TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 2: 100th Birthday: Julie Harris/Star of the Month: Merle Oberon

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Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Richard Pryor 85th Birthday (continued)

1:15 AM Richard Pryor: Here and Now (1983)
Richard Pryor's third stand-up comedy film, recorded from performances at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Dir: Richard Pryor Cast: Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney (announcer)
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


3:00 AM Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life.
Dir: Richard Pryor Cast: Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Art Evans
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


4:45 AM Greased Lightning (1977)
The life of NASCAR racing champion Wendell Scott. Scott's struggle to overcome racism and follow his dream of becoming a champion is seen, beginning at the end of World War II through 1971.
Dir: Michael Schultz Cast: Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

TCM Daytime: 100th Birthday: Julie Harris

6:45 AM You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
A young man moves to New York City and falls for a cold-hearted beauty,
Dir: Francis Ford Coppola Cast: Peter Kastner, Elizabeth Hartman, Geraldine Page
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC:

8:30 AM The Split (1968)
A gang of thieves plots to rob the Los Angeles Coliseum box office during a Rams game.
Dir: Gordon Flemyng Cast: Jim Brown, Diahann Carroll, Ernest Borgnine
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

10:15 AM Harper (1966)
A broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman's missing husband.
Dir: Jack Smight Cast: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

12:30 PM Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
At a quiet Georgia army base, Major Welden Penderton shows no interest in his wife, Leonora, so she takes a lover - her husband's superior officer, whose neurotic wife barely leaves her sickbed. Meanwhile, the repressed Penderton lusts after handsome Private Williams, a mysterious young man whose secret obsession with Leonora reaches a terrifyingly dangerous climax.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

2:30 PM Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
A washed-up prizefighter tries to free himself from his ruthless promoters to build a new life.
Dir: Ralph Nelson Cast: Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N

4:00 PM The Haunting (1963)
You may not believe in ghosts...but you cannot deny terror! Hill House has a reputation for evil. The mysterious New England mansion has been the scene of grisly murders. But when four people spend the night, they find themselves trapped by The Haunting. Anthropologist Dr. John Markway, who seeks to disprove the legends; heir to the mansion Luke Sannerson; psychic Theo; and Eleanor Vance, who has a tenuous hold on sanity, slowly come to realize that the stories are all true. Now, scream - no one will hear you! Run - silent footsteps will follow. The dead are restless in Hill House!
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:00 PM East of Eden (1955)
Film adaptation of Steinbeck's classic about a 1917 California farm family and the two brothers who struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

TCM Primetime: Star of the Month: Merle Oberon

8:00 PM The Dark Angel (1935)
Three childhood friends are torn apart by love and World War I.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Fredric March, Merle Oberon, Herbert Marshall
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

10:00 PM The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
A British aristocrat's effete facade masks a swashbuckling hero rescuing victims of the French revolution.
Dir: Harold Young Cast: Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y

11:45 PM The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
When a jealous husband kills a fake Don Juan, the real thing sees a way to retire with grace.
Dir: Alexander Korda Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Merle Oberon, Bruce Winston
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

1:15 AM The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
The famed English monarch suffers through five of his six disastrous marriages.
Dir: Alexander Korda Cast: Charles Laughton, Merle Oberon, Wendy Barrie
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

TCM Late Night: More Private Lives

3:00 AM The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Documentary

5:00 AM Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (2019)
The history of Asian American roles and the casting of those roles in Hollywood are documented through archival footage and interviews with contemporary critics.
Dir: Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg Cast: Joseph McBride, Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg
Runtime: 55 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

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1. Merle Oberon

had a very interesting life. A few weeks ago I fell down an internet hole which included her Wikipedia page.