TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 30: Animal Adventures/Star of the Month: Merle Oberon/The Marx Brothers

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Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Art Deco (continued)

12:00 AM The Women (1939)
It's all about men! In the eternal battle between the sexes, one side holds an overwhelming advantage: Armed with razor-sharp wit and wielding gossip as a weapon, victory can only go to The Women. Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell enter the skirmish as Mary Haines, Crystal Allen and Sylvia Fowler - whose battlegrounds are the beauty parlor and fashion-show runway. The engagement begins when Mary's husband takes up with shop girl Crystal, and scandalmonger Sylvia gives Mary advice that quickly results in divorce - but that is only the opening salvo in this cracklingly sharp, classic comedy.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:30 AM Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
A flapper sets her hat for a man with a hard-drinking wife.
Dir: Harry Beaumont Cast: Joan Crawford, John Mack Brown, Nils Asther
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:00 AM Our Modern Maidens (1929)
In this silent film, a flapper offers herself to a diplomat to advance her fiance's career.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Joan Crawford, Rod La Rocque, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


5:30 AM Our Blushing Brides (1930)
Three roommates try to land rich husbands.
Dir: Harry Beaumont Cast: Joan Crawford, Anita Page, Dorothy Sebastian
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

TCM Daytime: Animal Adventures

7:15 AM Gypsy Colt (1954)
In this trans-species remake of Lassie, Come Home, a faithful horse undertakes a perilous journey to return to the family it loves.
Dir: Andrew Marton Cast: Donna Corcoran, Ward Bond, Frances Dee
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y

8:30 AM Trained Hoofs (1935)
This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained.
Dir: David Miller Cast: Pete Smith, Charles Cooper, Dr. William Axt
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:45 AM Equestrian Acrobats (1937)
This short film focuses on a circus family that performs acrobatic feats while riding horses.
Dir: David Miller Cast: Pete Smith, The Cristiani Family
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


9:00 AM Sequoia (1934)
A wilderness girl raises a deer and a mountain lion to be friends.
Dir: Chester M. Franklin Cast: Jean Parker, Russell Hardie, Samuel S. Hinds
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:30 AM Flipper (1963)
A young boy befriends a dolphin that comes to his rescue.
Dir: James B. Clark Cast: Chuck Connors, Luke Halpin, Kathleen Maguire
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y

12:15 PM Flipper's New Adventure (1964)
Highly intelligent dolphin Flipper rescues a British family who are being held for ransom in the Bahamas.
Dir: Leon Benson Cast: Luke Halpin, Pamela Franklin, Helen Cherry
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y

2:00 PM Zebra in the Kitchen (1965)
A young boy tries to liberate animals from the city zoo.
Dir: Ivan Tors Cast: Jay North, Martin Milner, Andy Devine
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

3:45 PM Lions on the Loose (1941)
In this short film, two lion cubs escape from the zoo and go on an adventure.
Dir: Marjorie Freeman Cast: Marjorie Freeman, Pete Smith, Philip Anderson
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


4:00 PM Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion (1965)
Animal doctors fight to protect the wildlife of Africa.
Dir: Andrew Marton Cast: Marshall Thompson, Betsy Drake, Richard Haydn
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

5:45 PM The Yearling (1946)
A Florida boy's pet deer threatens the family farm.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman Jr.
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

TCM Primetime: Star of the Month: Merle Oberon

8:00 PM Berlin Express (1948)
Allied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

9:30 PM Night Song (1947)
A socialite pretends to be blind to win the love of a blind concert pianist.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Dana Andrews, Merle Oberon, Ethel Barrymore
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

11:15 PM The Lion Has Wings (1939)
British people of every class band together to repel the German Blitz.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

12:45 AM Deep in My Heart (1954)
Life story of Sigmund Romberg who grew to become one of Broadway's most prolific composers and producers in the 1920s.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: José Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Helen Traubel
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

3:00 AM Hotel (1967)
A New Orleans hotel owner fights off a corporate raider while his guests struggle through a variety of personal problems.
Dir: Richard Quine Cast: Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak, Karl Malden
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

The Marx Brothers

5:30 AM Room Service (1938)
Three zany producers try to extend their hotel credit until they can get a play mounted.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y