TCM Schedule for Monday December 24 - TCM Spolight: Bob's Christmas Eve Picks

[rdmtimp]

It's a Christmas Eve edition of Bob's picks tonight. Happy Holidays!

(all times Eastern)

7:00 AM MEET JOHN DOE (1941)
A reporter's fraudulent story turns a tramp into a national hero and makes him a pawn of big business. Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold. BW-122 mins, TV-G, CC,

9:15 AM SUSAN SLEPT HERE (1954)
A Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle. Dir: Frank Tashlin Cast: Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Anne Francis. C-98 mins, TV-PG, CC,

11:00 AM IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME (1949)
In this musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner, feuding co-workers in a small music shop do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S. Z. "Cuddles" Sakall. C-103 mins, TV-PG, CC,

1:00 PM BISHOP'S WIFE, THE (1947)
An angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track. Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven. BW-109 mins, TV-G, CC,

3:00 PM HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1950)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne'er-do-well. Dir: Don Hartman Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey. BW-87 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:30 PM MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family. Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor. C-113 mins, TV-G, CC,

6:30 PM BABES IN TOYLAND (1934)
Dir: Gus Meins Cast: Virginia Karns, Charlotte Henry, Felix Knight. BW-77 mins,

8:00 PM SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, THE (1940)
Feuding co-workers don't realize they're secret romantic pen pals. Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan. BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC,

10:00 PM COME TO THE STABLE (1949)
Two nuns set up a children's hospital in the New England countryside. Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe. BW-95 mins, TV-G, CC,

12:00 AM AUNTIE MAME (1958)
An eccentric heiress raises her nephew to be a free spirit. Dir: Morton DaCosta Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne. C-143 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 AM MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, THE (1942)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family. Dir: William Keighley Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley. BW-113 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:30 AM AND SO THEY WERE MARRIED (1936)
The children of a divorcee and a widower try to keep their parents apart. Dir: Elliott Nugent Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Mary Astor, Edith Fellows. BW-74 mins, TV-G,

5:45 AM BOYS TOWN (1938)
True story of Father Flanagan's fight to build a home for orphaned boys. Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull. BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC,

[CBHagman]

1. What a great line-up!

The version of Babes in Toyland is the Laurel and Hardy vehicle, which some of us watched for virtually every holiday season in the New York/northern New Jersey area during the 1960s.

[CBHagman]

2. Coming up: One Great night!

I'm particularly taken with The Shop Around the Corner (pictured) and The Man Who Came to Dinner.

[narnian60]

3. Rosalind Russell as the quintessential Mame.