TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 3 -- VALERIE HOBSON

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4:15am Big Country, The (1958)
Feuding families vie for water rights in the old West.
Cast: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston. Dir: William Wyler. C-166 mins, TV-PG

7:15am MGM Parade Show #15 (1955)
George Murphy hosts a special Christmas show featuring Judy Garland performing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" in a clip from "Meet Me in St. Louis."
BW-26 mins, TV-G

7:45am Grand Hotel (1932)
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through scandal and heartache.
Cast: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford. Dir: Edmund Goulding. BW-113 mins, TV-PG

9:45am Killer Shrews, The (1959)
A maniacal scientist creates a formula that turns your average shrew into a giant, man-killing beast.
Cast: James Best, Ingrid Goude, Baruch Lumet. Dir: Ray Kellogg. BW-68 mins, TV-PG

11:00am One Million B.C. (1940)
An exiled caveman finds love when he joins another tribe.
Cast: Carole Landis, Victor Mature, Lon Chaney, Jr. Dir: Hal Roach, Jr., Hal Roach. BW-80 mins, TV-G

12:30pm Jason And The Argonauts (1963)
The legendary hero enlists the help of the gods to steal the golden fleece.
Cast: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Honor Blackman. Dir: Don Chaffey. C-104 mins, TV-PG

2:15pm Thief of Bagdad, The (1940)
A young thief faces amazing monsters to return Bagdad's deposed king to the throne.
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez. Dir: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan. C-106 mins, TV-G

4:15pm Prisoner Of Zenda, The (1937)
An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped.
Cast: Ronald Colman, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Madeleine Carroll. Dir: John Cromwell. BW-101 mins, TV-PG

6:00pm Captain Blood (1935)
After being unjustly sentenced to prison, a doctor escapes and becomes a notorious pirate.
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-119 mins, TV-G

What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: VALERIE HOBSON

8:00pm Great Expectations (1946)
A mysterious benefactor finances a young boy's education.
Cast: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Finlay Currie. Dir: David Lean. BW-118 mins

10:15pm Rocking Horse Winner, The (1949)
A young boy's talent for picking winning race horses threatens his life.
Cast: Valerie Hobson, John Howard Davies, John Mills. Dir: Anthony Pelissier. BW-92 mins

12:00am Drums (1938)
An Indian prince tries to save his British masters from a deadly revolt.
Cast: Sabu, Raymond Massey, Valerie Hobson. Dir: Zoltan Korda. BW-94 mins, TV-G

1:45am Meet Me Tonight (1952)
Three Noel Coward stories deal with a temperamental song and dance team, a squabbling family and a broke society couple.
Cast: Valerie Hobson, Kay Walsh, Stanley Holloway. Dir: Anthony Pelissier. C-84 mins

3:15am Scared To Death (1947)
A beautiful murder victim recalls how she met her untimely end.
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Douglas Fowley, Joyce Compton. Dir: Christy Cabanne. C-68 mins, TV-PG

4:24am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Respect The Law (1941)
BW-20 mins

4:45am Corpse Vanishes, The (1942)
A mad scientist kills brides and uses their glands to keep his wife alive.
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Elizabeth Russell. Dir: Wallace Fox. BW-63 mins, TV-PG