TCM Schedule for Sunday December 15, 2024 - Sundays with Carol Burnett

Plus a Marion Davies silent and two from Japanese director Juzo Itami.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM On Borrowed Time (1939)
1h 39m | Drama | TV-G
An old man and his grandson trap Death in a tree.
Director: Harold S. Bucquet. Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi

7:45 AM Meet John Doe (1941)
2h 3m | Drama | TV-G
A reporter's fraudulent story turns a tramp into a national hero and makes him a pawn of big business.
Director: Frank Capra. Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold

10:00 AM Black Gravel (1961)
1h 53m | Drama | TV-14
In post-WWII Germany, people struggle with shortages of everything, including housing, water, food, and clothing. A military base being built for several thousand American soldiers provides an economic opportunity that some try to take advantage of. Also known by the German title "Schwarzer Kies".
Director: Helmut Käutner. Cast: Helmut Wildt, Ingmar Zeisberg, Hans Cossy

12:15 PM Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
2h | Musical | TV-G
The storytelling shoemaker falls for a married ballerina who stars in one of his stories.
Director: Charles Vidor. Cast: Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Jeanmaire

2:15 PM Son of Lassie (1945)
1h 42m | Drama | TV-G
The beloved collie goes to war to help the resistance in occupied Norway.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon. Cast: Peter Lawford, Donald Crisp, June Lockhart

4:00 PM In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
1h 43m | Musical | TV-G
In this musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner, feuding co-workers in a small music shop do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard. Cast: Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S. Z. "cuddles" Sakall

6:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
1h 42m | Comedy | TV-G
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
Director: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet

8:00 PM The Heiress (1949)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-PG
A plain young woman's wealth makes her prey to fortune hunters.
Director: William Wyler. Cast: Olivia De Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson

10:30 PM A Stolen Life (1946)
1h 47m | Romance | TV-PG
A twin takes her deceased sister's place as the wife of the man they both love.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt. Cast: Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark

1:00 AM Little Old New York (1923)
2h 18m | Silent | TV-PG
An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.
Director: Sidney Olcott. Cast: Marion Davies, Stephen Carr, J. M. Kerrigan

3:00 AM Tampopo (1985)
1h 54m | Comedy | TV-14
A tough, hardworking owner of a small noodle restaurant in Tokyo sets out to create the perfect bowl of noodles.
Director: Juzo Itami. Cast: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken Watanabe

5:00 AM The Funeral (1984)
2h 3m | Comedy | TV-MA
A lighthearted, ironic look at a family patriarch's funeral.
Director: Juzo Itami. Cast: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai