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TCM movies for previous months, all categories, see near bottom

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1 Tuesday  
3:30 AM Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1934)  
  A British family gets mixed up with spies and an assassination plot while vacationing in Switzerland. Cast: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-75 mins, TV-PG, CC  
5:00 AM Union Station (1950)  
  A secretary gets caught up in the hunt for kidnappers. Cast: William Holden, Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald. Dir: Rudolph Mate. BW-81 mins, TV-PG, CC  
6:30 AM Lady From Shanghai, The (1948)  
  A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife. Cast: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane. Dir: Orson Welles. BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC  
8:00 AM Fourteen Hours (1951)  
  A policeman tries to talk a desperate young man off the ledge of a New York skyscraper. Cast: Richard Basehart, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes. Dir: Henry Hathaway. BW-92 mins, TV-PG, CC  
10:00 AM Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)  
  A distraught mother searches for her seemingly non-existent daughter, bringing her sanity into question. Cast: Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Laurence Olivier. Dir: Otto Preminger. BW-107 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
12:00 PM So Long at the Fair (1950)  
  A woman searches for her missing brother in Paris despite the fact that nobody believes he exists. Cast: Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, David Tomlinson. Dir: Antony Darnborough, Terence Fisher. BW-86 mins, TV-PG, CC  
1:30 PM Woody Allen (1971)  
  Woody Allen appears on The Dick Cavett Show in an interview that originally aired October 20, 1971. C-67 mins, TV-PG, CC  
2:39 PM Short Film: Lion Roars Again, The (1975)  
  An MGM promotional featurette advertising its resurgence into the movie industry in the mid-1970s. Showcased movies include "Logan's Run" (1976), "The Sunshine Boys" (1975), and "The Wind and the Lion" (1975). C-17 mins,  
3:00 PM Take The Money And Run (1969)  
  An incompetent criminal becomes the subject of a documentary. Cast: Woody Allen, Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire. Dir: Woody Allen. C-85 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format  
4:30 PM Short Film: Now Playing December (2009) (2009)  
  Features highlights of the month's programming on TCM, including festivals and stars. BW-25 mins, , CC  
5:00 PM Far Horizons, The (1955)  
  Romanticized version of Lewis and Clarks voyage of discovery through the American West. Cast: Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed. Dir: Rudolph Mat. C-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
7:00 PM Adventures of Marco Polo, The (1938)  
  Classic biography of the Italian explorer and his journeys to China. Cast: Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone. Dir: John Ford. BW-104 mins, TV-G  
9:00 PM Christopher Columbus (1949)  
  The legendary explorer discovers the new world while searching for a route to Asia. Cast: Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Francis L. Sullivan. Dir: David McDonald. C-99 mins, TV-G  
10:45 PM Short Film: Polar Outpost (1957)  
  BW-15 mins
11:00 PM Scott Of The Antarctic (1948)  
  A British commander fights to beat a Norwegian team in the search for the South Pole. Cast: John Mills, Diana Churchill, Kenneth More. Dir: Charles Frend. C-105 mins, TV-G  
1:00 AM Quick, Before It Melts (1964)  
  The team at an Antarctic station try to fly in a planeload of girls. Cast: George Maharis, Robert Morse, Anjanette Comer. Dir: Delbert Mann. C-98 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format  
2:39 AM Short Film: Milton Fox, Esq. (1964)  
  BW-5 mins

2 Wednesday  
3:00 AM Love Affair (1932)  
  An heiress' affair with an aeronautical engineer threatens his career. Cast: Dorothy Mackaill, Humphrey Bogart, Hale Hamilton. Dir: Thornton Freeland. BW-68 mins, TV-G  
4:15 AM Big City Blues (1932)  
  A country boy finds love and heartache in New York City. Cast: Eric Linden, Joan Blondell, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-63 mins, TV-PG  
5:30 AM Three on a Match (1932)  
  A woman's childhood friends try to rescue her from gangsters. Cast: Joan Blondell, Bette Davis, Ann Dvorak. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-63 mins, TV-PG, CC  
7:00 AM Black Legion, The (1936)  
  A disgruntled factory worker is lured into joining a secret society out to terrorize foreigners. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Ann Sheridan. Dir: Archie Mayo. BW-83 mins, TV-G, CC  
8:32 AM Short Film: Show Kids (1934)  
  A troubled theater owner hands over his business to his son who has an idea for a show that will surely fill the seats. Cast: Tad Alexander, Arthur Aylesworth C-20 mins,  
9:00 AM Bullets Or Ballots (1936)  
  A cop goes undercover to crack an influential crime ring. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: William Keighley. BW-82 mins, TV-G, CC  
10:30 AM China Clipper (1936)  
  A flyer sacrifices everything to open a transpacific airline. Cast: Pat O'Brien, Beverly Roberts, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Ray Enright. BW-89 mins, TV-PG  
12:15 PM Isle Of Fury (1936)  
  A man on the run in the South Seas gets caught up in a romantic triangle. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Woods. Dir: Frank McDonald. BW-60 mins, TV-G  
1:17 PM Short Film: Madeira "Isle Of Romance" (1938)  
  C-8 mins,  
1:30 PM Great O'Malley, The (1937)  
  A ruthless cop gets mixed up with a man who's only turned to crime to help his crippled daughter. Cast: Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan. Dir: William Dieterle. BW-71 mins, TV-G  
2:48 PM Short Film: Little Jack Little & His Orchestra (1936)  
  BW-11 mins,  
3:00 PM Marked Woman (1937)  
  A crusading DA fights to get a nightclub hostess to testify against her gangster boss. Cast: Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-97 mins, TV-G, CC  
4:49 PM Short Film: Three On A Rope (1938)  
  BW-10 mins,  
5:00 PM Petrified Forest, The (1936)  
  An escaped convict holds the customers at a remote desert cantina hostage. Cast: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Archie Mayo. BW-82 mins, TV-G, CC  
6:30 PM Dead End (1937)  
  A killer returns to his childhood home to plot his escape from the law. Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: William Wyler. BW-92 mins, TV-PG  
8:08 PM Short Film: Swingtime In The Movies (1938)  
  In this musical short, director Nitvitch is making a western, but is struggling to find a good female lead. Fortune has it that Nitvitch stumbles across his lead in the studio diner, casting a hopeful young waitress in the role. Dir: Crane Wilbur C-20 mins,  
8:30 PM Kid Galahad (1937)  
  A mob-connected trainer grooms a bellhop for the boxing ring. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Wayne Morris. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-102 mins, TV-PG, CC  
10:20 PM Short Film: Swing Cat'S Jamboree (1933)  
  BW-9 mins,  
10:30 PM Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)  
  Childhood friends on opposite sides of the law fight over the future of a street gang. Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-97 mins, TV-G, CC  
12:18 AM Short Film: Borrah Minevitch And His Harmonica School (1942)  
  BW-9 mins,  
12:30 AM Bacall on Bogart (1988)  
  Lauren Bacall hosts this extraordinary documentary on her life on- and off-screen with her late husband, Humphrey Bogart. Cast: HOST: Lauren Bacall. Dir: David Heeley. C-84 mins, TV-G, CC  
2:00 AM One Fatal Hour (1936)  
  A radio-station manager tries to keep tabloid journalists from reviving a 20-year-old murder case. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Beverly Roberts, Henry O'Neill. Dir: William McGann. BW-56 mins, TV-G  

