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TUESDAY,  December 1

6:00 AM    Three on a Match (1932)

A woman's childhood friends try to rescue her from gangsters.
    Dir: Mervyn LeRoy    Cast: Virginia Davis, Joan Blondell, Dawn O'Day
    Runtime: 64 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


7:15 AM    Fog Over Frisco (1934)

A San Francisco heiress discovers her sister is hanging out with gangsters.
    Dir: William Dieterle    Cast: Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay
    Runtime: 68 mins    Genre: Crime    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


8:30 AM    The Champ (1931)

A broken-down prizefighter battles to keep custody of his son.
    Dir: King Vidor    Cast: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich
    Runtime: 86 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


10:00 AM    Camille (1936)

In this classic 19th-century romance, a kept woman runs off with a young admirer in search of love and happiness.
    Dir: George Cukor    Cast: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore
    Runtime: 108 mins    Genre: Romance    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


12:00 PM    Dark Victory (1939)

Judith Traherne is a rich heiress, but despite a life of parties she takes little pleasure in the trappings of wealth. When she begins to suffer from dizzy spells, her doctor, Frederick Steele, has to tell her that she has a brain tumor.
    Dir: Edmund Goulding    Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart
    Runtime: 104 mins    Genre: Romance    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


1:45 PM    One Way Passage (1932)

An ocean voyage leads to romance for a dying heiress and a condemned criminal.
    Dir: Tay Garnett    Cast: William Powell, Kay Francis, Aline MacMahon
    Runtime: 69 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


3:00 PM    Little Caesar (1930)

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
    Dir: Mervyn LeRoy    Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell
    Runtime: 80 mins    Genre: Crime    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


4:30 PM    The Petrified Forest (1936)

When a burned out Brit wanders into a diner and gas station in the middle of the desert, the owner's daughter falls for him. However, the situations of all concerned change when the restaurant is held up at gunpoint by a desperate gangster.
    Dir: Archie L. Mayo    Cast: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin
    Runtime: 83 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


6:00 PM    Grand Hotel (1932)

The lives of the denizens of the Grand Hotel intertwine: a lonely ballerina, a noble thief, an ambitious stenographer, a dying man on a last fling and a ruthless industrialist.
    Dir: Edmund Goulding    Cast: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford
    Runtime: 113 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


8:00 PM    The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Oklahoma farmers dispossessed during the Depression fight for better lives in California.
    Dir: John Ford    Cast: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine
    Runtime: 130 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


10:15 PM    Viva Zapata! (1952)

Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata leads the peasants against a corrupt president.
    Dir: Elia Kazan    Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn
    Runtime: 113 mins    Genre: Western    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


12:15 AM    The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)

An Australian reporter and photographer get more than they'd bargained for during an Indonesian revolution.
    Dir: Peter Weir    Cast: Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt
    Runtime: 115 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-14    CC: Y


2:30 AM    Murder at the Gallop (1963)

Elderly sleuth Miss Marple suspects foul play when an old friend is supposedly scared to death by a cat.
    Dir: George Pollock    Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley, Flora Robson
    Runtime: 81 mins    Genre: Suspense/Mystery    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


4:00 AM    Murder Most Foul (1964)

Elderly sleuth Miss Marple joins a small-town theatre to investigate a murder.
    Dir: George Pollock    Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Charles Tingwell
    Runtime: 90 mins    Genre: Suspense/Mystery    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y



WEDNESDAY,  December 2

6:00 AM    Seven Hills of Rome (1957)

A television star finds love while trying to get away from it all in Rome.
    Dir: Roy Rowland    Cast: Mario Lanza, Renato Rascel, Marisa Allasio
    Runtime: 107 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


8:00 AM    The Naked Hills (1956)

Spanning decades, this western drama follows the misadventures of a prospector who deserts his partner and family in his obsessive quest for gold.
    Dir: Josef Shaftel    Cast: David Wayne, Keenan Wynn, James Barton
    Runtime: 72 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


9:15 AM    Home from the Hill (1960)

A southern landowner's family is torn apart by the revelation that he has an illegitimate son.
    Dir: Vincente Minnelli    Cast: Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard
    Runtime: 150 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


12:00 PM    The Burning Hills (1956)

A young cowboy and a Mexican girl run from a ruthless criminal.
    Dir: Stuart Heisler    Cast: Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood, Skip Homeier
    Runtime: 92 mins    Genre: Western    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


2:00 PM    The Angry Hills (1959)

A World War II correspondent fights to get strategic information out of occupied Greece.
    Dir: Robert Aldrich    Cast: Robert Mitchum, Stanley Baker, Elisabeth Mueller
    Runtime: 105 mins    Genre: Suspense/Mystery    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


4:00 PM    The Hill (1965)

An officer given the co-command of a military prison in North Africa takes a stand against the brutal mistreatment of prisoners and is met with angry resistance.
    Dir: Sidney Lumet    Cast: Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen
    Runtime: 122 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-14    CC: Y


6:15 PM    Hills of Home (1948)

Lassie helps a Scottish doctor deal with his patients' problems.
    Dir: Fred M. Wilcox    Cast: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Tom Drake
    Runtime: 97 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


8:00 PM    Swing Time (1936)

To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big, only to get involved with his dancing partner.
    Dir: George Stevens    Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore
    Runtime: 105 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


10:00 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: 100 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


12:00 AM    Shall We Dance (1937)

A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.
    Dir: Mark Sandrich    Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton
    Runtime: 109 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


2:00 AM    The Gay Divorcee (1934)

A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.
    Dir: Mark Sandrich    Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady
    Runtime: 107 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


4:00 AM    Follow the Fleet (1936)

Two sailors on leave romance a dance-hall hostess and her prim sister.
    Dir: Mark Sandrich    Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott
    Runtime: 110 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y



THURSDAY,  December 3

6:00 AM    Carefree (1938)

When lovely singer Amanda Cooper has trouble accepting the marriage proposals of her beau, Stephen Arden, he calls upon his psychiatrist friend Dr. Tony Flagg to analyze her. Though Tony initially tries to maintain a typical doctor/patient relationship, it's not long before he's falling for Amanda. After a session of hypnosis, ...Amanda remains stuck in a happy-go-lucky state, leaving her disarmingly footloose and fancy-free.
    Dir: Mark Sandrich    Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy
    Runtime: 80 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


7:30 AM    Flying Down to Rio (1933)

A bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer. This musical comedy is most famous for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
    Dir: Thornton Freeland    Cast: Dolores Del Rio, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien
    Runtime: 89 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


9:15 AM    Roberta (1935)

John Kent, visiting Paris with his bandleader friend, Huck Haines, suddenly inherits his aunt's fashionable dress shop in the city. Although clueless about the fashion world, John and Huck get help from designer Stephanie and the fiery Countess Scharwenka, whom Huck recognizes as his small-town sweetheart, Lizzie. But when ...John's snooty ex, Sophie, shows up, he must reconsider his new feelings for Stephanie.
    Dir: William A. Seiter    Cast: Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
    Runtime: 85 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


11:15 AM    The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)

A vaudevillian and his bride go to Paris and set trends as famous ballroom dancers.
    Dir: H. C. Potter    Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver
    Runtime: 93 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


1:15 PM    The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)

Josh and Dinah Barkley are a famous musical theater duo, but an argument on the opening night of their newest Broadway show reveals previously unspoken resentments. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh, so when flirtatious playwright Jacques Pierre Barredout suggests she play the lead in his new drama about Sarah Bernhardt, ...she separates from Josh and endeavors to become a serious actress. Can producer Ezra Miller reunite the duo?
    Dir: Charles Walters    Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant
    Runtime: 108 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


3:15 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


5:15 PM    So You Want to Wear the Pants (1952)

Joe McDoakes and his wife magically swap bodies.
    Dir: Richard Bare    Cast: George O'Hanlon
    Runtime: 10 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


5:30 PM    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

The film adaptation of Edward Albee's Broadway play that rips the façade of civility off the dysfunctional marriage between an alcoholic college professor and his shrew of a wife during a dinner party the two host for a young couple.
    Dir: Mike Nichols    Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal
    Runtime: 131 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-MA    CC: Y


8:00 PM    Out of the Past (1947)

A private eye tries to escape his past by running a gas station in a small town, but it catches up to him.
    Dir: Jacques Tourneur    Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas
    Runtime: 97 mins    Genre: Suspense/Mystery    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


10:00 PM    A Patch of Blue (1965)

A young blind white woman, living with her prostitute mother and sheltered inside most of her life, meets a black man, who, resisting family pressures, falls in love with her, puts her into a school for the blind, and promises to marry her.
    Dir: Guy Green    Cast: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman
    Runtime: 105 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


