TCM Schedule for December 23: Christmas Marathon

[CBHagman]

You'll find some surprises on TCM's Christmas list. For starters, Lady on a Train and Larceny, Inc. are well worth checking out.



Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Christmas Marathon (continued)

12:15 AM Fitzwilly (1967)
When an aging philanthropist goes broke, her butler robs from the rich so she can give to the poor.
Dir: Delbert Mann Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, Edith Evans
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:15 AM Lady on a Train (1945)
A young woman enlists a mystery writer to help her solve a murder when the corpse vanishes.
Dir: Charles David Cast: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: N

4:15 AM Miracle on Main Street (1939)
In Los Angeles on Christmas Eve, a lonely and depressed dancer hiding from the police finds an abandoned baby and decides to try to raise the child on her own.
Dir: Steve Sekely Cast: Margo, Walter Abel, William Collier Sr.
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

5:45 AM Roadblock (1951)
An insurance agent's greedy wife leads him to a life of crime.
Dir: Harold Daniels Cast: Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

7:15 AM Kind Lady (1935)
A con artist and his criminal colleagues move in on a trusting old lady.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Aline MacMahon, Basil Rathbone, Mary Carlisle
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:45 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
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N

10:15 AM The Man I Love (1947)
A night-club singer gets involved with a mobster.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Alda, Andrea King
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

12:00 PM Larceny, Inc. (1942)
An ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:00 PM Backfire (1950)
A veteran tries to clear an old friend of a murder charge.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:00 PM Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
After being betrayed, a gangster hangs out in a settlement house while seeking revenge.
Dir: Henry Levin Cast: Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N

6:00 PM My Reputation (1946)
A widow generates small-town gossip when she falls in love too soon after her husband's death.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Warner Anderson
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

8:00 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
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:00 PM 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
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

12:00 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
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

2:15 AM Little Women (1949)
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

4:30 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
Runtime: 143 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y