Wow! It’s the end of the year already! I know that December is a busy month for a lot of people, but let’s face it, we all need to relax every once in a while. With that in mind, here are the mystery movies I found which will be airing on TV during December. I have also listed some of the Christmas movies that will be on TV.<\/p>\n
Oh, and before I forget: All of the Thin Man movies<\/a> will be airing on December 31 on the Turner Classic Movies channel. And, they’re playing them in chronological order! What a way to end 2015!<\/p>\n ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 4:30 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 7:00 PM 9:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 12:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:45 AM 5:00 AM 7:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 8:15 AM 7:00 PM 11:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 7:30 AM 9:00 AM 11:00 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 10:45 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 3:30 PM 11:15 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 5:30 AM 7:30 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 12:45 AM 3:00 AM 5:00 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 7:00 PM 9:00 PM 11:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 8:15 AM 5:15 PM 7:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 7:30 AM 11:00 AM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:45 PM 10:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 3:30 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 1:30 AM 3:00 AM 5:00 AM 5:30 AM 7:45 AM 9:30 AM 11:30 AM 4:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 5:00 AM 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 10:30 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 12:15 AM 8:15 AM 7:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 1:00 AM 7:00 AM 9:00 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 8:45 AM 10:45 AM 12:30 PM 2:30 PM 4:30 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 8:15 AM 1:15 PM 3:15 PM 7:00 PM 9:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 1:45 AM 7:45 AM 11:45 AM 1:15 PM 5:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 5:00 AM 7:00 AM 9:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 1:00 AM 11:00 AM 9:15 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 9:15 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 1:00 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 7:00 PM 8:45 PM 10:45 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 12:45 AM 2:30 AM 4:15 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n (All of the above TCM descriptions were copied from the TCM site.)<\/p>\n ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hallmark & Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Countdown to Christmas 2015<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n ***** ***** ***** *****\u00a0***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n The rest of us would absolutely love hearing about any more mystery movies that will be airing during December\u00a02015. So, if you know of any I haven\u2019t listed, please post a comment.<\/p>\n Here is the November\u00a02015 television mystery movies schedule:<\/p>\nDecember\u00a02015 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):<\/h3>\n
Wednesday\u00a0– December 2, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nMADELEINE<\/strong> (1950)
\nA beautiful young woman stands trial for poisoning her lover.
\nDir:\u00a0David Lean Cast:\u00a0 Ann Todd, Ivan Desny, Norman Woland.
\nBW-115 mins, CC<\/p>\nThursday\u00a0– December 3, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nLURED<\/strong> (1947)
\nA woman helps the police catch the serial killer who murdered her best friend.
\nDir:\u00a0Douglas Sirk Cast:\u00a0 George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn.
\nBW-103 mins<\/p>\n
\nTHE <\/strong>GAY FALCON<\/strong>\u00a0(1942)
\nA society sleuth tries to break up an insurance scam.
\nDir:\u00a0Irving Reis Cast:\u00a0 George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins.
\nBW-67 mins, CC<\/p>\nFriday\u00a0\u00a0– December 4, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nTHE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY<\/strong>\u00a0(1945)
\nA man remains young and handsome while his portrait shows the ravages of age and sin.
\nDir:\u00a0Albert Lewin Cast:\u00a0 George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed.
\nBW-110 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nMAN HUNT<\/strong> (1941)
\nAn Englishman goes behind enemy lines to assassinate Hitler.
\nDir:\u00a0Fritz Lang Cast:\u00a0 Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders.
\nBW-102 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE <\/strong>SAINT STRIKES BACK<\/strong>\u00a0(1939)
\nThe Saint helps a young beauty take vengeance on the mobsters who ruined her father.
\nDir:\u00a0John Farrow Cast:\u00a0 George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jerome Cowan.
\nBW-64 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nDAY OF THE EVIL GUN<\/strong> (1968)
\nA gunman tries to control a vengeful farmer whose wife has been kidnapped.
\nDir:\u00a0Jerry Thorpe Cast:\u00a0 Glenn Ford, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger.
\nC-94 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nIT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE<\/strong> (1947)
\nTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
\nDir:\u00a0Roy Del Ruth Cast:\u00a0 Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles.
\nBW-115 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\nSaturday\u00a0– December\u00a05, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nDICK TRACY VS. CUEBALL<\/strong> (1946)
\nA police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
\nDir:\u00a0Gordon M. Douglas Cast:\u00a0 Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Lyle Latell.