3 Thursday  
3:00 AM Flowing Gold (1940)  
  A fugitive from justice tries to get work in a western oil field. Cast: John Garfield, Pat O'Brien, Frances Farmer. Dir: Alfred E. Green. BW-81 mins, TV-G  
4:30 AM Fallen Sparrow, The (1943)  
  Nazi spies pursue a Spanish Civil War veteran in search of a priceless keepsake. Cast: John Garfield, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak. Dir: Richard Wallace. BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC  
6:15 AM Nobody Lives Forever (1946)  
  A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece. Cast: John Garfield, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Walter Brennan. Dir: Jean Negulesco. BW-100 mins, TV-G, CC  
8:00 AM Three Strangers (1946)  
  Three people who share a sweepstakes ticket travel a tangled road to collect their winnings. Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Geraldine Fitzgerald. Dir: Jean Negulesco. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC  
9:45 AM It's A Great Feeling (1949)  
  When nobody at Warner Bros. will work with him, movie star Jack Carson decides to turn an unknown into his co-star. Cast: Jack Carson, Doris Day, Dennis Morgan. Dir: David Butler. C-85 mins, TV-G  
11:11 AM Short Film: Hollywood Wonderland (1947)  
  C-16 mins,  
11:30 AM Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)  
  A dying plantation owner tries to help his alcoholic son solve his problems. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives. Dir: Richard Brooks. C-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS  
1:25 PM Short Film: Jimmy Fund - Deborah Kerr (1956)  
  Deborah Kerr urges the audience to donate to the Jimmy Fund to eradicate childhood cancer. Cast: Deborah Kerr BW-3 mins,  
1:30 PM Until They Sail (1957)  
  Four sisters in New Zealand fall for Allied sailors en route to World War II. Cast: Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman. Dir: Robert Wise. BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
3:15 PM Rack, The (1956)  
  A Korean War veteran is accused of cracking under enemy torture. Cast: Paul Newman, Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis. Dir: Arnold Laven. BW-100 mins, TV-14, CC  
5:00 PM Christmas Carol, A (1938)  
  In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve. Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart. Dir: Edwin L. Marin. BW-69 mins, TV-G, CC  
6:15 PM Little Women (1949)  
  The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War. Cast: June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Lawford. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. C-122 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
8:30 PM Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)  
  A child of the tenements helps an ex-con find a new life. Cast: Margaret O'Brien, Angela Lansbury, George Murphy. Dir: Roy Rowland. BW-74 mins, TV-G, CC  
10:00 PM 3 Godfathers (1948)  
  Three outlaws on the run risk their freedom and their lives to return a newborn to civilization. Cast: John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, Harry Carey, Jr. Dir: John Ford. C-106 mins, TV-G, CC  
12:00 AM Hell's Heroes (1930)  
  Three cowboys risk their lives to get an abandoned baby to civilization. Cast: Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton, Fred Kohler. Dir: William Wyler. BW-68 mins, TV-PG, CC  
1:09 AM Short Film: Heroes At Leisure (1939)  
  BW-10 mins,  
1:30 AM Bush Christmas (1947)  
  A group of children track down rustlers they accidentally helped steal their father's horses. Cast: Chips Rafferty, John Fernside, Stan Tolhurst. Dir: Ralph Smart. BW-77 mins, TV-G  

