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It's Red Skelton's birthday by day; at night, TCM hoists the anchors for a slew of boat-based films.
(all times Eastern)
6:00 AM Quentin Tarantino (2008) Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell. C-28 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
6:30 AM Whistling In The Dark (1941) A radio detective is kidnapped and forced to plan the perfect murder. Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford. BW-78 mins, TV-G, CC,
8:00 AM Fuller Brush Man, The (1948) A bumbling salesman gets mixed up in murder. Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Red Skelton, Janet Blair, Don McGuire. BW-92 mins, TV-PG,
10:00 AM Southern Yankee, A (1948) A bellboy masquerades as a spy and lands behind enemy lines during the Civil War. Dir: Edward Sedgwick Cast: Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy, Arlene Dahl. BW-91 mins, TV-PG, CC,
11:45 AM Three Little Words (1950) Musical biography of songwriters Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, who surreptitiously helped each other out of jams. Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen. C-102 mins, TV-G, CC,
1:30 PM Yellow Cab Man, The (1950) An inventor's unbreakable glass attracts the attention of businessmen and gangsters. Dir: Jack Donohue Cast: Red Skelton, Gloria De Haven, Walter Slezak. BW-84 mins, TV-G,
3:00 PM Excuse My Dust (1951) An inventor's new automobile could put his girlfriend's livery stable out of business. Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Red Skelton, Sally Forrest, MacDonald Carey. BW-83 mins, TV-G, CC,
4:30 PM 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, TV-G, CC,
6:00 PM Lovely To Look At (1952) All-star remake of Roberta, with three Broadway producers inheriting a Parisian fashion house. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Red Skelton, Howard Keel. C-102 mins, TV-G, CC,
8:00 PM Romance On The High Seas (1948) A singer on a Caribbean cruise gets mixed up in a series of romantic problems. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Don DeFore. C-99 mins, TV-PG, CC,
10:00 PM Luxury Liner (1948) The daughter of a ship's captain becomes a sea-going cupid. Dir: Richard Whorf Cast: George Brent, Jane Powell, Lauritz Melchior. C-98 mins, TV-PG, CC,
11:45 PM Love Affair (1939) Near-tragic misunderstandings threaten a shipboard romance. Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya. BW-87 mins, TV-G, CC,
1:30 AM Please Believe Me (1950) Three men pursue a shipboard romance with a woman they think is an heiress. Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Deborah Kerr, Robert Walker, Mark Stevens. BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC,
3:15 AM Ship of Fools (1965) Passengers on a steam ship in the '30s struggle with their tangled relations and the rise of Nazism. Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Jose Ferrer. BW-150 mins, TV-14, CC,
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