TCM Schedule for Monday December 19 - TCM Spotlight: Bicentennial of Charles Dickens birth
More Dickens in prime time; plus an always welcome helping of Cary Grant by day.
(all times Eastern)
6:00 AM Penny Serenade (1941)
A woman on the verge of divorce recalls her heartbreaking attempts to adopt a child. Dir: George Stevens Cast: Irene Dunne , Cary Grant , Beulah Bondi . BW-119 mins, TV-G, CC,
8:00 AM Dream Wife (1953)
For state reasons, a diplomat fakes an engagement to a Middle Eastern princess. Dir: Sidney Sheldon Cast: Cary Grant , Deborah Kerr , Walter Pidgeon . BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC,
9:56 AM One Reel Wonder: Will Rogers Memorial Hosp. (Cary Grant) (1940)
Cary Grant asking moviegoers to donate to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital, a hospital and recovery center for tuberculosis patients. BW-2 mins,
10:00 AM Mr. Lucky (1943)
A gambling-ship owner is out to fleece a beautiful society woman, but falls in love.D ir: H. C. Potter Cast: Cary Grant , Laraine Day , Charles Bickford . BW-100 mins, TV-G, CC,
11:41 AM One Reel Wonder: Loews Christmas Greeting (Hardy Family) (1939) BW-3 mins,
12:00 PM Walk, Don't Run (1966)
Set during the Tokyo Olympics, one of three unlikely housemates plays matchmaker with the other two. Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Cary Grant , Samantha Eggar , Jim Hutton . C-114 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format
2:00 PM Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
A New York businessman's dream of a country home is shattered when he buys a tumbledown rural shack. Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: Cary Grant , Myrna Loy , Melvyn Douglas . BW-94 mins, TV-G, CC,
3:35 PM One Reel Wonder: Silent Night: Judy Garland (1937) BW-2 mins,
3:42 PM One Reel Wonder: Music In Your Hair (1934)
Two neighbors disapprove of their children being together until they perform at a speakeasy. Dir: Charles Parrott Cast: Billy Gilbert , Billy Bletcher , Ty Parvis . BW-17 mins,
4:00 PM Topper (1937)
A fun-loving couple returns from the dead to help a henpecked husband. Dir: Norman Z. McLeod Cast: Constance Bennett , Cary Grant , Roland Young . BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC,
5:39 PM One Reel Wonder: Night Owls (1930)
Two vagrants try to help a police officer save his reputation. Dir: James Parrott Cast: Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy , BW-21 mins, TV-G,
6:00 PM Suspicion (1941)
A wealthy wallflower suspects her penniless playboy husband of murder. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant , Joan Fontaine , Sir Cedric Hardwicke . BW-100 mins, TV-PG, CC,
7:48 PM One Reel Wonder: Song Of Revolt (1937)
A fictionalized account of the inspiration for Rouget de Lisle's "La Marseillaise," and its subsequent rise to popularity among French revolutionaries.Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Leon Ames ,BW-11 mins,
8:00 PM Tale Of Two Cities, A (1958)
Charles Dickens' classic tale of lookalikes in love with the same woman in the years after the French Revolution. Dir: Robert Mulligan Cast: Max Adrian , James Donald , Denholm Elliott . BW-117 mins, TV-PG, CC,
10:15 PM Scrooge (1970)
A miser faces the ghosts of his past on Christmas Eve. Dir: Ronald Neame Cast: Albert Finney , Alec Guinness , Edith Evans . C-113 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
12:15 AM I Could Go On Singing (1963)
An American singing star in London tries to reclaim the son she gave up for adoption. Dir: Ronald Neame Cast: Judy Garland , Dirk Bogarde , Jack Klugman . C-99 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
2:00 AM Hopscotch (1980)
A retired CIA agent threatens to publish an embarrassing book of memoirs about his colleagues. Dir: Ronald Neame Cast: Walter Matthau , Glenda Jackson , Ned Beatty . C-105 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format
4:00 AM Horse's Mouth, The (1958)
An unscrupulous artist fights to realize his vision of the perfect mural. Dir: Ronald Neame Cast: Alec Guinness , Kay Walsh , Renee Houston . C-95 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
5:45 AM Forever Ealing (2002)
A documentary that explores the history and influence of England's Ealing Studios. Dir: Andrew Snell C-50 mins, TV-G, CC,
