TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 22: Classic Christmas Marathon

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Dear Classic Films Group friends, please make sure you have enough tissues or handkerchiefs around for the next installment of Classic Christmas Marathon, because the tears will flow. There are also some seriously depressed characters in these holiday movies, so bear that in mind if you are feeling vulnerable.

But fear not! There are also witty, quotable scripts and memorable romances (both the slow-burning and whirlwind kind) to enjoy.

And there's Edward G. Robinson playing against type.

And there are multiple chances to watch Margaret O'Brien and Barbara Stanwyck practice their craft.

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

12:00 am
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
1h 37m | Romance | TV-G
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan

2:00 am
Little Women (1949)
2h 1m | Drama | TV-G
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Cast
June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien

4:15 am
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
1h 40m | Drama | TV-G
True-life story of Edna Gladney, who fought for orphans' rights in Texas.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Cast
Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart

6:00 am
My Reputation (1946)
1h 36m | Romance | TV-PG
A widow generates small-town gossip when she falls in love too soon after her husband's death.
Director
Curtis Bernhardt
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Warner Anderson

8:00 am
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-PG
A Norwegian farmer tries to raise two children in the Midwest.
Director
Roy Rowland
Cast
Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, James Craig

10:00 am
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
1h 35m | Musical | TV-G
A small-town tomboy falls for the boy-next-door in the years before World War I.
Director
Roy Del Ruth
Cast
Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, "Smiling" Jack Smith

11:45 am
Penny Serenade (1941)
2h 5m | Romance | TV-G
A woman on the verge of divorce recalls her heartbreaking attempts to adopt a child.
Director
George Stevens
Cast
Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi

2:00 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

4:00 pm
Never Say Goodbye (1946)
1h 37m | Comedy | TV-PG
A husband tries to win back his wife before she can divorce him.
Director
James V. Kern
Cast
Errol Flynn, Eleanor Parker, Lucile Watson

6:00 pm
Good Sam (1948)
1h 53m | Comedy | TV-G
A family man helps out people in need and ends up broke in the process.
Director
Leo Mccarey
Cast
Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan, Ray Collins

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8:00 pm
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
1h 41m | Comedy | TV-G
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love.
Director
Peter Godfrey
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet

10:00 pm
Holiday Affair (1949)
1h 27m | Romance | TV-G
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne'er-do-well.
Director
Don Hartman
Cast
Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey

11:45 pm
Desk Set (1957)
1h 43m | Comedy | TV-G
An efficiency expert introduces his amazing new machine that can answer anything to a TV researcher and her staff.
Director
Walter Lang
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young

1:45 am
The Apartment (1960)
2h 5m | Comedy | TV-PG
An aspiring executive lets his bosses use his apartment for assignations, only to fall for a young woman involved with one of them.
Director
Billy Wilder
Cast
Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine, Fred MacMurray

4:00 am
Bachelor Mother (1939)
1h 20m | Comedy | TV-G
A fun-loving shop girl is mistaken for the mother of a foundling.
Director
Garson Kanin
Cast
Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn