TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 4: Madcap Marriages/Falling in Love with the Movies: Romantic Comedies

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

12:15 AM Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
Sisters Olanna and Kainene return home to 1960s Nigeria, where they soon diverge on different paths. As civil war breaks out, political events loom larger than their differences as they join the fight to establish an independent republic.
Dir: Biyi Bandele Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC:


2:15 AM The Good Earth (1937)
Epic adaptation of the Pearl Buck classic about Chinese farmers battling the elements.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly
Runtime: 138 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:45 AM The Kid (1921)
In this silent comedy, an adoptive father schemes to keep his son.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Jackie Coogan, Edna Purviance, Carl Miller
Runtime: 52 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: N


6:00 AM Confidentially Connie (1953)
An expectant mother hatches a series of madcap schemes to improve her husband's financial standing.
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Van Johnson, Janet Leigh, Louis Calhern
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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7:15 AM Always Together (1947)
A dying millionaire gives his fortune to a working girl, then recovers and tries to get it back.
Dir: Frederick De Cordova Cast: Joyce Reynolds, Robert Hutton, Cecil Kellaway
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



8:45 AM My Life with Caroline (1941)
A man thinks his high-spirited wife is cheating on him.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Ronald Colman, Anna Lee, Charles Winninger
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:15 AM Married Bachelor (1941)
A married gambler has to pose as a bachelor to pay off his debts.
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Robert Young, Ruth Hussey, Felix Bressart
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



11:45 AM It Started with a Kiss (1959)
After a whirlwind courtship, an Army officer and his wacky wife try to make their marriage work.
Dir: George Marshall Cast: Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Eva Gabor
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



1:30 PM 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

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3:15 PM You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)
A neglected housewife turns herself into a glamour girl to win her husband back.
Dir: Ray McCarey Cast: Lucille Ball, James Ellison, Robert Coote
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



4:30 PM The Tunnel of Love (1958)
A married couple endures endless red tape when they try to adopt a child.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



6:15 PM Forever, Darling (1956)
A madcap woman's guardian angel tries to save her marriage.
Dir: Alexander Hall Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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What's on Tonight: Falling in Love with the Movies: Romantic Comedies

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 Roman Holiday (1953)
A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y



12:15 AM Pillow Talk (1959)
A man and woman carry their feud over the telephone line they share into their real lives.
Dir: Michael Gordon Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



2:15 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 one-time 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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4:15 AM Crossing Delancey (1988)
Romantic drama about a single New York City woman and her quest to find the right man, but then a matchmaker introduces the upscale intellectual to a pickle salesman.
Dir: Joan Micklin Silver Cast: Amy Irving, Reizl Bozyk, Suzzy Roche, Peter Riegert, Jeroen Krabbe
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y