TCM Schedule for Monday August 8 - Summer Under the Stars: Esther Williams

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Everybody into the pool! - it's time to get wet with everyone's favorite aquatic goddess.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM HOODLUM SAINT, THE (1946)
After finding religion, a cynical newspaperman tries to help young hoods. Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: William Powell , Esther Williams , Angela Lansbury . BW-92 mins, CC,

7:36 AM GETTIN' GLAMOUR (1946)
This comedic short film details the troubles the average woman faces with maintaining beauty and fitness. Dir: Philip Anderson Cast: Gertrude Short , Jacqueline White , BW-8 mins,

7:45 AM FIESTA (1947)
A Mexican beauty replaces her toreador brother in the bull ring so he can pursue his musical career. Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Esther Williams , Akim Tamiroff , Ricardo Montalban . C-102 mins, CC,

9:30 AM TEXAS CARNIVAL (1951)
A penniless carnival worker runs up a mountain of debts when he's mistaken for a millionaire. Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Esther Williams , Red Skelton , Howard Keel . C-77 mins, CC,

11:00 AM PAGAN LOVE SONG (1950)
An American tourist romances a Tahitian beauty. Dir: Robert Alton Cast: Esther Williams , Howard Keel , Minna Gombell . C-77 mins, CC,

12:30 PM EASY TO LOVE (1953)
Two men vie for the heart of a Cypress Gardens swimming star. Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Esther Williams , Van Johnson , Tony Martin . C-96 mins, CC,

2:15 PM ON AN ISLAND WITH YOU (1948)
A movie star falls for a handsome naval officer during location shooting in Hawaii. Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Esther Williams , Peter Lawford , Ricardo Montalban . C-108 mins, CC,

4:15 PM DANGEROUS WHEN WET (1953)
A family of fitness freaks sets out to swim the English Channel. Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Esther Williams , Fernando Lamas , Jack Carson . C-96 mins, CC,

6:00 PM SKIRTS AHOY! (1952)
Three women join the Navy to find husbands. Dir: Sidney Lanfield Cast: Esther Williams , Joan Evans , Vivian Blaine . C-109 mins, CC,

8:00 PM BATHING BEAUTY (1944)
A songwriter enrolls in an all-girl school to court a pretty gym teacher. Dir: George Sidney Cast: Red Skelton , Esther Williams , Basil Rathbone . C-101 mins, CC,

10:00 PM MILLION DOLLAR MERMAID (1952)
True story of Annette Kellerman, the world's first great swimming star. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Esther Williams , Victor Mature , Walter Pidgeon . C-110 mins, CC,

12:00 AM TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME (1949)
A beautiful woman takes over a turn-of-the-century baseball team. Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Frank Sinatra , Esther Williams , Gene Kelly . C-93 mins, CC,

1:47 AM MR. WHITNEY HAD A NOTION (1949)
A short dramatization of how Eli Whitney developed the system of interchangeable parts and mass-production after promising the U.S. War Department 10,000 muskets over two years. Dir: Gerald Mayer Cast: Lloyd Bridges , Harry Hayden , Mitchell Lewis . BW-11 mins,

2:00 AM NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER (1949)
Mistaken identity complicates a polo player's romance with a bathing suit designer. Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Esther Williams , Red Skelton , Ricardo Montalban . C-93 mins, CC,

3:41 AM BREAKDOWNS OF 1947 (1947)
BW-18 mins,

4:00 AM THRILL OF A ROMANCE (1945)
A soldier returning from World War II finds love with a lady swimmer. Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Van Johnson , Esther Williams , Frances Gifford . BW-105 mins, CC,