TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 29: Star of the Month: Ingrid Bergman
It's the final Wednesday in December, and it all comes with a whirl of Winning Romantic Screenplays in daytime and Star of the Month Ingrid Bergman taking her bows tonight.
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Wed, December 29
1:15 am
One Hour with You (1932)
1h 20m | Musical | TV-G
Both members of a married couple fight the temptation to stray.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald
2:45 am
The Merry Widow (1934)
1h 39m | Musical | TV-PG
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton
4:30 am
The Merry Widow (1952)
1h 45m | Musical | TV-G
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Director
Curtis Bernhardt
Cast
Lana Turner, Fernando Lamas, Una Merkel
6:30 am
An American in Paris (1951)
1h 53m | Musical | TV-PG
Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron sing and dance to the music of George and Ira Gershwin in this classical musical.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Cast
Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant
8:30 am
Gigi (1958)
1h 56m | Musical | TV-G
The story of an illegitimate waif in late 1800s Paris who is pushed by her grandmother and aunt to prepare for life as a courtesan.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Cast
Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan
10:30 am
Princess O'Rourke (1943)
1h 34m | Comedy | TV-G
A flying ace's romance with a princess creates diplomatic problems.
Director
Norman Krasna
Cast
Olivia De Havilland, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn
12:15 pm
The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer (1947)
1h 35m | Comedy | TV-G
A teenage girl's crush on a playboy spells trouble, particularly when he falls for her older sister.
Director
Irving Reis
Cast
Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple
2:00 pm
Designing Woman (1957)
1h 58m | Comedy | TV-G
A sportswriter and a fashion designer have a lot of adjusting to do when they marry in haste.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Cast
Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Gray
4:00 pm
It Happened One Night (1934)
1h 45m | Comedy | TV-PG
A spoiled rich girl escapes her father, who wants to stop her from marrying a worthless playboy.
Director
Frank Capra
Cast
Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly
6:00 pm
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
1h 51m | Comedy | TV-G
Socialite Tracy Lord is getting married, and an honest reporter is there to get the story, but so is Tracy's ex-husband.
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: INGRID BERGMAN
8:00 pm
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
2h 7m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-14
Hercule Poirot finds himself on board the Orient Express . . . with a murder to investigate. But of course!
Director
Sidney Lumet
Cast
Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman
10:15 pm
A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970)
1h 40m | Romance | TV-PG
When her husband moves them to a small farming town, a woman falls in love with a married neighbor.
Director
Guy Green
Cast
Anthony Quinn, Ingrid Bergman, Fritz Weaver
12:15 am
Cactus Flower (1969)
1h 44m | Comedy | TV-14
A philandering dentist asks his assistant to help him deal with his latest girlfriend.
Director
Gene Saks
Cast
Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn
2:15 am
From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-G
A young brother and sister run away and live in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Director
Fielder Cook
Cast
Mike Hammett, Johnny Doran, Peter Turgeon
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4:15 am
A Matter of Time (1976)
1h 39m | Romance | TV-PG
An eccentric countess teaches a hotel chambermaid to follow her dreams.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Cast
Ingrid Bergman, Liza Minnelli, Charles Boyer
6:15 am
Autumn Sonata (1978)
1h 32m | Drama | TV-14
A concert pianist faces the daughters she's neglected for years.
Director
Ingmar Bergman
Cast
Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman
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