TCM Schedule for Saturday, December 24: 'Twas the night before Christmas

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TCM Schedule for December 24, 2022 - Christmas Marathon continues

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12:00 AM Bell, Book and Candle (1959)
A beautiful witch puts a love spell on an unknowing publisher.
Dir: Richard Quine Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N


2:00 AM Susan Slept Here (1954)
A Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle.
Dir: Frank Tashlin Cast: Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Anne Francis
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:45 AM The Rocking Horse Winner (1949)
A young boy's talent for picking winning race horses threatens his life.
Dir: Anthony Pelissier Cast: Valerie Hobson, John Howard Davies, Ronald Squire
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC:


5:30 AM Big Business (1929)
A quarrel between two salesmen and a potential customer leads to an orgy of destruction.
Dir: Leo Mccarey Cast: James Finlayson, Retta Palmer, Lyle Tayo
Runtime: 18 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: N


6:00 AM Three Godfathers (1936)
Three fugitives risk their lives to bring a newborn baby out of the desert to safety.
Dir: Richard Boleslawski Cast: Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Walter Brennan
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y


7:30 AM Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
A ghost tries to smooth the way for two young lovers he knew during his lifetime.
Dir: A. Edward Sutherland Cast: Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:00 AM The Great Rupert (1950)

A squirrel becomes the guardian angel for an impoverished family.



Trivia: Jimmy Durante was actually a last-minute addition to the cast. As a result, Terry Moore's billing was dropped from first to second. The script was also modified to allow for Durante-style patter and songs.

Trivia: In this film, Terry Moore appears with a small, stop-motion animated squirrel. In 1949 she appeared with a giant stop-motion animated gorilla, Mighty Joe Young.

Dir: Irving Pichel Cast: Jimmy Durante, Terry Moore, Tom Drake
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:30 AM Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
A child of the tenements helps an ex-con find a new life.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Margaret O'Brien, Angela Lansbury, George Murphy
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


12:00 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.

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Trivia: Even though Margaret Sullavan was infamous for her quick temper and disdainful attitude towards Hollywood, James Stewart counted working with her as one of the great joys of his professional career. And because he knew her personally, he was more equipped than most of the cast and crew members to deal with her frequent and volatile emotional outbursts.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y


1:45 PM It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)

Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.



Trivia: This film was originally planned to be directed by Frank Capra, but he chose to do It's a Wonderful Life (1946) instead.

Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Don Defore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.



Trivia: The entire "runaway sleigh ride" sequence was filmed in soundstages on the Warner Brothers backlot, with snow drifts simulated by soap flakes.

Trivia: In 1945, studio head Jack L. Warner went on a "cost-cutting kick," hoping to cut down on extravagant production expenditures during wartime. As an example, the mink coat Barbara Stanwyck is seen buying herself as a reward near the beginning of this film is the same coat Joan Crawford wore throughout another 1945 Warner hit, Mildred Pierce (1945).

Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:00 PM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:00 PM The Bishop's Wife (1948)


An angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.

Trivia: Originally Cary Grant played the bishop and David Niven the angel. When original director William A. Seiter left the film, Henry Koster replaced him and viewed what had been shot so far. He realized that the two were in the wrong roles. It took some convincing because Grant wanted the title role of the bishop, but he eventually accepted the change. His role as the angel was one of the most widely praised of his career.

Trivia: Robert J. Anderson is not the only actor in this film who also played a child in It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Karolyn Grimes, who plays Debby here, played Zuzu in It's a Wonderful Life, whilst Robert J. Anderson played a young George Bailey.

Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


10:00 PM A Christmas Carol (1938)

In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.

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Trivia: This was the only film in which Gene Lockhart appeared with his wife Kathleen Lockhart and their daughter June Lockhart, who was making her film debut. Gene Lockhart and his wife Kathleen also appeared together as husband and wife Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Brock in "I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)."

Trivia: Lionel Barrymore was originally set to play Scrooge, but had to back out due to illness. Barrymore instead suggested his friend Reginald Owen take over the role. Barrymore instead appeared in a special trailer for the film called "A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore."

Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 PM Meet John Doe (1941)

A reporter's fraudulent story turns a tramp into a national hero and makes him a pawn of big business.

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Trivia: Frank Capra didn't want anyone to play John Doe except Gary Cooper, who agreed to the part (without reading a script) for two reasons: he had enjoyed working with Capra on "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (1936) and he wanted to work with Barbara Stanwyck.

Trivia: Four different endings were filmed, but all were ultimately deemed unsatisfactory during previews. A letter from an audience member suggested a fifth ending, which Frank Capra liked and used in the finished film.

Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


1:45 AM All That Heaven Allows (1955)
A lonely widow defies small-town gossip when she falls for a younger man.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


3:30 AM Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
An aging fruit vendor, who has been deceiving her grown daughter that she's a wealthy millionaire, gets in a pickle when her daughter announces her arrival in the States with her new fiance. The mother then enlists the help of one of her daily customers, a big-time mobster, who spends the money to create the lavish setting ...
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange
Runtime: 136 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y