TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 26: Cool in the Movies: The Trendsetters

Daytime's theme is Chemistry (no laboratories required...).

Tonight is devoted to the final installment of Cool in the Movies.

During both schedules, it might be a good idea to take notes!

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

12:15 AM The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
International spies kidnap a doctor's son when he stumbles on their assassination plot.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:30 AM Rope (1948)
Two wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Dick Hogan, John Dall, Farley Granger
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



4:00 AM Strangers on a Train (1951)
A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:00 AM The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
A newlywed couple encounter many difficulties during their honeymoon trip aboard a trailer they purchased.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



7:45 AM Strike Up the Band (1940)
A high-school band sets out to win a national radio contest.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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10:00 AM The Big Sleep (1946)
Called into a case involving a wealthy family, detective Philip Marlowe discovers blackmail and murder as he falls for the eldest daughter in the family.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



12:00 PM The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The bandit king of Sherwood Forest leads his Merry Men in a battle against the corrupt Prince John.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Basil Rathbone
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y



2:00 PM Adam's Rib (1949)
A happily married middle-aged husband and wife strain their marriage while serving as trial attorneys on opposite sides of the same headline-making attempted murder-marital case. He is the prosecutor, and she is the defender.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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3:45 PM Lambchops (1929)
George Burns and Gracie Allen perform a comic routine along with the musical number, "Do You Believe in Me? I Do."
Dir: Murray Roth Cast: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Murray Roth
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


4:00 PM 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
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y



6:00 PM Top Hat (1935)
A woman believes that an enamored dancer is her best friend's husband.
Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: COOL IN THE MOVIES: THE TRENDSETTERS

8:00 PM It Happened One Night (1934)
A spoiled rich girl escapes her father, who wants to stop her from marrying a worthless playboy. En route to New York, she gets involved with an out-of-work newsman and the couple sets off on a hitchhiking expedition.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



10:00 PM Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
A young writer gets caught up in a party girl's carefree existence.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



12:15 AM Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
In the early 1930s, a car thief and the daughter of his intended victim team up to become America's most feared and ruthless bank robbers.
Dir: Arthur Penn Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



2:15 AM Platinum Blonde (1931)
A heartless heiress seduces a hard-working reporter into a disastrous marriage.
Dir: Frank R. Capra Cast: Loretta Young, Robert Williams, Jean Harlow
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


4:00 AM The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Socialite Tracy Lord is getting married, and an honest reporter is there to get the story. It's a dull assignment until Tracy's ex-husband shows up, with a thirst for alcohol and a not quite extinguished torch for his lovely onetime wife.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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