TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 21: Christmas Marathon

[CBHagman]

It's another great day (and night) of holiday fare, some of it filled with the expected fun and romance (Christmas in Connecticut) and some of it zeroing in on darker themes (A Carol for Another Christmas).

I hope your holiday is peaceful and, of course, filled with classic films.

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

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


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


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

7:30 AM Christmas Past (1925)
A compilation of Christmas-themed short silent films.
Dir: null Cast: null
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: N


9:45 AM A Christmas Carol (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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11:15 AM A Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
Three ghosts teach an industrialist the importance of international peacekeeping.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Sterling Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ben Gazzara
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

1:00 PM Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
A reformed thief tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Chester Morris, Adele Mara, Richard Lane
Runtime: 67 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: N

2:30 PM Crooks Anonymous (1963)
A petty thief's plan to reform is jeopardized when he's locked in a department store during Christmas.
Dir: Ken Annakin Cast: Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N


4:15 PM Blast of Silence (1961)
A hit man loses his nerve after allowing himself to feel emotion—and pays the price.
Dir: Allen Baron Cast: Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker
Runtime: 77 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:00 PM 3 Godfathers (1949)
Three outlaws on the run risk their freedom and their lives to return a newborn to civilization.
Dir: John Ford Cast: John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, Harry Carey Jr.
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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8:00 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.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:00 PM Holiday Affair (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne'er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

11:45 PM Little Women (1949)
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:00 AM Auntie Mame (1958)
An eccentric heiress raises her nephew to be a free spirit.
Dir: Morton Dacosta Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne
Runtime: 143 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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4:30 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

[BigmanPigman]

1. Yeah!

I love the Christmas films. Right now I am watching George C Scott in A Christmas Carol. Even my 1st graders loved this story...anything that includes a ghost, let alone 4 of them is a guaranteed hit.