TCM Schedule for Saturday, December 25 --- Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

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25 Saturday



6:00 AM Little Women (1933)
The four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas. Dir: George Cukor. BW-116 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

8:00 AM The Shop Around The Corner (1940)
Feuding co-workers don't realize they're secret romantic pen pals. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan. Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

9:41 AM Short Film: Let'S Talk Turkey (1939)
It's turkey 101 in this Pete Smith Specialty showing the do's and don'ts of turkey carving. Cast: Pete Smith Dir: Felix Feist BW-10 mins,

10:00 AM Susan Slept Here (1954)
A Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle. Cast: Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Anne Francis. Dir: Frank Tashlin. C-98 mins, TV-PG, CC

11:45 AM A Christmas Carol (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve. Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart. Dir: Edwin L. Marin. BW-69 mins, TV-G, CC

1:00 PM Ben-Hur (1959)
While seeking revenge, a rebellious Israelite prince crosses paths with Jesus Christ. Cast: Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins. Dir: William Wyler. C-222 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

4:46 PM Short Film: Ben-Hur: Behind The Scenes With Glenn H. Randall & Yakima Canutt (1959)
Behind the scenes promotional short for Ben-Hur, with Glen Randall, horse trainer, and Yakima Canutt, second unit director, who worked together to film the legendary chariot race from the movie. BW-7 mins,

5:00 PM The King of Kings (1961)
Epic retelling of Christ's life and the effects of his teachings on those around him. Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Robert Ryan. Dir: Nicholas Ray. C-171 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

8:00 PM The Lion In Winter (1968)
England's Henry II and his estranged queen battle over the choice of an heir. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Anthony Hopkins. Dir: Anthony Harvey. C-134 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

10:30 PM Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
An academic couple reveal their deepest secret to a pair of newcomers during an all-night booze fest. Cast: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Sandy Dennis. Dir: Mike Nichols. BW-131 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

12:46 AM Short Film: The Greatest Gift (1942)
A French monastary takes in a juggler to care for whille they prepare gifts to offer to Our Lady. Cast: Edmund Gwenn Dir: Harold Daniels BW-11 mins,

1:00 AM Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)
A dying plantation owner tries to help his alcoholic son solve his problems. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives. Dir: Richard Brooks. C-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

3:00 AM Ordinary People (1980)
When a young man drowns, his family fights to recover from the trauma. Cast: Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton. Dir: Robert Redford. C-124 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

5:15 AM Indiscretion Of An American Wife (1954)
An American woman tries to break it off with her Italian lover. Cast: Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift, Richard Beymer. Dir: Vittorio De Sica. BW-63 mins, TV-PG

[CBHagman]

1. Lovely seasonal graphics.

I thought of using the image you selected for the bottom of your schedule page.

Merry Christmas to all DUers, especially the classic film fans! :hi: