TCM December 2025 AT A GLANCE - Star of the Month, Christmas Marathon, "Mary Poppins" premiere!

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TCM December 2025 AT A GLANCE

Star of the Month - Merle Oberon (Tuesdays)

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Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 1911 – 23 November 1979) was a British actress of Anglo-Indian origin.Her career spanned from the 1920s to the 1970s, and she was a major leading lady during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Born and raised in British India, she began her acting career in British cinema in the early 1930s, with a breakout role in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). She later moved to Hollywood, where she became an international star, earning acclaim for films such as The Dark Angel (1935), Wuthering Heights (1939), and That Uncertain Feeling (1941). Her performance as Kitty Vane in The Dark Angel earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Oberon's other notable roles included A Song to Remember (1945), Berlin Express (1948), and Désirée (1954). A traffic collision in 1937 caused facial injuries that nearly ended her career, but she recovered and remained active in film and television until 1973.

Throughout her adult life, Oberon concealed her parentage and ethnic background, claiming to have been born in Australia to white British parents.[3] Despite hiding her Asian heritage throughout her career, Oberon is regarded as the first Asian nominee in the Best Actress category and the first Asian individual overall to receive an Oscar nomination

Spotlight - Divine Intervention (Thursdays)
TCM Series - Two for One (Saturdays) (replay)
Special Theme - Kid Fans (Sundays)
Special Theme - Hanna - Barbera (3, 10)
Special Theme - Art Deco (8, 15, 29)
Christmas Marathon - 19th through 25th
In Memoriam - 26th

WEEKLY SHOWCASES
MUSICAL MATINEE Sat. Noon (ET)
6 - Swing High, Swing Low (1937)
13 - Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
20 - (Christmas Marathon)
27 - Hairspray (1988)
NOIR ALLEY Sat. Midnight, Sun. 10 am (ET)
6, 7 - Cry of the City (1948)
13, 14 - Cash on Demand (1961)
20, 21 - (Christmas Marathon)
27, 28 - Odd Man Out (1947)
SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS Sun. Midnight (ET)
7 - The Mark of Zorro (1920)
14 - The Scar of Shame (1927)
21 - (P) There Ain't No Santa Claus (1926)
Christmas Past (1925)
28 - The King of Kings (1927)
TCM IMPORTS Sun. Late 2 am (ET)
7 - Simon of the Desert (1965)
Viridiana (1961)
14 - Watership Down (1978)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
21 - (Christmas Marathon)
28 - Ivan the Terrible (Part 1) (1944)
Ivan the Terrible (Part 2) (1958)

CHRISTMAS MARATHON 19TH-25TH
Friday, December 19
- TCM PRIMETIME
CHRISTMAS MARATHON
Holiday Affair (1949)
Shop Around the Corner, The (1940)
Bell Book and Candle (1958)
Bundle of Joy (1956)
Bachelor Mother (1939)
Carol for Another Christmas, A (1964)
Saturday, December 20
- TCM DAYTIME
CHRISTMAS MARATHON
Tenth Avenue Angel (1948) (6:30 am ET)
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
(P) Prancer (1989)
Three Godfathers (1936)
Thin Man, The (1934)
Apartment, The (1960)
- TCM PRIMETIME
CHRISTMAS MARATHON
Remember the Night (1940)
We're No Angels (1955)
Lady in the Lake (1947)
Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
Cover Up (1949)
Curse of the Cat People, The (1944)
Sunday, December 21
- TCM DAYTIME
CHRISTMAS MARATHON
Hell's Heroes (1930) (6:30 am ET)
Christmas Carol, A (1938)
Room for One More (1952)
Susan Slept Here (1954)
Desk Set (1957)
Going My Way (1944)
Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945)
- TCM PRIMETIME
KID FANS
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Call Her Savage (1932)
- SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS: EARLY CHRISTMAS FILMS
(P) There Ain't No Santa Claus (1926) (short)
Christmas Past (1925)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: CHRISTMAS
Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
Period of Adjustment (1962)
Monday, December 22
- TCM DAYTIME
CHRISTMAS MARATHON
Blossoms in the Dust (1941) (6:30 am ET)
Daughter of Rosie O'Grady, The (1950)
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
Metropolitan (1990)
World of Henry Orient, The (1964)
Trouble with Angels, The (1966)
Never Say Goodbye (1946)
- TCM PRIMETIME
CHRISTMAS MARATHON
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Man Who Came to Dinner, The (1942)
Fitzwilly (1967)
Lady on a Train (1945)
Miracle on Main Street (1939)
Roadblock (1951)
Tuesday, December 23
- TCM DAYTIME
CHRISTMAS MARATHON
Kind Lady (1935) (7:15 am ET)
And So They Were Married (1936)
Man I Love, The (1947)
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
Backfire (1950)
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
My Reputation (1946)
- TCM PRIMETIME
CHRISTMAS MARATHON
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Meet John Doe (1941)
Little Women (1949)
Auntie Mame (1958)
Wednesday, December 24
- TCM DAYTIME
CHRISTMAS MARATHON
Three Godfathers (1936) (7:00 am ET)
Bachelor Mother (1939)
All Mine to Give (1957)
Shop Around the Corner, The (1940)
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Holiday Affair (1949)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
- TCM PRIMETIME
CHRISTMAS MARATHON
Bishop's Wife, The (1947)
Affair to Remember, An (1957)
Christmas Carol, A (1938)
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
Star in the Night (1945) (short)
Thursday, December 25
- TCM DAYTIME
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Boys Town (1938)
Great Rupert, The (1950)
Little Women (1933)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
Man Who Came to Dinner, The (1942)
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

DECEMBER PREMIERES
- FEATURE FILMS
Dec 1 - Brewster's Millions (1985)
Dec 1 - Richard Pryor:
Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Dec 1 - Richard Pryor: Here and Now (1983)
Dec 3 - Ginger in the Morning (1974)
Dec 3 - Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (1964)
Dec 3 - The Man Called Flintstone (1966)
Dec 10 - Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)
Dec 10 - Charlotte's Web (1973)
Dec 10 - The Gathering (1977)
Dec 10 - Baxter! (1973)
Dec 10 - C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)
Dec 13 - Mary Poppins (1964)
Dec 18 - A New Kind of Love (1963)
Dec 20 - Prancer (1989)
Dec 26 - Walking Tall (1973)
Dec 29 - The Molly Maguires (1970)
Dec 29 - The Brotherhood (1968)
Dec 31 - Only You (1994)
- SHORTS
Mystery Mountain 1934 Serial:
Dec 6 - Ch. 11: Behind the Mask (1934)
Dec 13 - Ch. 12: The Judgment of Tarzan (1934)
Holt of the Secret Service 1941 Serial:
Dec 27 - Ch. 1: Chaotic Creek (1941)
Dec 3 - A Christmas Story (1972)
Dec 21 - There Ain't No Santa Claus (1926)
Dec 27 - Song of My City (2025)

[BigmanPigman]

1. I never miss The Man Who Came To Dinner....

It's really funny from beginning to end. I also love The Shop Around The Corner, it's a very charming film.