TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 7: Movie Neighbors
The daytime schedule is, fittingly, Pearl Harbor Day.
Night is devoted to the neighbors.
Bonus: a Robert Montgomery sighting. Find him in the listings below.
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
12:15 AM
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music (2021)
TV-14
Max Steiner arrived in America as a penniless musician from Europe at the beginning of the last century. After he found success on Broadway, he went to Hollywood and became one of the legends of film scores.
Director
Diana Friedberg
Cast
Diana Friedberg, Lionel Friedberg
2:30 AM
Now, Voyager (1942)
1h 57m | Romance | TV-G
A repressed spinster is transformed by psychiatry and her love for a married man.
Director
Irving Rapper
Cast
Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
4:30 AM
King Kong (1933)
1h 40m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A film crew discovers the "eighth wonder of the world," a giant prehistoric ape, and brings him back to New York, where he creates mayhem.
Director
Merian C. Cooper
Cast
Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot
6:15 AM
Hell to Eternity (1960)
2h 12m | War | TV-PG
A young man adopted by Japanese-Americans becomes a hero in World War II.
Director
Phil Karlson
Cast
Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Vic Damone
8:30 AM
Air Force (1943)
2h 4m | War | TV-G
A bomber crew sees World War II action over the Pacific.
Director
Howard Hawks
Cast
John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy
10:45 AM
VICTORY QUIZ (1942)
9m | Short | TV-G
This asks viewers questions about the United States and its involvement in World War II.
Director
Will Jason
Cast
Alan Hale Jr., Pete Smith, Dave O'Brien
11:00 AM
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
2h 18m | War | TV-PG
General Jimmy Doolittle trains American troops for the first airborne attacks on Japan.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Cast
Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Tim Murdock
1:30 PM
They Were Expendable (1945)
2h 15m | War | TV-PG
After a demonstration of new PT boats, Navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat.
Director
John Ford
Cast
Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed
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4:00 PM
Bridge to the Sun (1961)
1h 52m | Drama | TV-PG
An American woman marries a Japanese diplomat on the eve of World War II.
Director
Etienne Périer
Cast
Carroll Baker, James Shigeta, James Yagi
6:00 PM
Honolulu: Paradise of the Pacific (1935)
8m | Documentary | TV-G
This short film takes the viewer to Honolulu, capital of Hawaii.
Director
Ruth Fitzpatrick
Cast
James A. Fitzpatrick, Wilfred M Cline
6:15 PM
Swing Shift (1984)
1h 40m | Romance | TV-PG
After her husband leaves for Pearl Harbor in World War II, a woman takes a job in an aircraft factory.
Director
Jonathan Demme
Cast
Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: MOVIE NEIGHBORS
8:00 PM
Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
2h 10m | Comedy | TV-PG
A man poses as husband to his wife's best friend for one day that could turn into a lifetime.
Director
David Swift
Cast
Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider, Dorothy Provine
10:30 PM
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
1h 45m | Comedy | TV-PG
A married man whose wife is on vacation falls for the blonde bombshell upstairs.
Director
Billy Wilder
Cast
Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes
12:30 AM
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
1h 57m | Comedy | TV-G
A widower with a six year-old boy has a hard time finding a new wife/stepmother that meets with his son's approval.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Cast
Glenn Ford, Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens
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2:45 AM
In the Mood for Love (2000)
1h 37m | Romance | TV-PG
In this romance set in the 1960s, Chow is a newspaper editor who moves into a new building with his wife at the same time as a beautiful secretary and her executive husband.
Director
Wong Kar Wai
Cast
Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Siu Ping-Lam
4:30 AM
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
1h 25m | Comedy | TV-G
When nobody at Warner Bros. will work with him, movie star Jack Carson decides to turn an unknown into his co-star.
Director
David Butler
Cast
Dennis Morgan, Doris Day, Jack Carson