2011 Summer Under The Stars Schedule | 17 Newbies

Scroll down for the complete 2011 Summer Under The Stars Schedule. TCM will have the repertoire of 17 newbies featured an entire day for the first time:

 Paulette Goddard 

 Ronald Colman 

Peter Lawford

 Joan Blondell

Conrad Veidt

Lon Chaney

Howard Keel, Orson Welles, Charles Laughton, Jean Gabin, Joanne Woodward, Montgomery Clift, Anne Francis, Ann Dvorak, Ben Johnson and Ralph Bellamy.

2011 SUTS SCHEDULE

MONDAY, AUGUST 1 • MArlON BrANDO

  6:00 AM The Fugitive Kind (’60)

  8:15 AM Julius Caesar (’53)

10:30 AM The Chase (’66)

  1:00 PM reflections in a Golden Eye (’67)

  3:00 PM The Teahouse of the August Moon (’56)

  5:15 PM Guys and Dolls (’55)

  8:00 PM The Wild One (’53)

  9:30 PM A Streetcar Named Desire (’51)

12:00 AM On the Waterfront (’54)

  2:00 AM The Freshman (’90)

  4:00 AM The Formula (’80)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 • PAUlETTE GODDArD

  6:00 AM Vice Squad (’53)

  7:30 AM Dramatic School (’38)

  9:00 AM Paris Model (’53)

10:30 AM Nothing But the Truth (’41)

12:15 PM The Crystal Ball (’43)

  1:45 PM On Our Merry Way (’48)

  3:30 PM Charge of the lancers (’53)

  4:45 PM Second Chorus (’40)

  6:30 PM Modern Times (’36)

  8:00 PM The Great Dictator (’40)

10:15 PM reap The Wild Wind (’42)

12:30 AM An Ideal Husband (’47)

  2:15 AM The Women (’39)

  4:30 AM Pot O’ Gold (’41)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 • BETTE DAVIS

  6:00 AM The Working Man (’33)

  7:30 AM Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (’05)

  9:00 AM Now, Voyager (’42)

11:00 AM Bordertown (’35)

12:45 PM 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (’32)

  2:15 PM Juarez (’39)

  4:30 PM The letter (’40)

  6:30 PM The Petrified Forest (’36)

  8:00 PM The Old Maid (’39)10:00 PM Jezebel (’38)

12:00 AM The Corn is Green (’45)

  2:00 AM The Catered Affair (“56)

  3:45 AM John Paul Jones (’59)

THUrSDAY, AUGUST 4 • rONAlD COlMAN

  6:00 AM lucky Partners (’40)

  7:45 AM My life with Caroline (’41)

  9:15 AM The White Sister (’23)

11:30 AM Kiki (’26)

  1:30 PM raffles (’30)

  2:45 PM The Unholy Garden (’31)

  4:15 PM Arrowsmith (’31)

  6:15 PM The Prisoner of Zenda (’37)

  8:00 PM A Tale of Two Cities (’35)

10:15 PM random Harvest (’42)

12:30 AM Her Night of romance (’24)

  1:45 AM lost Horizon (’37)

  4:00 AM The Story of Mankind (’57)

FrIDAY, AUGUST 5 • JOHN GArFIElD

  6:00 AM Four Daughters (’38)

  7:45 AM Blackwell’s Island (’39)

  9:00 AM They Made Me a Criminal (’39)

10:45 AM Dangerously They live (’42)

12:15 PM Pride of the Marines (’45)

  2:30 PM Air Force (’43)

  4:45 PM Humoresque (’46)

  7:00 PM The John Garfield Story (’03)

  8:00 PM The Postman Always rings Twice (’46)

10:00 PM The Breaking Point (’50)

12:00 AM We Were Strangers (’49)

  2:00 AM He ran All the Way (’51)

  3:30 AM Destination Tokyo (’43)

SATUrDAY, AUGUST 6 • lUCIllE BAll

  6:00 AM DuBarry Was a lady (’43)

  8:00 AM Panama lady (’39)

  9:30 AM Without love (’45)

11:30 AM Miss Grant Takes richmond (’49)

  1:00 PM The Fuller Brush Girl (’50)   2:30 PM The long, long Trailer (’54)

  4:30 PM Best Foot Forward (’43)

  6:15 PM Dance, Girl, Dance (’40)

  8:00 PM Stage Door (’37) (also The Essentials)

  9:45 PM The Big Street (’42)

11:30 PM Easy to Wed (’46)

  1:30 AM lured (’47)

  3:15 AM The Affairs of Annabel (’38)

  4:30 AM Annabel Takes a Tour (’38)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7 • CHArlES lAUGHTON

  6:00 AM Payment Deferred (’32)

  7:30 AM The Private life of Henry VIII (’33)

  9:15 AM rembrandt (’36)

10:45 AM Sidewalks of london (’38)

12:15 PM The Bribe (’49)

  2:00 PM Mutiny on the Bounty (’35)

  4:30 PM Spartacus (’60)

  8:00 PM The Hunchback of Notre Dame (’39)

   (also Essentials Jr.)

10:15 PM Hobson’s Choice (’54)

12:15 AM The Canterville Ghost (’44)

  2:00 AM Stand By for Action (’42)

  4:00 AM The Man from Down Under (’43)

MONDAY, AUGUST 8 • OrSON WEllES

  6:00 AM The Tartars (’61)

  7:30 AM Tomorrow is Forever (’46)

  9:30 AM Moby Dick (’56)

11:30 AM The V.I.P.s (’63)

  1:30 PM The Stranger (’46)

  3:15 PM Journey Into Fear (’42)

  4:30 PM Trent’s last Case (’53)

  6:15 PM Mr. Arkadin (’62)

  8:00 PM The Third Man (’49)

10:00 PM Citizen Kane (’41)

12:15 AM Touch of Evil (’58)

  2:00 AM The lady from Shanghai (’48)

  4:00 AM Immortal Story (’68)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 • ANN DVOrAK

  6:00 AM Crooner (’32)

  7:15 AM Sweet Music (’35)

  9:00 AM Stranger in Town (’32)

10:15 AM Side Streets (’34)

11:30 AM Gentlemen are Born (’34)

  1:00 PM Massacre (’34)

  2:15 PM Friends of Mr. Sweeney (’34)

  3:30 PM College Coach (’33)

  5:00 PM The Crowd roars (’32)

  6:30 PM G-Men (’35)

  8:00 PM Scarface (’32)

  9:45 PM Three on a Match (’32)

11:00 PM Blind Alley (’39) (Sony pool title)

12:15 AM The long Night (’47)

  2:00 AM I Was an American Spy (’51)

  3:45 AM Our Very Own (’50)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10 • SHIrlEY MAClAINE

  6:00 AM Two loves (’61)

  8:00 AM The Sheepman (’58)

  9:45 AM Two for the Seesaw (’62)

12:00 PM The Children’s Hour (’61)

  2:00 PM Irma la Douce (’63)

  4:30 PM Around the World in 80 Days (’56)

  8:00 PM The Apartment (’60)

10:30 PM Some Came running (’58)

  1:00 AM Ocean’s Eleven (’60)

  3:30 AM The Yellow rolls-royce (’64)

THUrSDAY, AUGUST 11 • BEN JOHNSON

  6:00 AM 3 Godfathers (’48)

  8:00 AM Fort Defiance (’51)

  9:30 AM Wild Stallion (’52)

11:00 AM War Drums (’57)

12:30 AM Cheyenne Autumn (’64)

  3:30 PM Major Dundee (’65)

  6:00 PM Junior Bonner (’72)

  8:00 PM Mighty Joe Young (’49)

  9:45 PM Wagon Master (’50)11:15 PM She Wore a Yellow ribbon (’48)

  1:15 AM The last Picture Show (’72)

  3:30 AM The Wild Bunch (’69)

FrIDAY, AUGUST 12 • ClAUDETTE COlBErT

  6:00 AM Boom Town (’40)

  8:00 AM The Secret Heart (’46)

10:00 AM The Secret Fury (’50)

11:30 AM Three Came Home (’50)

  1:30 PM Parrish (’61)

  4:15 PM Without reservations (’46)

  6:15 PM She Married Her Boss (’35)

  8:00 PM Midnight (’39)

10:00 PM It’s a Wonderful World (’39)

11:30 PM It Happened One Night (’34)

  1:30 AM Since You Went Away (’44)

  4:30 AM Outpost in Malaya (’52)

SATUrDAY, AUGUST 13 • JAMES STEWArT

  6:00 AM The last Gangster (’37)

  7:30 AM The Shopworn Angel (’38)

  9:00 AM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (’39)

11:15 AM Wife vs. Secretary (’36)

12:45 PM Vivacious lady (’37)

  2:30 PM The Shop Around the Corner (’40)

  4:15 PM Bell, Book and Candle (’59)

  6:15 PM The Naked Spur (’53)

  8:00 PM The Man Who Shot liberty Valance (’62)

   (also The Essentials)

10:15 PM No Highway In the Sky (’51)

12:00 AM Anatomy of a Murder (’59)

  2:45 AM The Murder Man (’35)

  4:00 AM The Stratton Story (’49)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 • rAlPH BEllAMY

  6:00 AM Carefree (’38)

  7:30 AM The Secret Six (’31)

  9:00 AM Headline Shooter (’33)

10:15 AM Picture Snatcher (’33)

11:45 AM The Wedding Night (’35)

  1:15 PM let Us live (’39)  2:30 PM Dive Bomber (’41)

  4:45 PM The Professionals (’66)

  6:45 PM The Wolf Man (’41)

  8:00 PM His Girl Friday (’40) (also Essentials Jr.)

  9:45 PM The Awful Truth (’37)

11:30 PM Sunrise at Campobello (’60)

  2:00 AM The Narrow Corner (’33)

  3:15 AM Girls’ School (’38)

  4:30 AM West of Boradway (’31)

MONDAY, AUGUST 15 • lON CHANEY

  6:00 AM The Ace of Hearts (’21)

  7:30 AM The Unholy Three (’30)

  9:00 AM Oliver Twist (’22)

11:00 AM He Who Gets Slapped (’24)

12:15 PM The Monster (’25)

  1:45 PM Tell It to the Marines (’26)

  3:30 PM Mockery (’27)

  4:45 PM Mr. Wu (’27)

  6:30 PM laugh, Clown, laugh (’28)

  8:00 PM The Hunchback of Notre Dame (’23)

10:00 PM The Phantom of the Opera (’25)

12:00 AM Unholy Three (’25)

  1:30 AM The Unknown (’27)

  2:30 AM West of Zanzibar (’28)

  3:45 AM Where East is East (’29)

  5:00 AM london After Midnight (’27)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 16 • JOANNE WOODWArD

  6:00 AM Count Three and Pray (’55)

  7:45 AM rally ‘round the Flag, Boys! (’58)

  9:45 AM Paris Blues (’61)

11:30 AM Signpost to Murder (’64)

  1:00 PM A Big Hand for the little lady (’66)

  2:45 PM A Fine Madness (’66)

  4:30 PM Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (’73)

  6:00 PM The Drowning Pool (’75)

  8:00 PM A Kiss Before Dying (’56)

10:00 PM The Sound and the Fury (’59)

12:00 AM rachel, rachel (’68)  2:00 AM The Effect of Gamma rays on

   Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (’72)

  4:00 AM The End (’78)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17 • HUMPHrEY BOGArT

  6:00 AM Bogart:  The Untold Story (’96)

  7:00 AM Bullets or Ballots (’36)

  8:30 AM San Quentin (’37)

  9:45 AM King of the Underworld (’39)

11:00 AM To Have and Have Not (’44)

12:45 PM The Big Sleep (’46)

  2:45 PM High Sierra (’41)

  4:30 PM They Drive by Night (’40)

  6:15 PM In a lonely Place (’50)

  8:00 PM The Maltese Falcon (’41)

10:00 PM Sahara (’43)

12:00 AM Beat the Devil (’54)

  2:00 AM The Caine Mutiny (’54)

  4:15 AM Tokyo Joe (’49)

THUrSDAY, AUGUST 18 • JEAN GABIN

  6:00 AM Gueule d’amour (’37) (aka lady Killer)

  8:00 AM remourques (’41)

  9:30 AM le Jour se leve (’39)

11:00 AM l’Air de Paris (’53)

  1:00 PM leur derniere nuit (’53)

  2:45 PM le Desordre et la nuit (’58)

  4:30 PM Maria Chapdelaine (’34)

  6:00 PM la Bandera (’34)

  8:00 PM Pepe le Moko (’41)

10:00 PM Grand Illusion (’37)

12:00 AM la Bete Humaine (’38)

  2:00 AM Touchez Pas au Grisby (’54)

  4:00 AM Des gens sans importance (’55)

FrIDAY, AUGUST 19 • DEBBIE rEYNOlDS

  6:00 AM The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (’53)

  7:15 AM I love Melvin (’53)

  8:45 AM The Tender Trap (’55)

10:45 AM Bundle of Joy (’56)

12:30 PM Tammy and the Bachelor (’57)  2:00 PM The Mating Game (’59)

  3:45 PM Mary, Mary (’63)

  6:00 PM It Started with a Kiss (’59)

  8:00 PM The Gazebo (’59)

10:00 PM The Unsinkable Molly Brown (’64)

12:15 AM Divorce, American Style (’67)

  2:15 AM Singin’ in the rain (’52)

  4:15 AM The Singing Nun (’66)

SATUrDAY, AUGUST 20 • MONTGOMErY ClIFT

  6:00 AM raintree County (’57)

  9:00 AM lonelyhearts (’58)

 11:00 AM The Big lift (’50)

  1:00 PM red river (’48)

  3:30 PM From Here to Eternity (’53)

  5:45 PM The Misfits (’61)

 8:00 PM A Place in the Sun (’51) (also The Essentials)

10:15 PM The Heiress (’49)

12:15 AM The Search (’48)

  2:15 AM I Confess (’53)

  4:00 AM The Defector (’66)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 • CArY GrANT

  6:00 AM This is the Night (’32)

  7:30 AM I’m No Angel (’33)

  9:00 AM My Favorite Wife (’40)

10:30 AM The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (’47)

12:15 PM Every Girl Should be Married (’49)

  1:45 PM room for One More (’52)

  3:30 PM The Philadelphia Story (’40)

  5:30 PM North by Northwest (’59)

  8:00 PM Gunga Din (’39) (also Essentials Jr.)

10:15 PM Only Angels Have Wings (’39)

12:30 AM Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (’48)

  2:15 AM The Bishop’s Wife (’47)

  4:15 AM Bringing Up Baby (’38)

MONDAY, AUGUST 22 • JOAN CrAWFOrD

  6:00 AM Forsaking All Others (’34)

  7:30 AM I live My life (’35)

  9:15 AM love on the run (’36)10:45 AM When ladies Meet (’41)

12:45 PM Daisy Kenyon (’47)

  2:30 PM Flamingo road (’49)

  4:15 PM Torch Song (’53)

  6:00 PM The Story of Esther Costello (’57)

  8:00 PM Possessed (’31)

  9:30 PM Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Move Star (’02)

11:00 PM Mildred Pierce (’45)

  1:00 AM Sadie McKee (’34)

  2:45 AM The Shining Hour (’38)

  4:15 AM Montana Moon (’30)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 • CONrAD VEIDT

  6:00 AM Above Suspicion (’43)

  7:45 AM Contraband (’40)

  9:30 AM All Through the Night (’42)

11:30 AM Power (’34) (aka Jew Suss)

  1:15 PM The Spy in Black (’39)

  2:45 PM Whistling in the Dark (’41)

  4:15 PM Escape (’40)

  6:00 PM A Woman’s Face (’41)

  8:00 PM Hands of Orlac (’25)

  9:45 PM The Thief of Bagdad (’40)

11:45 PM Casablanca (’42)

  1:45 AM Nazi Agent (’42)

  3:15 AM The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (’19)

  4:30 AM Dark Journey (’37)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 • JOAN BlONDEll

  6:00 AM The reckless Hour (’31)

  7:15 AM Big City Blues (’32)

  8:30 AM Central Park (’32)

  9:30 AM lawyer Man (’33)

10:45 AM Traveling Saleslady (’35)

12:00 PM Colleen (’36)

  1:30 PM We’re in the Money (’35)

  2:45 PM Gold Diggers of 1933 (’33)

  4:30 PM Footlight Parade (’33)

  6:30 PM He Was Her Man (’34)

  8:00 PM Sinner’s Holiday (’30)

  9:15 PM Dames (’34)

11:00 PM Stand-In (’37)12:45 AM Cry ‘Havoc’ (’43)

  2:30 AM Will Success Spoil rock Hunter? (’57)

  4:15 AM Kona Coast (’68)

THUrSDAY, AUGUST 25 • BUrT lANCASTEr

  6:00 AM Jim Thorpe:  All-American (’51)

  8:00 AM His Majesty O’Keefe (’54)

10:00 AM Trapeze (’56)

12:00 PM Sweet Smell of Success (’57)

  2:00 PM South Sea Women (’53)

  4:00 PM Brute Force (’47)

  6:00 PM A Child is Waiting (’63)

  8:00 PM The leopard (’63)

11:30 PM The Killers (’46)

  1:30 AM Seven Days in May (’64)

  3:45 AM Scorpio (’73)

FrIDAY, AUGUST 26 • PETEr lAWFOrD

  6:00 AM Son of lassie (’45)

  8:00 AM rogue’s March (’53)

  9:30 AM Just This Once (’52)

