It’s the time of the month again to find out about next month’s upcoming mystery movies!<\/p>\n
As usual, I\u2019m posting the Turner Classic Movies<\/strong> channel mysteries that I think are definitely worth looking at (in addition to\u00a0some others from my favorite actors and actresses\u2026) In particular, there is a Thin Man <\/em>marathon on Friday the 23rd, into the early morning of Saturday the 24th.<\/em> Some of you have mentioned that you watch the Thin Man movies on New Year’s Eve – so set up your DVRs!<\/p>\n Since this will be December and TCM will be showing a lot of Christmas movies, I’ve also decided to include a bunch of those on this list >>> at least the ones I intend to watch again!<\/p>\n ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 7:00 PM 9:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 5:15 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 3:15 AM 6:30 AM 10:15 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 8:30 AM 10:00 AM 1:15 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 3:45 AM 7:45 AM 11:30 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 1:45 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 5:00 AM 7:45 AM 11:15 AM 1:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 7:00 PM 9:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 12:15 AM 1:45 AM 12:15 PM 1:45 PM 3:45 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 6:00 AM 9:30 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:15 PM 7:00 PM 9:00 PM 11:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 3:00 AM 9:15 AM 7:00 PM 9:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 5:45 AM 3:00 PM 5:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 3:15 AM 5:00 AM 8:00 AM 11:00 AM 7:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 5:00 AM 6:45 AM 8:15 AM 9:45 AM 11:45 AM 1:30 PM 3:30 PM 5:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 8:30 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 5:00 AM 6:45 AM 8:30 AM 11:00 AM 1:00 PM 3:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 7:30 AM 9:00 AM 10:45 AM 3:45 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:45 PM 10:30 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 5:00 AM 7:00 PM 8:45 PM 10:45 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 12:45 AM 2:30 AM 4:15 AM 9:15 AM 11:15 AM 1:15 PM 3:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 11:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 1:00 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 5:00 AM 10:00 AM 5:15 PM 7:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 6:45 AM 10:00 AM 4:30 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 3:00 AM 9:30 AM 11:00 AM 2:45 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 7:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****\u00a0***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in December, be sure\u00a0to leave a comment below!<\/p>\n In case you\u2019re interested in seeing the rest of this month\u2019s television mystery movies, here\u2019s the November 2016 television mystery movies schedule:<\/p>\n Upcoming\u00a0Television Mystery Movies for November 2016<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Also, if you’re looking for the new Hallmark Christmas movies that will be showing during December 2016, be sure to click this link which will take you to my Hallmark 2016 Christmas movies schedule<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n And of course, here is the page on my site with plenty\u00a0of entries about\u00a0movies and television shows you may enjoy:<\/p>\nDecember 2016\u00a0Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):<\/h3>\n
Thursday – December 1, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nTHE<\/strong> MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER<\/strong> (1941) (Christmas)<\/span>
\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<\/p>\n
\nIT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE<\/strong> (1947)\u00a0 (Christmas)<\/span>
\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<\/p>\nFriday – December 2, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nTHE<\/strong> CASE OF THE HOWLING DOG\u00a0<\/strong>(1934)
\nPerry Mason<\/span> gets caught between feuding neighbors who claim to be married to the same woman.
\nDir:\u00a0Alan Crosland Cast:\u00a0 Warren William, Mary Astor, Allen Jenkins.
\nBW-74 mins, CC<\/p>\nSaturday – December 3, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nTRADE WINDS<\/strong> (1938)
\nA private eye falls for the murderess he’s pursuing.
\nDir:\u00a0Tay Garnett Cast:\u00a0 Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy.
\nBW-94 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nPHANTOM LADY<\/strong> (1944)
\nA mystery woman is a murder suspect’s only alibi for the night of his wife’s death.
\nDir:\u00a0Robert Siodmak Cast:\u00a0 Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis.
\nBW-87 mins<\/p>\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>\nSunday – December 4, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nA CAROL FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS<\/strong>\u00a0(1964) (Christmas)<\/span>
\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<\/p>\n
\nLITTLE WOMEN<\/strong> (1933) (Christmas)<\/span>
\nThe four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War.