4 Friday  
3:00 AM Old Yeller (1958)  
  A frontier boy develops close ties with a yellow dog. Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk. Dir: Robert Stevenson. C-84 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format  
4:30 AM 400 Blows, The (1959)  
  A 12-year-old boy turns to crime to escape family problems. Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy. Dir: Francois Truffaut. BW-100 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format  
6:15 AM Member of the Wedding, The (1952)  
  When her brother marries, a 12-year-old girl faces the awkward pains of adolescence. Cast: Julie Harris, Ethel Waters, Brandon de Wilde. Dir: Fred Zinnemann. BW-89 mins, TV-G, CC  
8:00 AM Thousand Clowns, A (1965)  
  A free-living New Yorker fights to maintain custody of his nephew. Cast: Jason Robards Jr., Martin Balsam, Barry Gordon. Dir: Fred Coe. BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
10:00 AM Kes (1970)  
  A young man finds escape from his working-class life training a pet falcon. Cast: David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie. Dir: Kenneth Loach. C-111 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  
12:00 PM Billy Liar (1963)  
  An emotionally stunted clerk retreats into his fantasies. Cast: Tom Courtenay, Mona Washbourne, Julie Christie. Dir: John Schlesinger. BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
1:45 PM Young Stranger, The (1957)  
  A neglected teen gets into trouble with the law. Cast: James MacArthur, Kim Hunter, James Daly. Dir: John Frankenheimer. BW-84 mins, TV-PG, CC  
3:15 PM Edge of the City (1957)  
  An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt union official. Cast: John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden. Dir: Martin Ritt. BW-86 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
4:50 PM Short Film: London Can Take It! (1940)  
  Despite the nightly Nazi air raids, London's citizens are shown to be courageous and determined. Cast: Quentin Reynolds BW-9 mins,  
5:00 PM 84 Charing Cross Road (1986)  
  A shut-in's correspondence with a London book dealer leads to a close friendship. Cast: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench. Dir: David Hugh Jones. C-99 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
6:43 PM Short Film: Looking At London (1946)  
  C-10 mins,  
6:56 PM Short Film: Loews Christmas Greeting (Hardy Family) (1939)  
  BW-3 mins,  
7:00 PM Shop Around The Corner, The (1940)  
  Feuding co-workers don't realize they're secret romantic pen pals. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan. Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
9:00 PM Letter For Evie, A (1945)  
  A timid soldier sends his buddy's picture to a romantic pen pal. Cast: Marsha Hunt, John Carroll, Hume Cronyn. Dir: Jules Dassin. BW-89 mins, TV-PG, CC  
10:33 PM Short Film: Letter From A Soldier, A (1951)  
  In this excerpt from the feature film "It's A Big Country" (1951), a U.S. GI back stateside from Korea delivers a letter to the mother of a dead fellow soldier. BW-9 mins,  
10:49 PM Short Film: More Dangerous Than Dynamite (1941)  
  A short safety film about the dangers of cleaning clothes at home with gasoline. BW-10 mins,  
11:00 PM Wicker Man, The (1974)  
  A conservative police officer investigates a girl's disappearance on an island dominated by paganism. Cast: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland. Dir: Robin Hardy. C-88 mins, , CC, Letterbox Format  
12:45 AM Curse of the Demon (1958)  
  An anthropologist investigates a devil worshipper who commands a deadly demon. Cast: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis. Dir: Jacques Tourneur. BW-96 mins, TV-PG  
2:30 AM Time Out For Trouble (1961)  
  Filmmakers examine household accidents to determine their causes. Cast: Bonnie Hammett, John Nesom, Stephen Bell. Dir: David B. Glidden. BW-19 mins, TV-PG  

5 Saturday  
3:00 AM Stage Door Canteen (1943)  
  A USO girl defies the rules when she falls for a soldier visiting the star-studded Stage Door Canteen. Cast: Cheryl Walker, William Terry, Katharine Hepburn. Dir: Frank Borzage. BW-131 mins, TV-G  
5:12 AM Short Film: U.S. Service Bands (1943)  
  A WWII patriotic wartime short showcasing the Service Bands of the U.S. Army, Army Air Force, Marines, and Navy and their most famous songs. Footage of the U.S. Military in action during WWII and before is shown, as well as performances by the various service bands. BW-10 mins,  
5:30 AM Street Scene (1931)  
  A husband's violent reaction becomes the talk of the neighborhood when he catches his cheating wife in the act. Cast: Beulah Bondi, Estelle Taylor, Sylvia Sidney. Dir: King Vidor. BW-79 mins, TV-14  
7:00 AM Murder Ahoy (1964)  
  Elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes to the seas to investigate murder on a naval training ship. Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Miles Malleson. Dir: George Pollock. BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format  
8:44 AM Short Film: Sky Divers, The (1969)  
  C-15 mins,  
9:00 AM Fitzwilly (1967)  
  When an aging philanthropist goes broke, her butler robs from the rich so she can give to the poor. Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Edith Evans, Barbara Feldon. Dir: Delbert Mann. C-102 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  
10:45 AM Holiday Affair (1950)  
  A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne'er-do-well. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey. Dir: Don Hartman. BW-87 mins, TV-G, CC  
12:15 PM Clock, The (1945)  
  A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City. Cast: Judy Garland, Robert Walker, James Gleason. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. BW-90 mins, TV-PG, CC  
2:00 PM My Fair Lady (1964)  
  A phonetics instructor bets that he can pass a street urchin off as a lady. Cast: Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn, Stanley Holloway. Dir: George Cukor. C-172 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format  
5:00 PM Random Harvest (1942)  
  A woman's happiness is threatened when she discovers her husband has been suffering from amnesia. Cast: Greer Garson, Ronald Colman, Susan Peters. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-127 mins, TV-G, CC  
7:15 PM Talk Of The Town, The (1942)  
  An escaped political prisoner and a stuffy law professor vie for the hand of a spirited schoolteacher. Cast: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman. Dir: George Stevens. BW-117 mins, TV-G, CC  
9:16 PM Short Film: To My Unborn Son (1943)  
  BW-9 mins,  
9:30 PM Kismet (1944)  
  In the classic Arabian Nights tale, the king of the beggars enters high society to help his daughter marry a handsome prince. Cast: Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, Edward Arnold. Dir: William Dieterle. C-100 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
11:19 PM Short Film: Mediterranean Ports Of Call (1941)  
  C-9 mins,  
11:30 PM Prisoner Of Zenda, The (1937)  
  An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped. Cast: Ronald Colman, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Madeleine Carroll. Dir: John Cromwell. BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC  
1:15 AM Arrowsmith (1931)  
  A crusading doctor fights his way through tragedy to find his true calling. Cast: Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Myrna Loy. Dir: John Ford. BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC  

6 Sunday  
3:00 AM Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)  
  A Norwegian farmer tries to raise two children in the Midwest. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, James Craig. Dir: Roy Rowland. BW-106 mins, TV-PG, CC  
5:00 AM One Foot In Heaven (1941)  
  A minister and his wife cope with the problems of church life in the 20th century. Cast: Fredric March, Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi. Dir: Irving Rapper. BW-108 mins, TV-G, CC  
7:00 AM Glass Slipper, The (1955)  
  Musical adaptation of the story of Cinderella and her magical trip to the prince's ball. Cast: Leslie Caron, Michael Wilding, Keenan Wynn. Dir: Charles Walters. C-94 mins, TV-G, CC  
9:00 AM Christmas In Connecticut (1945)  
  A homemaking specialist who can't boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet. Dir: Peter Godfrey. BW-102 mins, TV-G, CC  
11:00 AM Remember the Night (1940)  
  An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi. Dir: Mitchell Leisen. BW-94 mins, TV-G  
1:00 PM Cincinnati Kid, The (1965)  
  Card sharps try to deal with personal problems during a big game in New Orleans. Cast: Steve McQueen, Ann-Margret, Edward G. Robinson. Dir: Norman Jewison. C-103 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS  
3:00 PM Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)  
  An aging couple's liberal principles are tested when their daughter announces her engagement to a black doctor. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier. Dir: Stanley Kramer. C-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
5:00 PM All Of Me (1984)  
  A lawyer's body is invaded by the soul of a recently deceased female client. Cast: Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant. Dir: Carl Reiner. C-92 mins, TV-14  
7:00 PM California Suite (1978)  
  Four sets of guests at a posh hotel face personal crises. Cast: Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Jane Fonda. Dir: Herbert Ross. C-102 mins, TV-14  
9:00 PM Miss Mend (1926)  
  Three reporters fight off a capitalist attempt to release deadly bacteria in the USSR. Cast: Boris Banet, Vladimir Fogel, Natalya Glan. Dir: Fyodor Otsep. BW-250 mins, TV-PG  
2:00 AM Black Hole, The (1979)  
  Researchers discover a lost space ship on the edge of a black hole. Cast: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster. Dir: Gary Nelson. C-98 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  

7 Monday  
3:45 AM Back To Bataan (1945)  
  An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines. Cast: John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi. Dir: Edward Dmytryk. BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC  
5:30 AM From Here To Eternity (1953)  
  Enlisted men in Hawaii fight for love and honor on the eve of World War II. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra. Dir: Fred Zinnemann. BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC  
7:30 AM Prelude to War (1943)  
  The rise of the fascists in Germany and Italy and Japan's growing aggression put the world on the brink of war. Cast: Walter Huston and Anthony Veiller narrate. Dir: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak. BW-52 mins, TV-PG  
8:30 AM Nazis Strike, The (1943)  
  German treaty violations lead to the start of World War II. Cast: Walter Huston and Anthony Veiller narrate. Dir: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak. BW-42 mins, TV-PG  
9:30 AM Divide and Conquer (1943)  
  The Nazis seize control of France and Central Europe. Cast: Walter Huston narrates. Dir: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak. BW-56 mins, TV-PG  
10:30 AM Battle of Britain, The (1943)  
  Great Britain stands against the Nazi war machine. Cast: Walter Huston, Frieda Inescort and Anthny Veiller narrate. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-52 mins, TV-PG  
11:30 AM Battle of Russia, The (1943)  
  The Soviet Union fights to freeze out the Nazis during World War II. Cast: Walter Huston narrates. Dir: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak. BW-83 mins, TV-PG  
1:00 PM Battle of China, The (1944)  
  The Chinese army fights to hold off Japanese invaders during World War II. Cast: Walter Huston and Anthony Veiller narrate. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-63 mins, TV-PG  
2:15 PM War Comes to America (1945)  
  International events bring the U.S. closer to entering World War II on the eve of Pearl Harbor. Cast: Walter Huston and Lloyd Nolan narrate. Dir: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak. BW-66 mins, TV-PG  
3:30 PM Tunisian Victory (1943)  
  The U.S. Army's Tunisian campaign forces the Germans out of Africa. Cast: Burgess Meredith and Leo Genn narrate. Dir: Frank Capra, Hugh Stewart. BW-76 mins, TV-PG  
5:00 PM It Happened One Night (1934)  
  A newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable, Walter Connolly. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC  
7:00 PM Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)  
  When he inherits a fortune, a small-town poet has to deal with the corruption of city life. Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, Lionel Stander. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-116 mins, TV-G, CC  
9:00 PM You Can't Take It With You (1938)  
  A girl from a family of freethinkers falls for the son of a conservative banker. Cast: Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-126 mins, TV-G  
11:15 PM Arsenic And Old Lace (1944)  
  A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men. Cast: Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-118 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
1:15 AM Platinum Blonde (1931)  
  A heartless heiress seduces a hard-working reporter into a disastrous marriage. Cast: Robert Williams, Loretta Young, Jean Harlow. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-89 mins, TV-G  