\nBW-62 mins<\/p>\n
\nSUNSET BOULEVARD<\/strong> (1950)
\nA failed screenwriter falls into a mercenary romance with a faded silent-film star.
\nDir:\u00a0Billy Wilder Cast:\u00a0 William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim.
\nBW-110 mins, CC
\n*****This is a classic!*****<\/p>\n
\nIN A LONELY PLACE<\/strong> (1950)
\nAn aspiring actress begins to suspect that her temperamental boyfriend is a murderer.
\nDir:\u00a0Nicholas Ray Cast:\u00a0 Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy.
\nBW-93 mins, CC<\/p>\nSunday\u00a0– December 6, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nA CHRISTMAS CAROL<\/strong> (1938)
\nIn this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
\nDir:\u00a0Edwin L. Marin Cast:\u00a0 Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
\nBW-69 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nTHE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER<\/strong> (1941)
\nAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
\nDir:\u00a0William Keighley Cast:\u00a0 Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
\nBW-113 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a terrific Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nHOLIDAY AFFAIR<\/strong> (1949)
\nA young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
\nDir:\u00a0Don Hartman Cast:\u00a0 Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
\nBW-87 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\nMonday\u00a0– December 7, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nHEAVENLY CREATURES<\/strong> (1994)
\nWhen her mother tries to end her closest friendship, a high school girl plots her murder.
\nDir:\u00a0Peter Jackson Cast:\u00a0 Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse.
\nC-99 mins
\n*****Based on Juliet Hulme’s (aka\u00a0Anne Perry<\/a>) early life.*****<\/p>\nTuesday\u00a0– December 8, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nTHE CRIMSON KIMONO\u00a0<\/strong>(1959)
\nTwo detectives clash over the hunt for a stripper’s killer in Los Angeles’ Japanese district.
\nDir:\u00a0Samuel Fuller Cast:\u00a0 Victoria Shaw, Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta.
\nBW-81 mins, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nNORTH BY NORTHWEST<\/strong> (1959)
\nAn advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
\nDir:\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock Cast:\u00a0 Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
\nC-136 mins, CC<\/p>\nWednesday\u00a0– December 9, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nTHE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS<\/strong>\u00a0(1946)
\nYears after a murder drove them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love.
\nDir:\u00a0Lewis Milestone Cast:\u00a0 Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott.
\nBW-115 mins, CC
\n*****Barbara Stanwyck and Van Heflin are terrific this movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nOUT OF THE PAST<\/strong> (1947)
\nA private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
\nDir:\u00a0Jacques Tourneur Cast:\u00a0 Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas.
\nBW-97 mins, CC<\/p>\nThursday\u00a0– December 10, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nTHE DETECTIVE<\/strong>\u00a0(1968)
\nThe detective investigating a gay man’s murder discovers links to police corruption.
\nDir:\u00a0Gordon Douglas Cast:\u00a0 Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Jacqueline Bisset.
\nC-114 mins<\/p>\n
\nTHE FIRST DEADLY SIN<\/strong>\u00a0(1980)
\nA police detective nearing retirement tries to catch a serial killer.
\nDir:\u00a0Brian G. Hutton Cast:\u00a0 Frank Sinatra, Faye Dunaway, David Dukes.
\nC-112 mins, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nSUDDENLY<\/strong> (1954)
\nGunmen take over a suburban home to plot a presidential assassination.
\nDir:\u00a0Lewis Allen Cast:\u00a0 Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason.
\nBW-77 mins, CC<\/p>\nFriday\u00a0– December 11, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nTHE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER<\/strong>\u00a0(1941)
\nAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
\nDir:\u00a0William Keighley Cast:\u00a0 Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
\nBW-113 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a wonderful\u00a0Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nSCROOGE<\/strong> (1970)
\nA miser faces the ghosts of his past on Christmas Eve.
\nDir:\u00a0Ronald Neame Cast:\u00a0 Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans.
\nC-114 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nA CHRISTMAS CAROL\u00a0<\/strong>(1938)
\nIn this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
\nDir:\u00a0Edwin L. Marin Cast:\u00a0 Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
\nBW-69 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\nSaturday\u00a0– December\u00a012, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nDICK TRACY’S DILEMMA<\/strong> (1947)
\nDick Tracy takes on “The Claw” in this crime thriller
\nDir:\u00a0John Rawlins Cast:\u00a0 Ralph Byrd, Lyle Latell, Kay Christopher.
