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CBHagman

(17,128 posts)
Sun Dec 29, 2019, 11:39 AM Dec 2019

TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 31: New Year's Eve Entertainment



Good news! The daytime entertainment includes an awesome Thin Man line-up. Start your DVRs! Or curl up on the couch with New Year's Eve goodies.

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

1:15 AM
STAR IS BORN, A ( 1976)
A fast-rising singer tries to put a has-been rocker back on top.
Dir: Frank R. Pierson Cast: Barbra Streisand , Kris Kristofferson , Gary Busey .
C- 144 mins, CC,

3:45 AM
HIGH SIERRA ( 1941)
An aging ex-con sets out to pull one more big heist.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart , Alan Curtis .
BW- 100 mins, CC,

5:30 AM
COLORADO TERRITORY ( 1949)
An outlaw just released from prison is sucked back into a life of crime in this remake of High Sierra.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Joel McCrea , Virginia Mayo , Dorothy Malone .
BW- 94 mins, CC,

7:15 AM
I DIED A THOUSAND TIMES ( 1955)
An ex-con dreaming of one last heist faces dissension within his gang.
Dir: Stuart Heisler Cast: Jack Palance , Shelley Winters , Lori Nelson .
C- 109 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:15 AM
THIN MAN, THE ( 1934)
A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell , Myrna Loy , Maureen O'Sullivan .
BW- 91 mins, CC,



11:00 AM
AFTER THE THIN MAN ( 1936)
Married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora's cousin of a murder charge.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell , Myrna Loy , James Stewart .
BW- 112 mins, CC,

1:00 PM
ANOTHER THIN MAN ( 1939)
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: William Powell , Myrna Loy , Virginia Grey .
BW- 103 mins, CC,

2:45 PM
SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN ( 1941)
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
Dir: Major W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: William Powell , Myrna Loy , Barry Nelson .
BW- 97 mins, CC,

4:30 PM
THIN MAN GOES HOME, THE ( 1945)
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: William Powell , Myrna Loy , Lucile Watson .
BW- 100 mins, CC,

6:15 PM
SONG OF THE THIN MAN ( 1947)
Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: William Powell , Myrna Loy , Keenan Wynn .
BW- 86 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: NEW YEAR'S EVE ENTERTAINMENT

8:00 PM
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! ( 1974)
An all-star cast, including Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra, introduces clips from MGM's greatest musicals.
Dir: Jack Haley Jr.
C- 135 mins, CC,

10:30 PM
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! II ( 1976)
Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly dance together again for the first time in more than 30 years as they introduce classic musical numbers and comedy bits.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Fred Astaire ,
C- 129 mins, CC,

12:45 AM
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! III ( 1994)
Classic musical numbers and rare behind-the-scenes footage show how MGM created the screen's greatest musicals. Featuring clips with Gene Kelly, Lena Horne and Debbie Reynolds.
Dir: Michael J Sheridan Cast: Betty Jaynes , Betty Hutton , Fred Astaire .
C- 120 mins, CC,

3:00 AM
THAT'S DANCING! ( 1985)
Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli and Mikhail Baryshnikov host this compilation of some of the greatest dance numbers in movie history.
Dir: Jack Haley Jr.
BW- 104 mins, CC,

5:00 AM
HOLLYWOOD MY HOMETOWN ( 1965)
In this special, Ken Murray hosts his own behind-the-scenes home movies of some of Hollywood's greatest stars.
BW- 53 mins, CC,

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TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 31: New Year's Eve Entertainment (Original Post) CBHagman Dec 2019 OP
This is cable television at it's very best! Auggie Dec 2019 #1

Auggie

(31,772 posts)
1. This is cable television at it's very best!
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 12:00 PM
Dec 2019

All six Thin Man films, in order of release, uncut and commercial-free, followed by an evening of the best in cinematic song and dance.

What cable was meant to be when introduced, so long ago. Enjoy it while it lasts. There's no telling what AT&T has in store for TCM.

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