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rdmtimp

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Thu Dec 18, 2014, 10:46 PM Dec 2014

TCM Schedule for Monday December 22 - Star of the Month: Cary Grant

Tonight it's the romantic comedy side of Mr. Grant. Plus: a daytime birthday salute to Ruth Roman.

(all times Eastern)


6:00 AM BARRICADE (1950)
Two fugitives try to prove the head of a mining camp is a murderer. Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Dane Clark , Raymond Massey , Ruth Roman . C-75 mins,

7:15 AM COLT .45 (1950)
A gun salesman tracks down the outlaws who stole his sample case. Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Randolph Scott , Ruth Roman , Zachary Scott . C-74 mins, CC,

8:30 AM DALLAS (1950)
A renegade Confederate officer tries to hide his identity while bringing law and order to the West. Dir: Stuart Heisler Cast: Gary Cooper , Ruth Roman , Steve Cochran . C-94 mins,

10:15 AM LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE (1951)
An actress champions the cause of a man whom she believes has been falsely accused of murdering his wife. Dir: King Vidor Cast: Ruth Roman , Richard Todd , Mercedes McCambridge . BW-90 mins,

11:45 AM STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Farley Granger , Ruth Roman , Robert Walker . BW-101 mins, CC,

1:30 PM TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY (1951)
A man who spent his formative years in prison for murder is released and struggles to adjust to the outside world. Dir: Felix Feist Cast: Ruth Roman , Steve Cochran , Lurene Tuttle . BW-91 mins, CC,

3:15 PM YOUNG MAN WITH IDEAS (1952)
A country lawyer moves his family to Los Angeles. Dir: Mitchell Leisen Cast: Glenn Ford , Ruth Roman , Denise Darcel . BW-85 mins, CC,

4:45 PM GREAT DAY IN THE MORNING (1956)
The Civil War triggers unrest in Colorado. Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Virginia Mayo , Robert Stack , Ruth Roman . C-92 mins, Letterbox Format

6:30 PM LOOK IN ANY WINDOW (1961)
A troubled teen loses his job as a aircraft mechanic and goes on a drinking binge. Dir: William Alland Cast: Paul Anka , Ruth Roman , Alex Nicol . BW-86 mins,

8:00 PM HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)
An unscrupulous editor plots to keep his star reporter-and ex-wife-from re-marrying. Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Cary Grant , Rosalind Russell , Ralph Bellamy . BW-92 mins, CC,

9:45 PM AWFUL TRUTH, THE (1937)
A divorced couple keeps getting mixed up in each other's love lives. Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Irene Dunne , Cary Grant , Ralph Bellamy . BW-91 mins, CC,

11:30 PM MY FAVORITE WIFE (1940)
A shipwrecked woman is rescued just in time for her husband's re-marriage. Dir: Garson Kanin Cast: Irene Dunne , Cary Grant , Randolph Scott . BW-88 mins, CC,

1:15 AM BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
A madcap heiress upsets the staid existence of a straitlaced scientist. Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Cary Grant , Charlie Ruggles . BW-102 mins, CC,

3:15 AM PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE (1940)
Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage. Dir: George Cukor Cast: Cary Grant , Katharine Hepburn , James Stewart . BW-112 mins, CC,

5:15 AM HOLIDAY (1938)
An unhappy heiress falls in love with her stodgy sister's freethinking fiance. Dir: George Cukor Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Cary Grant , Doris Nolan . BW-96 mins, CC,
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TCM Schedule for Monday December 22 - Star of the Month: Cary Grant (Original Post) rdmtimp Dec 2014 OP
"Holiday" is a seasonal classic CBHagman Dec 2014 #1
A fine Grant/Hepburn effort that is often overlooked Auggie Dec 2014 #2

CBHagman

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1. "Holiday" is a seasonal classic
Sat Dec 20, 2014, 10:43 AM
Dec 2014

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I haven't seen the stage productions, which I understand give more attention to the darker themes, but the film itself is festive fun without losing sight of the seriousness that underlies the story.

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