TCM Schedule for Monday March 24, 2025 - Primetime Musical Matinee

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(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Hullabaloo (1940)
1h 17m | Comedy | TV-G
A radio star creates a national panic when he announces a Martian invasion.
Director: Edwin L. Marin. Cast: Frank Morgan, Virginia Grey, Dan Dailey Jr.

7:30 AM The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
1h 58m | Drama | TV-PG
Story of the life of Helen Morgan, the grand dame of torch singers during Roaring Twenties Chicago.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson

9:30 AM The Star (1953)
1h 29m | Drama | TV-PG
A faded film star fights to hold on to her past glamour despite failing finances.
Dirctor: Stuart Heisler. Cast: Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood

11:15 AM The Clown (1953)
1h 32m | Drama | TV-G
In this remake of The Champ, a drunken clown tries to make a comeback so he can keep his son.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard. Cast: Red Skelton, Jane Greer, Tim Considine

1:00 PM Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
2h 11m | Musical | TV-G
Three showgirls in the Ziegfeld Follies face romantic trials on their way to the top.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard. Cast: James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr

3:30 PM The Entertainer (1960)
1h 44m | Drama | TV-PG
Story follows the life of a has-been, talent-less vaudevillian who still thinks he's a star, even as he destroys his family around him in pursuing a lost cause.
Director: Tony Richardson. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Brenda De Banzie, Joan Plowright

5:30 PM Limelight (1952)
2h 18m | Romance | TV-G
A broken-down comic sacrifices everything to give a young dancer a shot at the big time.
Director: Charles Chaplin. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce

8:00 PM New York, New York (1977)
2h 43m | Drama | TV-PG
An egotistical saxophonist and a young lounge singer meet on VJ Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long, uphill climb.
Director: Martin Scorsese. Cast: Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander

11:00 PM Victor/Victoria (1982)
2h 14m | Musical | TV-MA
An unemployed female singer poses as a female impersonator and becomes a star.
Director: Blake Edwards. Cast: Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston

1:30 AM A Star Is Born (1976)
2h 20m | Musical | TV-MA
A fast-rising singer tries to put a has-been rocker back on top.
Director: Frank R. Pierson. Cast: Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey

4:00 AM Fame (1980)
2h 14m | Musical | TV-MA
Students at a performing arts high school struggle personal problems.
Director: Alan Parker. Cast: Irene Cara, Eddie Barth, Lee Curreri