TCM Schedule for Sunday June 26 - Martin Balsam

[rdmtimp]

The Oscar winner (and for a time, George Clooney's father in law) is spotlighted tonight. Plus: some vintage silent comedy from Buster Keaton and Fatty Arbuckle.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM STRIKE UP THE BAND (1940)
A high-school band sets out to win a national radio contest. Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Mickey Rooney , Judy Garland , Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra . BW-120 mins, CC,

8:15 AM SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING (1960)
A factory worker lives for the chance to have fun on the weekends. Dir: Karel Reisz Cast: Albert Finney , Shirley Field , Rachel Roberts . BW-90 mins, CC,

10:00 AM CRITIC'S CHOICE (1963)
A Broadway critic must write a negative review about his wife's play. Dir: Don Weis Cast: Bob Hope , Lucille Ball , Marilyn Maxwell . C-100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 PM LITTLE ROMANCE, A (1979)
Teenagers elope with the help of an aging pickpocket. Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Laurence Olivier , Diane Lane , Broderick Crawford . C-110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 PM LILI (1953)
A French orphan gets a job with a carnival puppet show. Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Leslie Caron , Mel Ferrer , Jean Pierre Aumont . C-81 mins, CC,

3:30 PM ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
An ambitious young actress tries to take over a star's career and love life. Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Bette Davis , Anne Baxter , George Sanders . BW-138 mins, CC,

6:00 PM BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1961)
A young writer gets caught up in a party girl's carefree existence. Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Audrey Hepburn , George Peppard , Patricia Neal . BW-115 mins, CC,

8:00 PM THOUSAND CLOWNS, A (1965)
A free-living New Yorker fights to maintain custody of his nephew. Dir: Fred Coe Cast: Jason Robards Jr. , Barbara Harris , Martin Balsam . BW-118 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:15 PM SUMMER WISHES, WINTER DREAMS (1973)
A New York City housewife faces a midlife crisis that forces her to re-consider her way of life. Dir: Gilbert Cates Cast: Joanne Woodward , Martin Balsam , Sylvia Sidney . C-88 mins, CC,

12:00 AM GO WEST (1925)
A small-town boy travels West in search of a new life as a cowboy. Dir: Buster Keaton Cast: Howard Truesdale , Kathleen Myers , Ray Thompson . BW-68 mins,

1:15 AM CONEY ISLAND (1917)
In this silent short, a vacationing man tries to evade his wife until another man goes after her. Dir: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Cast: Buster Keaton , BW-26 mins,

2:00 AM DILLINGER IS DEAD (1969)
An unhappy industrialist is obsessed with a gun wrapped in a newspaper story about John Dillinger. Dir: Marco Ferreri Cast: Michel Piccoli , Anita Pallenberg , Annie Girardot . C-95 mins,

4:00 AM STING II, THE (1982)
A gambler tries to get back at the con artists who had tricked him earlier. Dir: Jeremy Kagan Cast: Jackie Gleason , Mac Davis , Teri Garr . C-101 mins, CC,

[CBHagman]

1. "A Little Romance" is a charmer.

I'd post the trailer, but that gives too much away.

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