TCM Schedule for Tuesday, November 25th: Leading Couples

[CBHagman]

Lots of good choices here to close out November. Getting an early start on the holiday season, we've got The Man Who Came to Dinner, a Christmas movie with a twist. It could fit very comfortably on a bill with The Ref. Yes, really.

And for some reason we have the Bad Women of the Bible on today's schedule. Speaking of which, I certainly hope you all remember what Groucho Marx once said about Samson and Delilah.

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008.

12:15 AM Bribe, The (1949)
A sultry singer tries to tempt a federal agent from the straight-and-narrow. Cast: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. BW-98 mins, TV-PG, CC

2:00 AM Salome (1953)
Herod's stepdaughter discovers Christianity through her love for a Roman centurion. Cast: Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton. Dir: William Dieterle. C-103 mins, TV-PG

3:45 AM Samson and Delilah (1949)
Epic re-telling of the story of the Biblical strongman laid low by love. Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, Angela Lansbury. Dir: Cecil B. DeMille. C-127 mins, TV-PG, CC

6:00 AM On An Island With You (1948)
A movie star falls for a handsome naval officer during location shooting in Hawaii. Cast: Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalban. Dir: Richard Thorpe. C-108 mins, TV-G, CC

7:49 AM Short Film: Water Wisdom (1943)
A Pete Smith Specialty short covering modern lifesaving techniques used by the Red Cross and other expert swimmers. Cast: Pete Smith BW-9 mins,

8:00 AM Neptune's Daughter (1949)
Mistaken identity complicates a polo player's romance with a bathing suit designer. Cast: Esther Williams, Ricardo Montalban, Red Skelton. Dir: Edward Buzzell. C-93 mins, TV-G, CC

9:45 AM Two Weeks With Love (1950)
Two sisters find romance during a turn-of-the-century family vacation. Cast: Jane Powell, Ricardo Montalban, Debbie Reynolds. Dir: Roy Rowland. C-92 mins, TV-PG, CC

11:30 AM My Man And I (1952)
A Mexican-American laborer fights for his dignity. Cast: Ricardo Montalban, Shelley Winters, Claire Trevor. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC

1:15 PM Arsenic And Old Lace (1944)
A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men. Cast: Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-118 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS



3:15 PM Gabriel Over The White House (1933)
A crooked president reforms mysteriously. Cast: Walter Huston, Arthur Byron, Karen Morley. Dir: Gregory La Cava. BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC

4:45 PM Man Who Came To Dinner, The (1942)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family. Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley. Dir: William Keighley. BW-113 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS



6:45 PM Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)
A married violinist deserts his family when he falls for his accompanist. Cast: Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman, Edna Best. Dir: Gregory Ratoff. BW-70 mins, TV-14, CC

8:00 PM Cleopatra (1963)
The legendary Egyptian queen tries to use her beauty to conquer the Roman Empire. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison. Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. C-243 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



12:15 AM Rio Grande (1950)
A cavalry unit located on the Mexican border must control Indian uprisings. Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson. Dir: John Ford. BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC



2:15 AM They Died With Their Boots On (1941)
Romanticized biography of General George Armstrong Custer and his last stand. Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy. Dir: Raoul Walsh. BW-140 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:45 AM Viva Las Vegas (1964)
A race-car driver falls for a pretty swimming instructor who wants him to slow down his career. Cast: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Cesare Danova. Dir: George Sidney. C-85 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS