TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 12: Star of the Month: Fredric March
Watch the detectives all day and then settle in for an array of Fredric March films from different genres. 
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
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,
1:47 AM
THREE MAGIC WORDS ( 1939)
A newly married housewife seeks assistance in cooking a pork dinner in this short film.
Dir: Al Christie
BW- 11 mins,
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,
3:46 AM
HIT PARADE OF THE GAY NINETIES ( 1943)
This short film focuses on popular music of the 1890s.
Dir: Jean Negulesco
BW- 10 mins,
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,
5:47 AM
PARIS ON PARADE ( 1938)
This short film takes the viewer to the Paris International Exposition of 1937.
Dir: James A. FitzPatrick
C- 9 mins,
6:00 AM
SKY MURDER ( 1940)
Detective Nick Carter tries to prove a beautiful immigrant innocent of murder.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Walter Pidgeon , Donald Meek , Karen Verne .
BW- 72 mins, CC,
7:15 AM
SCENE OF THE CRIME ( 1949)
A detective tries to solve a policeman's murder.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Van Johnson , Arlene Dahl , Gloria De Haven .
BW- 94 mins, CC,
9:00 AM
TATTOOED STRANGER, THE ( 1950)
Detectives investigate the Central Park murder of a young woman with a Marine Corps tattoo.
Dir: Edward J. Montagne Cast: John Miles , Patricia White , Walter Kinsella .
BW- 64 mins, CC,
10:15 AM
MUSS 'EM UP ( 1936)
A tough detective investigates organized crime's ties to the murder of a millionaire's dog.
Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: Preston Foster , Margaret Callahan , Alan Mowbray .
BW- 69 mins,
11:30 AM
SUPER SLEUTH ( 1937)
A movie detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
Dir: Ben Stoloff Cast: Jack Oakie , Ann Sothern , Eduardo Ciannelli .
BW- 70 mins, CC,
12:45 PM
UNDER COVER OF NIGHT ( 1937)
A police detective and his wife try to solve a string of murders.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Edmund Lowe , Florence Rice , Nat Pendleton .
BW- 71 mins,
2:00 PM
MALTESE FALCON, THE ( 1941)
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Mary Astor , Gladys George .
BW- 100 mins, CC,
4:00 PM
MYSTERY HOUSE ( 1938)
A detective tries to solve a murder in a house full of suspects.
Dir: Noel Smith Cast: Dick Purcell , Ann Sheridan , Anne Nagel .
BW- 57 mins,
5:00 PM
PATIENT IN ROOM 18, THE ( 1938)
A hospitalized detective probes the murder of a fellow patient.
Dir: Bobby Connolly Cast: Patric Knowles , Ann Sheridan , Eric Stanley .
BW- 59 mins,
6:00 PM
BIG SLEEP, THE ( 1946) 
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl's involvement in the murder of a pornographer.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Lauren Bacall , John Ridgely .
BW- 114 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: FREDRIC MARCH
8:00 PM
STAR IS BORN, A ( 1937)
A fading matinee idol marries the young beginner he's shepherded to stardom.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Janet Gaynor , Fredric March , Adolphe Menjou .
C- 111 mins, CC,
10:00 PM
NOTHING SACRED ( 1937)
When a small-town girl is diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an ambitious newspaper man turns her into a national heroine.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Carole Lombard , Fredric March , Charles Winninger .
C- 74 mins, CC,
11:30 PM
LES MISERABLES ( 1935)
An obsessed policeman relentlessly pursues an escaped convict. 
Dir: Richard Boleslawski Cast: Fredric March , Charles Laughton , Sir Cedric Hardwicke .
BW- 109 mins, CC,
1:30 AM
ANNA KARENINA ( 1935)
Adaptation of Tolstoy's classic tale of a woman who deserts her family for an illicit love.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Greta Garbo , Fredric March , Freddie Bartholomew .
BW- 93 mins, CC,
3:15 AM
MARY OF SCOTLAND ( 1936)
Biography of the flighty Scottish queen who was brought down by love.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Fredric March , Florence Eldridge .
BW- 123 mins, CC,
5:30 AM
ANTHONY ADVERSE ( 1936)
An orphan runs off to a life of adventure, then returns to France in search of the girl he left behind.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Fredric March , Olivia De Havilland , Donald Woods .
BW- 141 mins, CC,
