TCM Schedule for Monday September 5, 2022 - Radio Days

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Daytime is all Fred and Ginger; at night it's the kickoff of a month-long look at radio in the movies.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 am Roberta (1935)
1h 25m | Musical | TV-G
A football player inherits a chic Paris fashion house.
Director: William A. Seiter. Cast: Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

8:00 am Swing Time (1936)
1h 45m | Musical | TV-G
To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big, only to fall for his dancing partner.
Director: George Stevens. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore

9:45 am The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
1h 48m | Musical | TV-G
A married musical team splits up so the wife can become a serious actress.
Director: Charles Walters. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant

11:45 am Carefree (1938)
1h 20m | Comedy | TV-G
A psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else.
Director: Mark Sandrich. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy

1:15 pm Shall We Dance (1937)
1h 56m | Musical | TV-G
A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.
Director: Mark Sandrich. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton

3:30 pm Follow the Fleet (1936)
1h 50m | Musical | TV-G
Two sailors on leave romance a dance-hall hostess and her prim sister.
Director: Mark Sandrich. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott

5:30 pm Top Hat (1935)
1h 45m | Musical | TV-G
A woman believes that an enamored dancer is her best friend's husband.
Director: Mark Sandrich. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton

7:30 pm MGM Parade Show #29 (1955)
25m | Documentary | TV-G
Walter Pidgeon introduces Part Three of "Captains Courageous" and a clip from "Tribute to a Badman."

8:00 pm The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
1h 42m | Comedy | TV-G
A failing radio station needs to put on a ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation.
Director: Mitchell Leisen. Cast: Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen

10:00pm It's in the Bag! (1945)
1h 30m | Comedy | TV-G
The heir to a fortune hidden in five chairs unwittingly sells them.
Director: Richard Wallace. Cast: Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Don Ameche

11:45 pm You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
1h 16m | Comedy | TV-PG
A circus manager tries to break up his daughter's romance with a ventriloquist.
Director: George Marshall. Cast: W. C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie Mccarthy

1:15 am Road to Singapore (1940)
1h 24m | Musical | TV-G
A runaway tycoon and his sailor buddy try to con their way through the South Seas.
Director: Victor Schertzinger. Cast: Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Hope

3:00 am The Vagabond Lover (1929)
1h 5m | Musical | TV-G
A small-town boy finds fame and romance when he joins a dance band.
Director: Marshall Neilan. Cast: Rudy Vallee, Sally Blane, Marie Dressler

4:15 am The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
1h 50m | Comedy | TV-G
A woman writing a scientist's biography is mistaken for a spy.
Director: Frank Tashlin. Cast: Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Arthur Godfrey

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1. Top Hat ...

one of the most watchable, and perhaps the best, musical of the 1930s.