TCM Schedule for Monday May 11, 2020 - Tip Top Tap

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TCM devotes the full day to some legendary tap dancing.

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6:00 AM SINGIN' IN THE RAIN ( 1952)
A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound. Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly , Donald O'Connor , Debbie Reynolds . C- 103 mins, CC,

8:00 AM KISS ME KATE ( 1953)
Feuding co-stars reunite for a musical version of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." Dir: George Sidney Cast: Kathryn Grayson , Howard Keel , Ann Miller . C- 110 mins, CC,

10:00 AM 42ND STREET ( 1933)
The definitive backstage musical, complete with the dazzling newcomer who goes on for the injured star. Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Warner Baxter , Bebe Daniels , George Brent . BW- 89 mins, CC,

11:45 AM FOOTLIGHT PARADE ( 1933)
A producer fights labor problems, financiers and his greedy ex-wife to put on a show. Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: James Cagney , Joan Blondell , Ruby Keeler . BW- 103 mins, CC,

1:45 PM VARSITY SHOW ( 1937)
A Broadway producer puts on a show at his alma mater. Dir: William Keighley Cast: Dick Powell , Fred Waring , Ted Healy . BW- 80 mins, CC,

4:00 PM TOP HAT ( 1935)
A woman thinks the man who loves her is her best friend's husband. Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Edward Everett Horton . BW- 100 mins, CC,

6:00 PM BORN TO DANCE ( 1936)
A sailor on leave helps a young dancer make it to the top on Broadway. Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Eleanor Powell , James Stewart , Virginia Bruce . BW- 106 mins, CC,

8:00 PM NO MAPS ON MY TAPS ( 1978)
Dir: George T Nierenberg Cast: Sandman Sims , Bunny Briggs , Chuck Green . BW- 59 mins, CC,

9:15 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 . BW- 78 mins, CC,

10:45 PM NO MAPS ON MY TAPS ( 1978)
Dir: George T Nierenberg Cast: Sandman Sims , Bunny Briggs , Chuck Green . BW- 59 mins, CC,

12:00 AM LITTLE COLONEL, THE ( 1935)
Dir: David Butler Cast: Shirley Temple , Lionel Barrymore , Evelyn Venable . BW- 81 mins, CC,

1:30 AM YANKEE DOODLE DANDY ( 1942)
Spirited musical biography of the song-and-dance man who kept America humming through two world wars. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: James Cagney , Joan Leslie , Walter Huston . BW- 126 mins, CC,

4:00 AM PENNIES FROM HEAVEN ( 1981)
A traveling salesman's music-inspired dreams lead to tragedy. Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Steve Martin , Bernadette Peters , Christopher Walken . C- 108 mins, CC,

[Staph]

1. The Little Colonel, on at midnight,

is pretty much an apologist film for the Confederacy.

But oh, it features the wonderful staircase dance with Shirley and Bill Robinson!