JOHN WAYNE DOUBLE FEATURE
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
This is one of the best, and most inventive, prime-time double features I’ve ever seen on TV, on TCM or anywhere else. It’s a John Wayne twin bill, but though the films are shown back to back, they were produced 30 years apart. First is John Ford’s 1939 classic Western, Stagecoach, which basically defined the genre. Then, at 9:45 p.m. ET, comes 1969’s True Grit, with Wayne still atop the saddle – and giving one of the best performances of his life. What a joy to see them in immediate proximity, and revel in this daily double of Duke.