TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 8: Dickens Adaptations

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During the day there's a tribute to Grace Kelly — and no, it's not her birthday; that was in November — and at night it's time for tales from Charles Dickens, including the most seasonally appropriate of his stories.

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

12:15
Babes in Toyland (1934)
1h 13m | Comedy | TV-G
In the village of Toyland, evil old Silas Barnaby threatens to evict the Widow Peep, who l...
Director: Gus Meins
Cast: Virginia Karns, Charlotte Henry, Felix Knight

1:45 AM
The Devil's Brother (1933)
1h 28m | Comedy | TV-G
Two wannabe bandits are hired as servants by the real thing.
Director: Hal Roach
Cast: Dennis King, Thelma Todd, James Finlayson

3:30 AM
The Bohemian Girl (1936)
1h 10m | Comedy | TV-G
Two pickpockets raise a stolen child, not realizing she's royalty.
Director: James W. Horne
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd

4:45 AM
Hollywood Party (1934)
1h 3m | Comedy | TV-G
A movie star's gala celebration creates chaos.
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Durante

6:00 AM
Mogambo (1953)
1h 55m | Romance | TV-PG
In this remake of Red Dust, an African hunter is torn between a lusty showgirl and a marri...
Director: John Ford
Cast: Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly

8:15 AM
Green Fire (1955)
1h 40m | Romance | TV-PG
An emerald prospector clashes with a beautiful plantation owner in South America.
Director: Andrew Marton
Cast: Stewart Granger, Grace Kelly, Paul Douglas

10:15 AM
The Swan (1956)
1h 52m | Comedy | TV-G
On the eve of her marriage to a prince, a noblewoman falls for her brother's tutor.
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness, Louis Jourdan

12:15 PM
High Society (1956)
1h 47m | Comedy | TV-PG
With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympatheti...
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra

2:30 PM
Wedding in Monaco (1956)
31m | Documentary | TV-G
Exclusive footage captures the wedding of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier in this short fil...
Director: Jean Masson
Cast: Grace Kelly, Jean Masson, Stan Kenton

3:30 PM
Dial M for Murder (1954)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-PG
A straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he'd hired to kill her.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings

5:45 PM
Rear Window (1954)
1h 52m | Drama | TV-PG
A photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a near...
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: DICKENS ADAPTATIONS

8:00 PM
A Christmas Carol (1938)
1h 9m | Drama | TV-G
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of ...
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart

9:30 PM
David Copperfield (1935)
2h 13m | Comedy | TV-G
Charles Dickens' classic tale of an orphaned boy's fight for happiness and the colorful ch...
Director: George Cukor
Cast: W. C. Fields, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'sullivan

12:00 AM
Great Expectations (1946)
1h 58m | Romance | TV-G
A mysterious benefactor finances a young boy's education.
Director: David Lean
Cast: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Finlay Currie

2:15 AM
Oliver Twist (1948)
1h 56m | Drama | TV-G
The famed orphan gets caught up in Fagin's criminal band while searching for familial love...
Director: David Lean
Cast: John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness

4:30 AM
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
2h | Drama | TV-PG
A British lawyer sacrifices himself to save another man from the guillotine.
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allen, Edna May Oliver