TCM Schedule for Thursday, November 28: Family Favorites
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Stepping in here for Thanksgiving Day. I hope all are well and safe and surrounded by loved ones.
Thursday, November 28, 2019
12:00 AM
CITIZEN KANE ( 1941)
The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Joseph Cotten , Dorothy Comingore , Agnes Moorehead .
BW- 119 mins, CC,
2:15 AM
IMAGE MAKERS: THE ADVENTURES OF AMERICA'S PIONEER CINEMATOGRAPHERS ( 2019)
Dir: Daniel Raim
BW- 91 mins, CC,
4:00 AM
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY ( 1968)
Classic sci-fi epic about a mysterious monolith that seems to play a key role in human evolution.
Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Keir Dullea , Gary Lockwood , William Sylvester .
C- 149 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6:45 AM
PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH, THE ( 1970)
A bored boy enters a fantasy world where letters and numbers are at war.
Dir: Chuck Jones Cast: Mel Blanc , Daws Butler , Candy Candido .
C- 89 mins, CC,
8:20 AM
SPRINGTIME IN THE NETHERLANDS ( 1951)
This short film explores the customs and traditions of rural Holland.
Dir: Ralph F. Donaldson
C- 9 mins,
8:30 AM
SECRET GARDEN, THE ( 1949)
An orphaned girl changes the lives of those she encounters at a remote estate.
Dir: Fred M. Wilcox Cast: Margaret O'Brien , Herbert Marshall , Dean Stockwell .
C- 92 mins, CC,
10:15 AM
MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN, THE ( 1984)
Kermit and his friends try to get their musical produced on Broadway.
Dir: Frank Oz Cast: Bruce Edward Hall , James J Kroupa , David Rudman .
C- 94 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
12:00 PM
HEIDI ( 1937)
An orphaned girl tends goats for her grandfather until she's sold to serve as a disabled girl's companion.
Dir: Allan Dwan Cast: Shirley Temple , Jean Hersholt , Arthur Treacher .
BW- 88 mins, CC,
1:45 PM
TOM THUMB ( 1958)
A six-inch-tall boy takes on a pair of comical crooks.
Dir: George Pal Cast: Russ Tamblyn , Alan Young , June Thorburn .
C- 92 mins, CC,
3:30 PM
NATIONAL VELVET ( 1944)
A British farm girl fights to train a difficult horse for the Grand National Steeplechase.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Mickey Rooney , Donald Crisp , Elizabeth Taylor .
C- 123 mins, CC,
5:45 PM
ANNIE ( 1982)
An orphan attracts the attention of a Wall Street tycoon and a con artist.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Albert Finney , Carol Burnett , Aileen Quinn .
C- 127 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: FAMILY FAVORITES
8:00 PM
SITTING PRETTY ( 1948)
An efficiency expert tries to prove his methods apply to child rearing.
Dir: Walter Lang Cast: Robert Young , Maureen O'Hara , Clifton Webb .
BW- 84 mins, CC,
9:33 PM
WEE BIT OF SCOTLAND, A ( 1949)
This short film focuses on the history, culture, and people of Scotland.
C- 10 mins,
9:45 PM
YOURS, MINE AND OURS ( 1968)
A widow with eight children marries a widower with ten, then gets pregnant.
Dir: Melville Shavelson Cast: Lucille Ball , Henry Fonda , Van Johnson .
C- 111 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
11:45 PM
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU ( 1938)
A girl from a family of freethinkers falls for the son of a conservative banker.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Jean Arthur , Lionel Barrymore , James Stewart .
BW- 126 mins, CC,
2:00 AM
ROOM FOR ONE MORE ( 1952)
A family with three children takes in troubled orphans.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Cary Grant , Betsy Drake , Lurene Tuttle .
BW- 95 mins, CC,
3:46 AM
SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE A FATHER ( 1947)
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes faces numerous anxieties in becoming a new father. Vitaphone Release 1552A.
Dir: Richard Bare Cast: George O'Hanlon , Edward Gargan , Oliver Blake .
BW- 11 mins,
4:00 AM
FATHER OF THE BRIDE ( 1950)
A doting father faces mountains of bills and endless trials when his daughter marries.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Spencer Tracy , Joan Bennett , Elizabeth Taylor .
BW- 93 mins, CC,
5:49 AM
HOW TO RAISE A BABY ( 1938)
This comedic short makes light of raising and taking care of a baby.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Robert Benchley , Robbie Jones , Ricardo Lord Cezon .
BW- 9 mins,