TCM Schedule for Sunday March 1, 2026 - Oscar Goes Dancing

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(all times Eastern)

6:15 AM Hollywood Canteen (1944)
2h 4m | Musical | TV-G
A serviceman and a starlet find love at the star-staffed serviceman's center.
Director: Delmer Daves. Cast: Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny, Joe E. Brown

8:30 AM 42nd Street (1933)
1h 25m | Musical | TV-G
A Broadway producer sends in the understudy when his show's star twists
her ankle.
Director: Lloyd Bacon. Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent

10:15 AM Born to Dance (1936)
1h 48m | Musical | TV-G
A sailor on leave helps a young dancer make it to the top on Broadway.
Director: Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce

12:15 PM Swing Time (1936)
1h 45m | Musical | TV-G
To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big, only to get involved with his dancing partner.
Director: George Stevens. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore

2:15 PM Royal Wedding (1951)
1h 33m | Musical | TV-G
A brother-and-sister musical team find romance when they tour London for Elizabeth II's wedding.
Director: Stanley Donen. Cast: Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford

4:00 PM The Band Wagon (1953)
1h 52m | Musical | TV-G
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Director: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant

6:00 PM Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
1h 43m | Musical | TV-G
The seven Pontipee brothers ease the loneliness of their Oregon farm by courting seven women.
Director: Stanley Donen. Cast: Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn

8:00 PM West Side Story (1961)
2h 35m | Musical | TV-PG
Modern day "Romeo and Juliet" set in a New York City ghetto about a Polish teen from one gang who falls for a Puerto Rican girl whose brother is from a rival gang.
Director: Robert Wise. Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn

10:45 PM All That Jazz (1979)
2h 3m | Musical | TV-MA
Bob Fosse co-wrote and directed this semi-autobiographical musical about
an obsessive director whose bad habits could cost him his life.
Director: Bob Fosse. Cast: Gary Bayer, Leonard Drum, Jan Flato

1:00 AM The Red Shoes (1948)
2h 14m | Romance | TV-G
Tale of a famous ballerina who must choose between art and love.
Director: Michael Powell. Cast: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer

3:30 AM Fame (1980)
2h 14m | Musical | TV-MA
Five outstandingly gifted students at New York's High School of Performing Arts are followed as they prepare for careers in show business. A budding singer, two actors, a dancer and a musician polish their crafts as they struggle to excel academically in the demanding school.
Director: Alan Parker. Cast: Irene Cara, Eddie Barth, Lee Curreri

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