12:00 AM    Cat People (1942)

A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast.
    Dir: Jacques Tourneur    Cast: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph
    Runtime: 73 mins    Genre: Suspense/Mystery    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


1:30 AM    The Walking Dead (1936)

A framed man comes back from the dead to seek revenge.
    Dir: Michael Curtiz    Cast: Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Edmund Gwenn
    Runtime: 66 mins    Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


2:45 AM    The Hardys Ride High (1939)

A small-town family inherits a fortune but has trouble adjusting to society life.
    Dir: George B. Seitz    Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker
    Runtime: 80 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


4:15 AM    Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941)

A small-town boy tries life in the big city before going to college.
    Dir: George B. Seitz    Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland
    Runtime: 100 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y



FRIDAY,  December 4

6:00 AM    Saturday's Children (1940)

A young inventor's new marriage is jeopardized by financial problems.
    Dir: Vincent Sherman    Cast: John Garfield, Anne Shirley, Claude Rains
    Runtime: 101 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


8:00 AM    The Fallen Sparrow (1943)

Nazi spies pursue a Spanish Civil War veteran in search of a priceless keepsake.
    Dir: Richard Wallace    Cast: John Garfield, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak
    Runtime: 94 mins    Genre: Suspense/Mystery    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


10:00 AM    Between Two Worlds (1944)

Passengers on a luxury liner realize they are en route to the afterlife.
    Dir: Edward A. Blatt    Cast: John Garfield, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet
    Runtime: 112 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


12:00 PM    Out of the Fog (1941)

A racketeer terrorizes a small fishing community until he falls in love with a fisherman's daughter.
    Dir: Anatole Litvak    Cast: John Garfield, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell
    Runtime: 85 mins    Genre: Crime    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


1:45 PM    Humoresque (1946)

A classical musician from the slums is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy neurotic.
    Dir: Jean Negulesco    Cast: Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant
    Runtime: 123 mins    Genre: Romance    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


4:00 PM    Nobody Lives Forever (1946)

A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.
    Dir: Jean Negulesco    Cast: John Garfield, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Walter Brennan
    Runtime: 100 mins    Genre: Romance    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


6:00 PM    The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

A frustrated wife seduces a drifter into murdering her husband.
    Dir: Tay Garnett    Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway
    Runtime: 113 mins    Genre: Crime    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


8:00 PM    Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen (2022)

A documentary about the making of the 1971 musical film "Fiddler on the Roof."
    Dir: Daniel Raim    Cast: Robert F. Boyle, Jeff Goldblum, Rosalind Harris
    Runtime: 88 mins    Genre: Documentary    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


9:45 PM    Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Before the Russian revolution, a Jewish milkman tries to marry off his daughters who have plans of their own.
    Dir: Norman Jewison    Cast: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey
    Runtime: 180 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


1:00 AM    Yentl (1983)

A young Eastern European woman, circa 1904, disguises herself as a boy in order to pursue her passion for studying holy scripture.
    Dir: Barbra Streisand    Cast: Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving
    Runtime: 134 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-14    CC: Y


3:30 AM    The Frisco Kid (1979)

A range-ridin' cowboy takes an immigrant Polish rabbi under his wing on his way to San Francisco.
    Dir: Robert Aldrich    Cast: Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri
    Runtime: 119 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


5:30 AM    MGM Parade Show #17 (1955)

Cyd Charisse and Ann Miller perform in a clip from "The Kissing Bandit"; George Murphy introduces a clip from "Diane." Hosted by George Murphy.
    Dir: null    Cast: Cyd Charisse, Ann Miller, George Murphy
    Runtime: 26 mins    Genre: Documentary    Rating: TV-G    CC: N



SATURDAY,  December 5

9:30 AM    Spider Men (1935)

Chapter 7 of The Lost City 1935 serial. While investigating the source of a series of electrically-induced natural disasters originating in Africa, scientist Bruce Gordon discovers a secret mountain complex.
    Dir: Harry Revier    Cast: William 'Stage' Boyd, Kane Richmond, Claudia Dell
    Runtime: 17 mins    Genre: Adventure    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


12:00 PM    Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)

A society family gone bust uses their yacht for charter tours.
    Dir: Paul Sloane    Cast: Mary Boland, Polly Moran, Ned Sparks
    Runtime: 64 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-G    CC: N


