TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 8: Star of the Month: Ingrid Bergman

[CBHagman]

TCM starts things off in a swinging way in daytime, when the theme is Band Camp!

And in the evening, a roster of varied films—representing everything from sentimental Hollywood fare to Italian neorealism—showcases Star of the Month Ingrid Bergman.

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

12:00 AM
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
1h 53m | Comedy | TV-PG
An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter hell or heaven.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn

2:00 AM
Ninotchka (1939)
1h 50m | Comedy | TV-G
A coldhearted Soviet agent is warmed up by a trip to Paris and a night of love.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire

4:00 AM
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
1h 24m | Comedy | TV-G
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas, Burgess Meredith

5:45 AM
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
1h 39m | Comedy | TV-PG
A troupe of squabbling actors joins the Polish underground to dupe the Nazis.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack

7:30 AM
Street Girl (1929)
1h 31m | Musical | TV-G
A girl from the wrong part of town finds a new life managing a jazz band.
Director
Wesley Ruggles
Cast
Betty Compson, John Harron, Ned Sparks

9:00 AM
Big Business Girl (1931)
1h 19m | Comedy | TV-PG
A college girl uses her brains and her legs to conquer the business world.
Director
William A. Seiter
Cast
Loretta Young, Frank Albertson, Ricardo Cortez

10:30 AM
That Girl from Paris (1936)
1h 50m | Musical | TV-G
A French opera star in hiding hooks up with a swing band.
Director
Leigh Jason
Cast
Lily Pons, Jack Oakie, Gene Raymond

12:30 PM
Hollywood Hotel (1937)
1h 49m | Musical | TV-G
A small-town boy wins a Hollywood talent contest.
Director
Busby Berkeley
Cast
Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane

2:30 PM
Blues in the Night (1941)
1h 28m | Drama | TV-PG
The members of a traveling jazz band try to keep their leader from drinking himself to death.
Director
Anatole Litvak
Cast
Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf

4:00 PM
All Night Long (1963)
1h 35m | Drama | TV-14
A jazz band's leader thinks his wife is unfaithful.
Director
Basil Dearden
Cast
Patrick McGoohan, Marti Stevens, Betsy Blair

5:45 PM
Swing Cat's Jamboree (1938)
8m | Musical | TV-G
Louis Prima and his jazz quartette play such musical selections as "Please Be Kind."
Director
Roy Mack
Cast
Louis Prima, Shirley Lloyd, Ted Gary

6:00 PM
The Farmerette (1932)
7m | Musical | TV-G
All the animals on Farmer Goat's farm are lazy and unproductive until a visiting flapper introduces them to jazz.
Director
Harry Bailey
Cast
Margie Hines, Non-speaking Role, Amadee J. Van Beu...

6:15 PM
Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
1h 35m | Crime | TV-PG
The jazz band's leader gets mixed up with a gangster in '20s Kansas City.
Director
Jack Webb
Cast
Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: INGRID BERGMAN

8:00 PM
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Comedy | TV-G
A liberal priest tries to soften the strict nun running St. Mary's school.
Director
Leo McCarey
Cast
Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers

10:15 PM
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
2h 50m | Drama | TV-PG
A U.S. mercenary and an army of peasants fight for Spain.
Director
Sam Wood
Cast
Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff

1:15 AM
Stromboli (1950)
1h 21m | Drama | TV-14
A refugee marries a Sicilian fisherman but can't cope with the harshness of her new life.
Director
Roberto Rossellini
Cast
Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale, Renzo Cesana

3:15 AM
Europa '51 (1952)
1h 56m | Drama | TV-14
When a well-off woman loses her son, her recovery confronts her with the problems of the less fortunate.
Director
Roberto Rossellini
Cast
Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox, Ettore Giannini

5:15 AM
Journey to Italy (1954)
1h 24m | Drama | TV-PG
A husband and wife work out their differences when they settle the estate of their uncle.
Director
Roberto Rossellini
Cast
Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Maria Mauban

[empedocles]

1. She certainly had that smile