TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 24: Christmas Marathon

[CBHagman]

Have you been good this year?



Well, whatever you did or didn't do, I hope you make time to watch some holiday movies.

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

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

7:00 AM Three Godfathers (1936)
Three fugitives risk their lives to bring a newborn baby out of the desert to safety.
Dir: Richard Boleslawski Cast: Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Walter Brennan
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y

8:30 AM Bachelor Mother (1939)
A fun-loving shop girl is mistaken for the mother of a foundling.
Dir: Garson Kanin Cast: Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:00 AM All Mine to Give (1957)
Pioneer children fight to build a new family after their parents die.
Dir: Allen Reisner Cast: Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell, Rex Thompson
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

12:00 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

2:00 PM It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

4:15 PM Holiday Affair (1949)
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
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

6:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

8:00 PM The Bishop's Wife (1947)
An angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:00 PM An Affair to Remember (1957)
A shipboard romance inspires a couple to promise to meet six months later.
Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: N

12:15 AM A Christmas Carol (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

1:45 AM O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Five stories reveal O. Henry's gift for the surprise ending.
Dir: Jasper Blystone Cast: John Steinbeck, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N

4:00 AM Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
A ghost tries to smooth the way for two young lovers he knew during his lifetime.
Dir: A. Edward Sutherland Cast: Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

5:30 AM Star in the Night (1945)
Three cowboys see a bright light in the distance and decide to investigate on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Don Siegel Cast: J. Carrol Naish, Lynne Baggett, Anthony Caruso
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y