TCM Scedule for Wednesday, December 11: Star of the Month: Fred Astaire

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Wednesday, December 11th, 2013

2:00 AM
Aaltra (2004)
Feuding farmers join forces when a defective tractor leaves them both paralyzed.
Dir: Benoît Delépine Cast: Benoît Delépine , Gustave Kervern , Aki Kaurismäki .
BW-90 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

3:45 AM
Road to Bali (1953)
Two song-and-dance men on the run dive for treasure while competing for a beautiful princess.
Dir: Hal Walker Cast: Bing Crosby , Bob Hope , Dorothy Lamour .
C-91 mins, TV-G,



5:30 AM
TCM Presents Elvis Mitchell Under the Influence: Laurence Fishburne (2008)
Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell.
C-27 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 AM
MGM Parade Show #15 (1955)
George Murphy hosts a special Christmas show featuring Judy Garland performing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" in a clip from "Meet Me in St. Louis."
BW-26 mins, TV-G,

6:45 AM
Huddle (1932)
A steelworker's son becomes a college football hero.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Ramon Novarro , Madge Evans , Una Merkel .
BW-103 mins, TV-G,

8:30 AM
College Coach (1933)
A timid chemistry major becomes a college football star.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Dick Powell , Ann Dvorak , Pat O'Brien .
BW-76 mins, TV-G,

10:00 AM
Gridiron Flash (1935)
A college football team recruits a tough convict.
Dir: Glenn Tryon Cast: Eddie Quillan , Betty Furness , Grant Mitchell .
BW-64 mins, TV-G,

11:15 AM
Big Game, The (1936)
A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.
Dir: George Nicholls Jr. Cast: Philip Huston , James Gleason , June Travis .
BW-74 mins, TV-PG,

12:30 PM
Over The Goal (1937)
A college football star risks his health to play in the big game.
Dir: Noel M. Smith Cast: June Travis , William Hopper , Johnny Davis .
BW-63 mins, TV-G,

1:45 PM
Cowboy Quarterback, The (1939)
A football scout tries to get a legendary runner back into the game.
Dir: Noel Smith Cast: Bert Wheeler , Marie Wilson , Gloria Dickson .
BW-56 mins, TV-G,

2:45 PM
Knute Rockne All American (1940)
Biography of the famed Notre Dame coach and his fight to "win one for the Gipper."
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Pat O'Brien , Gale Page , Ronald Reagan .
C-98 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:30 PM
Easy Living (1949)
An aging football star risks his health when his greedy wife won't let him retire.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Victor Mature , Lucille Ball , Lizabeth Scott .
BW-77 mins, TV-G, CC,

6:00 PM
Trouble Along the Way (1953)
A famous football coach uses underhanded means to turn a bankrupt college's team into winners.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: John Wayne , Donna Reed , Charles Coburn .
BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC,



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: FRED ASTAIRE

8:00 PM
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
A Broadway dancing team splits up when the male dancer is drafted.
Dir: Sidney Lanfield Cast: Fred Astaire , Rita Hayworth , Robert Benchley .
BW-89 mins, TV-G, CC,

9:45 PM
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Fred Astaire , Rita Hayworth , Adolphe Menjou .
BW-97 mins, TV-G, CC,

11:30 PM
Band Wagon, The (1953)
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Fred Astaire , Cyd Charisse , Oscar Levant .
C-112 mins, TV-G, CC,



1:30 AM
Silk Stockings (1957)
A straitlaced Soviet agent is seduced by Paris and a high-stepping film producer.
Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Fred Astaire , Cyd Charisse , Janis Paige .
C-118 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

3:45 AM
Three Little Words (1950)
Musical biography of songwriters Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, who surreptitiously helped each other out of jams.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Fred Astaire , Red Skelton , Vera-Ellen .
C-102 mins, TV-G, CC,

5:30 AM
Belle Of New York, The (1952)
A turn-of-the-century playboy courts a Salvation Army girl.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Fred Astaire , Vera-Ellen , Marjorie Main .
C-81 mins, TV-G, CC,