TCM Scedule for Wednesday, December 18: Star of the Month: Fred Astaire
Put on your dancing shoes, for it's Wednesday, and fun with Fred Astaire (and a host of others) goes on through the day and into the evening.
Wednesday, December 18th, 2013
1:45 AM
Bachelor Mother (1939)
A fun-loving shop girl is mistaken for the mother of a foundling.
Dir: Garson Kanin Cast: Ginger Rogers , David Niven , Charles Coburn .
BW-82 mins, TV-G, CC,
3:15 AM
Bundle Of Joy (1956)
A shop girl is mistaken for the mother of a foundling.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Eddie Fisher , Debbie Reynolds , Adolphe Menjou .
C-98 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
5:00 AM
Screen Directors Playhouse: Tom and Jerry (1955)
A priest tries to save a marriage that appears to be headed for the rocks in time for Christmas.
Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Peter Lawford , Nancy Gates , Frank Fay .
BW-25 mins, TV-PG, CC,
5:30 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,
6:00 AM
Good News (1947)
A football hero falls in love with his French tutor.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: June Allyson , Peter Lawford , Patricia Marshall .
C-93 mins, TV-G, CC,
7:45 AM
Barkleys Of Broadway, The (1949)
A married musical team splits up so the wife can become a serious actress.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Oscar Levant .
C-109 mins, TV-G, CC,
9:45 AM
On the Town (1949)
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly , Frank Sinatra , Betty Garrett .
C-98 mins, TV-G, CC,
11:30 AM
Singin' In The Rain (1952)
A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly , Donald O'Connor , Debbie Reynolds .
C-103 mins, TV-G, CC,
1:15 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,
3:15 PM
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
World War II buddies get mixed up with gangsters and an egotistical TV star when they hold a 10-year reunion.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly , Dan Dailey , Cyd Charisse .
C-102 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
5:00 PM
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
An answering service operator gets mixed up in her clients' lives.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Judy Holliday , Dean Martin , Fred Clark .
C-126 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
7:07 PM
M-G-M Jubilee Overture (1954)
This short film celebrates Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 30th anniversary with The MGM Symphony Orchestra performing numbers from the studio's best-known musicals.
Dir: George Sidney
C-10 mins,
7:30 PM
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BW-26 mins, TV-PG, CC,
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8:00 PM
Broadway Melody Of 1940 (1940)
A vaudeville team breaks up when both men fall for the same gorgeous hoofer.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Fred Astaire , Eleanor Powell , George Murphy .
BW-102 mins, TV-G, CC,
10:00 PM
Easter Parade (1948)
When his partner leaves him, a vaudeville star trains an untried performer to take her place, finding love in the process.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Judy Garland , Fred Astaire , Peter Lawford .
C-103 mins, TV-G, CC,
12:00 AM
Royal Wedding (1951)
A brother-and-sister musical team find romance when they tour to London for Elizabeth II's wedding.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Fred Astaire , Jane Powell , Peter Lawford .
C-93 mins, TV-G, CC,
1:37 AM
Looking At London (1946)
A colorful travelogue of London's most historic buildings and the residual damage still left from WWII.
C-10 mins,
2:00 AM
Damsel In Distress, A (1937)
An American dancer on vacation in England falls for a sheltered noblewoman.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Fred Astaire , George Burns , Gracie Allen .
BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC,
3:45 AM
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
A leprechaun follows the Irishman who stole his pot of gold to the U.S. South.
Dir: Francis Ford Coppola Cast: Fred Astaire , Petula Clark , Tommy Steele .
C-145 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