\nDir:\u00a0George Cukor Cast:\u00a0 Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas.
\nBW-116 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nCAPE FEAR<\/strong> (1962)
\nAn ex-convict plots to destroy the district attorney who sent him to prison.
\nDir:\u00a0J. Lee Thompson Cast:\u00a0 Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen.
\nBW-106 mins, CC
\n*****Yow-zee!*****<\/p>\nFriday – December 9, 2016<\/h3>\n
\n21 DAYS<\/strong> (1940)
\nAfter accidentally killing his mistress’ husband, a man must decide whether to let another man hang for his crime.
\nDir:\u00a0Basil Dean Cast:\u00a0 Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks, Laurence Olivier.
\nBW-75 mins<\/p>\n
\nTHE<\/strong> WIDOW FROM CHICAGO\u00a0<\/strong>(1930)
\nA woman infiltrates a criminal mob to avenge her brother’s death.
\nDir:\u00a0Edward Cline Cast:\u00a0 Alice White, Neil Hamilton, Edward G. Robinson.
\nBW-62 mins<\/p>\n
\nTHIRTEEN WOMEN<\/strong> (1932)
\nA mysterious Eurasian tries to murder the 12 boarding school roommates who treated her like an outsider.
\nDir:\u00a0George Archainbaud Cast:\u00a0 Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond.
\nC-60 mins, CC<\/p>\nSaturday – December 10, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nPENTHOUSE<\/strong> (1933)
\nThe mob frames a lawyer for murder, so he enlists a call girl’s help in finding the real killer.
\nDir:\u00a0W. S. Van Dyke Cast:\u00a0 Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth.
\nBW-89 mins, CC<\/p>\nSunday – December 11, 2016<\/h3>\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, CC<\/p>\n
\nSCROOGE<\/strong> (1935) (Christmas)<\/span>
\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<\/p>\n
\nHOLIDAY AFFAIR<\/strong> (1949) (Christmas)<\/span>
\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<\/p>\n
\nCHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT<\/strong> (1945) (Christmas)<\/span>
\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-101 mins, CC
\n*****My favorite Christmas movie! I’m glad TCM is playing it three times this month.*****<\/p>\nMonday – December 12, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nMEET ME IN ST. LOUIS<\/strong> (1944) (Christmas)<\/span>
\nYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
\nDir:\u00a0Vincente Minnelli Cast:\u00a0 Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor.
\nC-113 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nIN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME<\/strong> (1949) (Christmas)<\/span>
\nIn this musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner, feuding co-workers in a small music shop do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
\nDir:\u00a0Robert Z. Leonard Cast:\u00a0 Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S. Z. “Cuddles” Sakall.
\nC-103 mins, CC
\n*****Actually, the guide says this is a Christmas movie, but I am not sure. I know The Shop Around the Corner<\/em> is set during the holidays, but I just can’t remember about this one.****<\/p>\nTuesday – December 13, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nBACHELOR MOTHER<\/strong> (1939) (Christmas)<\/span>
\nA fun-loving shop girl is mistaken for the mother of a foundling.
\nDir:\u00a0Garson Kanin Cast:\u00a0 Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn.
\nBW-82 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nBUNDLE OF JOY<\/strong> (1956) (Christmas)<\/span>
\nA shop girl is mistaken for the mother of a foundling.
\nDir:\u00a0Norman Taurog Cast:\u00a0 Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Adolphe Menjou.
\nC-98 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nACT OF VIOLENCE<\/strong> (1948)
\nAn embittered veteran tracks down a POW camp informer.
\nDir:\u00a0Fred Zinnemann Cast:\u00a0 Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh.
\nBW-82 mins, CC<\/p>\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*****This is another terrific Barbara Stanwyck movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nTHE<\/strong> PROWLER<\/strong>\u00a0(1951)
\nA policeman’s obsession with a married woman leads to murder.
\nDir:\u00a0Joseph Losey Cast:\u00a0 Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, John Maxwell.