\nBW-60 mins<\/p>\n
\nSUSPICION<\/strong> (1941)
\nA wealthy wallflower suspects her penniless playboy husband of murder.
\nDir:\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock Cast:\u00a0 Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke.
\nBW-100 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nHERE COMES MR. JORDAN<\/strong> (1941)
\nA prizefighter who died before his time is reincarnated as a tycoon with a murderous wife.
\nDir:\u00a0Alexander Hall Cast:\u00a0 Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains.
\nBW-94 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nSCROOGE<\/strong> (1935)
\nThe legendary miser searches his past, present and future to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
\nDir:\u00a0Henry Edwards Cast:\u00a0 Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Maurice Evans.
\nBW-78 mins
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nCHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT<\/strong> (1945)
\nA homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
\nDir:\u00a0Peter Godfrey Cast:\u00a0 Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
\nBW-102 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is my favorite Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nCHARADE<\/strong> (1963)
\nA beautiful widow tries to find her husband’s lost fortune while eluding the killers who want it themselves.
\nDir:\u00a0Stanley Donen Cast:\u00a0 Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau.
\nC-113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nLADY ON A TRAIN<\/strong> (1945)
\nA young woman enlists a mystery writer to help her solve a murder when the corpse vanishes.
\nDir:\u00a0Charles David Cast:\u00a0 Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce.
\nBW-94 mins<\/p>\n
\nALIAS BOSTON BLACKIE<\/strong> (1942)
\nA reformed thief tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent.
\nDir:\u00a0Lew Landers Cast:\u00a0 Chester Morris, Adele Mara, Richard Lane.
\nBW-67 mins<\/p>\n
\nLADY IN THE LAKE<\/strong> (1947)
\nPhilip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective’s viewpoint.
\nDir:\u00a0Robert Montgomery Cast:\u00a0 Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan.
\nBW-103 mins, CC<\/p>\nMonday\u00a0– December\u00a014, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nCAROL FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS<\/strong>\u00a0(1964)
\nThree ghosts teach an industrialist the importance of international peacekeeping.
\nDir:\u00a0Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast:\u00a0 Sterling Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ben Gazzara.
\nBW-86 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\nWednesday\u00a0– December\u00a016, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nSECRET COMMAND<\/strong> (1944)
\nA surprise visit from his brother almost blows an undercover agent out of the water.
\nDir:\u00a0Eddie Sutherland Cast:\u00a0 Pat O’Brien, Carole Landis, Chester Morris.
\nBW-82 mins<\/p>\n
\nHAVING WONDERFUL CRIME<\/strong> (1945)
\nThree amateur detectives try to find a missing magician.
\nDir:\u00a0Eddie Sutherland Cast:\u00a0 Pat O’Brien, George Murphy, Carole Landis.
\nBW-70 mins<\/p>\n
\nA CRIMINAL IS BORN<\/strong>\u00a0(1938)
\nThis short film tells the story of how a young man starts a crime spree which leads to murder.
\nDir:\u00a0Leslie Fenton Cast:\u00a0 Dave Durand, Norman Phillips Jr., Charles Sullivan.
\nBW-20 mins<\/p>\n
\nTWILIGHT OF HONOR<\/strong> (1963)
\nA struggling lawyer takes on a controversial murder case that could make or break him.
\nDir:\u00a0Boris Sagal Cast:\u00a0 Richard Chamberlain, Joey Heatherton, Nick Adams.
\nBW-104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nCRIME AND PUNISHMENT<\/strong> (1935)
\nA young student murders for money then tries to escape his guilt and a brilliant detective.
\nDir:\u00a0Josef von Sternberg Cast:\u00a0 Peter Lorre, Edward Arnold, Marian Marsh.
\nBW-88 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\n12 ANGRY MEN<\/strong> (1957)
\nA jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty.
\nDir:\u00a0Sidney Lumet Cast:\u00a0 Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley.
\nBW-96 mins, CC
\n*****This is another classic.*****<\/p>\n
\nWITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION<\/strong> (1958)
\nA British lawyer gets caught up in a couple’s tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder.
\nDir:\u00a0Billy Wilder Cast:\u00a0 Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton.
\nBW-116 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nANATOMY OF A MURDER<\/strong> (1959)
\nA small-town lawyer gets the case of a lifetime when a military man avenges an attack on his wife.
\nDir:\u00a0Otto Preminger Cast:\u00a0 James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara.
\nBW-161 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nFriday\u00a0\u00a0– December\u00a018, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nTHE <\/strong>NITWITS<\/strong>\u00a0(1935)
\nTwo cigar-stand attendants get mixed up in a murder investigation.
\nDir:\u00a0George Stevens Cast:\u00a0 Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Fred Keating.
\nBW-82 mins<\/p>\n
\nI’LL BE SEEING YOU<\/strong> (1944)
\nA soldier meets a woman on Christmas furlough from prison and they fall in love.
\nDir:\u00a0William Dieterle Cast:\u00a0 Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple.
\nBW-85 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nCHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT<\/strong> (1945)
\nA homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
\nDir:\u00a0Peter Godfrey Cast:\u00a0 Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
\nBW-102 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a terrific Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nREMEMBER THE NIGHT<\/strong> (1940)
\nAn assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
\nDir:\u00a0Mitchell Leisen Cast:\u00a0 Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi.
\nBW-94 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is another terrific Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\nSaturday\u00a0– December 19, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nHOLIDAY AFFAIR<\/strong> (1949)
\nA young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
\nDir:\u00a0Don Hartman Cast:\u00a0 Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
\nBW-87 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nDICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME<\/strong> (1947)
\nDick Tracy tracks down a bank robber using nerve gas.
\nDir:\u00a0John Rawlins Cast:\u00a0 Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne.
\nBW-65 mins<\/p>\n
\nTHE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER<\/strong>\u00a0(1940)
\nFeuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
\nDir:\u00a0Ernst Lubitsch Cast:\u00a0 Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
\nBW-99 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a lovely Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\nSunday\u00a0– December 20, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nPOSSESSION<\/strong> (1981)
\nIn search of his missing wife, a man uncovers a deadly motive for her behavior.
\nDir:\u00a0Andrzej Zulawski Cast:\u00a0 Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen.
\nC-127 mins<\/p>\n
\nSCROOGE<\/strong> (1970)
\nA miser faces the ghosts of his past on Christmas Eve.
\nDir:\u00a0Ronald Neame Cast:\u00a0 Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans.
\nC-114 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nIT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE<\/strong> (1947)
\nTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
\nDir:\u00a0Roy Del Ruth Cast:\u00a0 Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles.
\nBW-115 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\nTuesday\u00a0– December 22, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nSTAGE FRIGHT<\/strong> (1950)
\nAn acting student goes undercover to prove a singing star killed her husband.
\nDir:\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock Cast:\u00a0 Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding.
\nBW-110 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nSTRANGERS ON A TRAIN<\/strong> (1951)
\nA man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
\nDir:\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock Cast:\u00a0 Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker.
\nBW-101 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nDIAL M FOR MURDER<\/strong> (1954)
\nA straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he’d hired to kill her.
\nDir:\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock Cast:\u00a0 Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings.
\nC-105 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE WRONG MAN<\/strong>\u00a0(1956)
\nA musician is mistaken for a vicious thief, with devastating results.
\nDir:\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock Cast:\u00a0 Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle.
\nBW-105 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nNORTH BY NORTHWEST<\/strong> (1959)
\nAn advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
\nDir:\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock Cast:\u00a0 Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
\nC-136 mins, CC<\/p>\nThursday\u00a0– December 24, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nA CHRISTMAS CAROL<\/strong>\u00a0(1938)
\nIn this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
\nDir:\u00a0Edwin L. Marin Cast:\u00a0 Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
\nBW-69 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nCHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT<\/strong> (1945)
\nA homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
\nDir:\u00a0Peter Godfrey Cast:\u00a0 Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
\nBW-102 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a wonderful Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nHOLIDAY AFFAIR<\/strong> (1949)
\nA young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
\nDir:\u00a0Don Hartman Cast:\u00a0 Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
\nBW-87 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nTHE BISHOP’S WIFE<\/strong>\u00a0(1947)
\nAn angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
\nDir:\u00a0Henry Koster Cast:\u00a0 Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven.
\nBW-109 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nAUNTIE MAME<\/strong> (1958)
\nAn eccentric heiress raises her nephew to be a free spirit.
\nDir:\u00a0Morton DaCosta Cast:\u00a0 Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne.
