TCM Summer Under the Stars 2022

Starting in 2003, Turner Classic Movies has dedicated the month of August to the programming block known as Summer Under the Stars. TCM dedicates each day of August to a different star during Summer Under the Stars. Many TCM fans, including myself, look forward to Summer Under the Stars each year (although I do miss seeing Noir Alley each week).

This Summer Under the Stars devotes days to many top stars, as well as some lesser known ones. This year TCM did not indicate which stars are being featured during Summer Under the Stars for the first time, and I really can't hazard a guess as to which ones they are.  Regardless, I am glad to see Turner Classic Movies has days dedicated to Jean Arthur, Ruth Roman, Jane Powell, Randolph Scott, Raquel Welch, Toshiro Mifune, Constance Bennett, and Jack Carson. My only real complaint with this year's Summer Under the Stars it that TCM is showing some of my favourite movies at awkward times. For instance, on Jean Arthur's day they are showing The More the Merrier (1943) at 1:30 AM, even though it is one of her most popular movies. On Gene Kelly's day they are showing Singin' in the Rain (1952), arguably his most popular movie of them all, at 3:00 in the afternoon. With other stars there are important movies missing from their days. Why isn't TCM showing Jailhouse Rock (1957) on Elvis's day? I know they showed it this month, but then they also showed Viva Las Vegas (1964). And Lilies in the Field (1963) is conspicuously missing from Sidney Poitier's day.

Anyway, below are my picks for each day as to the movies you really don't want to miss. All times are Central.

August 1, Elvis Presley:
7:00 PM Viva Las Vegas (1964)

August 2, Jean Arthur:
12:15 PM The Talk of the Town (1942)
7:00 PM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
9:15 PM Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
11:30 PM The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
1:30 AM The More the Merrier (1943)

August 3, Sidney Poitier:
5:00 AM Edge of the City (1957)
6:30 AM The Blackboard Jungle (1955)
5:00 PM A Warm December (1972)
7:00 PM A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
9:15 PM A Patch of Blue (1955)

August 4, Ruth Roman:
7:00 PM Strangers on a Train (1951)
10:45 PM Down Three Dark Streets (1954)

August 5, Orson Welles:
11:30 AM Journey into Fear (1942)
1:00 PM The Stranger (1946)
7:00 PM The Third Man (1949)
9:00 PM The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
10:45 PM Citizen Kane (1941)

August 6, Audrey Hepburn:
5:00 AM Wait Until Dark (1967)
5:00 PM Charade (1963)
7:00 PM Roman Holiday (1953)
9:15 PM How to Steal a Million (1966)

August 7, Gene Kelly:
7:00 AM Les Girls (1957)
3:00 PM Singin' in the Rain (1952)
7:00 PM On the Town (1949)
9:00 PM An American in Paris (1951)

August 8, Maureen O'Sullivan:
9:45 AM The Devil Doll (1936)
7:00 PM Tarzan, The Ape Man (1932)
9:00 PM Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
11:00 PM The Big Clock (1948)

August 9, William Holden:
3:00 PM Born Yesterday (1950)
7:00 PM Sunset Blvd. (1950)
10:45 PM Network (1976)

August 10, Greta Garbo:
1:30 PM Anna Karénina (1935)
3:15 PM Ninotchka (1939)
12:00 PM Queen Christina (1933)

August 11, Laurence Harvey:
9:00 AM Life at the Top (1965)
7:00 PM The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
9:15 PM Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
11:15 AM A Room at the Top (1959)

August 12, Jane Powell:
5:00 AM A Date with Judy (1948)
7:00 PM Royal Wedding (1951)
9:00 PM Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

August 13, Marlon Brando:
7:00 PM A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
9:15 PM The Wild One (1954)

August 14, Elizabeth Taylor:
10:45 AM Father of the Bride (1950)
7:00 PM Giant (1956)
10:30 PM Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

August 15, Randolph Scott:
7:00 AM My Favourite Wife (1940)
7:00 PM Ride Lonesome (1959)
8:30 PM Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
10:00 PM Ride the High Country (1962)

August 16, Raquel Welch:
3:00 PM The Three Musketeers (1973)
5:00 PM The Four Musketeers (1974)
7:00 PM One Million Years B.C. (1966)
9:00 PM Bandolero! (1968)

August 17, Spencer Tracy:
5:00 PM Fury (1936)
3:00 PM Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
7:00 PM Adam's Rib (1949)

August 18, Shelley Winters:
4:15 PM Lolita (1962)
9:15 PM Night of the Hunter (1955)

August 19, Toshiro Mifune:
7:00 AM Throne of Blood (1957)
3:00 PM Yojimbo (1961)
5:00 PM Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
7:00 PM Rashomon (1950)
8:45 PM Seven Samurai (1954)
12:30 AM High and Low (1963)

August 20, Joan Crawford:
2:00 PM The Women (1939)
4:30 PM What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
9:00 PM Grand Hotel (1932)

August 21, Clint Eastwood:
2:30 PM Coogan's Bluff (1968)
7:00 PM The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

August 22, Constance Bennett:
5:00 PM Topper (1937)
7:00 PM Merrily We Live (1938)

August 23, Mickey Rooney:
5:00 AM A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

August 24, Jacqueline Bisset:
6:45 AM The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
5:00 PM Bullitt (1968)

August 25, Gilbert Roland:
9:00 AM The French Line (1954)
5:00 PM The Bad and the Beautiful (1946)
11:30 PM Thunder Bay (1953)

August 26, Vivien Leigh:
10:00 AM Anna Karenina (1948)
2:00 PM The Ship of Fools (1965)
7:00 PM Gone with the Wind (1939)
11:00 PM Waterloo Bridge (1940)
1:00 AM That Hamilton Woman (1941)

August 27, Marilyn Monroe:
6:30 AM The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
3:00 PM How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
5:00 PM Monkey Business (1952)
7:00 PM The Seven Year Itch (1955)
9:00 PM Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1953)
11:00 PM Some Like It Hot (1959)

August 28, Cary Grant:
8:15 AM Gunga Din (1939)
12:30 PM The Philadelphia Story (1940)
4:30 PM North by Northwest (1959)
11:00 PM His Girl Friday (1940)

August 29, Myrna Loy:
2:00 PM The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
5:00 PM The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer (1947)
7:00 PM The Thin Man (1934)
9:00 PM After the Thin Man (1936)
1:00 AM Libelled Lady (1936)

August 30, Jack Carson:
6:45 AM The Male Animal (1942)
5:15 PM It's a Great Feeling (1949)
9:00 PM The Good Humour Man (1950)

August 31, Peter Sellers:
9:00 AM The Mouse That Roared (1959)
7:00 PM Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)