TCM Schedule for Saturday, Aug. 9 - Summer Under the Stars Elizabeth Taylor

Day At a Glance

SUTS - JAMES GARNER
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
36 Hours (1964)
They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
Skin Game (1971)
Saturday, August 9
- TCM DAYTIME
SUTS - ELIZABETH TAYLOR
National Velvet (1944)
Date with Judy, A (1948)
Girl Who Had Everything, The (1953)
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
Ivanhoe (1952)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Raintree County (1957)
Saturday, August 9 (cont.)
- TCM PRIMETIME
SUTS - ELIZABETH TAYLOR
Taming of the Shrew, The (1967)
V.I.P.s, The (1963)
Sandpiper, The (1965)
Comedians, The (1967)

Full day's schedule

12:00 AM 36 Hours (1964)
Nazis kidnap a key American intelligence officer and try to convince him that World War II is over.
Dir: George Seaton Cast: James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:15 AM They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
A small-town sheriff attempts to clear a Doberman of murder charges.
Dir: James Goldstone Cast: James Garner, Katharine Ross, Hal Holbrook
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


4:15 AM Skin Game (1971)
Two western con artists team with a lady card shark to take on slavers.
Dir: Paul Bogart Cast: James Garner, Lou Gossett, Susan Clark
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


6:00 AM National Velvet (1944)
A British farm girl fights to train a difficult horse for the Grand National Steeplechase.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:15 AM A Date with Judy (1948)
A teenager thinks her grandfather is involved with a fiery Latin singer.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:15 AM The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
A criminal lawyer's daughter falls for one of his clients.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Fernando Lamas, William Powell
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM Father's Little Dividend (1951)
In this sequel to Father of the Bride, a doting father faces a series of comic trials when his daughter has her first child.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


1:00 PM Ivanhoe (1952)
King Richard the Lion Hearted is being held for ransom by the King of Austria, and his evil brother, John, conspires to take the throne. But while Robin of Locksley fights as Robin Hood, another man, Ivanhoe, risks everything for his king - and for the honor of Rebecca, the woman he loves.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-G CC: Y


3:00 PM Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
As the family of a wealthy Southern patriarch informs his children that he is dying of cancer, lies and secrets surface that threaten to rip the family apart.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:00 PM Raintree County (1957)
In this sumptuous Civil War story, a willful southern belle goes mad out of fear that she may be part black.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint
Runtime: 167 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 PM The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy about a fortune hunter who agrees to wed a temperamental woman so his friend can court her sister.
Dir: Franco Zeffirelli Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:15 PM The V.I.P.s (1963)
A group of elite British citizens leaving the country find themselves stranded at London Airport because of fog, a situation that leaves them the time to confront their interpersonal relationships.
Dir: Anthony Asquith Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:30 AM The Sandpiper (1965)
When a bohemian single mother puts her son into a school run by a married, Episcopalian minister, sparks fly between her and the cleric.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Eva Marie Saint
Runtime: 116 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


2:45 AM The Comedians (1967)
Tale of love and political intrigue amongst the guests of a British-owned hotel in dictator-controlled Haiti.
Dir: Peter Glenville Cast: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness
Runtime: 152 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y