TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 3: East Meets West/Struggling to Survive

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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

12:00 AM Looking for Love (1964)
A promising singer has to choose between show business and marriage.
Dir: Don Weis Cast: Connie Francis, Jim Hutton, Susan Oliver
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

1:30 AM The Big Cube (1969)
LSD almost ruins the life of a former actress and her stepdaughter.
Dir: Tito Davison Cast: Lana Turner, George Chakiris, Richard Egan
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

3:15 AM Madame Satan (1930)
A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband.
Dir: Cecil B. Demille Cast: Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Lillian Roth
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

5:15 AM MGM Parade Show #22 (1955)
Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald perform in a clip from "Maytime"; Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz introduce a clip from "Forever Darling." Hosted by George Murphy.
Dir: null Cast: Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald, Lucille Ball
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


6:00 AM The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1950)
A collection of MGM previews with an introduction by Lionel Barrymore.
Dir: Herman Hoffman Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Dore Schary, Ira Heymann
Runtime: 57 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y


7:00 AM The Toll of the Sea (1922)
An American sailor marries then deserts the Chinese beauty who had saved his life.
Dir: Chester M. Franklin Cast: Anna May Wong, Kenneth Harlan, Beatrice Bentley
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

8:00 AM His Majesty O'Keefe (1953)
A Yankee sea captain tries to make his fortune in the South Seas.
Dir: Byron Haskin Cast: Burt Lancaster, Joan Rice, Andre Morell
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

10:00 AM A Majority of One (1961)
A Jewish widow falls in love with a Japanese businessman.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, Ray Danton
Runtime: 153 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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12:30 PM Bridge to the Sun (1961)
An American woman marries a Japanese diplomat on the eve of World War II.
Dir: Etienne Périer Cast: Carroll Baker, James Shigeta, James Yagi
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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2:30 PM The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
An Okinawan translator introduces U.S. occupation forces to the joys of local life.
Dir: Daniel Mann Cast: Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyo
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

5:00 PM South Pacific (1958)
Two stories set side by side about love and loss set in the wartime tropics. Adaptation of the 1949 stage play.
Dir: Joshua Logan Cast: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr
Runtime: 171 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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What's on Tonight: Struggling to Survive

8:00 PM Sounder (1972)
In 1933 Louisiana, a family of African American sharecroppers endure racism and injustice when their father is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp.
Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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10:00 PM Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Ten years ago, as the country of Rwanda descended into madness, one man made a promise to protect the family he loved--and ended up finding the courage to save over 1200 people. Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager in Rwanda, secretly used his position and intelligence to shelter over a thousand refugees during the genocide crisis. While the rest of the world closed its eyes, Paul opened his heart to prove that the human spirit can make us stronger than we'd ever imagine.
Dir: Terry George Cast: Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, Sophie Okonedo
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

12:15 AM Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
Sisters Olanna and Kainene return home to 1960s Nigeria, where they soon diverge on different paths. As civil war breaks out, political events loom larger than their differences as they join the fight to establish an independent republic.
Dir: Biyi Bandele Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC:

2:15 AM The Good Earth (1937)
Epic adaptation of the Pearl Buck classic about Chinese farmers battling the elements.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly
Runtime: 138 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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4:45 AM The Kid (1921)
In this silent comedy, an adoptive father schemes to keep his son.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Jackie Coogan, Edna Purviance, Carl Miller
Runtime: 52 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: N