TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 20: Christmas Marathon

[CBHagman]

TCM has it all: holiday movies of every kind, including a flick featuring Classic Film Group unofficial patron saint Robert Montgomery!



You all must have been really good this year.

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

12:15 AM Metropolitan (1990)
A group of friends from New York's haute-bourgeoisie gather together during the holiday season.
Dir: Whit Stillman Cast: Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

2:15 AM Bachelor Mother (1939)
A fun-loving shop girl is mistaken for the mother of a foundling.
Dir: Garson Kanin Cast: Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

3:45 AM Bundle of Joy (1956)
A recently fired shop girl is mistaken for a single mother when she finds an abandoned baby.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Adolphe Menjou
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

5:30 AM All Mine to Give (1957)
Pioneer children fight to build a new family after their parents die.
Dir: Allen Reisner Cast: Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell, Rex Thompson
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

7:15 AM My Reputation (1946)
A widow generates small-town gossip when she falls in love too soon after her husband's death.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Warner Anderson
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

9:00 AM Kind Lady (1935)
A con artist and his criminal colleagues move in on a trusting old lady.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Aline MacMahon, Basil Rathbone, Mary Carlisle
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:30 AM Cover Up (1949)
An insurance investigator smells something wrong when he looks into a small-town suicide.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: William Bendix, Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Britton
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: N


12:00 PM Larceny, Inc. (1942)
An ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:00 PM Lady in the Lake (1947)
Philip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective's viewpoint.
Dir: Robert Montgomery Cast: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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4:00 PM Backfire (1950)
A veteran tries to clear an old friend of a murder charge.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Virginia Mayo
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:00 PM Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
After being betrayed, a gangster hangs out in a settlement house while seeking revenge.
Dir: Henry Levin Cast: Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: CHRISTMAS MARATHON

8:00 PM Going My Way (1944)
A young priest revitalizes a failing parish and brings new life to the elder priest.
Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh
Runtime: 130 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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10:15 PM The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
A minister's family torn apart by World War II reunites for the Christmas holidays.
Dir: George More O'Ferrall Cast: Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N

12:00 AM O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Five stories reveal O. Henry's gift for the surprise ending.
Dir: Jasper Blystone Cast: John Steinbeck, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N

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2:15 AM Period of Adjustment (1962)
A newlywed couple's honeymoon is disrupted by their friends' marital problems.
Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Tony Franciosa, Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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4:15 AM Fanny and Alexander (1982)
A widowed actress and her children suffer hardships when she mistakenly marries a conservative church leader.
Dir: Ingmar Bergman Cast: Bertil Guve, Borje Ahlstedt, Pernilla Allwin
Runtime: 188 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N

[Staph]

1. Not only starring Robert Montgomery,

but directed by Robert Montgomery as well!

[CBHagman]

2. Mea culpa!

I should have mentioned his dual role.

And may I just say that is still one wonderful photo.

[Staph]

3. I have two favorite photos of Our Patron Saint.

I like to alternate them!