TCM Schedule for Wednesday, August 9: Summer Under the Stars: The Nicholas Brothers

Prepare to be airborne! Fayard and Harold Nicholas, Kennedy Center Honorees and legendary dancing duo, are in the house! The routine in Stormy Weather alone ought to be as well-known as any dance sequence in cinematic history.

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

12:00 AM Topper Returns (1941)
A beautiful ghost enlists a henpecked husband to track down her killer.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


1:45 AM Three on a Match (1932)
A woman's childhood friends try to rescue her from gangsters.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy Cast: Virginia Davis, Joan Blondell, Dawn O'Day
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:00 AM Blonde Crazy (1931)
A con man bellhop and his chambermaid girlfriend set out to fleece hotel guests.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:30 AM Make Me a Star (1932)
A grocery clerk goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Joan Blondell, Stuart Erwin, Zasu Pitts
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:00 AM That's Entertainment! (1974)
An all-star cast, including Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra, introduces clips from MGM's greatest musicals.
Dir: Jack Haley Jr. Cast: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y

8:15 AM The Emperor Jones (1933)
When his subjects revolt, a Caribbean dictator looks back on the path that led to his downfall.
Dir: Dudley Murphy Cast: Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank Wilson
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



9:45 AM My Son Is Guilty (1939)
Tim Kerry, a cop on the beat in Hell's Kitchen, welcomes his grown son Ritzy home after a two-year prison term. Ritzy's former friends and his ex-girl Julia join with Tim in hoping he'll go straight. But local gang leader Claire Morelli (the former boss's widow) knows of Ritzy's talents from other ex-cons, and makes him ...
Dir: Charles Barton Cast: Bruce Cabot, Jacqueline Wells, Harry Carey
Runtime: 63 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: N


11:00 AM Carolina Blues (1944)
When he loses his lead singer, bandleader Kay Kyser can't find a replacement he likes.
Dir: Leigh Jason Cast: Kay Kyser, Ann Miller, Victor Moore
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: N



12:30 PM Tap (1989)
An ex-convict who is also a wonderful tap dancer, must choose between a life of crime or the pursuit of a show business career.
Dir: Nick Castle Jr. Cast: Arthur Duncan, Rob McGraw, Garner Thomas
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Dance Rating: TV-14 CC: N



2:30 PM The Pirate (1948)
An actor poses as a notorious pirate to court a romantic Caribbean girl.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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4:15 PM That's Dancing! (1985)
Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli and Mikhail Baryshnikov host this compilation of some of the greatest dance numbers in movie history.
Dir: Jack Haley Jr. Cast: Liza Minnelli, Gene Kelly, Ray Bolger
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y



6:15 PM Orchestra Wives (1942)
A woman falls in love with a musician in a band and learns about life as an orchestra wife.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: George Montgomery, Ann Rutherford, Glenn Miller
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: N



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: THE NICHOLAS BROTHERS

8:00 PM Stormy Weather (1943)
A relationship blossoms between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress.
Dir: Andrew Stone Cast: Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway
Runtime: 77 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: N



9:30 PM Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
A Norwegian war orphan adopted by a pianist as a publicity stunt turns out to be a beautiful young woman.
Dir: H. Bruce Humberstone Cast: Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: N



11:15 PM Down Argentine Way (1940)
Love and horse racing spice up an American girl's South American vacation.
Dir: Irving Cummings Cast: Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: N



1:00 AM Pie, Pie Blackbird (1932)
In this musical short film, popular African American musicians perform such musical numbers as "I'm Wild About Harry" and "Memories of You." Vitaphone Release 1391.
Dir: Roy Mack Cast: Nina Mae McKinney, Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: N


1:20 AM The Black Network (1936)
The owner of a shoe polish company sponsors a radio show that showcases black performers.
Dir: Roy Mack Cast: Bill Brown, Emmett Wallace, Nina Mae McKinney
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


1:40 AM An All-Colored Vaudeville Show (1935)
Famous African American vaudeville acts are featured.
Dir: Roy Mack Cast: Adelaide Hall, Eunice Wilson, Cab Calloway
Runtime: 11 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


2:00 AM The Liberation of L. B. Jones (1970)
A black undertaker stands against racism in a small Southern town.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Lee J. Cobb, Anthony Zerbe, Roscoe Lee Browne
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N


4:00 AM Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Two ordinary joes entangle themselves in an underworld mess while out to find a stolen lottery ticket worth fifty grand.
Dir: Sidney Poitier Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Lee Chamberlin
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y