TCM Schedule for Thurs, Dec 25, 2025: Christmas Marathon/Divine Intervention

[Auggie]

DAYTIME (EST)

6:00 AM Boys Town (1938)
True story of Father Flanagan's fight to build a home for orphaned boys.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull

8:00 AM The Great Rupert (1950)
A squirrel becomes the guardian angel for an impoverished family.
Dir: Irving Pichel Cast: Jimmy Durante, Terry Moore, Tom Drake

9:30 AM Little Women (1933)
Four sisters fight to keep their family together while their father fights the Civil War.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas

11:30 AM 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

1:30 PM Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
A bootlegger tries to turn a street beggar into a society lady to impress her daughter's rich fiance.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope LangeY

4:00 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley

6:00 PM In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner (feuding co-workers are secret romantic pen pals).
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S. Z. "Cuddles" Sakall



PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT, EARLY MORNING

8:00 PM A Matter of Life and Death (1947)
An injured aviator argues in celestial court for the chance to go on living.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote

10:00 PM Angels in the Outfield (1951)
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates reforms in return for a little divine assistance.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn

12:00 AM A Guy Named Joe (1943)
A dead World War II bomber pilot becomes the guardian angel of another pilot.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson

2:00 AM Heaven Only Knows (1947)
An angel lands in the Wild West to save a gambler's soul.
Dir: Albert S. Rogell Cast: Robert Cummings, Brian Donlevy, Marjorie Reynolds

4:00 AM The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
A musician dreams he's an angel deputized to blow a trumpet at midnight, marking the end of the world.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Dolores Moran

5:30 AM Time Bandits (1981)
A boy joins a band of time travelling dwarves as they look for treasure to steal.
Dir: Terry Gilliam Cast: John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall