TCM Schedule for Sunday, December 7 -- THE FAMILY CLASSICS

[Longhorn]

4:30am Paper Moon (1973)
A fraudulent bible salesman reluctantly adopts a tough little girl who could be his daughter.
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn. Dir: Peter Bogdanovich. BW-102 mins, TV-14

6:15am Front Page, The (1931)
A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou, Edward Everett Horton. Dir: Lewis Milestone. BW-100 mins, TV-G

7:56am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Important News (1936)
A small town newspaper editor struggles with what to publish on his front page: the death of a cold-blooded gangster, or the more mundane but moral news about his home town. Jimmy Stewart guest stars in an early role as the editor's nephew and apprentice.
Cast: Charles "Chic" Sale, James Stewart BW-10 mins

8:15am Fire Over England (1936)
A British spy infiltrates the Spanish court to thwart their planned invasion of England.
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Flora Robson, Vivien Leigh. Dir: William F. Howard. BW-89 mins, TV-G

9:45am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Glimpses Of Old England (1949)
C-9 mins

10:00am 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

12:00pm Treasure Island (1950)
A young boy and a pirate clash over buried treasure.
Cast: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney. Dir: Byron Haskin. C-96 mins, TV-G

1:45pm Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Stranded on a deserted island, a close-knit family creates a tropical paradise.
Cast: John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur. Dir: Ken Annakin. C-126 mins, TV-G

4:00pm 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)
A renegade sea captain uses a pioneering submarine to force peace on the world.
Cast: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas. Dir: Richard Fleischer. C-127 mins, TV-G

6:15pm Old Yeller (1958)
A frontier boy develops close ties with a yellow dog.
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk. Dir: Robert Stevenson. C-84 mins, TV-G

What's On Tonight: TCM SPOTLIGHT: THE FAMILY CLASSICS

7:42pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Story Of A Dog (1945)
It's a dog's life in this short, man's best friend trains for the battle field and becomes a crucial part of the army.
BW-10 mins

8:00pm Parent Trap, The (1961)
Twins separated by divorce plot to bring their parents back together.
Cast: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith. Dir: David Swift. C-129 mins, TV-G

10:15pm Pollyanna (1960)
An orphan's relentless optimism changes lives in a sleepy small town.
Cast: Jane Wyman, Hayley Mills, Richard Egan. Dir: David Swift. C-134 mins, TV-G

12:30am Barefoot Executive, The (1971)
A young man discovers a chimp with a knack for picking winning TV programs.
Cast: Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Harry Morgan. Dir: Robert Butler. C-96 mins, TV-PG

2:15am Cat and the Canary, The (1927)
In this silent film, three potential heirs to a fortune must spend the night in a haunted mansion.
Cast: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley. Dir: Paul Leni. BW-80 mins, TV-G

3:36am Short Film: From The Vaults: What The Daisy Said (1910)
BW-13 mins

4:00am Mafioso (1962)
A factory worker returns home to Sicily, where he gets mixed up with the Mob.
Cast: Alberto Sordi, Norma Bengell, Gabriella Conti. Dir: Alberto Lattuada. C-102 mins, TV-PG

[Staph]

1. Oh, dear, it's get-out-the-hankies day!

Between the Kate Hepburn Little Women (Beth -- sob!) to Hayley Mills Pollyanna (stay out of the tree, Pollyanna!) to Old Yeller ....