TCM Schedule for Monday May 9, 2022 - Special Theme: Busby Berkeley

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This weeks' Busby Berkely salute focuses on his directing work.

(all times Eastern)

6:45 am Stage Struck (1936)
1h 26m | Musical | TV-G
Broadway hopefuls put on a show.
Director: Busby Berkeley. Cast: Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Warren William

8:15 am Hollywood Hotel (1937)
1h 49m | Musical | TV-G
A small-town boy wins a Hollywood talent contest.
Director: Busby Berkeley. Cast: Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane

10:15 am Men Are Such Fools (1938)
1h 10m | Comedy | TV-G
An ambitious secretary uses the men in her life to turn herself into a radio star.
Director: Busby Berkeley. Cast: Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart

11:30 am Garden of the Moon (1938)
1h 33m | Comedy | TV-G
A nightclub owner and a bandleader compete for the lead singer's heart.
Director: Busby Berkeley. Cast: Pat O'brien, Margaret Lindsay, John Payne

1:15 pm Comet over Broadway (1938)
1h 9m | Drama | TV-G
A stage star's rampant ambition leads to murder.
Director: Busby Berkeley. Cast: Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, John Litel

2:30 pm Fast and Furious (1939)
1h 13m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
Married book-dealers Joel and Garda Sloane get mixed up with murder during a beauty pageant.
Director: Busby Berkeley. Cast: Franchot Tone, Ann Sothern, Ruth Hussey

3:45 pm Forty Little Mothers (1940)
1h 30m | Musical | TV-G
A teacher at a girls school stumbles upon an abandoned baby.
Director: Busby Berkeley. Cast: Eddie Cantor, Judith Anderson, Rita Johnson

5:15 pm Blonde Inspiration (1941)
1h 12m | Comedy | TV-G
A pulp-fiction writer hires a curvaceous blonde to be his muse.
Director: Busby Berkeley. Cast: John Shelton, Virginia Grey, Albert Dekker

6:30 pm Cinderella Jones (1946)
1h 32m | Comedy | TV-G
A woman can claim inheritance only if she marries a genius.
Director: Busby Berkeley. Cast: Joan Leslie, Robert Alda, Julie Bishop

8:00 pm The Gang's All Here (1943)
1h 43m | Musical
Playboy Andy Mason, on leave from the army, romances showgirl Eadie Allen overnight to such effect that she's starry-eyed when he leaves next morning for active duty in the Pacific.
Director: Busby Berkeley. Cast: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Phil Baker

10:00 pm Strike Up the Band (1940)
2h | Musical | TV-G
A high-school band sets out to win a national radio contest.
Director: Busby Berkeley. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra

12:15 am For Me and My Gal (1942)
1h 44m | Musical | TV-G
An unscrupulous song-and-dance man uses his partner and his best friend to get ahead.
Director: Busby Berkeley. Cast: Judy Garland, George Murphy, Gene Kelly

2:15 am Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
1h 33m | Musical | TV-G
A beautiful woman takes over a turn-of-the-century baseball team.
Director: Busby Berkeley. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly

4:00 am They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
1h 32m | Drama | TV-PG
A young boxer flees to farming country when he thinks he's killed an opponent in the ring.
Director: Busby Berkeley. Cast: John Garfield, Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson