Wednesday, December 17th TV listings for Turner Classic Movies USA
Gunga Din (1939)
British soldiers (Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Victor McLaglen) and their water carrier face Thuggee cultists at the Khyber Pass in 1890s India.
Chances (1931)
Two brothers (Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Anthony Bushell) on leave fall for the same girl (Rose Hobart) in World War I London.
Flight Commander (1930)
Two World War I British pilots (Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) fight the Germans their way, not their commander's (Neil Hamilton).
I Like Your Nerve (1931)
A bookworm (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) goes to Latin America and saves a politician's daughter (Loretta Young) from a forced marriage.
Having Wonderful Time (1938)
Instead of relaxing at a mountain resort a secretary (Ginger Rogers) falls in love with a stranger (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.).
Joy of Living (1938)
A radio singer (Irene Dunne) becomes a Boston playboy's (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) probation officer, and they fall in love.
Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
Sinbad (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) meets a beauty (Maureen O'Hara) and villains on a voyage to the island treasure of Alexander the Great.
Emma (1996)
Things keep getting worse after a young matchmaker (Gwyneth Paltrow) finds a mate for a simple young woman (Toni Collette) in rural 1800s England.
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Suitors romance, then abandon, sisters (Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet) left destitute by their father's death in late-1800s England.
Persuasion (1995)
Dire financial straits reacquaint an aristocrat's daughter (Amanda Root) with her wealthy ex-fiance (Ciarán Hinds) in 19th-century England.
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
The arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters.
The Brighton Strangler (1945)
An actor acquires the homicidal tendencies of his stage character after suffering a concussion in a London air raid.
A Summer Place (1959)
A man (Richard Egan) and a woman's (Dorothy McGuire) Maine-coast adultery parallels his teenage daughter's (Sandra Dee) romance with her son.
Written on the Wind (1956)
A Texas oilman's (Robert Stack) sister makes him doubt his wife (Lauren Bacall) and best friend (Rock Hudson).