8:00 PM    The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death.
    Dir: Fritz Lang    Cast: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Oskar Beregi Sr.
    Runtime: 122 mins    Genre: Crime    Rating: TV-PG    CC: N


10:15 PM    The Woman in the Window (1944)

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
    Dir: Fritz Lang    Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey
    Runtime: 99 mins    Genre: Suspense/Mystery    Rating: TV-PG    CC:


12:15 AM    The Whip Hand (1951)

A small-town reporter investigates a mysterious group holed up in a country lodge.
    Dir: William Cameron Menzies    Cast: Carla Balenda, Elliott Reid, Edgar Barrier
    Runtime: 82 mins    Genre: Adventure    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


2:00 AM    A Star Is Born (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
    Runtime: 140 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-MA    CC: Y


4:30 AM    Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970)

The King's classic Las Vegas concert film, restored in 2001.
    Dir: Denis Sanders.    Cast: Elvis Presley, James Burton, Glen D. Hardin
    Runtime: 95 mins    Genre: Documentary    Rating: TV-14    CC: Y



SUNDAY,  December 6

10:00 AM    The Whip Hand (1951)

A small-town reporter investigates a mysterious group holed up in a country lodge.
    Dir: William Cameron Menzies    Cast: Carla Balenda, Elliott Reid, Edgar Barrier
    Runtime: 82 mins    Genre: Adventure    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


8:00 PM    Guys and Dolls (1955)

A big-city gambler bets that he can seduce a Salvation Army girl.
    Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz    Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra
    Runtime: 150 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


10:45 PM    State Fair (1945)

An Iowa family finds romance and adventure at the yearly state fair.
    Dir: Walter Lang    Cast: Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes
    Runtime: 100 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


12:45 AM    Sidewalk Stories (1989)

A New York street artist befriends an orphaned girl and in turn becomes one of the city's homeless.
    Dir: Charles Lane    Cast: Nicole Alysia, Darnell Williams, Trula Hoosier
    Runtime: 99 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-MA    CC: Y


2:30 AM    Fanny and Alexander (1982)

A widowed actress and her children suffer hardships when she mistakenly marries a conservative church leader.
    Dir: Ingmar Bergman    Cast: Bertil Guve, Börje Ahlstedt, Pernilla Allwin
    Runtime: 189 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-MA    CC: N


5:45 AM    White Mane (1953)

A young boy becomes attached to a wild horse in the south of France.
    Dir: Albert Lamorisse    Cast: Alain Emery, Pascal Lamorisse, James Agee
    Runtime: 40 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-G    CC: N



MONDAY,  December 7

8:00 PM    Hobson's Choice (1954)

A cantankerous widower tries to control the lives of his three strong-willed daughters.
    Dir: David Lean    Cast: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie
    Runtime: 108 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC:


10:00 PM    The Wrong Box (1966)

Two elderly brothers plot to kill each other for a fortune.
    Dir: Bryan Forbes    Cast: John Mills, Michael Caine, Ralph Richardson
    Runtime: 105 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


12:00 AM    Carry on Jack (1964)

A bumbling seaman gets mixed up with pirates on the bounding main.
    Dir: Gerald Thomas    Cast: Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Bernard Cribbins
    Runtime: 91 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


1:45 AM    Merchant Ivory (2023)

Documentary that follows the history of the Merchant Ivory partnership, featuring interviews with James Ivory and close collaborators detailing and celebrating their experiences of being a part of the company.
    Dir: Stephen Soucy    Cast: John David Allen, Helena Bonham Carter, John Bright
    Runtime: 112 mins    Genre: Documentary    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


3:45 AM    Roseland (1977)

Three stories set in the famed dance hall center on the search for a perfect partner in dancing and life.
    Dir: James Ivory    Cast: Teresa Wright, Lou Jacobi, Don Denatale
    Runtime: 104 mins    Genre: Romance    Rating: TV-14    CC: Y


5:30 AM    MGM Parade Show #17 (1955)

Cyd Charisse and Ann Miller perform in a clip from "The Kissing Bandit"; George Murphy introduces a clip from "Diane." Hosted by George Murphy.
    Dir: null    Cast: Cyd Charisse, Ann Miller, George Murphy
    Runtime: 26 mins    Genre: Documentary    Rating: TV-G    CC: N