\nC-143 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\nFriday\u00a0– December 25, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nTHE <\/strong>SHOP AROUND THE CORNER<\/strong>\u00a0(1940)
\n<\/span>Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
\nDir:\u00a0Ernst Lubitsch Cast:\u00a0 Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
\nBW-99 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a delightful Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nSCROOGE<\/strong> (1970)
\nA miser faces the ghosts of his past on Christmas Eve.
\nDir:\u00a0Ronald Neame Cast:\u00a0 Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans.
\nC-114 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nI’LL BE SEEING YOU<\/strong> (1944)
\nA soldier meets a woman on Christmas furlough from prison and they fall in love.
\nDir:\u00a0William Dieterle Cast:\u00a0 Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple.
\nBW-85 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nTHE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER<\/strong>\u00a0(1941)
\nAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
\nDir:\u00a0William Keighley Cast:\u00a0 Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
\nBW-113 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a really good Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nIT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE<\/strong> (1947)
\nTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
\nDir:\u00a0Roy Del Ruth Cast:\u00a0 Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles.
\nBW-115 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\nSaturday\u00a0– December 26, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nLARCENY, INC<\/strong>. (1942)
\nAn ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way.
\nDir:\u00a0Lloyd Bacon Cast:\u00a0 Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford.
\nBW-95 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE LETTER<\/strong>\u00a0(1940)
\nA woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
\nDir:\u00a0William Wyler Cast:\u00a0 Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson.
\nBW-95 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTOP HAT<\/strong> (1935)
\nA woman thinks the man who loves her is her best friend’s husband.
\nDir:\u00a0Mark Sandrich Cast:\u00a0 Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton.
\nBW-100 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. This movie leaves me laughing.*****<\/p>\nSunday\u00a0– December 27, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nGOD TOLD ME TO<\/strong> (1976)
\nA cop investigates a series of gruesome murders seemingly inspired by God.
\nDir:\u00a0Larry Cohen Cast:\u00a0 Tony LoBianco, Sandy Dennis, Deborah Raffin.
\nC-91 mins<\/p>\n
\nWAIT UNTIL DARK<\/strong> (1967)
\nA blind woman fights against drug smugglers who’ve invaded her home.
\nDir:\u00a0Terence Young Cast:\u00a0 Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna.
\nC-108 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nAFFAIR IN TRINIDAD<\/strong> (1952)
\nA nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband’s killer.
\nDir:\u00a0Vincent Sherman Cast:\u00a0 Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Alexander Scourby.
\nBW-98 mins<\/p>\nTuesday\u00a0– December 29, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nTOO LATE FOR TEARS<\/strong> (1949)
\nA married woman’s discovery of stolen money changes her character for the worse.
\nDir:\u00a0Byron Haskin Cast:\u00a0 Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea.
\nBW-101 mins<\/p>\nWednesday\u00a0– December\u00a030, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nKANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL<\/strong> (1952)
\nTo commit the perfect crime, a former detective keeps his colleagues’ identities secret from each other.
\nDir:\u00a0Phil Karlson Cast:\u00a0 John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster.
\nBW-99 mins, CC<\/p>\nThursday\u00a0– December 31,\u00a02015<\/h3>\n
\nTHE THIN MAN<\/strong>\u00a0(1934)
\nA husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
\nDir:\u00a0W. S. Van Dyke Cast:\u00a0 William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
\nBW-91 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nAFTER THE THIN MAN<\/strong> (1936)
\nMarried sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora’s cousin of a murder charge.
\nDir:\u00a0W. S. Van Dyke Cast:\u00a0 William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart.
\nBW-112 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nANOTHER THIN MAN<\/strong> (1939)
\nNot even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
\nDir:\u00a0W. S. Van Dyke II Cast:\u00a0 William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey.
\nBW-103 mins, CC<\/p>\nFriday\u00a0– January\u00a01, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nSHADOW OF THE THIN MAN<\/strong> (1941)
\nHigh society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
\nDir:\u00a0Major W. S. Van Dyke II Cast:\u00a0 William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson.
\nBW-97 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE THIN MAN GOES HOME<\/strong>\u00a0(1945)
\nOn a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
\nDir:\u00a0Richard Thorpe Cast:\u00a0 William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson.
\nBW-101 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nSONG OF THE THIN MAN<\/strong> (1947)
\nSociety sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
\nDir:\u00a0Edward Buzzell Cast:\u00a0 William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn.
\nBW-87 mins, CC<\/p>\n