1930s Classics Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and If You Could Only Cook
Are Among getTV's Prime Time Highlights for the Week
Monday, October 13 at 8:00 pm ET - Bell, Book and Candle - A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real. Starring: Elsa Lanchester, Ernie Kovacs, Hermione Gingold, Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, Janice Rule, Kim Novak and Richard Quine. (1958)
Tuesday, October 14 at 7 pm ET - They Ran For Their Lives -A young woman in the desert turns to an older man and his dog to help protect her and the classified oil documents that belonged to her late father from a bunch of gangster thugs. The man uses his wits and the desert's heat to defeat the hoodlums. Starring: John Payne, Luana Patten, John Carradine and Scott Brady. (1968)
Wednesday, October 15 at 7 pm ET - Fool's Parade - James Stewart stars as an ex-convict trying to get money owed to him by the bank. Starring: Anne Baxter, George Kennedy, James Stewart, Kurt Russell and Andrew V. McLaglen. (1971)
Thursday, October 16 at 7 pm ET - Cover Girl - Rusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny. Starring Eve Arden, Gene Kelly, Jinx Falkenburg, Lee Bowman, Leslie Brooks, Otto Kruger, Phil Silvers, Rita Hayworth and Charles Vidor. (1944)
Friday, October 17 at 7 pm ET - If You Could Only Cook - Jean Arthur and Herbert Marshall are a superb comedy team in this story of a wealthy couple ineptly posing as a mobster's maid and butler. Starring: Alan Edwards, Frieda Inescort, Herbert Marshall, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo, Lionel Stander and William A. Seiter. (1935)
Saturday, October 18 at 7:15 pm ET - Savage Pampas - A rebel band of Argentine army deserters and others plunder the countryside. Starring: Marc Lawrence, Robert Taylor, Ron Randell, Ty Hardin and Hugo Fregonese. (1967)
Sunday, October 19 at 7 pm ET - Mr. Smith Goes To Washington -A naïve idealist fights the corrupt political machine that engineered his appointment to the U.S. Senate. Starring: Beulah Bondi, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, H.B. Warner, Harry Carey, James Stewart, Jean Arthur and Frank Capra. (1939)
For a complete schedule of films and times, visit www.get.tv/schedule. In addition to airing these films on the dates noted above, some of the movies mentioned are scheduled for further broadcasts throughout the month. (See listings for further details.)