TCM Schedule for Sunday December 8, 2024 - Sundays with Carol Burnett

Plus: two Fatty Arbuckle comedies and a pair from Spain's Victor Erice.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
1h 3m | Comedy | TV-G
A womanizing author of children's books borrows a son to woo his illustrator.
Director: Norman Taurog. Cast: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Butch Jenkins

8:00 AM Good News (1947)
1h 35m | Musical | TV-G
A football hero falls in love with his French tutor.
Director: Charles Walters. Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Patricia Marshall

10:00 AM Act of Violence (1949)
1h 22m | Suspense | TV-PG
An embittered veteran tracks down a POW camp informer.
Director: Fred Zinnemann. Cast: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh

11:45 AM A Christmas Carol (1938)
1h 9m | Drama | TV-G
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Director: Edwin L. Marin. Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart

1:00 PM Ben-Hur (1959)
3h 42m | Epic | TV-PG
While seeking revenge, a rebellious Israelite prince crosses paths with Jesus Christ.
Director: William Wyler. Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd

5:00 PM King of Kings (1961)
2h 48m | Epic | TV-PG
Epic retelling of Christ's life and the effects of his teachings on those around him.
Director: Nicholas Ray. Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Robert Ryan

8:00 PM Born to Be Bad (1950)
1h 34m | Drama | TV-PG
An ambitious girl steals a rich husband but keeps her lover on the side.
Director: Nicholas Ray. Cast: Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott

10:00 PM Torch Song (1953)
1h 30m | Drama | TV-G
A tempestuous musical theatre star falls for a blind pianist.
Director: Charles Walters. Cast: Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding, Gig Young

12:00 AM The Life of the Party (1920)
50m | Silent | TV-G
A party during a blizzard throws a mayoral candidate into compromising situations.
Director: Joseph Henabery. Cast: Roscoe Arbuckle, Winifred Greenwood, Roscoe Karns

1:00 AM Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915)
27m | Silent | TV-G
In this silent short, a henpecked husband is mistaken for a beautiful woman's jealous husband.
Director: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Cast: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Edgar Kennedy, Louise Fazenda

2:00 AM El Sur (1983)
1h 35m | Drama | TV-PG
In the 1950s, a young girl dreams of The South, location of a father she can never quite pin down except in her imagination.
Director: Victor Erice. Cast: Omero Antonutti, Sonsoles Aranguren, Iciar Bollain

4:00 AM The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
1h 38m | Drama | TV-PG
After seeing the classic Frankenstein, two naive young girls go searching for the mad doctor's monster.
Director: Victor Erice. Cast: Ana Torrent, Isabel Telleria, Teresa Gimpera