8 Tuesday  
3:00 AM Wife for a Night (1952)  
  A poor musician hires a courtesan to pose as his wife so he can "give" her to a wealthy count in return for patronage. Cast: Gino Cervi, Gina Lollobrigida, Nadia Gray. Dir: Mario Camerini. BW-82 mins, TV-PG  
4:30 AM Big Heat, The (1953)  
  A police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster's moll to bring down a powerful gangster. Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin. Dir: Fritz Lang. BW-90 mins, TV-14, CC  
6:00 AM Executive Suite (1954)  
  When a business magnate dies, his board of directors fights over who should run the company. Cast: William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck. Dir: Robert Wise. BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS  
8:00 AM Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)  
  True story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ. Cast: Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Eileen Heckart. Dir: Robert Wise. BW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS  
10:00 AM North By Northwest (1959)  
  An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase. Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-136 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS  
12:30 PM Prize, The (1963)  
  An American Nobel Prize-winner mixes it up with spies when he travels to Stockholm to collect his award. Cast: Paul Newman, Elke Sommer, Edward G. Robinson. Dir: Mark Robson. C-135 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
2:45 PM Family Plot (1976)  
  A phony psychic takes on a pair of kidnappers. Cast: Barbara Harris, Bruce Dern, Karen Black. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-120 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format  
5:00 PM Radio Days (1987)  
  A young boy's coming of age is mirrored by his favorite radio shows and the lives of their stars. Cast: Mia Farrow, Seth Green, Michael Tucker. Dir: Woody Allen. C-88 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format  
6:45 PM Face In The Crowd, A (1957)  
  A female television executive turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star. Cast: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau. Dir: Elia Kazan. BW-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
9:00 PM Third Man, The (1949)  
  A man's investigation of a friend's death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Alida Valli. Dir: Carol Reed. BW-104 mins, TV-14, CC  
11:00 PM Picture of Dorian Gray, The (1945)  
  A man remains young and handsome while his portrait shows the ravages of age and sin. Cast: Hurd Hatfield, Angela Lansbury, Donna Reed. Dir: Albert Lewin. BW-110 mins, TV-G, CC  
1:00 AM Dead of Night (1945)  
  Guests at a country estate share stories of the supernatural. Cast: Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, Michael Redgrave. Dir: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer. BW-103 mins, TV-14, CC  

9 Wednesday  
3:00 AM San Quentin (1937)  
  A convict's sister falls for the captain of the prison guards. Cast: Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-70 mins, TV-PG, CC  
4:15 AM Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse, The (1938)  
  A doctor plots crimes so he can study criminal psychology. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Anatole Litvak. BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC  
5:45 AM Crime School (1938)  
  A crusading warden sets out to improve conditions at a reform school. Cast: The Dead End Kids, Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page. Dir: Lewis Seiler. BW-85 mins, TV-G, CC  
7:15 AM Men Are Such Fools (1938)  
  An ambitious secretary uses the men in her life to turn herself into a radio star. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris. Dir: Busby Berkeley. BW-69 mins, TV-G, CC  
8:30 AM Racket Busters (1938)  
  A mobster tries to take over the trucking business. Cast: George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Allen Jenkins. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-71 mins, TV-G, CC  
9:45 AM Swing Your Lady (1938)  
  A wrestling promoter stranded in the South pits his star grappler against a lady blacksmith. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, Louise Fazenda. Dir: Ray Enright. BW-77 mins, TV-G  
11:15 AM Dark Victory (1939)  
  A flighty heiress discovers inner strength when she develops a brain tumor. Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Edmund Goulding. BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS  
1:15 PM Invisible Stripes (1939)  
  On his release from prison, a crook tries to stop his brother from following in his footsteps. Cast: George Raft, William Holden, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC  
2:45 PM King Of The Underworld (1939)  
  A lady doctor gets mixed up with a criminal gang. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis, James Stephenson. Dir: Lewis Seiler. BW-67 mins, TV-PG, CC  
4:00 PM Bogart: The Untold Story (1996)  
  Stephen Bogart hosts this one-hour special on the life and career of his legendary father, Humphrey Bogart. Cast: Host: Stephen Bogart C-46 mins, TV-G, CC  
5:00 PM Oklahoma Kid, The (1939)  
  A cowboy sets out to avenge his father's lynching. Cast: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-81 mins, TV-PG, CC  
6:30 PM Roaring Twenties, The (1939)  
  Three WWI Army buddies get mixed up with the mob in peacetime. Cast: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Raoul Walsh. BW-107 mins, TV-G, CC  
8:30 PM They Drive by Night (1940)  
  Truck driving brothers are framed for murder by a lady psycho. Cast: George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Raoul Walsh. BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC  
10:30 PM High Sierra (1941)  
  An aging ex-con sets out to pull one more big heist. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Arthur Kennedy. Dir: Raoul Walsh. BW-100 mins, TV-G, CC  
12:30 AM Virginia City (1940)  
  A rebel spy poses as a wild West dance hall girl. Cast: Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-121 mins, TV-G, CC  

