TCM Schedule for Monday December 21 - TCM SPOTLIGHT: FRANK CAPRA

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Some great 60's films by day, and more with Frank Capra at night.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Short Film: Now Playing January (2010) (2010)
Features highlights of the month's programming on TCM, including festivals and stars. BW-23 mins, TV-PG, CC

6:30 AM Entertainer, The (1960)
A third-rate vaudevillian uses liquor and young women to escape the pressures of changing times. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Joan Plowright. Dir: Tony Richardson. BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

8:15 AM Jules And Jim (1962)
A tempestuous beauty comes between college friends. Cast: Oskar Werner, Jeanne Moreau, Henri Serre. Dir: Francois Truffaut. BW-106 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

10:15 AM Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want. Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffre. Dir: Vittorio De Sica. C-114 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

12:15 PM Tom Jones (1963)
In this adaptation of Henry Fielding's novel, a country boy in 18th-century England becomes a playboy. Cast: Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith. Dir: Tony Richardson. C-122 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 PM In the Cool of the Day (1963)
A man's efforts to save his friend's marriage lead to infidelity. Cast: Peter Finch, Jane Fonda, Angela Lansbury. Dir: Robert Stevens. BW-84 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 PM Sunday In New York (1963)
A philandering pilot gets real moral, real fast when his sister contemplates a premarital fling. Cast: Cliff Robertson, Rod Taylor, Jane Fonda. Dir: Peter Tewksbury. C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC

5:50 PM Short Film: Jasper National Park (1952)
James A. Fitzpatrick takes us to Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies, guiding us on a tour of its breath-taking scenery and inspiring wildlife. The Jasper Lodge as well as some of the natural history is also highlighted. Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick C-8 mins,

6:00 PM Barefoot In The Park (1967)
A free-thinking bride and her conservative groom have trouble adjusting to married life. Cast: Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Mildred Natwick. Dir: Gene Saks. C-106 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

7:51 PM Short Film: Capital City Washington D.C., The (1940)
An installment of James A. Fitzpatrick's Travel Talks honoring Washington D.C. Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick C-9 mins,

8:00 PM State Of The Union (1948)
A presidential candidate fights to keep his integrity and his wife during a grueling campaign. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Angela Lansbury. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-123 mins, TV-G, CC

10:15 PM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption. Cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-130 mins, TV-G, CC

12:30 AM Meet John Doe (1941)
A reporter's fraudulent story turns a tramp into a national hero and makes him a pawn of big business. Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-122 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

2:45 AM Ladies of Leisure (1930)
A wealthy artist faces family pressure when he falls for a model with a past. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Ralph Graves, Lowell Sherman. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-100 mins, TV-PG

4:30 AM Miracle Woman, The (1931)
A phony faith healer fights the temptation to go straight when she falls for a blind man. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Beryl Mercer. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-90 mins, TV-PG