TCM Schedule for Fri, Aug 22, 2025: Summer Under The Stars - Frank Sinatra

DAYTIME: (EST)

6:00 AM | Higher and Higher (1943)
Servants pass off one of their own as an heiress in hopes of winning her a wealthy husband.
Dir: Tim Whelan | Cast: Michèle Morgan, Jack Haley, Frank Sinatra

7:45 AM | The Kissing Bandit (1949)
A timid young man is forced to follow in his father's footsteps as a notorious masked bandit.
Dir: Laslo Benedek | Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, J. Carrol Naish

9:30 AM | Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Two turn-of-the-century baseball players run into trouble with their team's new female owner.
Dir: Busby Berkeley | Cast: Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly

11:30 AM | 4 for Texas (1963)
Double-crossing outlaws go straight and become rival saloon owners.
Dir: Robert Aldrich | Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg

1:30 PM | Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate heist.
Dir: Lewis Milestone | Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.

4:00 PM | High Society (1956)
Flat remake of The Philadelphia Story (1940). Grace Kelley and Bing Crosby as lovers? Seriously???
Dir: Charles Walters | Cast: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra

6:00 PM | The Tender Trap (1955)
A swinging bachelor finds love when he meets a girl immune to his line.
Dir: Charles Walters | Cast: Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne


PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT, EARLY MORNING

8:00 PM | Guys and Dolls (1955)
A big-city gambler bets that he can seduce a Salvation Army girl.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra

10:45 PM | The Man with the Golden Arm (1956)
A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
Dir: Otto Preminger | Cast: Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak

1:00 AM | Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
A Chicago gangster stumbles into philanthropic work during a gang war.
Dir: Gordon Douglas | Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.

3:15 AM | Anchors Aweigh (1945)
A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.
Dir: George Sidney | Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly