TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 17: A Trip to the Mountains/TCM Spotlight: Costume Designer Edith Head
An interesting roster of cinematic experiences, complete with Robert Montgomery sighting.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Fernando Lamas (continued)
12:00 AM Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
A rancher's daughter visits Paris to meet her mother and find love.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Jane Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Wendell Corey
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:00 AM The Merry Widow (1952)
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Lana Turner, Fernando Lamas, Una Merkel
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:00 AM Rose Marie (1954)
A trapper's daughter is torn between the Mountie who wants to civilize her and a dashing prospector.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
TCM Daytime: A Trip to the Mountains
6:00 AM A Gift for Heidi (1958)
A disastrous storm teaches a young mountain girl the true meaning of faith.
Dir: George "Dink" Templeton Cast: Sandy Descher, Douglas Fowley, Van Dyke Parks
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N
7:30 AM Sequoia (1934)
A wilderness girl raises a deer and a mountain lion to be friends.
Dir: Chester M. Franklin Cast: Jean Parker, Russell Hardie, Samuel S. Hinds
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:45 AM The White Tower (1950)
Mountain climbers in the Swiss Alps mull over past problems while trying to conquer a perilous peak.
Dir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: Glenn Ford, Alida Valli, Claude Rains
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:30 AM In Person (1935)
A movie star runs off to the mountains for an incognito vacation.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Ginger Rogers, George Brent, Alan Mowbray
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:00 PM Paradise for Three (1938)
A businessman mingles with German laborers to learn more about their lives.
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Robert Young, Frank Morgan, Mary Astor
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:30 PM Rocky Mountain Grandeur (1937)
The magnificent scenery of the Rocky Mountains is the star of this Traveltalks short.
Dir: James H. Smith Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick (narrator)
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:45 PM Through the Colorado Rockies (1943)
This Traveltalks short film takes the viewer across the mountains of Colorado.
Dir: null Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick (narrator)
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:00 PM Dulcy (1940)
A scatterbrained beauty tries to help her fiance's career by throwing a big party, but things don't go as planned.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Ann Sothern, Ian Hunter, Roland Young
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
3:15 PM Having Wonderful Crime (1945)
Three amateur detectives try to find a missing magician.
Dir: Eddie Sutherland Cast: Pat O'Brien, George Murphy, Carole Landis
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:30 PM Private Lives (1931)
A divorced couple rekindles the spark after landing in adjoining honeymoon suites with new mates.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Reginald Denny
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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6:00 PM Thrill of a Romance (1945)
A soldier returning from World War II finds love with a lady swimmer.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Frances Gifford
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
TCM Prime Time: TCM Spotlight: Costume Designer Edith Head
8:00 PM A Place in the Sun (1951)
An ambitious young man wins an heiress' heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:15 PM Mary McAdoo at Home (1953)
An episode of the "Mary McAdoo at Home" television series, featuring special guest Academy-Award-winning costume designer Edith Head.
Dir: null Cast: Mary McAdoo, Edith Head
Runtime: 30 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC:
11:00 PM Roman Holiday (1953)
A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:15 AM The Facts of Life (1960)
Suburban marrieds are tempted to dabble in adultery.
Dir: Melvin Frank Cast: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Ruth Hussey
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:15 AM The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Two English ex-soldiers leave British-ruled India for a remote part of Afghanistan in order to become kings.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer
Runtime: 129 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
TCM Late Night: Desert Adventure
5:45 AM Gunga Din (1939)
Three British soldiers seek treasure during an uprising in India.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y