TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 7: Ernst Lubitsch - Part I

Today TCM marks the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the United States' entry into World War II.

Evening brings a different mood and the famed Lubitsch touch as holiday favorite The Shop Around the Corner and comic delights such as Ninotchka and Heaven Can Wait shine in the TCM schedule.

And if you miss The Shop Around the Corner tonight, don't worry. It'll be back later this month when TCM celebrates holiday classics with a multi-day schedule of favorites.

Casting note: By my count, the 24-hour schedule includes three features with Felix Bressart, two with Melvyn Douglas, and one with Classic Films Group patron saint Robert Montgomery.

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

12:00 AM
Nightmare Alley (1947)
1h 51m | Drama | TV-14
An ambitious carnival worker attempts to scam his way out of the carnival in this brutal noir.
Director
Edmund Goulding
Cast
Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray

2:00 AM
Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum (2017)
Documentary
No Description available
Director
Sophie Bassaler
Cast
Sophie Bassaler, Maxime Beauquesne, Sally Blake

This sounds like a fascinating documentary! See description and trailer below:

https://archive.org/details/cinemagnum



3:15 AM
The Misfits (1961)
2h 4m | Drama | TV-PG
A sensitive divorcee gets mixed up with modern cowboys roping mustangs in the desert.
Director
John Huston
Cast
Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift

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6:00 AM
The Deep Six (1958)
1h 50m | War | TV-PG
A pacifist finds his values challenged by the outbreak of World War II.
Director
Rudolph Maté
Cast
Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, William Bendix



8:00 AM
Wings for the Eagle (1942)
1h 23m | War | TV-PG
Dedicated aircraft workers compete for the same girl.
Director
Lloyd Bacon
Cast
Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson

9:30 AM
Torpedo Run (1958)
1h 38m | War | TV-PG
A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese prison ship carrying his family.
Director
Joseph Pevney
Cast
Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Diane Brewster

11:15 AM
Hell to Eternity (1960)
2h 12m | War | TV-PG
A young man adopted by Japanese-Americans becomes a hero in World War II.
Director
Phil Karlson
Cast
Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Vic Damone

1:30 PM
December 7th (1943)
1h 21m | Documentary | TV-PG
After the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, the U.S. fights to survive the early days of World War II.
Director
John Ford
Cast
Walter Huston, Harry Davenport, Dana Andrews

3:00 PM
Air Force (1943)
2h 4m | War | TV-G
A bomber crew sees World War II action over the Pacific.
Director
Howard Hawks
Cast
John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy

5:30 PM
They Were Expendable (1945)
2h 15m | War | TV-PG
After a demonstration of new PT boats, Navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability.
Director
John Ford
Cast
Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: ERNST LUBITSCH - PART I

8:00 PM
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
1h 37m | Romance | TV-G
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan

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10:00 PM
Cluny Brown (1946)
1h 40m | Comedy | TV-G
A servant girl's passion for plumbing shocks London society.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Charles Boyer, Jennifer Jones, Peter Lawford



12:00 AM
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
1h 53m | Comedy | TV-PG
An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility for salvation or damnation.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn



2:00 AM
Ninotchka (1939)
1h 50m | Comedy | TV-G
A coldhearted Soviet agent is warmed up by a trip to Paris and a night of love.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire

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4:00 AM
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
1h 24m | Comedy | TV-G
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas, Burgess Meredith



5:45 AM
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
1h 39m | Comedy | TV-PG
A troupe of squabbling actors joins the Polish underground to dupe the Nazis.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack