TCM Schedule Saturday 11/29/25 - 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1933, The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story

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DAY AT A GLANCE

THANKSGIVING WITH CAROL BURNETT
Three Little Words (1950)
42nd Street (1933)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
Saturday, November 29
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Time, the Place and the Girl, The (1946) (6:45a ET)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story, The (1950)
Mystery Mountain Ch. 10: The Secret of the
Mountain (1934) (TCM Premiere)
Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
Main Street Follies (1935) (short)
Music for Millions (1944) (Musical Matinee)
Arrow in the Dust (1954)
Libel (1959)
Steel Trap, The (1952)
Power of Film Episode 4:
Heroes and Villains (2023)
- TCM PRIMETIME
TCM SERIES: TWO FOR ONE
- JOE DANTE
Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
Fool Killer, The (1965)
- NOIR ALLEY
Postmark for Danger (1955)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: IS IT LOVE?
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Love in the Afternoon (1972)

DAILY SCHEDULE

10:15 PM Three Little Words (1950)
Musical biography of songwriters Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, who surreptitiously helped each other out of jams.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


12:45 AM 42nd Street (1933)
When revered Broadway director Julian Marsh falls on hard times with both his health and his finances, he helms an ambitious musical as a final production before his retirement. His lead actress, Dorothy Brock, is torn between two loves, the show's wealthy backer Abner Dillon and the earnest but penniless actor Pat Denning, ...
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


3:00 AM Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Three chorus girls fight to keep their show going and find rich husbands.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:45 AM Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
The true story of Annette Kellerman, who as a child in Australia, learns to swim to overcome a potentially crippling physical handicap and develops into a champion. As a young woman, she travels with her father to London and dreams of a career as a dancer. But when her father falls on hard times, Annette resorts to her ...
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Esther Williams, Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

6:45 AM The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946)
Two producers and their girls look for a backer for their big show.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Janis Paige
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:30 AM The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1950)
A collection of MGM previews with an introduction by Lionel Barrymore.
Dir: Herman Hoffman Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Dore Schary, Ira Heymann
Runtime: 57 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:30 AM The Secret of the Mountain (1934)
Chapter 10 of the Mystery Mountain 1934 serial. Railroad detective Ken Williams is dispatched to catch the mysterious Rattler, who is disrupting construction of a new railroad line and interfering with a stagecoach line run by Jane Corwin. The Rattler remains a mystery with his skill at disguising himself to look like other people.
Dir: Otto Brower, B. Reeves Eason Cast: Ken Maynard, Verna Hillie, Syd Saylor
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC:


10:00 AM Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
When a circus kidnaps Boy, Tarzan and Jane follow him to New York City.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, John[ny] Sheffield
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


11:30 AM Main Street Follies (1935)
A New York producer sends a spy to a nightclub to report back on the musical acts.
Dir: Joseph Henabery Cast: Hal Le Roy, Mary Joan Martin, George Anderson
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:00 PM Music for Millions (1944)
A pregnant musician awaits her husband's return from World War II.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Margaret O'Brien, José Iturbi, June Allyson
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:15 PM Arrow in the Dust (1954)
A deserter takes on his dead captain's identity to save a wagon train.
Dir: Lesley Selander Cast: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Keith Larsen
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:45 PM Libel (1959)
A former POW is accused of being an impostor.
Dir: Anthony Asquith Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Olivia De Havilland, Paul Massie
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:30 PM The Steel Trap (1952)
When he has second thoughts, an embezzler races the clock to return what he stole.
Dir: Andrew Stone Cast: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


7:15 PM The Power of Film Episode 4: Heroes and Villains (2023)
Memorable films tend to be a compensation for what we don’t see much of in the real world— justice, commitment, and altruism. Film drama frequently treats the central characters as if they were heroes or villains, but often the two are very much alike.
Dir: Laura Gabbert Cast: Howard Suber
Runtime: 40 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 PM The Night of the Hunter (1955)
After hearing an about-to-be-hanged murderer's story about some hidden money he left in the care of his two young kids, the murderer's cell-mate is released and embarks on a journey to find the killer's family.
Dir: Charles Laughton Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:00 PM The Fool Killer (1965)
After the Civil War, a Southern boy aged 12 runs away from his foster home, wanders the countryside and meets various odd characters along the way.
Dir: Servando González Cast: Anthony Perkins, Edward Albert, Henry Hull
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:00 AM Postmark for Danger (1955)
When a journalist dies, his brother takes up his investigation of a smuggling ring.
Dir: Guy Green Cast: Robert Beatty, Terry Moore, William Sylvester
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC:


1:45 AM Love in the Afternoon (1957)
When Parisian private detective Claude Chavasse tells a client that his wife is having an affair with American Frank Flannigan, the client vows to kill Flannigan. To prevent a murder, Chavasse's daughter, Ariane, goes to warn Flannigan. Ariane resorts to seductively teasing Flannigan to lure him away from danger - not realizing ...
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier
Runtime: 130 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:00 AM Love in the Afternoon (1972)
Frederic, a successful Parisian lawyer, is happily married to Helene, a schoolteacher. Though Frederic daydreams about affairs with other women, he doesn't come close to acting on such thoughts until he runs into Chloe, a beautiful old acquaintance. Tempted by the vibrant Chloe, Frederic is torn between impulsive lust and ...
Dir: Eric Rohmer Cast: Bernard Verley, Zouzou, Francoise Verley
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N