TCM Schedule for Sunday December 18, 2022 - Christmas Marathon

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Tonight starts a week of wall-to-wall Christmas movies.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 am Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
1h 55m | Musical | TV-G
True story of Annette Kellerman, the world's first great swimming star.
Director: Mervyn Leroy. Cast: Esther Williams, Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon

8:00 am Swing Time (1936)
1h 45m | Musical | TV-G
To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big, only to fall for his dancing partner.
Director: George Stevens. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore

10:00 am Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
1h 33m | Drama | TV-G
After being betrayed, a gangster hangs out in a settlement house while seeking revenge.
Director: Henry Levin. Cast: Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland

12:00 pm The Automat (2021)
1h 19m | TV-PG
A documentary focusing on the popular 20th century vending machine that offered freshly cooked meals.
Director: Lisa Hurwitz. Cast: Mel Brooks, Elliott Gould, Colin Powell

2:00 pm Life with Father (1947)
1h 58m | Comedy | TV-G
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor

4:15 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 his ways on Christmas Eve.
Director: Edwin L. Marin. Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart

5:45 pm It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
1h 55m | Comedy | TV-G
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Director: Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Don Defore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles

8:00 pm Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
1h 53m | Musical | TV-G
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Director: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'brien, Mary Astor

10:00 pm In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
1h 43m | Musical | TV-PG
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.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard. Cast: Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S. Z. "cuddles" Sakall

12:00 am The King of Kings (1927)
2h 35m | Silent | TV-G
In this silent film, Cecil B. DeMille directs an epic retelling of the life of Christ.
Director: Cecil B. De Mille. Cast: H. B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence

2:45 am Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
2h 4m | Adaptation | TV-MA
During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.
Director: Nagisa Oshima. Cast: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto

5:00 am Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
1h 50m | Drama | TV-MA
A young boy comes of age at Christmas in rural Quebec.
Director: Claude Jutra. Cast: Claude Jutra, Jacques Gagnon, Olivette Thibault

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1. My recommendations:

Mr. Soft Touch - Christmas Noir with some humorous moments.

It Happened on Fifth Ave. - a delightful film filled with a cast of classic character actors

Mon Uncle Antoine - Canadian film, bleak at times, but unmistakably heartfelt.