TCM Schedule for Monday April 8 - Amateur Sleuths

Daytime is all about sham marriages; in prime time it's the first of a week-long batch of amateur crime-solvers.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM BLONDE CRAZY ( 1931)
A con-man bellhop and his chambermaid girlfriend set out to fleece hotel guests. Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: James Cagney , Joan Blondell , Louis Calhern . BW- 79 mins, CC,

7:30 AM WISE GIRLS ( 1929)
A sheepish plumber gets conned into a marriage scheme. Dir: E. Mason Hopper Cast: Elliott Nugent , Norma Lee , Roland Young . BW- 98 mins,

9:15 AM JOHN LOVES MARY ( 1949)
A World War II veteran's marriage of convenience threatens his real wedding plans. Dir: David Butler Cast: Ronald Reagan , Jack Carson , Wayne Morris . BW- 96 mins, CC,

11:00 AM COME LIVE WITH ME ( 1941)
A Viennese refugee weds a struggling author platonically so she can stay in the U.S. Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: James Stewart , Hedy Lamarr , Ian Hunter . BW- 87 mins, CC,

12:30 PM DREAM WIFE ( 1953)
For state reasons, a diplomat fakes an engagement to a Middle Eastern princess. Dir: Sidney Sheldon Cast: Cary Grant , Deborah Kerr , Walter Pidgeon . BW- 99 mins, CC,

2:15 PM PROFESSIONAL SWEETHEART ( 1933)
A radio star's pure image leads to a fake engagement to a hayseed. Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Ginger Rogers , Norman Foster , ZaSu Pitts . BW- 73 mins, CC,

3:30 PM PUBLIC WEDDING ( 1937)
Out-of-work show folk stage a fake wedding to generate publicity. Dir: Nick Grinde Cast: Jane Wyman , William Hopper , Dick Purcell . BW- 58 mins,

4:30 PM CONSOLATION MARRIAGE ( 1931)
A couple who married after each was jilted faces the return of their former loved ones. Dir: Paul Sloane Cast: Irene Dunne , Pat O'Brien , John Halliday . BW- 81 mins, CC,

6:00 PM SHALL WE DANCE ( 1937)
A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love. Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Edward Everett Horton . BW- 109 mins, CC,

8:00 PM MURDER, SHE SAID ( 1961)
When nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues. Dir: George Pollock Cast: Margaret Rutherford , Arthur Kennedy , Muriel Pavlow . BW- 86 mins, CC,

9:45 PM MAD MISS MANTON, THE ( 1938)
A daffy socialite gets her friends mixed up in a murder investigation. Dir: Leigh Jason Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Henry Fonda , Sam Levene . BW- 80 mins, CC,

11:15 PM LADY VANISHES, THE ( 1938)
A young woman on vacation triggers an international incident when she tries to track an elderly friend who has disappeared. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Margaret Lockwood , Michael Redgrave , Paul Lukas . BW- 96 mins, CC,

1:00 AM PENGUIN POOL MURDER, THE ( 1932)
A feisty school teacher sets out to solve a murder in an aquarium. Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Edna May Oliver , James Gleason , Robert Armstrong . BW- 65 mins, CC,

2:15 AM NANCY DREW...DETECTIVE ( 1938)
A teen-aged sleuth investigates a wealthy woman's disappearance. Dir: William Clemens Cast: Bonita Granville , John Litel , James Stephenson . BW- 66 mins, CC,

3:30 AM DETECTIVE KITTY O'DAY ( 1944)
An amateur sleuth drives her boyfriend and the police crazy when she butts into a murder investigation. Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Jean Parker , Peter Cookson , Tim Ryan . BW- 61 mins,

4:45 AM SMART BLONDE ( 1936)
An ambitious reporter forces her policeman boyfriend to let her help with a murder case. Dir: Frank McDonald Cast: Glenda Farrell , Barton MacLane , Winifred Shaw . BW- 59 mins, CC,