TCM Schedule for Saturday, May 4, 2013 -- The Essentials: Busby Berkeley in 1933

6:45 AM - NOW PLAYING MAY (2013):BW-25 mins, CC

7:30 AM
THE GANGSTER (1947)

A troubled gangster, who has lost all faith in people, loses his weak grip on life.
Dir: Gordon Wiles
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Belita, Joan Lorring.
BW-84 mins, TV-PG


9:00 AM
FIRE OVER ENGLAND (1937)

A British spy infiltrates the Spanish court to thwart their planned invasion of England.
Dir: William K. Howard
Cast: Flora Robson, Raymond Massey, Leslie Banks.
BW-89 mins, TV-G


10:45 AM
THE FALCON TAKES OVER (1942)

A society sleuth and a lady reporter try to track down a murderous thug's lost girlfriend.
Dir: Irving Reis
Cast: George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason.
BW-63 mins, TV-G


12:00 PM
FIGHTING MAN OF THE PLAINS (1949)

A former bandit enlists Jesse James to help him clean up a Kansas town.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Randolph Scott, Bill Williams, Victor Jory.
C-90 mins, TV-G


2:00 PM
OCEAN'S ELEVEN (1960)

A group of friends plot to rob a Las Vegas casino.
Dir: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra.
C-127 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


4:15 PM
THE CAINE MUTINY (1954)

Naval officers begin to suspect their captain of insanity.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson.
C-125 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


6:30 PM
THE WILD ONE (1953)

Motorcycle-riding delinquents take over a small town.
Dir: Laslo Benedek
Cast: Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith.
BW-79 mins, TV-14, CC


TONIGHT ON TCM
THE ESSENTIALS: BUSBY BERKELEY IN 1933

8:00 PM
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (1933)

Three chorus girls fight to keep their show going and find rich husbands.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon.
BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC


10:00 PM
FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933)

A producer fights labor problems, financiers and his greedy ex-wife to put on a show.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler.
BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC


12:00 AM
42ND STREET (1933)

The definitive backstage musical, complete with the dazzling newcomer who goes on for the injured star.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent.
BW-89 mins, TV-G, CC


2:00 AM
THE TEMPEST (1979)

Adaptation of Shakespeare's play about the machinations of an exiled magician.
Dir: Derek Jarman
Cast: Heathcote Williams, Toyah Willcox, Karl Johnson
C-95 mins, TV-MA


3:45 AM
DEREK (2008)

A cinematic journey that illuminates the work and enduring importance of the late director Derek Jarman.
Dir: Isaac Julien
C-76 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format


5:15 AM -- NOW PLAYING MAY (2013): BW-25 mins, CC