TCM Schedule for Monday August 12, 2019 - Summer Under the Stars:

[rdmtimp]

Today's Ann Sothern tribute extends from the Maisie series to the late 80's.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM WALKING ON AIR ( 1936)
A girl torments her parents by hiring a phony suitor. Dir: Joseph Santley Cast: Gene Raymond , Ann Sothern , Jessie Ralph . BW- 70 mins,

7:30 AM THERE GOES MY GIRL ( 1937)
A newspaper editor tries to stop his star reporter from marrying. Dir: Ben Holmes Cast: Gene Raymond , Ann Sothern , Gordon Jones . BW- 74 mins, CC,

9:00 AM MAISIE ( 1939)
A Brooklyn showgirl tries to clear a ranch foreman of murder charges. Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Robert Young , Ann Sothern , Ruth Hussey . BW- 75 mins, CC,

10:30 AM CONGO MAISIE ( 1940)
Brooklyn showgirl Maisie gets stranded in the African jungle with a romantic doctor. Dir: Henry C. Potter Cast: Ann Sothern , John Carroll , Rita Johnson . BW- 71 mins, CC,

12:00 PM GOLD RUSH MAISIE ( 1940)
A Brooklyn showgirl helps a poor family strike it rich. Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Ann Sothern , Lee Bowman , Slim Summerville . BW- 82 mins, CC,

1:30 PM MAISIE WAS A LADY ( 1941)
A Brooklyn showgirl signs on as maid for a family of wealthy eccentrics. Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Ann Sothern , Lew Ayres , Maureen O'Sullivan . BW- 79 mins, CC,

3:00 PM RINGSIDE MAISIE ( 1941)
A Brooklyn showgirl sets pulses racing at a boxers' training camp. Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Ann Sothern , George Murphy , Robert Sterling . BW- 95 mins, CC,

5:00 PM SHADOW ON THE WALL ( 1950)
A child is left mute by the sight of her stepmother's murder. Dir: Patrick Jackson Cast: Ann Sothern , Zachary Scott , Gigi Perreau . BW- 84 mins, CC,

6:30 PM BLUE GARDENIA, THE ( 1953)
A telephone operator kills in self-defense but can't remember the details of the encounter. Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Anne Baxter , Richard Conte , Ann Sothern . BW- 88 mins, CC,

8:00 PM LETTER TO THREE WIVES, A ( 1948)
A small-town seductress notifies her three best friends that she has run off with one of their husbands. Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Jeanne Crain , Linda Darnell , Ann Sothern . BW- 103 mins, CC,

10:00 PM CRY 'HAVOC' ( 1944)
A group of war nurses fights to survive the siege of Bataan. Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Margaret Sullavan , Ann Sothern , Joan Blondell . BW- 97 mins, CC,

12:00 AM WHALES OF AUGUST, THE ( 1987)
Elderly sisters try to mend their differences during a summer on the Maine coast. Dir: Lindsay Anderson Cast: Bette Davis , Lillian Gish , Vincent Price . C- 91 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM NANCY GOES TO RIO ( 1950)
Mother-and-daughter singers compete for the same role and the same man. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Ann Sothern , Jane Powell , Barry Sullivan . C- 100 mins, CC,

4:00 AM APRIL SHOWERS ( 1948)
A family vaudeville act is torn apart by the father's drinking problem. Dir: James V. Kern Cast: Jack Carson , Ann Sothern , Robert Alda . BW- 94 mins, CC,

[CBHagman]

1. "Letter to Three Wives" is so watchable.

I can never decide which performance is my favorite, though I must put in a kind word for Thelma Ritter, who is likely to steal a scene out from under the noses of her fellow actors.