TCM Schedule for Monday March 11 - Fred Without Ginger

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Daytime features films with French settings; in prime time Mr. Astaire shows his ability to work with many different partners.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM LA BETE HUMAINE ( 1938)
A railroad engineer enters an affair with his friend's amoral wife. Dir: Jean Renoir Cast: Jean Gabin , Simone Simon , Fernand Ledoux . BW- 101 mins,

8:00 AM EARRINGS OF MADAME DE..., THE ( 1954)
When a woman sells her earrings to pay a gambling debt, it leads to a string of betrayals. Dir: Max Ophüls Cast: Charles Boyer , Danielle Darrieux , Vittorio De Sica . BW- 100 mins,

9:45 AM LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON ( 1957)
An aging American tycoon overcomes his inhibitions to court a young Parisian. Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Gary Cooper , Audrey Hepburn , Maurice Chevalier . BW- 130 mins, CC,

12:00 PM FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON ( 1958)
Lifelong rivals collaborate on a 19th-century moon rocket. Dir: Byron Haskin Cast: Joseph Cotten , George Sanders , Debra Paget . C- 100 mins, CC,

2:00 PM THREE MUSKETEERS, THE ( 1935)
Alexandre Dumas's classic swashbuckler about a young guardsman fighting for the queen's honor. Dir: Rowland V. Lee Cast: Walter Abel , Paul Lukas , Margot Grahame . BW- 96 mins, CC,

4:00 PM HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, THE ( 1939)
A deformed bell ringer rescues a gypsy girl falsely accused of witchcraft and murder. Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Charles Laughton , Sir Cedric Hardwicke , Thomas Mitchell . BW- 117 mins, CC,

6:00 PM MADAME BOVARY ( 1949)
A romantic country girl sacrifices her marriage when she thinks she's found true love. Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Jennifer Jones , Van Heflin , Louis Jourdan . BW- 114 mins, CC,

8:00 PM YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER ( 1942)
An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer. Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Fred Astaire , Rita Hayworth , Adolphe Menjou . BW- 97 mins, CC,

10:00 PM BAND WAGON, THE ( 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 . C- 112 mins, CC,

12:00 AM BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940 ( 1940)
A vaudeville team breaks up when both men fall for the same gorgeous hoofer. Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Fred Astaire , Eleanor Powell , George Murphy . BW- 102 mins, CC,

2:00 AM THREE LITTLE WORDS ( 1950)
Musical biography of songwriters Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, who surreptitiously helped each other out of jams. Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Fred Astaire , Red Skelton , Vera-Ellen . C- 102 mins, CC,

4:00 AM EASTER PARADE ( 1948)
When his partner leaves him, a vaudeville star trains an untried performer to take her place, finding love in the process. Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Judy Garland , Fred Astaire , Peter Lawford . C- 103 mins, CC,

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1. If you haven't seen it,

I highly suggest a viewing of 'The Earrings of Madame de...'

Wonderful film, I have been waiting for TCM to show it again.