TCM salutes birthday babe Jane Fonda during the day and in the evening offers a line-up featuring dynamite duos. Enjoy.
Tuesday, December 21st, 20102:00 AM 8 1/2 (1963)
A world-famous film director juggles his romantic relationships while trying to come up with an idea for his next picture. Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimee. Dir: Federico Fellini. BW-138 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
4:30 AM Alex In Wonderland (1970)
A hot young film director can't decide on his next project. Cast: Donald Sutherland, Ellen Burstyn, Jeanne Moreau. Dir: Paul Mazursky. C-112 mins, TV-MA
6:30 AM Wait Until Dark (1967)
A blind woman fights against drug smugglers who've invaded her home. Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna. Dir: Terence Young. C-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
8:30 AM Devil and Daniel Webster, The (1941)
A farmer sells his soul for seven years of good crops. Cast: Walter Huston, Edward Arnold, John Craig. Dir: William Dieterle. BW-106 mins, TV-G, CC
10:30 AM Cat Ballou (1965)
A prim schoolteacher turns outlaw queen when the railroad steals her land. Cast: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan. Dir: Elliot Silverstein. C-96 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
12:09 PM Short Film: Cinderella Named Elizabeth, A (1965)
BW-7 mins,
12:30 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
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 Period Of Adjustment (1962)
A newlywed couple's honeymoon is disrupted by their friends' marital problems. Cast: Tony Franciosa, Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton. Dir: George Roy Hill. BW-112 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
6:00 PM Life With Father (1947)
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost. Cast: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor. Dir: Michael Curtiz. C-118 mins, TV-G, CC
8:00 PM Sunnyside Up (1929)
A millionaire hires a tenement girl to make his fickle fiancée jealous. Cast: Janet Gaynor Charles Farrell, Marjorie White. Dir: David Butler. BW-118 mins,
10:00 PM Swing Time (1936)
To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big, only to fall for his dancing partner. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore. Dir: George Stevens. BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
12:00 AM Thin Man, The (1934)
A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
1:45 AM Adam's Rib (1949)
Husband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women's rights case. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday. Dir: George Cukor. BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
3:30 AM Rose Marie (1936)
An opera singer goes undercover in the Canadian wilderness to hunt for her criminal brother. Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, James Stewart. Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II. BW-111 mins, TV-G, CC
5:30 AM Now Playing January (2011) (2011)
C-27 mins, , CC