Thursday, May 22nd TV listings for Turner Classic Movies USA
Gaby (1956)
A ballerina (Leslie Caron) falls in love with a U.S. paratrooper (John Kerr) on a two-day pass in World War II London.
Guns of Darkness (1962)
An English couple (David Niven, Leslie Caron) and a deposed ruler (David Opatoshu) head for the border during a South American revolution.
The Man With a Cloak (1951)
A drunken poet (Joseph Cotten) helps a Frenchwoman foil a millionaire's (Louis Calhern) maid (Barbara Stanwyck) and butler in 1848 New York.
An American in Paris (1951)
An American soldier (Gene Kelly) stays in Paris after World War II to paint and falls in love with a French beauty (Leslie Caron).
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
Some years ago, the filmmakers met Leslie Caron, star of An American in Paris and other MGM musicals. The film explores the bigger worlds of Hollywood of the 50s, 60s, and the icons of the worlds of dance, literature and film.
Lili (1953)
A French teen (Leslie Caron) joins a carnival and meets a lying magician (Jean-Pierre Aumont) and a loving puppeteer (Mel Ferrer).
The Glass Slipper (1955)
Mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, scullery maid Ella (Leslie Caron) finally meets her prince (Michael Wilding).
Fanny (1961)
In Marseille a young woman (Leslie Caron) remeets Marius, the father of her child, when her aged husband (Maurice Chevalier) is dying.
Broken Arrow (1950)
A lone frontiersman (James Stewart) risks his life to forge peace between Arizona settlers and Cochise's (Jeff Chandler) Apache nation.
Westward the Women (1951)
A group of 150 Chicago women braves Indian attacks, rough terrain and Mother Nature as they head West to seek husbands.
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
In 1960s Wyoming two cowboys begin a secret romance that endures through many years and each one's shaky marriage.
Buck and the Preacher (1972)
A wagonmaster (Sidney Poitier) and a con-man preacher (Harry Belafonte) help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
Devil's Doorway (1950)
A Shoshone Civil War hero (Robert Taylor) returns to Wyoming and fights a crooked lawyer (Louis Calhern) over Indian land.