TCM Schedule for Tuesday, January 1st, NEW YEAR'S DAY

[CBHagman]

Nappy hew year! Or is it yappy hew near? :crazy: Anyway, have a great 2008.




12:00 AM Top Hat (1935) A woman thinks the man who loves her is her best friend's husband. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton. Dir: Mark Sandrich. BW-100 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

1:45 AM Swing Time (1936) To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big, only to fall for his dancing partner. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore. Dir: George Stevens. BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS



3:30 AM Carefree (1938) A psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy. Dir: Mark Sandrich. BW-83 mins, TV-G, CC

5:00am Follow The Fleet (1936) Two sailors on leave romance a dance-hall hostess and her prim sister. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott. Dir: Mark Sandrich. BW-110 mins, TV-G



7:00am Variety Time (1948) Jack Paar introduces musical numbers and comic bits from RKO films. Cast: Jack Paar, Hans Conried, Leon Errol. Dir: Hal Yates. BW-59 mins, TV-G

8:08am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Song Of Fame, The (1934)
BW-21 mins

8:30am Song Is Born, A (1948) A group of music professors takes in a singer on the run from her gangster boyfriend. Cast: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman. Dir: Howard Hawks. C-113 mins, TV-G


I don't know. For all that I think Danny Kaye was a comic genius, I much prefer Ball of Fire, the film on which A Song Is Born was based.

10:30am 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. BW-105 mins, TV-G

12:17pm Short Film: From The Vaults: Just One More Time (1974)
C-9 mins

12:30pm That's Entertainment! (1974) An all-star cast, including Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra, introduces clips from MGM's greatest musicals. Cast: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor. Dir: Jack Haley, Jr. C-135 mins, TV-G

3:00pm That's Entertainment! II (1976) Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly dance together again for the first time in more than 30 years as they introduce classic musical numbers and comedy bits.
Cast: Fred Astaire Dir: Gene Kelly. C-129 mins, TV-G

5:30pm That's Entertainment! III (1994) Classic musical numbers and rare behind-the-scenes footage show how MGM created the screen's greatest musicals. Featuring clips with Gene Kelly, Lena Horne and Debbie Reynolds. Cast: June Allyson, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Howard Keel Dir: Burt Friedgen, Michael J. Sheridan. C-120 mins, TV-G <[br />
7:34pm Short Film: From The Vaults: Somewhat Secret (1939)
BW-21 mins

What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: THE FUTURE SUCKS

8:00pm Things To Come (1936) Two generations of philosophers try to bring an end to war. Cast: Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Cedric Hardwick. Dir: William Cameron Menzies. BW-97 mins

9:47pm Short Film: From The Vaults: King Of The Duplicators (1968)
C-12 mins

10:00pm Time Machine, The (1960) A turn-of-the-century inventor sends himself into the future to save humanity.
Cast: Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Alan Young. Dir: George Pal. C-103 mins, TV-G

12:00am Rollerball (1975) The star of a bloodthirsty future sport tries to clean up the game before it kills him.
Cast: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams. Dir: Norman Jewison. C-125 mins, TV-MA

2:15am Terminator, The (1984) A deadly robot from the future travels back in time to kill a woman whose son will one day defeat its masters. Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton. Dir: James Cameron. BW-107 mins, TV-MA

Californians, take note.