Sunday, March 1st TV listings for Turner Classic Movies USA
42nd Street (1933)
A Broadway producer (Warner Baxter) sends in the understudy (Ruby Keeler) when his show's star (Bebe Daniels) twists her ankle.
Born to Dance (1936)
A tap-dancing understudy (Eleanor Powell) meets a sailor (James Stewart) on leave and replaces the star (Virginia Bruce) of a show.
Swing Time (1936)
Gambler/dancer Lucky (Fred Astaire) falls for dance teacher Penny (Ginger Rogers) while engaged to Margaret.
Royal Wedding (1951)
A brother (Fred Astaire) and sister (Jane Powell) take their act to 1947 London. Includes Astaire's famous dance on the ceiling.
The Band Wagon (1953)
Two playwrights bring a movie dancer (Fred Astaire) to New York for a Broadway show with a ballerina (Cyd Charisse).
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
When an Oregon trapper decides to marry, his six rowdy brothers aim to follow suit, though not one has a sweetheart yet.
West Side Story (1961)
Against a backdrop of vicious gang warfare between the New Yorker Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks, a romance develops across rival lines. 1960s update of "Romeo and Juliet", with amazing song and dance sequences.
All That Jazz (1979)
A Broadway choreographer (Roy Scheider) chain-smokes, pops pills and overworks his way to open-heart surgery.
The Red Shoes (1948)
A ballerina (Moira Shearer) loves a ballet composer (Marius Goring) but dances for an obsessive impresario (Anton Walbrook).
Fame (1980)
Leroy, Coco (Irene Cara), Bruno (Lee Curreri) and others of mixed talents and means attend New York's High School of Performing Arts.
Algiers (1938)
A Paris thief who is hiding in the Casbah meets a woman who reminds him of home.
Odd Man Out (1947)
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman (James Mason) wounded in a daring robbery.