TCM Schedule for Wednesday, January 29: Birthday Tribute: Director Ernst Lubitsch/Cyd Charisse
Lots to love here: a day of Lubitsch movies in honor of the great director's birthday and then an evening with the one and only Cyd Charisse and her dance moves.
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
12:30 AM Some Like It Hot (1959)
When a pair of bumbling, out-of-work musicians, accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day gangster murders, they disguise themselves as women and join up with a travelling all-womens' band to escape the mobsters after them.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:45 AM Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist. Together the eleven friends plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
5:15 AM MGM Parade Show #23 (1955)
Gene Kelly and Jerry the Mouse perform in a clip from "Anchors Aweigh"; George Murphy, Dore Schary and Richard Brooks show a short film about the making of "The Last Hunt." Hosted by George Murphy.
Dir: null Cast: Gene Kelly, George Murphy, Dore Schary
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
Birthday Tribute: Director Ernst Lubitsch
6:00 AM So This Is Paris (1926)
When Dr. Giraud goes to a neighboring apartment to make a complaint, he is shocked to find his old flame, dancer Georgette Lalle. The chance encounter rekindles a romance, and as Giraud and Georgette start to meet, he tells various cover stories to his wife, Suzanne, about needy patients.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Monte Blue, Patsy Ruth Miller, Lilyan Tashman
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N
7:30 AM The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
In this film, a young prince attending college falls for a barmaid below his station.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer, Jean Hersholt
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: Y
9:30 AM That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas, Burgess Meredith
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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11:00 AM The Merry Widow (1934)
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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12:45 PM Ninotchka (1939)
A coldhearted Soviet agent is warmed up by a trip to Paris and a night of love.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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2:45 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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4:30 PM To Be or Not to Be (1942)
A troupe of squabbling actors joins the Polish underground to dupe the Nazis.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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6:15 PM Design for Living (1933)
An independent woman can't chose between the two men she loves.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
What's on Tonight: Cyd Charisse
8:00 PM The Band Wagon (1953)
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:00 PM Silk Stockings (1957)
A straitlaced Soviet agent is seduced by the charm of Paris and a high-stepping film producer.
Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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12:15 AM Party Girl (1958)
A showgirl and a crooked lawyer try to break with a powerful mob boss.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:00 AM It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse and Dan Daily are in top form and star in this classic musical comedy about three fun-loving army buddies who meet in New York City ten years after their discharge only to discover that each has compromised on his dreams ... and that their reunion is being broadcast as a national television special.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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4:00 AM Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
A ballerina becomes a gambler's lucky charm.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Agnes Moorehead
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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