TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 24: Teachers and Students/TCM Spotlight: Costume Designer Edith Head

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa (continued)

12:00 AM The Night of the Iguana (1964)
An ex-minister works as a tour guide in a Mexican coastal town, falls into some romantic interludes with a group of schoolteachers, and then meets a beautiful artist at a run-down hotel where the proprietress is in love with him.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


2:15 AM Kelly's Heroes (1970)
An American platoon tries to recover buried treasure behind enemy lines.
Dir: Brian G. Hutton Cast: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles
Runtime: 143 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


5:00 AM The Exterminating Angel (1962)
High society guests find themselves unable to leave the dining room after a posh dinner party.
Dir: Luis Buñuel Cast: Silvia Pinal, Enrique Rambal, Claudio Brook
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N

TCM Daytime: Teachers and Students

6:45 AM Bright Road (1953)
A school teacher seeks to win the trust and respect of a rebellious young boy.
Dir: Gerald Mayer Cast: Dorothy Dandridge, Philip Hepburn, Harry Belafonte
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



8:00 AM Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
Attractive dramatics teacher Gilbert becomes the center of innocent Andy's busy world. He is at first infatuated with her, then blurts his love and asks for her hand in marriage. After learning that she is engaged to another he goes into a tailspin, seemingly never to recover, but Judge Hardy and the rest of Andy's family ...
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



9:45 AM Up the Down Staircase (1967)
A novice schoolteacher faces delinquent students and apathetic administrators in a tough inner city high school.
Dir: Robert Mulligan Cast: Sandy Dennis, Patrick Bedford, Eileen Heckart
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



12:00 PM A Yank at Oxford (1938)
A cocky American student runs into trouble when he transfers to the famed British college.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



2:00 PM A Yank at Eton (1942)
An American playboy is sent to a British boarding school to learn discipline.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Mickey Rooney, Edmund Gwenn, Ian Hunter
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



4:00 PM Two Loves (1961)
A conservative teacher struggles with her values while teaching natives in New Zealand.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Laurence Harvey, Jack Hawkins
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



6:00 PM Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
A cold-hearted teacher becomes the school favorite when he's thawed by a beautiful young woman.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



TCM Spotlight: Costume Designer Edith Head

8:00 PM Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
A nosy smut magazine editor wishes to find out whether a novelist has based her erotic novel on fact or fiction.
Dir: Richard Quine Cast: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Henry Fonda
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



10:00 PM Barefoot in the Park (1967)
A free-thinking bride and her conservative groom have trouble adjusting to married life.
Dir: Gene Saks Cast: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Charles Boyer
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC:



12:00 AM Hotel (1967)
A New Orleans hotel owner fights off a corporate raider while his guests struggle through a variety of personal problems.
Dir: Richard Quine Cast: Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak, Karl Malden
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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2:15 AM The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
A self-appointed judge cleans up a corrupt western town twice.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Paul Newman, Roy Jenson, Gary Combs
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



4:30 AM The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Three episodes follow a rare, yellow Rolls-Royce as it passes through the lives of three different owners.
Dir: Anthony Asquith Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, Shirley MacLaine
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y