TCM Schedule for Sunday, August 12 -- The Essentials, Jr.: Ginger Rogers

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6:00 AM
RAFTER ROMANCE (1933)

A salesgirl falls for a night worker without realizing they share the same apartment.
Dir: William Seiter
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, George Sidney.
BW-73 mins, TV-G, CC


7:30 AM
CAREFREE (1938)

A psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else.
Dir: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy.
BW-83 mins, TV-G, CC


9:15 AM
FIFTH AVENUE GIRL (1939)

To annoy his family, a millionaire hires an out-of-work girl to pose as a gold digger.
Dir: Gregory La Cava
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Walter Connolly, Verree Teasdale.
BW-83 mins, TV-G, CC


11:00 AM
KITTY FOYLE (1940)

A girl from the wrong side of the tracks endures scandal and heartbreak when she falls for a high-society boy.
Dir: Sam Wood
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig.
BW-108 mins, TV-G, CC


1:00 PM
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


2:30 PM
PRIMROSE PATH (1940)

The youngest child in a family of prostitutes tries to go straight with a working man.
Dir: Gregory La Cava
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rambeau.
BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC


4:15 PM
SHALL WE DANCE (1937)

A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.
Dir: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton.
BW-109 mins, TV-G, CC

6:15 PM
VIVACIOUS LADY (1937)

After a whirlwind courtship, a nightclub singer has to adjust to her professor husband's conservative family.
Dir: George Stevens
Cast: Ginger Rogers, James Stewart, James Ellison.
BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC


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THE ESSENTIALS, JR.: GINGER ROGERS

8:00 PM
42ND STREET (1933)

The definitive backstage musical, complete with the dazzling newcomer who goes on for the injured star.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent.
BW-89 mins, TV-G, CC


9:45 PM
SWING TIME (1936)

To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big, only to fall for his dancing partner.
Dir: George Stevens
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore.
BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC


11:45 PM
STAGE DOOR (1937)

Women at a theatrical boarding house try to make their big break happen.
Dir: Gregory LaCava
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou.
BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC


1:30 AM
THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY (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


3:30 AM
WEEKEND AT THE WALDORF (1945)

In this remake of Grand Hotel, guests at a New York hotel fight to survive personal tragedy.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon.
BW-130 mins, TV-G, CC