TCM Schedule for Wednesday, January 8: Elvis Presley's 90th Birthday

[CBHagman]

Yes, 90 candles for the King!

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

1:00 AM Side Street (1929)
Three successful Irish brothers cross paths in a very unexpected way.
Dir: Malcolm St. Clair Cast: Tom Moore, Owen Moore, Matt Moore
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: N


2:30 AM Love Is a Racket (1932)
A beautiful girl convinces a reporter to cover up her involvement in a murder.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Ann Dvorak, Frances Dee
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:00 AM The Woman Racket (1930)
A policeman must rescue his wife from gangsters.
Dir: Robert Ober Cast: Tom Moore, Blanche Sweet
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:00 AM Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
Elvis is a model photographer who eventually falls for one of his subjects.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Elvis Presley, Michele Carey, Don Porter
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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8:00 AM The Trouble with Girls (1969)
A traveling show's star gets involved in a small-town murder case.
Dir: Peter Tewksbury Cast: Elvis Presley, Marlyn Mason, Nicole Jaffe
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

10:00 AM Double Trouble (1967)
Guy Lambert is a singer working in London as well as the object of the amorous affections of young heiress Jill Conway. Jill's family sends her to Brussels to keep her away from Guy, not realizing that his next engagement is in Belgium. They meet on the ferry, and Guy is attracted to Jill, but incompetent jewel thieves, bumbling detectives and the attention of an older woman combine to keep their romance anything but simple in this lighthearted musical.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Elvis Presley, Annette Day, John Williams
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

12:00 PM This Is Elvis (1981)
He never played to an unsold seat. Better known by his given name than anyone else, his voice has been heard by more people than any other performer's. His motion pictures became box office triumphs on the strength of his name alone. His raw talent, which sprang from America's Southern backwoods, changed the course of popular music and culture. On the day Elvis Presley died - August 17, 1977 - there was pandemonium outside his Memphis home and around the world. He was only 42, and to millions he was magic. Now producer David L. Wolper uses his camera to probe the mystique of a superstar in This Is Elvis.
Dir: Malcolm Leo Cast: Elvis Presley, David Scott, Paul Boensch III
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:00 PM Speedway (1968)
A race car driver tries to outrun the beautiful tax auditor out to settle his account.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, Bill Bixby
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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4:00 PM Kissin' Cousins (1964)
A singing military officer gets mixed up with his look-alike hillbilly cousin.
Dir: Gene Nelson Cast: Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Glenda Farrell
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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6:00 PM It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
A pair of broke, smalltime pilots go to the Seattle World's Fair to try to win some money, but find romance instead. When the local sheriff impounds their crop duster plane to pay gambling debts, pilots Mike Edwards and Danny Burke travel to the World's Fair with a plan to make the money they need at the poker tables. But Mike meets a lost little girl, whom he takes on a tour of the fair, and a beautiful nurse, whom he would like to pursue...but first he must find the little girl's parents in this romantic musical comedy.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

8:00 PM Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Young Vince Everett goes to prison for accidentally killing a man in a barroom brawl while defending a young woman's honor. After Everett's cellmate teaches him how to play guitar and encourages him to sing, Everett's hip-swiveling, electrifying performance at a jailhouse concert leads to stardom. But fame quickly gives Everett an oversized ego, and only the loss of his voice and the loyalty of his friends as he struggles to sing again teach Everett to appreciate his good fortune.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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9:45 PM Viva Las Vegas (1964)
A race car driver preparing for the Grand Prix whiles his time away in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for his new engine. Soon, he strikes up a romance with a beautiful young woman.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Cesare Danova
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

11:15 PM Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970)
The King's classic Las Vegas concert film, restored in 2001.
Dir: Denis Sanders. Cast: Elvis Presley, James Burton, Glen D. Hardin
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

1:00 AM Girl Happy (1965)
A Chicago mobster hires a rock'n'roll singer and his band to keep an eye on his daughter during Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Dir: Boris Sagal Cast: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Harold J. Stone
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:45 AM Spinout (1966)
Elvis Presley stars as racecar driver and rock singer Mike McCoy, who is being pursued by three very determined young women.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Diane McBain
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:30 AM Elvis on Tour (1972)
The spotlight turns on Elvis Presley ... the man and the legend ... the past and the present ... in this special presentation revealing the relationship between the star, the people close to him and his devoted concert fans.The King of Rock 'n' Roll was a legend at an age when most young people are trying to decide what to do with their lives. On the way to a permanent niche in history, the real story of his beginnings and rise were obscure. Now, for the first time, the original rocker shares a personal part of himself with the public.With a national concert tour as musical and visual backdrop, Presley's life crosses the screen, highlighted by the star's own recollections in this riveting study of a modern legend.
Dir: Robert Abel Cast: Elvis Presley, Robert Abel, Pierre Adidge
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y

[Auggie]

1. Actor Teri Garr, who will be honored January 9th ...

can be seen as a background dancer in Viva Las Vegas and Kissin' Cousins.