TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 6: Max Steiner

TCM's first Tuesday in December starts off in the Lone Star State (theme: Messing with Texas) and then turns into a tribute to film composer Max Steiner.

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

12:45 AM
Trouble With Angels (1966)
1h 52m | Comedy | TV-G
Two free spirits cause problems at a convent school.
Director
Ida Lupino
Cast
Rosalind Russell, Binnie Barnes, Camilla Sparv

2:45 AM
A Matter of Time (1976)
1h 39m | Romance | TV-PG
An eccentric countess teaches a hotel chambermaid to follow her dreams.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Cast
Ingrid Bergman, Liza Minnelli, Charles Boyer

4:30 AM
Rich and Famous (1981)
1h 57m | Comedy | TV-PG
Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics, and the other, to get rich.
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby

6:45 AM
The First Texan (1956)
1h 22m | Western | TV-PG
After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, a lawyer becomes involved in the independence of Texas.
Director
Byron Haskin
Cast
Joel McCrea, Felicia Farr, Jeff Morrow

8:15 AM
Cole Younger, Gunfighter (1958)
1h 18m | Western | TV-PG
A young man in trouble with the Texas state police during the 1870's is forced to go on the lam, joining a gang with an infamous outlaw.
Director
R. G. Springsteen
Cast
Frank Lovejoy, James Best, Abby Dalton



9:45 AM
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
1h 32m | Comedy | TV-G
A pilot and a temperamental heiress are stranded in the desert together.
Director
William Keighley
Cast
James Cagney, Bette Davis, Stuart Erwin



11:30 AM
Two Guys from Texas (1948)
1h 26m | Musical | TV-G
Two vaudevillians on the run from crooks try to pass themselves off as cowboys.
Director
David Butler
Cast
Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Dorothy Malone

1:00 PM
Please Believe Me (1950)
1h 27m | Romance | TV-PG
Three men pursue a shipboard romance with a woman they think is an heiress.
Director
Norman Taurog
Cast
Deborah Kerr, Robert Walker, Mark Stevens



2:30 PM
The French Line (1954)
1h 42m | Musical | TV-G
A Texas heiress masquerades as a model in hopes of finding true love.
Director
Lloyd Bacon
Cast
Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland, Arthur Hunnicutt



4:30 PM
Giant (1956)
3h 21m | Drama | TV-PG
A Texas ranching family fights to survive changing times.
Director
George Stevens
Cast
Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean

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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: MAX STEINER

8:00 PM
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music (2021)
TV-14
Max Steiner arrived in America as a penniless musician from Europe at the beginning of the last century. After a productive career on Broadway, he headed west to introduce the musical underscore. He worked on more than 300 films, including Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, and King Kong.
Director
Diana Friedberg
Cast
Diana Friedberg, Lionel Friedberg

10:15 PM
Casablanca (1942)
1h 42m | Romance | TV-PG
An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up.
Director
Michael Curtiz
Cast
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid



12:15 AM
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music (2021)
TV-14
Max Steiner arrived in America as a penniless musician from Europe at the beginning of the last century. After a productive career on Broadway, he headed west to introduce the musical underscore. He worked on more than 300 films, including Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, and King Kong.
Director
Diana Friedberg
Cast
Diana Friedberg, Lionel Friedberg

2:30 AM
Now, Voyager (1942)
1h 57m | Romance | TV-G
A repressed spinster is transformed by psychiatry and her love for a married man.
Director
Irving Rapper
Cast
Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains



4:30 AM
King Kong (1933)
1h 40m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A film crew discovers the "eighth wonder of the world," a giant prehistoric ape, and bring him back to New York, where he wreaks havoc.
Director
Merian C. Cooper
Cast
Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot

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