Patricia Collinge, Kim Hunter, Ginger Rogers Tender Comrade
Ginger Rogers’ KITTY FOYLE, THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR on TCM
Photo: Ginger Rogers and James Stewart at the 1941 Academy Awards ceremony. Rogers won for Kitty Foyle, Stewart for The Philadelphia Story.
Schedule and synopsis from the TCM website:
5:00pm [Romance] Kitty Foyle (1940)
A girl from the wrong side of the tracks endures scandal and heartbreak when she falls for a high-society boy.
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig, Eduardo Ciannelli Dir: Sam Wood BW-108 mins.
7:00pm [Comedy] Tom, Dick And Harry (1941)
A girl accepts three wedding proposals at once and dreams of marriage to each man.
Cast: Ginger Rogers, George Murphy, Alan Marshal, Burgess Meredith Dir: Garson Kanin BW-87 mins.
8:30pm [Comedy] Major and the Minor, The (1942)
A woman disguises herself as a little girl and ends up in a military academy.
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley Dir: Billy Wilder BW-100 mins.
10:15pm [Short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Lions On The Loose (1941)
Cast: Pete Smith BW-8 mins.
10:30pm [Drama] Primrose Path (1940)
The youngest child in a family of prostitutes tries to go straight with a working man.
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rambeau, Henry Travers Dir: Gregory La Cava BW-93 mins.
12:15am [Comedy] Lucky Partners (1940)
Two strangers who share a sweepstakes ticket take it on the lam.
Cast: Ronald Colman, Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, Spring Byington Dir: Lewis Milestone BW-99 mins.
2:00am [Comedy] Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.
Cast: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker Dir: Leo McCarey BW-115 mins.
4:00am [Drama] Tender Comrade (1943)
Lady welders pool their resources to share a house during World War II.
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Robert Ryan, Ruth Hussey, Patricia Collinge Dir: Edward Dmytryk BW-102 mins.
5:45am [Romance] Weekend at the Waldorf (1945)
In this remake of Grand Hotel, guests at a New York hotel fight to survive personal tragedy.
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson Dir: Robert Z. Leonard BW-130 mins.
8:00am [Comedy] First Traveling Saleslady, The (1956)
A corset designer takes a job selling barbed wire in the wild West.
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Barry Nelson, Carol Channing, David Brian Dir: Arthur Lubin C-92 mins.
9:45am [Comedy] It Had to Be You (1947)
A runaway bride meets her match in a handsome fireman.
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Cornel Wilde, Percy Waram, Spring Byington Dir: Rudolph Maté BW-98 mins.
11:30am [Comedy] Tight Spot (1955)
A district attorney tries to get a hardboiled woman to testify against the mob.
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, Lucy Marlow Dir: Phil Karlson BW-96 mins.
Photo: RKO Pictures
