TCM Schedule for Friday, Dec 20, 2024 - Couples Reunited / TCM Christmas Marathon, Day One

[Auggie]

Alternate synopses, full cast, and trivia for all films available at https://www.imdb.com


--- DAYTIME (EST) ---

8:00 AM | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
A detective teams with his ex-wife to solve a murder.
Dir: Stephen Roberts | Cast: William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason

9:30 AM | I Love You Again (1940)
A solid married man discovers he's forgotten a past existence as a con artist.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II | Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh

11:15 AM | Private Lives (1931)
A divorced couple rekindles the spark after landing in adjoining honeymoon suites with new mates.
Dir: Sidney Franklin | Cast: Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Reginald Denny

12:45 PM | Daughters Courageous (1939)
A father returns to the family he left years earlier and tries to solve their problems.
Dir: Michael Curtiz | Cast: John Garfield, Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn

2:45 PM | The V.I.P.s (1963)
A group of elite British citizens find themselves fogged-in at London Airport.
Dir: Anthony Asquith | Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan

4:45 PM | Let Us Be Gay (1930)
A visit to Paris brings divorced spouses back together.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard | Cast: Norma Shearer, Rod La Rocque, Marie Dressler

6:15 PM | My Favorite Wife (1940)
A shipwrecked woman is rescued just in time for her husband's remarriage.
Dir: Garson Kanin | Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott


--- PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT, EARLY MORNING ---

8:00 PM | Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli | Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor

10:00 PM | In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard | Cast: Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S. Z. "cuddles" Sakall

12:00 AM | The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch | Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan

2:00 AM | Bachelor Mother (1939)
A fun-loving shop girl is mistaken for the mother of a foundling.
Dir: Garson Kanin | Cast: Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn

3:30 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

5:45 AM | Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
True-life story of Edna Gladney, who fought for orphans' rights in Texas.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy | Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart

[rich7862]

1. How about some happy films.

America already has enough to be depressed about. Even during world warII. They made a slew of happy films to lift our spirits.

[Auggie]

2. ?

I don't get the point

[CBHagman]

3. What a great line-up!

Everyone should see The Shop Around the Corner.

And there are a couple of "Couples Reunited" flicks I haven't seen yet but will put on my list.

As for Santa's naughty list, Peter Lorre definitely earned his spot!