TCM Schedule for Sunday December 13, 2020 - Golden Years

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Tonight's twin bill looks at issues those in the twilight years face.

(all times Eastern)

7:00 am The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
1h 5m | Comedy | TV-G
A daffy socialite gets her friends mixed up in a murder investigation.
Director: Leigh Jason. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene

8:30 am Topper Returns (1941)
1h 25m | Comedy | TV-G
A beautiful ghost enlists a henpecked husband to track down her killer.
Director: Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis

10:00 am The Burglar (1957)
1h 30m | Drama | TV-PG
A band of crooks robs a spiritualist.
Director: Paul Wendkos. Cast: Dan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Martha Vickers

12:00 pm All Mine to Give (1957)
1h 50m | Drama | TV-G
Pioneer children fight to build a new family after their parents die.
Director: Allen Reisner. Cast: Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell, Rex Thompson

2:00 pm Bundle of Joy (1956)
1h 38m | Comedy | TV-PG
A shop girl is mistaken for the mother of a foundling.
Director: Norman Taurog. Cast: Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Adolphe Menjou.

4:00 pm Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
1h 53m | Comedy | TV-G
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Director: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'brien, Mary Astor

6:00 pm In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
1h 43m | Comedy | TV-PG
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.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard. Cast: Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S. Z. "cuddles" Sakall

8:00 pm The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
1h 47m | Drama | TV-14
An aging woman escapes her controlling family to visit her childhood home.
Director: Peter Masterson. Cast: Geraldine Page, Rebecca De Mornay, Carlin Glynn

10:00 pm Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
1h 32m | Drama | TV-G
A devoted couple faces the harsh economic realities of growing older.
Director: Leo Mccarey. Cast: Voctor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter.

12:00 am Fanchon the Cricket (1915)
Drama
A young wild girl, Fanchon, lives in a forest with her eccentric grandmother.
Director: James Kirkwood. Cast: Mary Pickford, Jack Standing, Lottie Pickford

2:15 am Diamonds of the Night (1964)
1h 3m | Drama
Two Jewish boys escape from a Nazi death-camp convoy and go wild and hungry.
Director: Jan Nemec. Cast: Ladislav Jansky, Antonin Kumbera, Ilse Bischofova

3:45 am Pearls of the Deep (1966)
1h 47m | Comedy | TV-PG
Five comic tales of love showcase the growing Czechoslovakian film industry.
Cast: Pavla Marsalkova, Vera Mrazkova, Milos Ctrnacty

[CBHagman]

1. I still haven't seen all of "Make Way for Tomorrow," but . . .

. . . I understand it requires an entire box of tissues.