TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 10: Writer/Director Melville Shavelson/Hanna-Barbera - Part 2

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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Star of the Month: Merle Oberon (continued)

1:00 AM Lydia (1941)
An unmarried woman stages a reunion with former suitors to recapture the romance of her past.
Dir: Julien Duvivier Cast: Merle Oberon, Edna May Oliver, Alan Marshal
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

TCM Late Night: French Dramas

3:00 AM Un carnet de bal (1937)
Christine, newly widowed and consumed by the memory of a ball she attended at age 16, decides to track down the men she danced with that night and discover their fates. Also known by the English title "Life Dances On."
Dir: Julien Duvivier Cast: Marie Bell, Françoise Rosay, Louis Jouvet
Runtime: 130 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: N


5:15 AM A Day in the Country (1946)
The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn where they are staying. Written and directed by Jean Renoir in 1936, but not edited and released until 1946. Also known by the French title "Une Partie de Campagne."
Dir: Jean Renoir Cast: Sylvia Bataille, Jeanne Marken, Georges D'Arnoux
Runtime: 41 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N


6:00 AM MGM Parade Show #1 (1955)
Judy Garland sings "You Made Me Love You" in a clip from "Broadway Melody of 1938"; Cyd Charisse introduces a clip from "It's Always Fair Weather." Hosted by George Murphy.
Dir: null Cast: George Murphy, Judy Garland, Cyd Charisse
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N

TCM Daytime: Writer/Director Melville Shavelson

6:30 AM Double Dynamite (1951)
A bank teller reaps the rewards of saving a gangster's life, but can't reveal where he got the money.
Dir: Irving Cummings Cast: Jane Russell, Groucho Marx, Frank Sinatra
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

8:00 AM I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:00 AM Trouble Along the Way (1953)
A famous football coach uses underhanded means to turn a bankrupt college's team into winners.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: John Wayne, Donna Reed, Charles Coburn
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

12:00 PM The Five Pennies (1959)
Biography of jazz cornet player and bandleader Loring "Red" Nichols, who moves to New York City in the 1920s and forms the Dixieland band "The Five Pennies," named as a play on Nichol's last name. Just as their popularity is peaking, life gets in the way when his young daughter contracts polio.
Dir: Melville Shavelson Cast: Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tuesday Weld
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-G CC: Y

2:00 PM It Started in Naples (1960)
An American lawyer trying to settle his brother's affairs in Italy falls for one of the man's in-laws.
Dir: Melville Shavelson Cast: Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC:

4:00 PM Houseboat (1958)
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
Dir: Melville Shavelson Cast: Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:00 PM Yours, Mine, and Ours (1968)
A widow with eight children marries a widower with ten, then gets pregnant.
Dir: Melville Shavelson Cast: Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Van Johnson
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

TCM Primetime: Hanna-Barbera - Part 2

8:00 PM Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)
A retelling of the popular fairy tale that mixes live action and animation. The adventures of a poor farm boy who climbs a stalk that grows from some magic beans.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly, Bobby Riha, Ted Cassidy
Runtime: 51 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC:

9:00 PM Charlotte's Web (1973)
Wilbur is a young pig living on a farm in New England who's terrified that he'll end up on the dinner table. His friend, Charlotte, is a charming spider, who comes to Wilbur's rescue. She weaves words into her web, convincing the farmer that Wilbur is too special a pig to kill.
Dir: Iwao Takamoto Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, Henry Gibson
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: N

10:45 PM The Gathering (1977)
A dying father pulls his torn family back together for a last Christmas. The winner of the Outstanding Special award at the 30th Annual Primetime Emmys in 1978.
Dir: Randal Kleiser Cast: Edward Asner, Maureen Stapleton, Rebecca Balding
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

12:30 AM Baxter! (1973)
A young boy who is unable to overcome a speech defect is disturbed by the constant bickering of his parents, and when they get divorced, he slides into an emotional breakdown.
Dir: Lionel Jeffries Cast: Patricia Neal, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Britt Ekland
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N


2:15 AM C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)
A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the invention from him.
Dir: Don Chaffey Cast: Wesley Eure, Valerie Bertinelli, Conrad Bain
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC:

3:45 AM Holiday in Mexico (1946)
An ambassador's daughter falls for a famous musician.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Walter Pidgeon, José Iturbi, Jane Powell
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y