TCM Schedule for Wednesday, August 20: Summer Under the Stars: Thelma Ritter
It's THELMA RITTER DAY! 
Wednesday, August 20th, 2014
12:00 AM
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
A dying plantation owner tries to help his alcoholic son solve his problems.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Elizabeth Taylor , Paul Newman , Burl Ives .
C-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
2:00 AM
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
True story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Joseph Buloff , Sal Mineo , Everett Sloane .
BW-114 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:00 AM
Helen Morgan Story, The (1957)
A singer rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune... only to lose it all.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Ann Blyth , Paul Newman , Richard Carlson .
BW-118 mins, Letterbox Format
6:00 AM
Perfect Strangers (1950)
A divorcee finds love with a married man while they both sit on a jury.
Dir: Bretaigne Windust Cast: Ginger Rogers , Dennis Morgan , Thelma Ritter .
BW-88 mins, CC,
7:30 AM
How the West Was Won (1962)
Three generations of pioneers take part in the forging of the American West.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Spencer Tracy , Carroll Baker , Lee J. Cobb .
C-165 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:15 AM
Titanic (1953)
An unhappily married couple realize their problems seem minor when the ship hits an iceberg.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Clifton Webb , Barbara Stanwyck , Robert Wagner .
BW-98 mins, CC,
12:00 PM
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
A tycoon anonymously sponsors a French girl's college education.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Fred Astaire , Leslie Caron , Terry Moore .
C-127 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
2:15 PM
Second Time Around, The (1961)
A widow with several children leaves New York City to become a ranch hand in territorial Arizona.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Debbie Reynolds , Steve Forrest , Andy Griffith .
C-99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:00 PM
For Love or Money (1963)
A millionairess forces her lawyer to find suitable husbands for her three daughters who stand to inherit a fortune.
Dir: Michael Gordon Cast: Kirk Douglas , Mitzi Gaynor , Gig Young .
C-108 mins, Letterbox Format
6:00 PM
With a Song in My Heart (1952)
This film focuses on the rise of an aspiring songstress.
Dir: Walter Lang Cast: Susan Hayward , Rory Calhoun , David Wayne .
C-117 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: THELMA RITTER
8:00 PM
Mating Season, The (1951)
A woman pretends to be a cleaning lady to get to know her son's high-society in-laws.
Dir: Mitchell Leisen Cast: Gene Tierney , John Lund , Miriam Hopkins .
BW-101 mins, CC,
10:00 PM
Pickup on South Street (1953)
A petty thief accidentally steals a communist spy's purse.
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Richard Widmark , Jean Peters , Thelma Ritter .
BW-80 mins, CC,
11:30 PM
Model and the Marriage Broker, The (1951)
A marriage broker can't resist meddling in the life of a model, with disastrous results.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Jeanne Crain , Scott Brady , Thelma Ritter .
BW-103 mins, CC,
1:30 AM
Pillow Talk (1959)
A man and woman carry their feud over the telephone line they share into their real lives.
Dir: Michael Gordon Cast: Rock Hudson , Doris Day , Tony Randall .
C-102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
3:21 AM
Bounty, The (1962)
This silent promotional short presents footage of the "HMS Bounty" for the remake of "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1962).
C-7 mins,
3:30 AM
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
True story of Robert Stroud, the prison lifer who became an expert on birds.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Burt Lancaster , Karl Malden , Thelma Ritter .
BW-149 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