10 Thursday  
3:00 AM Give Me Your Heart (1936)  
  A socialite has to give up the baby she bore to a married man. Cast: Kay Francis, George Brent, Patric Knowles. Dir: Archie Mayo. BW-88 mins, TV-G, CC  
4:30 AM If I Were Free (1934)  
  A man and a woman trapped in bad marriages try to make an adulterous affair work. Cast: Irene Dunne, Clive Brook, Nils Asther. Dir: Elliott Nugent. BW-67 mins, TV-G, CC  
6:00 AM Brief Encounter (1945)  
  Two married strangers meet in a train station and fall in love. Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway. Dir: David Lean. BW-86 mins, TV-PG, CC  
7:30 AM Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)  
  A married violinist deserts his family when he falls for his accompanist. Cast: Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman, Edna Best. Dir: Gregory Ratoff. BW-70 mins, TV-14, CC  
9:00 AM Lonelyhearts (1958)  
  A sensitive young reporter assigned to write an advice column gets caught up in his readers' lives. Cast: Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan, Maureen Stapleton. Dir: Vincent J. Donehue. BW-103 mins, TV-G, CC  
11:00 AM Cactus Flower (1969)  
  A philandering dentist asks his assistant to help him deal with his latest girlfriend. Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Walter Matthau, Goldie Hawn. Dir: Gene Saks. C-104 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format  
1:00 PM Walk, Don't Run (1966)  
  Set during the Tokyo Olympics, one of three unlikely housemates plays matchmaker with the other two. Cast: Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton. Dir: Charles Walters. C-114 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format  
3:00 PM More the Merrier, The (1943)  
  The World War II housing shortage brings three people together for an unlikely romance. Cast: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn. Dir: George Stevens. BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC  
5:00 PM It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)  
  Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South. Cast: Don DeFore, Victor Moore, Gale Storm. Dir: Roy Del Ruth. BW-115 mins,  
7:00 PM Fitzwilly (1967)  
  When an aging philanthropist goes broke, her butler robs from the rich so she can give to the poor. Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Edith Evans, Barbara Feldon. Dir: Delbert Mann. C-102 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  
9:00 PM Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)  
  A small-town boy tries to juggle two girlfriends at once. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Judy Garland. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC  
11:00 PM Susan Slept Here (1954)  
  A Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle. Cast: Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Anne Francis. Dir: Frank Tashlin. C-98 mins, TV-PG, CC  
1:00 AM Little Women (1933)  
  The four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas. Dir: George Cukor. BW-116 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  

11 Friday  
3:00 AM Barefoot Contessa, The (1954)  
  A Spanish dancer becomes an international star but still longs to get her feet in the dirt. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien. Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. C-130 mins, TV-G, CC  
5:15 AM Barretts of Wimpole Street, The (1934)  
  An invalid poetess defies her father's wishes to marry a dashing young poet. Cast: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton. Dir: Sidney Franklin. BW-109 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
7:15 AM This Land Is Mine (1943)  
  A soft-spoken school teacher tries to prove he's not a Nazi collaborator. Cast: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, George Sanders. Dir: Jean Renoir. BW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC  
9:15 AM Canterville Ghost, The (1944)  
  A ghost who died a coward tries to inspire U.S. GIs to become heroes. Cast: Charles Laughton, Margaret O'Brien, Robert Young. Dir: Jules Dassin. BW-96 mins, TV-G, CC  
11:00 AM Bribe, The (1949)  
  A sultry singer tries to tempt a federal agent from the straight-and-narrow. Cast: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. BW-98 mins, TV-PG, CC  
12:45 PM Bigamist, The (1953)  
  A woman discovers her husband has another family in another city. Cast: Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmond O'Brien. Dir: Ida Lupino. BW-79 mins, TV-PG  
2:15 PM D.O.A. (1950)  
  The victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer. Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler. Dir: Rudolph Mate. BW-84 mins, TV-14  
3:45 PM Hitch-Hiker, The (1953)  
  A dangerous madman kidnaps two businessmen on a hunting trip. Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman. Dir: Ida Lupino. BW-71 mins, TV-PG  
5:00 PM Cry, the Beloved Country (1952)  
  A South African minister travels to Johannesburg to find his missing son. Cast: Canada Lee, Sidney Poitier, Charles Carson. Dir: Zoltan Korda. BW-108 mins, TV-14  
7:00 PM World Apart, A (1988)  
  A white girl in South Africa experiences Apartheid through the eyes of her activist mother and black housekeeper. Cast: Jodhi May, Barbara Hershey, Linda Mvusi. Dir: Chris Menges. C-113 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format  
9:00 PM Wilby Conspiracy, The (1975)  
  An African activist and an Englishman join forces to battle a corrupt government official in South Africa. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson. Dir: Ralph Nelson. C-101 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format  
11:00 PM Performance (1970)  
  A wounded mobster holes up in a reclusive rock star's decaying mansion. Cast: James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg. Dir: Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg. C-106 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format  
12:45 AM Persona (1966)  
  An actress recovering from a breakdown exercises a strange hold over her nurse. Cast: Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Bjornstrand. Dir: Ingmar Bergman. BW-83 mins, TV-MA  
2:15 AM Mental Hospital (1953)  
  A schizophrenic enters the Oklahoma State Hospital for treatment. Dir: Layton Maybrey. BW-20 mins,  

