TCM Schedule for Tuesday, February 17th: 31 Days of Oscar: Intro to Choreography

[CBHagman]

Put on your dancing shoes, people!

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

12:15 AM Bugsy (1991)
The famed gangster running the mobs in Los Angeles tries to turn Las Vegas into a vacation paradise. Cast: Warren Beatty, Annette Benning, Joe Mantegna. Dir: Barry Levinson. C-136 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

2:45 AM Shaft (1971)
A slick black detective enlists gangsters and African nationals to fight the mob. Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi. Dir: Gordon Parks. C-100 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 AM Public Enemy, The (1931)
An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime. Cast: James Cagney, Edward Woods, Jean Harlow. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-84 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

6:00 AM Story Of Three Loves, The (1953)
Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves. Cast: Ethel Barrymore, James Mason, Kirk Douglas. Dir: Gottfried Reinhardt, Vincente Minnelli. C-122 mins, TV-G, CC

8:15 AM Red Shoes, The (1948)
A young ballerina is torn between her art and her romance with a young composer. Cast: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer. Dir: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. C-134 mins, TV-G, CC



10:30 AM Shall We Dance (1937)
A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton. Dir: Mark Sandrich. BW-109 mins, TV-G, CC



12:30 PM Carefree (1938)
A psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy. Dir: Mark Sandrich. BW-83 mins, TV-G, CC



2:00 PM Flying Down To Rio (1933)
A dance-band leader finds love and success in Brazil. Cast: Dolores Del Rio, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers. Dir: Thornton Freeland. BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC



3:30 PM Royal Wedding (1951)
A brother-and-sister musical team find romance when they tour to London for Elizabeth II's wedding. Cast: Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford. Dir: Stanley Donen. C-93 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

5:08 PM Short Film: Eyes Of The Navy (1940)
BW-20 mins,

5:30 PM Anchors Aweigh (1945)
A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star. Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson. Dir: George Sidney. C-139 mins, TV-G, CC

What's On Tonight: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: INTRO TO CHOREOGRAPHY

8:00 PM Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
True story of Annette Kellerman, the world's first great swimming star. Cast: Esther Williams, Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. C-110 mins, TV-G, CC

10:00 PM Flower Drum Song (1961)
A refugee travels to Chinatown as a mail-order bride. Cast: Benson Fong, Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta. Dir: Henry Koster. C-131 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

12:23 AM Short Film: Gay Parisian, The (1941)
C-20 mins,

12:45 AM Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954)
When their older brother marries, six lumberjacks decide it's time to go courting for themselves. Cast: Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Russ Tamblyn. Dir: Stanley Donen. C-102 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS



2:30 AM 42nd Street (1933)
The definitive backstage musical, complete with the dazzling newcomer who goes on for the injured star. Cast: Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Warner Baxter. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-89 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

4:15 AM Gold Diggers Of 1935 (1935)
A socialite is bamboozled into producing a stage show in her home. Cast: Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Alice Brady. Dir: Busby Berkeley. BW-95 mins, TV-G, CC

[Staph]

1. A day without Fred and Ginger

is a day without sunshine! And Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is just icing on top -- great, big, manly icing, of course.