TCM Summer Under the Stars 2024

Turner Classic Movie has released its schedule for the 2024 edition of Summer Under the Stars. For those who are unfamiliar with TCM Summer Under the Stars, it is a programming block takes place every August on TCM in which each day is devoted to a classic star. Many fans look forward to Summer Under the Stars each year, including myself.

This year sees a few stars who have never been featured on TCM Summer Under the Stars before. Among these are Julie Andrews, Gordon McRae, Peter Ustinov, Eleanor Powell, Meryl Streep, Anita Page, Jean Paul Belmondo, Jerry Lewis, Jose Ferrer, Robert Shaw, Grace Kelly, Ossie Davis, and Leo Gorcey. If you're like me, you might be surprised that some of these stars are new to TCM Summer Under the Stars. Given the programming block has been around for 21 years, I would have thought at some point Julie Andrews, Gordon McRae, Eleanor Powell, Jerry Lewis, and Jose Ferrer would have been featured at some point!

This year has a fairly solid line-up of films being aired this August. As usual, there are some films I wish they would show during this year's TCM Summer Under the Stars. During Bette Davis's day on August 22, Now, Voyager (1942) is notably missing. And given this is Julie Andrews's first year for TCM Summer Under the Stars, it would have been nice if they would show Mary Poppins (1964), although I realize they may not have been able to get the rights. For the most part, however, I can't complain with TCM's choices. I would have scheduled some days differently. Given how often TCM shows Some Like It Hot (1959), I think I would have shown it earlier and scheduled The Great Race (1965) at 8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 PM Central. For Grace Kelly's day on August 24, I would have flipped To Catch a Thief (1955) and Rear Window (1954), so that Rear Window would be at 8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 PM Central and To Catch a Thief at 10:00 PM Eastern/9:00 PM Central. For Jose Ferrer's day, I would have scheduled The Caine Mutiny (1954) far earlier than 2:00  AM Eastern/1:00 AM Central.

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

William Powell (Thursday, August 1):
2:00 PM Libeled Lady (1936)
4:00 PM The Thin Man (1934)
7:00 PM Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
8:45 PM My Man Godfrey (1936)
10:30 PM Love Crazy (1941)

Ida Lupino (Friday, August 2):
2:15 PM The Sea Wolf (1941)
4:00 PM Out of the Fog (1941)
5:30 PM On Dangerous Ground (1952)
7:00 PM High Sierra (1940)
9:00 PM They Drive By Night (1940)
11:00 PM While the City Sleeps (1956)

John Wayne (Saturday, August 3):
11:00 AM Stagecoach (1939)
3:00 PM The Train Robbers (1973)
4:45 PM McLintock! (1963)
7:00 PM The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
9/:15 PM Red River (1948)

Julie Andrews (Sunday, August 4):
7:00 AM The Americanization of Emily (1964)
4:15 PM Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
7:00 PM Victor/Victoria (1982)

Gordon McRae (Monday, August 5):
11:00 AM Tea for Two (1950)
7:00 PM Oklahoma! (1955)
9:30 PM Carousel (1958)
11:45 PM On the Moonlight Bay (1951)

Jean Harlow (Tuesday, August 6):
9:00 AM Red-Headed Woman (1932)
10:45 AM The Girl From Missouri (1934)
7:00 PM Bombshell (1933)
9:00 PM Platinum Blonde (1931)
11:00 PM Hell's Angels (1930)
3:00 AM Wife vs. Secretary (1936)

Peter Ustinov (Wednesday, August 7):
9:15 AM Billy Budd (1962)
1:30 PM The Sundowners (1960)
4:00 PM Quo Vadis (1961)
7:00 PM Spartacus (1960)
10:30 PM Topkapi (1964)

Eleanor Powell (Thursday, August 8):
9:30 AM I Dood It! (1943)
11:30 AM Ship Ahoy (1942)
7:00 PM Broadway Melody of 1936 (1936)
9:00 PM Broadway Melody of 1938 (1938)
11:00 PM Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

Montgomery Clift (Friday, August 9):
5:00 AM I Confess (1953)
8:30 AM Suddenly, Last Summer (1960)
1:00 PM The Young Lions (1958)
7:00 PM A Place in the Sun (1951)

Meryl Streep (Saturday, August 10):
7:00 PM Sophie's Choice (1982)
9:45 PM The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

Cary Grant (Sunday, August 11):
7:15 AM Topper (1937)
9:00 AM Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
12:45 PM Gunga Din (1939)
3:00 PM Charade (1963)
5:00 PM Notorious (1946)

Anita Page (Monday, August 12):
9:30 AM Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
7:00 PM  The Broadway Melody (1929)
10:30 PM Night Court (1932)

Jean-Paul Belmondo (Tuesday August 13):
11:30 AM Two Women (1960)
3:00 PM A Monkey in Winter (1962)
7:00 PM Breathless (1960)
8:45 PM Pierrot le Fou (1965)
10:45 PM The Professional (1981)

Anne Bancroft (Wednesday, August 14):
8:30 AM 7 Women (11966)
5:00 PM The Pumpkin Eater (1965)
7:00 PM The Graduate (1968)
9:00 PM The Miracle Worker (1962)

Joseph Cotten (Thursday, August 15):
1:30 PM Journey Into Fear (1942)
3:00 PM Citizen Kane (1941)
5:15 PM The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
7:00 PM Portrait of Jennie (1948)
11:15 PM Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
3:00 AM Petulia (1968)

Jane Russell (Friday, August 16):
3:00 PM His Kind of Woman (1951)
5:15 PM The French Line (1954)
7:00 PM Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
9:00 PM The Paleface (1948)
11:00 PM The Outlaw (1943)

Jerry Lewis (Saturday, August 17):
7:00 AM At War With the Army (1950)
9:00 AM Sailor Beware (1951)
11:00 AM Scared Stiff (1953)
7:00 PM The Nutty Professor (1963)

Katharine Hepburn (Sunday, August 18):
8:30 AM Little Women (1933)
9:30 AM The Philadelphia Story (1940)
11:30 AM Bringing Up Baby (1938)
5:00 PM On Golden Pond (1981)
7:00 PM State of the Union (1948)
9:15 PM Woman of the Year (1942)
11:15 PM Pat and Mike (1952)

John Gilbert (Monday, August 19):
5:00 AM The Show (1927)
11:15 AM AM Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
1:00 PM The Merry Widow  (1925)
3:30 PM Queen Christina (1933)
7:00 PM Love (1927)
8:30 PM Flesh and the Devil (1926)
10:30 PM The Big Parade (1925)

Jeanne Crain (Tuesday, August 20):
8:30 AM The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
3:00 PM A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
9:00 PM The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)
11:00 PM People Will Talk (1951)

Jose Ferrer (Wednesday, August 21):
5:00 PM I Accuse!  (1958)
7:00 PM Moulin Rouge (1952)
9:15 PM Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
1:00 AM The Caine Mutiny (1954)

Bette Davis (Thursday, August 22):
6:30 AM Front Page Woman (1935)
8:00 AM Dangerous (1935)
9:30 AM Marked Woman (1937)
11:15 AM The Catered Affair (1956)
1:00 PM Dark Victory (1939)
5:00 PM The Little Foxes (1941)
9:00 PM The Letter (1940)
1:00 AM Dead Ringer (1964)
3:00 AM The Nanny (1965)

Robert Shaw (Friday, August 23):
5:00 AM Libel (1959)
7:00 PM A Man for All Seasons (1968)
9:15 PM The Sting (1973)
1:30 AM The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three (1974)

Grace Kelly (Saturday, August 24):
9:00 AM High Society (1956)
11:00 AM The Country Girl (1952)
1:00 PM The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
5:00 PM Dial M for Murder (1954)
7:00 PM To Catch a Thief (1955)
9:00 PM Rear Window (1954)

Fred MacMurray (Sunday, August 25):
5:00 AM Alice Adams (1935)
2:30 PM The Egg and I (1947)
4:30 PM The Apartment (1960)
7:00 PM Double Indemnity (1944)

Donna Reed (Monday, August 26):
8:00 AM Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
10:00 AM The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
1:30 PM See Here, Private Hargrove (1944)
7:00 PM From Here to Eternity (1953)
1:15 AM They Were Expendable (1945)

Ossie Davis (Tuesday, August 27):
11:15 AM The Sheriff (1971)
4:45 PM The Hill (1965)
7:00 PM Do the Right Thing (1989)
9:!5 PM Get On the Bus (1996)

Marlene Dietrich (Wednesday, August 28):
2:00 PM Rancho Notorious (1952)
7:00 PM Blonde Venus (1932)
9:00 PM Morocco (1930)
1:00 AM The Blue Angel (1930)
3:00 AM Stage Fright (1950)

Leo Gorcey (Thursday, August 29):
6:30 AM Hell's Kitchen (1939)
1:15 PM Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
7:00 PM Angels in Disguise (1949)
8:15 PM Blonde Dynamite (1950)
10:45 PM Ghost Chasers (1951)

Ginger Rogers (Friday, August 30):
3::00 PM The Gay Divorcee (1934)
5:00 PM Top Hat (1935)
7:00 PM Swing Time (1936)
9:00 PM Shall We Dance (1937)
11:00 PM The Major and the Minor (1942)

Tony Curtis (Saturday August 31):
10:45 AM The Great Race (1965)
1:30 PM The Perfect Furlough (1958)
7:00 PM Some Like It Hot (1959)
9:15 PM The Defiant Ones (1958)
1:15 AM Sweet Smell of Success (1957)