TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 8: Ernest Lehman's 100th Birthday

Today TCM celebrates screenwriter Ernest Lehman on what would have been his 100th birthday.

His credits:

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Tuesday, December 8th, 2015

1:45 AM
Three on a Match (1932)
A woman's childhood friends try to rescue her from gangsters.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Virginia Davis , Joan Blondell , Dawn O'Day .
BW-63 mins, CC,

3:00 AM
Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
Three women join the Navy to find husbands.
Dir: Sidney Lanfield Cast: Esther Williams , Joan Evans , Vivian Blaine .
C-109 mins, CC,

5:00 AM
Cry 'Havoc' (1944)
A group of war nurses fights to survive the siege of Bataan.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Margaret Sullavan , Ann Sothern , Joan Blondell .
BW-97 mins, CC,



6:45 AM
Great Mr. Nobody, The (1941)
An accident-prone reporter stumbles into love and a big story.
Dir: Ben Stoloff Cast: Eddie Albert , Joan Leslie , Alan Hale .
BW-71 mins,

8:00 AM
Ladies Day (1943)
To save their team, baseball players try to get their star pitcher married to the right woman.
BW-62 mins,

9:15 AM
Dude Goes West, The (1948)
A tenderfoot tries to help a miner's daughter protect her claim.
Dir: Kurt Neumann Cast: Eddie Albert , Gale Storm , James Gleason .
BW-87 mins, CC,

10:45 AM
Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman (1947)
A singer's wife turns to the bottle when she fears she's lost her husband to success.
Dir: Stuart Heisler Cast: Susan Hayward , Lee Bowman , Marsha Hunt .
BW-103 mins, CC,

12:45 PM
Gun Runners, The (1958)
A charter boat captain runs guns during the Cuban revolution.
Dir: Donald Siegel Cast: Audie Murphy , Eddie Albert , Patricia Owens .
BW-82 mins, CC,

2:15 PM
Teahouse of the August Moon, The (1956)
An Okinawan translator introduces U.S. occupation forces to the joys of local life.
Dir: Daniel Mann Cast: Marlon Brando , Glenn Ford , Machiko Kyo .
C-123 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 PM
Crimson Kimono, The (1959)
Two detectives clash over the hunt for a stripper's killer in Los Angeles' Japanese district.
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Victoria Shaw , Glenn Corbett , James Shigeta .
BW-81 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM
Bridge To The Sun (1961)
An American woman marries a Japanese diplomat on the eve of World War II.
Dir: Etienne Périer Cast: Carroll Baker , James Shigeta , James Yagi .
BW-112 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: ERNEST LEHMAN'S 100TH BIRTHDAY

8:00 PM
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.
Dir: Mike Nichols Cast: Elizabeth Taylor , Richard Burton , George Segal .
BW-131 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:30 PM
Sweet Smell Of Success (1957)
A crooked press agent stoops to new depths to help an egotistical columnist break up his sister's romance.
Dir: Alexander Mackendrick Cast: Burt Lancaster , Tony Curtis , Susan Harrison .
BW-96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:15 AM
North By Northwest (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant , Eva Marie Saint , James Mason .
C-136 mins, CC,



2:45 AM
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
True story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Joseph Buloff , Sal Mineo , Everett Sloane .
BW-114 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:45 AM
Executive Suite (1954)
When a business magnate dies, his board of directors fights over who should run the company.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: William Holden , June Allyson , Barbara Stanwyck .
BW-105 mins, CC,