12 Saturday  
3:00 AM Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm, The (1962)  
  Fanciful biography of the German fairy-tale collectors, with reenactments of three of their stories. Cast: Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Barbara Eden. Dir: Henry Levin, George Pal. C-136 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS  
5:30 AM Destination Moon (1950)  
  A crusading scientist defies the government to launch an expedition to the moon. Cast: Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson. Dir: Irving Pichel. C-90 mins, TV-G  
7:30 AM Alias Boston Blackie (1942)  
  A reformed thief tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent. Cast: Chester Morris, Adele Mara, Richard Lane. Dir: Lew Landers. BW-67 mins, TV-PG  
9:00 AM Christmas Carol, A (1938)  
  In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve. Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart. Dir: Edwin L. Marin. BW-69 mins, TV-G, CC  
10:15 AM 3 Godfathers (1948)  
  Three outlaws on the run risk their freedom and their lives to return a newborn to civilization. Cast: John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, Harry Carey, Jr. Dir: John Ford. C-106 mins, TV-G, CC  
12:15 PM Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962)  
  An experienced gunman and a peace-loving tenderfoot clash with a Western bully. Cast: John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Marvin. Dir: John Ford. BW-123 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format  
2:30 PM Lion In Winter, The (1968)  
  England's Henry II and his estranged queen battle over the choice of an heir. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Anthony Hopkins. Dir: Anthony Harvey. C-134 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format  
5:00 PM Mouse That Roared, The (1959)  
  An impoverished nation declares war on the U.S. hoping to lose and score foreign aid. Cast: Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, William Hartnell. Dir: Jack Arnold. C-83 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  
6:30 PM Mouse On The Moon, The (1963)  
  A small European nation launches a space program using the local wine as rocket fuel. Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Terry-Thomas. Dir: Richard Lester. C-85 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format  
8:00 PM Father Of The Bride (1950)  
  A doting father faces mountains of bills and endless trials when his daughter marries. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
9:45 PM Father's Little Dividend (1951)  
  In this sequel to Father of the Bride, a doting father faces a series of comic trials when his daughter has her first child. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC  
11:15 PM Apple Dumpling Gang, The (1975)  
  Two bumbling outlaws try to help a trio of orphans protect their gold strike. Cast: Bill Bixby, Susan Clark, Don Knotts. Dir: Norman Tokar. C-100 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format  
1:00 AM Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, The (1979)  
  Two bumbling outlaws enlist in the Army, where they're accused of stealing supplies. Cast: Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Tim Matheson. Dir: Vincent McEveety. C-89 mins, TV-G, CC  
2:30 AM Short Film: Now Playing December (2009) (2009)  
  Features highlights of the month's programming on TCM, including festivals and stars. BW-25 mins, , CC  

13 Sunday  
3:00 AM Penny Serenade (1941)  
  A woman on the verge of divorce recalls her heartbreaking attempts to adopt a child. Cast: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi. Dir: George Stevens. BW-119 mins, TV-G, CC  
5:00 AM Theodora Goes Wild (1936)  
  A woman's two lives as small-town innocent and author of torrid romances collide. Cast: Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas, Thomas Mitchell. Dir: Richard Boleslawski. BW-94 mins, TV-G  
7:00 AM Secret Garden, The (1949)  
  An orphaned girl changes the lives of those she encounters at a remote estate. Cast: Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell. Dir: Fred M. Wilcox. BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
9:00 AM In The Good Old Summertime (1949)  
  In this musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner, feuding co-workers in a small music shop do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals. Cast: Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. C-103 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS  
11:00 AM Susan Slept Here (1954)  
  A Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle. Cast: Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Anne Francis. Dir: Frank Tashlin. C-98 mins, TV-PG, CC  
1:00 PM Philadelphia Story, The (1940)  
  Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage. Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart. Dir: George Cukor. BW-112 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
3:00 PM Travels With My Aunt (1972)  
  A stodgy young man gets caught up in his free-living aunt's shady schemes. Cast: Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Louis Gossett, Jr. Dir: George Cukor. C-109 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format  
5:00 PM Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)  
  A Norwegian farmer tries to raise two children in the Midwest. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, James Craig. Dir: Roy Rowland. BW-106 mins, TV-PG, CC  
7:00 PM Johnny Got His Gun (1971)  
  A disfigured veteran struggles with memories of the past while trying to communicate. Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Jason Robards, Diane Varsi. Dir: Dalton Trumbo. BW-106 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format  
9:00 PM Ben-Hur: A Tale Of The Christ (1925)  
  In this silent film, a rebellious Israelite prince out for vengeance crosses paths with the Messiah. Cast: Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, Carmel Myers. Dir: Fred Niblo. BW-143 mins, TV-G  
11:30 PM Ordet (1955)  
  A fundamentalist preacher clashes with a family whose faith surpasses his own. Cast: Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff-Rye. Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer. BW-125 mins, TV-14  
1:45 AM Private Potter (1962)  
  A young soldier refuses to fight because of a divine vision. Cast: Tom Courtenay, Mogens Wieth, Ronald Fraser. Dir: Caspar Wrede. BW-89 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  

14 Monday  
3:15 AM Man in the Attic (1953)  
  A landlady suspects her mysterious new tenant is Jack the Ripper. Cast: Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Frances Bavier. Dir: Hugo Fregonese. BW-82 mins, TV-PG  
4:45 AM Blue Dahlia, The (1946)  
  A veteran fights to prove he didn't kill his cheating wife. Cast: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix. Dir: George Marshall. BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC  
6:30 AM Death On The Nile (1978)  
  Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an heiress during an Egyptian tour. Cast: Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Bette Davis. Dir: John Guillermin. C-140 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format  
9:00 AM Alfie (1966)  
  A British womanizer refuses to grow up until tragedy strikes. Cast: Michael Caine, Vivien Merchant, Shelley Winters. Dir: Lewis Gilbert. C-114 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format  
11:00 AM Houdini (1953)  
  The famed magician and escape artist rises to stardom while haunted by the loss of his mother. Cast: Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher. Dir: George Marshall. C-106 mins, TV-14, CC  
1:00 PM Trouble With Harry, The (1955)  
  A corpse creates a world of trouble for several passersby who each believe they may have caused the death. Cast: Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-99 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
2:45 PM Rainmaker, The (1956)  
  A fake rainmaker melts the heart of a Kansas spinster while trying to save the town's crops. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey. Dir: Joseph Anthony. C-121 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format  
5:00 PM Bitter Tea of General Yen, The (1932)  
  An American missionary falls in love with a Chinese warlord. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Walter Connolly. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC  
6:30 PM Lost Horizon (1937)  
  Four fugitives from a Chinese revolution discover a lost world of peace and harmony. Cast: Ronald Colman, H.B. Warner, Thomas Mitchell. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-133 mins, TV-G, CC  
9:00 PM Dirigible (1931)  
  Romantic rivals vie to be the first to fly to the South Pole. Cast: Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Fay Wray. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-100 mins, TV-G  
10:45 PM Flight (1929)  
  A Marine flyer and his flight school mentor fall for the same beautiful nurse. Cast: Jack Holt, Lila Lee, Ralph Graves. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-112 mins, TV-PG  
12:45 AM Younger Generation, The (1929)  
  A rising businessman tries to make his immigrant parents assimilate. Cast: Jean Hersholt, Lina Basquette, Ricardo Cortez. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-75 mins, TV-G  
2:15 AM American Madness (1932)  
  A banker fights to keep his independence and protect his customers. Cast: Walter Huston, Pat O'Brien, Kay Johnson. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-76 mins, TV-G, CC

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2001: A Space Odyssey

A science-fiction narrative, produced in 1968 as both a film (directed by Stanley Kubrick) and a novel (written by Arthur C. Clarke). Both projects are based on a screenplay developed by Clarke and Kubrick in collaboration, which was loosely based on Clarke's 1950 short story "The Sentinel" and incorporated elements from various other Clarke stories. Although the film has become more famous due to its groundbreaking visual effects and ambiguous, abstract nature, the movie and book were intended to complement each other. Clarke says Kubrick told him roughly what type of story he wanted, then the two phoned each other with various ideas which were incorporated into both the novel and screenplay. The story is based in part on various short stories by Clarke, most notably "The Sentinel" (written in 1948 for a BBC competition but first published in 1951 under the title "Sentinel of Eternity"). The first part of the novel (in which aliens assist the evolution of human ancestors) is similar to the plot of an earlier Clarke story, Encounter at Dawn.

Stanley Kubrick commissioned Alex North to write the score for his film, but decided not to use it in favor of previously recorded classical music. North, unaware that Kubrick had decided not to use the score in his film, was "devastated" at the 1968 New York City premiere screening of 2001 not to hear his work, and later offered this account of his experience: "Well, what can I say? It was a great, frustrating experience, and despite the mixed reaction to the music, I think the Victorian approach with mid-European overtones was just not in keeping with the brilliant concept of Clarke and Kubrick." On hearing the score as it might have been in the film, film scholar Gene Phillips argued that "it is difficult to see how North's music would have been an improvement on the background music that Kubrick finally chose for the film." In his notes for the Jerry Goldsmith recording, however, Kevin Mulhall argues that "there is no doubt that 2001 would have been better if Kubrick had used North's music. Even if one likes some of the choices Kubrick made for certain individual scenes, the eclectic group of classical composers employed by the director... resulted in a disturbing melange of sounds and styles overall." This theme music made its public debut in early 1993 as part of the Telarc compilation CD "Hollywood's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2" by Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, and there it was titled "Fanfare for 2001". It would eventually be used by North for his later score to "The Shoes of the Fisherman."
From Wikipedia
The sequel novel "2010" was written by Clarke alone, and adapted as a movie by someone else. Arthur C. Clarke (90) died March 18, 2008. President Mahinda Rajapakse mourned the death of Clarke and paid tribute to him as a "great visionary." His death was a loss to Sri Lanka, the author's adopted home since 1956, Rajapakse said. A few days ago, Clarke reviewed the manuscript of his last novel, "The Last Theorem" co-written with American author Frederik Pohl. The book will be published later this year. The Sri Lanka President had attended Clarke's 90th birthday party, which he refered to as "90 orbits around the sun." Clarke, who in 1945 predicted the establishment of communication satellites (he correctly predicted that as few as 3 satellites would make global wireless communication possible), wrote more than 80 books. He was Sri Lanka's best-known resident guest and has a scientific academy named after him.

Fun facts:
In that famous scene, Gene Kelly is not actually "singing in the rain," because water didn't show up well on camera at night. They used a mixture of milk and water for Gene to splash around in.
For The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Lon Chaney wore a hump weighing over 50 pounds so that he would walk realistically. For "The Penalty" (1920), he had his legs bound tightly behind him in a harness, inserting his knees into leather stumps devised as artificial legs with his feet bound at the thighs. This was a very painful ordeal which cut circulation to his legs resulting in broken blood vessels.

Movie producer David O. Selznick was fined $5000 by the MPAA for allowing the word "damn" in the movie Gone With The Wind. And producer Darryl F. Zanuck once rented the entire country of San Marino, the world's oldest republic, as the medievel setting for "Prince Of Foxes" to be filmed, believe it or not!
David Niven was one of the first Hollywood stars to join the war effort, joining the British commando service in 1940.
His first feature movie after the war was Stairway To Heaven (1946), about WW2 pilots and others arriving in Heaven.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)

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