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After a daytime birthday tribute to Otto Preminger, TCM launches a month-long festival of Charles Dickens adaptations in anticipation of the upcoming Dickens bicentennial.
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7:00 AM Daisy Kenyon (1947) On the rebound from a married man, a woman marries a veteran, just as her lover becomes available. Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Joan Crawford , Dana Andrews , Henry Fonda. BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC, _____________________________________________________________________ 8:45 AM Angel Face (1953) An unscrupulous woman murders her loved ones for profit. Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Robert Mitchum , Jean Simmons , Mona Freeman. BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC, _____________________________________________________________________ 10:30 AM Moon Is Blue, The (1953) Two womanizers fall for a woman determined to keep her virginity. Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: William Holden , David Niven , Maggie McNamara. BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC, _____________________________________________________________________ 12:15 PM Man With The Golden Arm, The (1955) A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction. Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Frank Sinatra , Eleanor Parker , Kim Novak. BW-119 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format _____________________________________________________________________ 2:30 PM Saint Joan (1957) A French peasant girl follows the advice of angels to lead her country against British invaders. Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Richard Widmark , Richard Todd , Anton Walbrook. BW-111 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format _____________________________________________________________________ 4:30 PM Cardinal, The (1963) A Boston priest deals with illicit love, racism and war as he rises in the church. Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Tom Tryon , Carol Lynley , Dorothy Gish. C-175 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format _____________________________________________________________________ 7:30 PM Now Playing December (2011) (2011) Features highlights of the month's programming on TCM, including festivals and stars. C-18 mins, TV-PG, CC, _____________________________________________________________________ 8:00 PM Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) An opium addict's obsession with a young girl leads to murder. Dir: Stuart Walker Cast: Claude Rains , Douglass Montgomery , Heather Angel. BW-85 mins, TV-14, CC, _____________________________________________________________________ 9:45 PM Christmas Carol, A (1938) In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve. Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Reginald Owen , Gene Lockhart , Kathleen Lockhart. BW-69 mins, TV-G, CC, _____________________________________________________________________ 11:15 PM David Copperfield (1935) Charles Dickens' classic tale of an orphaned boy's fight for happiness and the colorful characters who help and hinder him. Dir: George Cukor Cast: W. C. Fields , Lionel Barrymore , Maureen O'Sullivan. BW-130 mins, TV-G, CC, _____________________________________________________________________ 1:30 AM Tale Of Two Cities, A (1935) Charles Dickens' classic story of two men in love with the same woman during the French Revolution. Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Ronald Colman , Elizabeth Allen , Edna May Oliver. BW-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, _____________________________________________________________________ 3:45 AM Oliver Twist (1922) A young orphan falls in with a man training children to be thieves. Dir: Frank Lloyd Cast: Jackie Coogan , Lon Chaney , Gladys Brockwell. BW-74 mins, TV-PG, _____________________________________________________________________ 5:30 AM 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,
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