TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 17th: Star of the Month: Ginger Rogers

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Naturally, there's also a St. Patrick's Day theme going on here as well!



Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

1:15 AM Red Beard (1965)
A tough doctor takes a young intern under his wing. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Yoshio Tsuchiya. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-185 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

4:30 AM I Live In Fear (1955)
An elderly industrialist's fear of nuclear warfare leads his family to accuse him of insanity. Cast: Kamatari Fujiwara, Kazuo Kato, Toshiro Mifune. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC

6:15 AM Scandal (1950)
A tabloid report tries to turn a singing star's friendship with a young artist into an illiciet romance. Cast: Yoko Katsuragi, Toshiro Mifune, Noriko Sengoku. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-105 mins, TV-PG

8:00 AM Flying Irishman, The (1939)
True story of "Wrong Way" Corrigan, who set out to cross the U.S. and ended up in Ireland. Cast: Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, Paul Kelly, Robert Armstrong. Dir: Leigh Jason. BW-71 mins, TV-G

9:15 AM Irish In Us, The (1935)
The sons of an Irish family have to choose among police work, prize fighting and love. Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Olivia de Havilland. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-84 mins, TV-G, CC

10:45 AM My Wild Irish Rose (1947)
Musical biography of Irish songwriter Chauncey Olcott. Cast: Dennis Morgan, Arlene Dahl, Alan Hale. Dir: David Butler. C-101 mins, TV-G, CC

12:45 PM Three Cheers for the Irish (1940)
A Scottish lad and Irish lass risk their families' wrath by marrying. Cast: Thomas Mitchell, Priscilla Lane, Alan Hale. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC

2:30 PM Peg O' My Heart (1933)
A spunky Irish girl inherits a place in a British estate. Cast: Marion Davies, Onslow Stevens, J. Farrell MacDonald. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. BW-87 mins, TV-G

4:00 PM Parnell (1937)
True story of the Irish politician whose fight for freedom was compromised by his affair with a married woman. Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Edna May Oliver. Dir: John Stahl. BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC

6:00 PM Young Cassidy (1965)
True story of playwright Sean O'Casey's involvement with the Irish rebellion of 1910. Cast: Rod Taylor, Julie Christie, Maggie Smith. Dir: Jack Cardiff, John Ford. C-110 mins, TV-14, CC

What's On Tonight: STAR OF THE MONTH: GINGER ROGERS

8:00 PM 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



9:45 PM Gold Diggers Of 1933 (1933)
Three chorus girls fight to keep their show going and find rich husbands. Cast: Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC



11:30 PM Professional Sweetheart (1933)
A radio star's pure image leads to a fake engagement to a hayseed. Cast: Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, ZaSu Pitts. Dir: William A. Seiter. BW-73 mins, TV-G

1:00 AM Rafter Romance (1933)
A salesgirl falls for a night worker without realizing they share the same apartment. Cast: Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, George Sidney. Dir: William A. Seiter. BW-73 mins, TV-G, CC

2:15 AM Carnival Boat (1932)
A logger defies his father to court a showgirl. Cast: Bill Boyd, Ginger Rogers, Fred Kohler, Sr. Dir: Albert Rogell. BW-62 mins, TV-G

3:30 AM Suicide Fleet (1931)
Three Navy shipmates fight over the same girl. Cast: Bill Boyd, Robert Armstrong, Ginger Rogers. Dir: Albert Rogell. BW-87 mins, TV-G

5:00 AM Chance At Heaven (1934)
A society girl steals a simple gas station attendant from his working-class girlfriend. Cast: Joel McCrea, Ginger Rogers, Marian Nixon. Dir: William A. Seiter. BW-71 mins, TV-G, CC