TCM Schedule for Monday September 19 - TCM Spotlight: A Night at the Ballet

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After a daytime tribute to the late Cliff Robertson, Winona Ryder begins her guest hosting week with an evening of ballet-themed movies. Pirouette, everyone!

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Picnic (1955)
A handsome drifter ignites passions at a small-town Labor Day picnic.Dir: Joshua Logan Cast: William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field. C-113 min, TV-PG

8:00 AM Autumn Leaves (1956)
A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems. Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Joan Crawford, Vera Miles, Lorne Greene. BW-106 min, TV-PG

10:00 AM Underworld, U.S.A. (1961)
A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Cliff Robertson, Dolores Dorn, Beatrice Kay. BW-98 min, TV-PG

11:45 AM Gidget (1959)
A young girl dreams of winning acceptance from a gang of surfers. Dir: Paul Wendkos Cast: Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson. C-95 min, TV-G

1:30 PM Sunday in New York (1963)
A philandering pilot gets real moral, real fast when his sister contemplates a premarital fling. Dir: Peter Tewksbury Cast: Rod Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cliff Robertson. C-105 min, TV-PG

3:30 PM The Best Man (1964)
Two presidential hopefuls get caught up in the dirty side of politics. Dir: Franklin J. Schaffner Cast: Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams. BW-102 min, TV-PG

5:20 PM One Reel Wonder: Car That Became A Star (1964)
This short documentary follows the story of the antique Rolls that appeared in the title role of MGM's "The Yellow Rolls Royce" (1964). 10 min

5:30 PM PT-109 (1963)
Future president John Kennedy fights to save his crew when their PT boat sinks in the Pacific. Dir: Leslie H. Martinson Cast: Cliff Robertson, Ty Hardin, James Gregory. C-140 min, TV-PG

8:00 PM Dr. Coppelius (1968)
A mysterious inventor passes off an animated doll as his daughter. Dir: Ted Kneeland Cast: Walter Slezak , Claudia Corday , Caj Selling .C-94 mins,

9:45 PM Red Shoes, The (1948)
A young ballerina is torn between her art and her romance with a young composer. Dir: Michael Powell Cast: Anton Walbrook , Marius Goring , Moira Shearer . C-135 mins, TV-G, CC,

12:15 AM Invitation to the Dance (1956)
Three stories told in dance: a circus clown loves a trapeze artist; a bracelet passes from one lover to another; a sailor enters an animated Arabian Nights fantasy. Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly , Igor Youskevitch , Claire Sombert . C-93 mins, TV-G,

2:00 AM Unfinished Dance, The (1947)
A young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn't like. Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Margaret O'Brien , Cyd Charisse , Karin Booth . BW-101 mins, TV-G,

3:45 AM Ballerina (1938)
A young dancer dreams of performing with four different suitors. Dir: Jean-Benoit Levy Cast: Ludwig Berger , Violette Verday , Mia Slavenska . BW-83 mins, TV-PG,

5:15 AM MGM Parade Show #5 (1955)
Tony Martin performs in a clip from "Till the Clouds Roll By"; John Hodiak introduces a clip from "Trial." Hosted by George Murphy. BW-26 mins, TV-G,