11:15 AM You for Me (’52)

12:30 PM Please Believe Me (’50)

  2:00 PM On an Island With You (’48)

  4:00 PM royal Wedding (’51)

  6:00 PM It Happened in Brooklyn (’47)

  8:00 PM Good News (’47)

10:00 PM It Should Happen to You (’54)

11:45 PM Salt and Pepper (’68)

  1:30 AM Hook, line and Sinker (’69)

  3:30 AM little Women (’49)

SATUrDAY, AUGUST 27 • lINDA DArNEll

  6:00 AM Zero Hour! (’57)

  7:30 AM Sweet and low-Down (’44)

  9:00 AM rise and Shine (’41)

10:45 AM Brigham Young – Frontiersman (’40)

12:45 PM Two Flags West (’50)

  2:30 PM Second Chance (’53)

  4:00 PM Blackbeard the Pirate (’52)

  6:00 PM Fallen Angel (’45)   8:00 PM A letter to Three Wives (’48) (also The Essentials)

10:00 PM Star Dust (’40)

11:30 PM Hangover Square (’45)

  1:00 AM No Way Out (’50)

  3:00 AM Everybody Does It (’49)

  4:45 AM Day-Time Wife (’39)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 • CArOlE lOMBArD

  6:00 AM Brief Moment (’33)

  7:15 AM No More Orchids (’32)

  8:30 AM The Gay Bride (’34)

10:00 AM Fools for Scandal (’38)

11:30 AM lady by Choice (’34)

  1:00 PM Virtue (’32)

  2:30 PM In Name Only (’39)

  4:30 PM Twentieth Century (’34)

  6:15 PM To Be or Not to Be (’42)

  8:00 PM My Man Godfrey (’36) (also Essentials Jr.)

10:00 PM Hands Across the Table (’35)

11:30 PM Nothing Sacred (’37)

  1:00 AM Mr. and Mrs. Smith (’41)

  3:00 AM Vigil in the Night (’40)

  4:45 AM The racketeer (’29)

MONDAY, AUGUST 29 • ANNE FrANCIS

  6:00 AM Summer Holiday (’48)

  7:45 AM So Young, So Bad (’50)

  9:30 AM Battle Cry (’55)

12:00 PM Bad Day at Black rock (’55)

  1:30 PM Susan Slept Here (’54)

  3:15 PM The Great American Pastime (’56)

  5:00 PM Funny Girl (’68)

  8:00 PM Blackboard Jungle (’55)

10:00 PM Forbidden Planet (’56)

12:00 AM Brainstorm (’65)

  2:00 AM A lion is in the Streets (’53)

  4:00 AM Impasse (’69)

THUrSDAY, AUGUST 30 • HOWArD KEEl

  6:00 AM Desperate Search (’53)

  7:15 AM Fast Company (’53)

  8:30 AM Kismet (’55)10:30 AM rose Marie (’54)

12:30 PM lovely to look At (’52)

  2:30 PM Show Boat (’51)

  4:30 PM Annie Get Your Gun (’50)

  6:30 PM Floods of Fear (’59)

  8:00 PM Three Guys Named Mike (’51)

  9:45 PM Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (’54)

11:30 PM Kiss Me Kate (’53)

  1:30 AM Callaway Went Thataway (’51)

  3:00 AM Pagan love Song (’50)

  4:30 AM Texas Carnival (’51)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31 • MArlENE DIETrICH

  6:00 AM The Monte Carlo Story (’57)

  7:45 AM Knight Without Armor (’37)

  9:45 AM The lady is Willing (’42)

11:30 AM Kismet (’44)

  1:15 PM Stage Fright (’50)

  3:15 PM rancho Notorious (’52)

  4:45 PM Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (’01)

  6:30 PM Shanghai Express (’32)

  8:00 PM The Scarlet Empress (’34)

10:00 PM The Devil is a Woman (’35)

11:30 PM Manpower (’41)

  1:30 AM A Foreign Affair (’48)

  3:30 AM The Blue Angel (’30)

TCM Summer of the Stars Takes us on a Road Trip | 2011 Schedule

This year TCM will take us on an All-American road trip for Summer of the Stars 2011. The artist uses nostalgic images from days when The American Automobile ruled the highways! We get to “tune into” SUTS by means of a dashboard with great radio dials to select “channels” for each day of the month. Conveniently placed road signs and neon drive in signs also help us navigate through SUTS.

Each daily featured star is represented on a wonderful flash infographic as a star on the US road map. Click on the star to find this theme continued with collage illustrations of fictional locations and movie scenes from the classic films of each SUTS star. For example, click through John Garfield’s star on the map  (Aug 5) to find him standing in front of the artist’s rendering of Twin-Oaks diner from The Postman Always Rings Twice.  Long, Long Trailer (Aug 6) was another perfect movie feature for the theme with Lucille Ball hanging out the back window of her camper.

In my opinion this is one of most fun themes created for SUTS. With the current gas prices and an economy threatening the American dream this theme is just in time for our longing for days gone by. Be sure to follow @TCManiacs for #SUTS fun facts.

View 2011 SUTS Schedule | 17 Newbies  

Summer Under the Stars 2010! My Preview

Its my second favorite time of the year, TCM's Summer Under The Stars. Obviously, 31 Days of Oscar ranks #1. I couldn't wait to see what the creative team at TCM has come up with this year. With great anticipation I click the SUTS link on TCM's home page marquee it redirects to reveal the timed countdown to this year's flash presentation of iconic silhouettes of 31 stars for each day of August. The style was recognizably the work of  Micheal Schwab who has a long list of prestigious clients including AT&T, both Coke & Pepsi, The Gap, Estee Lauder, Mastercard, AmTrak and even a movie star Robert Redford. The general navigation is the same as previous years but this year's collectable download are 31 Limited Edition Trading Cards illustrated by Micheal Schwab of course. They are available as a down-loadable PDF file that must be printed out on color printer and cut out, folded, and glued together to create the double-sided Trading Card. One side dons the Schwabs silhouettes of the featured star. The other side provides a schedule of the stars movies for that day topped with a quote. Although I am fond of the artwork, it might be a rather tedious even for a maniac.

Cover of Hang 'Em High
Now to answer the most important question on my mind,"Who are the 31 Stars?" Well, the first of Schwabs illustrations revealed by the flash countdown was the iconic black silhouette of a man in western hat wearing a grey badge with a white noose in the fore ground, without reading the caption its easily recognized as Clint Eastwood ("Hang 'Em High") for the featured star for August 31st. I am not sure why we are first redirected to the end of the month.

A click on August 1st brings up the iconic profile of our favorite sleuth from "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" representing the first star Basil Rathbone. His Trading Card quote appears to be from the film as well. I won't spoil the rest for you, I'll let you enjoy the revelation of guessing each star and movie for the rest of the silhouettes.

At the bottom of the main navigation look for a link to the down-loadable printable PDF file available for you to view the entire months schedule at once and a link to list of DVDs for sale for this years SUTS movies.

****SPOILER****
I haven't determined if their is a connection for the particular iconic role that was chosen to represent each star. In some cases I would have chosen a different more recognizable profile for the star. I think I would have better recognized Norma Shear in her the sexy bob of the "liberated woman" in Precode "Divorcee" instead of the bejeweled head dress of "Romeo & Juliet."

Their were some surprises. Along with many well known favorites from the Golden Age of Hollywood, there were a few less known actors. For August 30th, I didn't recognize the purple dressed tea-cup holding silhouette of Thelma Todd from "Horse Feathers" nor the gun totting muscular profile of Woody Strode ("Sergent Rutledge") for August 5th.

Woody Strode is an African American actor known to that John Ford gave him the title role in Sergeant Rutledge (1961)as a member of the Ninth Cavalry falsely accused of rape and murder; he appeared in smaller roles in Ford's later films Two Rode Together (1961) another SUTS film. Strode was one of the last friends of Ford. This 6' 4" NFL star became a Golden Globe winner for best supporting actor in Spartacus in 1960. He was noted for film roles that contrasted with the African-American stereotypes of the time. I discovered him first in the opening sequence of Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Thelma Todd was an American actress. Appearing in about 120 pictures between 1926 and 1935, she is best remembered for her comedic roles in films like Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers.  Her tea-cupped hand hints to her slef nick name "Hot Toddy." This blonde beauty queen was teamed up with ZaSu Pitts for slapstick comedies as Hal Roach's attempt to create a female version of Laurel and Hardy. Todd's shorts often cast her as a single working girl with her embarrassing side kick, Pitts struggling through some hilarious predicament. She also had roles in several Laurel and Hardy films. She died of carbon monoxide poisoning before her last film, the full feature comedy, The Bohemian Girl was completed.

TCM always satisfies by presenting my all time favorites as well as illuminating me on some screen gems that I had not discovered. I look forward to exploring both of these less discussed actors and their movies in this year's Summer Under The Stars.