TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 21: Classic Christmas Marathon

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Crime.

Family dysfunction.

Double doses of Felix Bressart, Judy Garland, and Margaret O'Brien.

And even a sighting of our patron saint, Robert Montgomery.

That's some Christmas schedule.

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

12:00 AM
Lady in the Lake (1947)
1h 43m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
Philip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective's point of view.
Director
Robert Montgomery
Cast
Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan

2:00 AM
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
1h 35m | Comedy | TV-PG
An ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business is booming.
Director
Lloyd Bacon
Cast
Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford

4:00 AM
The Silent Partner (1978)
1h 45m | Adaptation | TV-MA
A bank teller skims $50,000 for himself during a robbery, and a Santa Claus crook wants it.
Director
Daryl Duke
Cast
Susannah York, Christopher Plummer, Elliott Gould

6:00 AM
Hell's Heroes (1930)
1h 5m | Western | TV-PG
Three cowboys risk their lives to get an abandoned baby to civilization.
Director
William Wyler
Cast
Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton, Fred Kohler

7:30 AM
Three Godfathers (1936)
1h 22m | Western | TV-G
Three fugitives risk their lives to bring a newborn baby out of the desert to safety.
Director
Richard Boleslawski
Cast
Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Walter Brennan

9:00 AM
Bush Christmas (1947)
1h 17m | Adventure | TV-G
A group of children track down rustlers they accidentally helped steal their father's horse.
Director
Ralph Smart
Cast
Chips Rafferty, John Fernside, Stan Tolhurst

10:30 AM
A Christmas Carol (1938)
1h 9m | Drama | TV-G
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways.
Director
Edwin L. Marin
Cast
Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart

12:00 PM
Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
1h 7m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A reformed thief tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent.
Director
Lew Landers
Cast
Chester Morris, Adele Mara, Richard Lane

1:30 PM
Room for One More (1952)
1h 38m | Comedy | TV-G
New Jersey couple Anna and Poppy Rose adopt several kids born into less fortunate circumstances.
Director
Norman Taurog
Cast
Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Lurene Tuttle

3:30 PM
Period of Adjustment (1962)
1h 52m | Comedy | TV-PG
A newlywed couple's honeymoon is disrupted by their friends' marital problems.
Director
George Roy Hill
Cast
Tony Franciosa, Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton

5:30 PM
The Lion in Winter (1968)
2h 14m | Drama | TV-14
Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine celebrate Christmas together and battle for control of the kingdom.
Director
Anthony Harvey
Cast
Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Merrow, Anthony Hopkins

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8:00 PM
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
1h 53m | Musical | 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

10:00 PM
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
1h 43m | Musical | TV-PG
In this musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner, feuding co-workers in a small music store.
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Cast
Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S. Z. "Cuddles" Sakall

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 ...
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