,

4:15 AM SAFETY LAST! (1923)
In this silent film, a small-town boy out to impress his girlfriend scales a skyscraper in the big city. Dir: Fred Newmeyer Cast: Harold Lloyd , Mildred Davis , Bill Strother . BW-74 mins, TV-G,

5:30 AM TCM PRESENTS ELVIS MITCHELL UNDER THE INFLUENCE: BILL MURRAY (2008)
Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell. C-29 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format