TCM Schedule for Thurs, Nov 28, 2024 - Astaire & Rogers/Family Comedies
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Seven of the nine Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers pairings highlight TCM's Thanksgiving Day schedule.
Missing are Roberta from 1935, their third pairing, and Follow The Fleet from 1936, their fifth. But we'll still see the film that brought them together in Flying Down to Rio, the delightful The Gay Divorcee, their best all-around film Top Hat, and the show-stopping productions of Swing Time, including the "Never Gonna Dance" number that left Rogers with bleeding feet.
Add in the family comedies airing prime time, and this is a great option to a day football -- and an escape into a simpler past.
Alternate synopses, full cast, and trivia for all films available at https://www.imdb.com
--- DAYTIME (EST) ---
6:00 AM | MGM Parade Show #21 (1955)
Clips from "The Champ" and "The Last Hunt."
Cast: George Murphy, Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Russ Tamblyn
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6:30 AM | The Gay Divorcee (1934)
A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.
Dir: Mark Sandrich | Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady
8:30 AM | Top Hat (1935)
A woman believes that an enamored dancer is her best friend's husband.
Dir: Mark Sandrich | Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton
10:30 AM | Flying Down to Rio (1933)
A bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer.
Dir: Thornton Freeland | Cast: Dolores Del Rio, Gene Raymond, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
12:30 PM | Swing Time (1936)
To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big only to get involved with someone else.
Dir: George Stevens | Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore
2:30 PM | Shall We Dance (1937)
A ballet dancer and a showgirl must fake a marriage for publicity purposes. Romance ensues, of course.
Dir: Mark Sandrich | Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton
4:30 PM | Carefree (1938)
A psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else.
Dir: Mark Sandrich | Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy
6:00 PM | The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
A married musical team splits up so the wife can become a serious actress.
Dir: Charles Walters | Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant
--- PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT, SATURDAY MORNING ---
8:00 PM | Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
The father of 12 children has unique methods for dealing with the ordeals of an unwieldy family.
Dir: Walter Lang | Cast: Clifton Webb, Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy
9:45 PM | Yours, Mine, and Ours (1968)
A widow with eight children marries a widower with ten.
Dir: Melville Shavelson | Cast: Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Van Johnson
11:45 PM | Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
A drama critic and his family try to adjust to life in the country.
Dir: Charles Walters | Cast: Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige
1:45 AM | Life with Father (1947)
A financier from New York rules his numerous family members with the meticulousness of a bookkeeper.
Dir: Michael Curtiz | Cast: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor
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4:00 AM | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Seven brothers ease the loneliness of their Oregon farm by courting seven women.
Dir: Stanley Donen | Cast: Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn