TCM has been running its Christmas marathon for almost a week now, and with tomorrow being Christmas they're getting close to the end of it. The Christmas programming only runs through 8:00 PM on Christmas night, after which TCM gives us a night of Alfred Hitchcock movies. I already did a post about TCM's programming last Saturday, so this post will be a bit brief, and more to point out a couple of second chances:
It Happened on Fifth Avenue was on at 11:00 PM on December 17, and will be airing again this afternoon at 3:45 PM;
That's immediately followed by Meet Me in St. Louis at 6:00 PM, which already aired on the 21st;
Christmas in Connecticut (8:00 PM) and Holiday Affair (10:00 PM) also aired just a few days back; and Holiday Affair even gets a third showing, at 11:45 AM tomorrow.
I don't think I've ever mentioned Big Business (5:45 AM on Dec. 25) before. It's a Laurel and Hardy two-reeler that has them as Christmas tree salesman, which is obviously why it got put into a Christmas marathon and is probably the most daring of TCM's choices for the day.
FXM's programming is even less daring. They're doing the same thing they've done in past years, which is a loop of two versions of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol alternating. One is the Alastair Sim classic, while the other is from a few years back, starring Guy Pearce.
For those of you who still subscribe to the premium services, I had forgotten that George C. Scott did a version of A Christmas Carol as well, although I think it was a TV movie from the mid 1980s. StarzEncore Classics has that (and it looks to be about the oldest "classic" they've got over Christmas) as one of the few Christmas offerings, at 5:30 AM on December 25.
Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate!
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