TCM Schedule for Monday December 28, 2020 - Star of the Month: Laurel and Hardy

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Monday starts with some fables on film, then it's a wrap on this month's Laurel and Hardy tribute.

(all times Eastern)

7:15 am Beauty and the Beast (1946)
1h 35m | Romance | TV-G
A mysterious monster forces a young innocent to share his life in an enchanted castle.
Director: Jean Cocteau. Cast: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parely.

9:00 am The Spectacle Maker (1934)
20m | Drama | TV-PG
A mysterious stranger asks an eyeglass maker to design a lens that shows only beauty.
Director: John Farrow. Cast: Nora Cecil, Harvey Clark, Cora Sue Collins.

9:30 am One for the Book (1940)
18m | Comedy | TV-G
Famous literary figures step out of the pages of books after dark.
Director: Roy Mack. Cast: Betty Hutton, Hal Sherman, Miriam Grahame

10:00 am The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
2h 9m | Family | TV-G
Fanciful biography of the German fairy-tale collectors, with reenactments of three of their stories.
Director: Henry Levin. Cast: Laurence Harvey, Karl Boehm, Claire Bloom

12:30 pm Nertsery Rhymes (1933)
20m | Comedy | TV-G
A father and mother tell nursery stories to their three sons.
Director: Jack Cummings. Cast: Larry Fine, Bonnie Bonnell, Ted Healy

1:00 pm The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)
1h 19m | Comedy | TV-G
A compilation of clips from the great comedians of the silent era.
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Will Rogers

2:20 pm Their First Mistake (1932)
20m | Comedy | TV-G
After adopting a baby to save his marriage, a man discovers his wife has left him.
Director: George Marshall. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch.

2:41 pm Towed in a Hole (1932)
21m | Comedy | TV-G
Laurel and Hardy decide to go into the fishing business.
Director: George Marshall. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy

3:05 pm Twice Two (1933)
20m | Comedy | TV-G
Plans go awry as two friends attempt to celebrate the anniversary of their weddings.
Director: James Parrott. Cast: Stan Laurel, May Wallace, Baldwin Cooke

3:26 pm Me and My Pal (1933)
20m | Comedy | TV-G
A groom and his best man get preoccupied with a jigsaw puzzle on their way to the wedding.
Director: Charley Rogers. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson

3:47 pm The Midnight Patrol (1933)
19m | Comedy | TV-G
Two rookie police officers bungle their way through a series of mishaps.
Director: Lloyd French. Cast: Oliver Hardy, Edgar Dearing, Charlie Hall

4:15 pm Busy Bodies (1933)
19m | Comedy | TV-G
In this short film, Laurel and Hardy wage battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at a sawmill.
Director: Lloyd French. Cast: Charley Young, Charlie Hall, Jack Hill

4:35 pm Dirty Work (1933)
19m | Comedy | TV-G
Two chimney sweeps are summoned to the house of a slightly mad professor.
Director: Lloyd French. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy

4:55 pm Oliver the Eighth (1934)
25m | Comedy | TV-G
Two barbershop owners attempt to woo a rich widow, but discover she may have more than marriage on her mind in this comedic short.
Director: Lloyd French. Cast: Mae Busch, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy

5:30 pm Going Bye-Bye! (1934)
20m | Comedy | TV-G
Laurel and Hardy testify against a dangerous criminal, who swears revenge!
Director: Charles Rogers. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy

5:51 pm Them Thar Hills (1934)
20m | Comedy | TV-G
In this short film, two men accidentally get high on moonshine when they go to the mountains.
Director: Charles Rogers. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch.

6:12 pm The Live Ghost (1934)
20m | Comedy | TV-G
A sea captain hires comedic duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy to trick sailors into working...
Director: Charles Rogers. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch

6:45 pm Tit For Tat (1935)
19m | Comedy | TV-G
In this short film, Laurel and Hardy run into trouble when they open an electrical repair ...
Director: Charles Rogers. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch

7:05 pm The Fixer Uppers (1935)
20m | Comedy | TV-G
Comedic duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have a no fail plan to help a jealous wife woo her husband, but somehow things go wrong in this comedic short.
Director: Charles Rogers. Cast: Bob O'connor, Oliver Hardy, Charles Middleton

7:26 pm Thicker Than Water (1935)
20m | Comedy | TV-G
Oliver Hardy suffers some pretty serious money troubles.
Director: Daphne Pollard. Cast: Ed Brandenburg, James Finlayson, Grace Goodall

8:00 pm A Chump at Oxford (1940)
1h 3m | Comedy | TV-G
When they accidentally capture a bank robber, two street cleaners are given a scholarship to Oxford.
Director: Alfred Goulding. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Forrester Harvey

9:15 pm Saps at Sea (1940)
57m | Comedy | TV-G
Two factory workers accidentally set sail with an escaped killer.
Director: Gordon Douglas. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson

10:30 pm Nothing But Trouble (1944)
1h 9m | Comedy | TV-PG
A pair of dimwits get jobs as servants to a boy king whose life is in danger.
Director: Sam Taylor. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mary Boland

11:45 pm Air Raid Wardens (1943)
1h 7m | Comedy | TV-G
A pair of bumblers stumble upon Nazi spies on the home front.
Director: Edward Sedgwick. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy

1:00 am Utopia (1950)
1h 23m | Comedy
A group of shipwrecked goofs sets up a peaceful government on a newly formed atoll, until others become interested in their location.
Director: Leo Joannon. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Suzy Delair

2:30 am The Major and the Minor (1942)
1h 40m | Comedy | TV-G
A woman disguises herself as a little girl and ends up in a military academy.
Director: Billy Wilder. Cast: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson

4:15 am Three Smart Girls (1937)
1h 26m | Comedy | TV-G
The daughters of a divorced couple try to keep their father from remarrying.
Director: Henry Koster. Cast: Binnie Barnes, Charles Winninger, Alice Brady

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. I was wondering if they were going to get around to showing some L&H shorts

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