Thursday, September 4th TV listings for Turner Classic Movies USA
The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
When a reformed mobster becomes an agent for big-name bands, he runs into trouble with an old acquaintance.
No Time for Comedy (1940)
A Midwestern reporter (James Stewart) marries the star (Rosalind Russell) of his Broadway comedy, then tries his hand at tragedy.
Stage Struck (1957)
A small-town actress (Susan Strasberg) meets a New York producer (Henry Fonda) and playwright, and replaces their show's moody star (Joan Greenwood).
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
An advertising executive loses his job and his sanity because of the recession and the hectic pace of Manhattan life.
Sunday in New York (1963)
An innocent upstater (Jane Fonda) visits her airline-pilot brother (Cliff Robertson) and meets a stranger (Rod Taylor) she tries to seduce.
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
A district attorney (William Powell) condemns his boyhood buddy, a racketeer (Clark Gable) whose crime saves his bid for governor.
My Favorite Year (1982)
A rookie writer (Mark Linn-Baker) tries to keep an old swashbuckler (Peter O'Toole) sober for his boss's (Joseph Bologna) live TV comedy show in 1954.
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
A Paris bank clerk (Charles Chaplin) woos, weds and then kills rich women to support his ailing wife and son.
Blood on the Moon (1948)
A Texas gunfighter (Robert Mitchum) helps an old friend (Robert Preston) stir up a feud between ranchers and settlers.
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
A British conductor (Rex Harrison) mistrusts his wife (Linda Darnell) and plots three scenarios of revenge to music.
The Beast With Five Fingers (1946)
A crawling hand chases a late concert pianist's personal secretary (Peter Lorre) around an Italian villa.
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Revived by a North Pole atomic blast, a submerged dinosaur swims to New York and goes to Coney Island.
The Beast of the City (1932)
A police chief (Walter Huston) fighting crime and corruption is betrayed by his brother (Wallace Ford) who falls for a gun moll (Jean Harlow).
A Free Soul (1931)
A boozing lawyer's (Lionel Barrymore) flapper daughter (Norma Shearer) falls tragically in love with his gangster client (Clark Gable).
Wildcat Bus (1940)
A broke playboy (Charles Lang) runs a limousine racket until he falls for a rival's daughter (Fay Wray).