TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 15th: Moguls and Movie Stars, a History of Hollywood

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Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

1:00 AM Stepping Out (1991)
A Broadway burn-out turns a tap-dancing class into a life-changing experience for all involved. Cast: Liza Minnelli, Jane Krakowski, Bill Irwin. Dir: Lewis Gilbert. C-109 mins, , Letterbox Format

3:00 AM Private Screenings: Liza Minnelli (2010)
C-46 mins, , CC

4:00 AM Madame Bovary (1949)
A romantic country girl sacrifices her marriage when she thinks she's found true love. Cast: Jennifer Jones, Van Heflin, James Mason. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. BW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC

6:00 AM Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952)
An unscrupulous movie producer uses everyone around him in his climb to the top. Cast: Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Dick Powell. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

8:00 AM Home From The Hill (1960)
A southern landowner's family is torn apart by the revelation that he has an illegitimate son. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-150 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:45 AM Locked Door, The (1929)
A woman once kidnapped by a wealthy womanizer tries to save her sister from him. Cast: Rod La Rocque, Barbara Stanwyck, William 'Stage' Boyd. Dir: George Fitzmaurice. BW-74 mins, TV-G

12:00 PM Bitter Tea of General Yen, The (1932)
An American missionary falls in love with a Chinese warlord. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Walter Connolly. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC

1:30 PM Lady Eve, The (1941)
A lady cardsharp tries to con an eccentric scientist only to fall for him. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn. Dir: Preston Sturges. BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC

3:15 PM Roustabout (1964)
A female carnival owner hires a hot-blooded young singer to save her touring show. Cast: Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Freeman. Dir: John Rich. C-101 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 PM Blob, The (1958)
A misunderstood teen fights to save his town from a gelatinous monster from outer space. Cast: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corseaut, Earl Rowe. Dir: Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr. C-82 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:30 PM Watch the Skies! (2005)
This TCM original documentary explores the history of the science fiction genre beginning in the 1950s. Features interviews with George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and Ridley Scott. Dir: Richard Schickel. BW-56 mins, TV-PG, CC

7:30 PM Now Playing January (2011) (2011)
C-27 mins, , CC

8:00 PM Night of the Living Dead (1968)
A space probe unleashes microbes that turn the dead into flesh-eating zombies. Cast: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman. Dir: George A. Romero. BW-96 mins, TV-MA, CC

9:41 PM Short Film: She Story, The (1965)
This short doc provides a brief, behind-the-scenes look at the making of the epic "She" (1965). Cast: Ursula Andress BW-7 mins,

10:00 PM Fade Out, Fade In (2010)
C-59 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

11:15 PM Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
The legendary bank robbers run riot in the South of the 1930s. Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard. Dir: Arthur Penn. C-111 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

1:15 AM Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
An academic couple reveal their deepest secret to a pair of newcomers during an all-night booze fest. Cast: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Sandy Dennis. Dir: Mike Nichols. BW-131 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 AM Easy Rider (1969)
A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices. Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson. Dir: Dennis Hopper. C-96 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

5:15 AM Ed Norton (2008)
Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell. C-26 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

5:50 AM Short Film: Salar The Leaper (1957)
An RKO Sportscope short about Atlantic salmon fly-fishing in New Brunswick, Canada. BW-8 mins,