TCM Schedule for Wednesday, August 9: Summer Under the Stars: The Nicholas Brothers [View all]

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