\nBW-93 mins, CC<\/p>\nWednesday – December 14, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nALCATRAZ ISLAND<\/strong> (1937)
\nA prison inmate is framed for killing a con who once tried to kidnap his daughter.
\nDir:\u00a0William McGann Cast:\u00a0 Ann Sheridan, John Litel, Mary Maguire.
\nBW-63 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN<\/strong> (1938)
\nAn insurance man tangles with a fraud ring.
\nDir:\u00a0William Clemens Cast:\u00a0 Ronald Reagan, Gloria Blondell, Dick Purcell.
\nBW-62 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nMYSTERY HOUSE<\/strong> (1938)
\nA detective tries to solve a murder in a house full of suspects.
\nDir:\u00a0Noel Smith Cast:\u00a0 Dick Purcell, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel.
\nBW-57 mins<\/p>\n
\nOVER THE WALL<\/strong> (1938)
\nA prison chaplain tries to help a man framed for murder prove his innocence.
\nDir:\u00a0Frank MacDonald Cast:\u00a0 Dick Foran, June Travis, John Litel.
\nBW-67 mins<\/p>\n
\nBLACKWELL’S ISLAND<\/strong> (1939)
\nA reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
\nDir:\u00a0William McGann Cast:\u00a0 John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell.
\nBW-71 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nSUDDEN FEAR<\/strong> (1952)
\nAn ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged woman, then plots with his mistress to murder her.
\nDir:\u00a0David Miller Cast:\u00a0 Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame.
\nBW-110 mins<\/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 TWO MRS. CARROLLS<\/strong>\u00a0(1947)
\nA woman slowly discovers that her artist husband is a deranged killer.
\nDir:\u00a0Peter Godfrey Cast:\u00a0 Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith.
\nBW-99 mins, CC<\/p>\nThursday – December 15, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nTHE<\/strong> STRANGER<\/strong>\u00a0(1946)
\nA small-town schoolteacher suspects her new husband may be an escaped Nazi war criminal.
\nDir:\u00a0Orson Welles Cast:\u00a0 Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles.
\nBW-95 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE<\/strong> RIGHT TO LIVE<\/strong>\u00a0(1935)
\nA crippled war hero’s death turns out to be murder.
\nDir:\u00a0William Keighley Cast:\u00a0 Josephine Hutchinson, George Brent, Colin Clive.
\nBW-69 mins<\/p>\n
\nTHE<\/strong> SHOP AROUND THE CORNER<\/strong>\u00a0(1940) (Christmas)<\/span>
\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*****Terrific Christmas movie.*****<\/p>\n
\nCHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT<\/strong> (1945) (Christmas)<\/span>
\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-101 mins, CC
\n*****My favorite Christmas movie! I’m glad TCM is playing it three times this month.*****<\/p>\nSaturday – December 17, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nLOVE LETTERS<\/strong> (1945)
\nA soldier falls for the woman who may have killed his best friend.
\nDir:\u00a0William Dieterle Cast:\u00a0 Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ann Richards.
\nBW-101 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nBORN YESTERDAY<\/strong> (1950)
\nA newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman’s girlfriend.
\nDir:\u00a0George Cukor Cast:\u00a0 Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden.
\nBW-102 mins, CC
\n*****If you haven’t already seen this movie, make an effort to try to watch it!Not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n
\nSEND ME NO FLOWERS<\/strong> (1964)
\nWhen he mistakenly thinks he’s dying, a hypochondriac tries to choose his wife’s next husband.
\nDir:\u00a0Norman Jewison Cast:\u00a0 Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall.
\nC-100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
\n*****Ditto what I wrote about the movie above this one! Not a mystery.*****<\/p>\nSunday – December 18, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nALICE, SWEET ALICE<\/strong> (1977)
\nWhen people in an Italian-American neighborhood are murdered, suspicion falls on a lonely 12-year-old.
\nDir:\u00a0Alfred Sole Cast:\u00a0 Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula Sheppard.
\nC-105 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nBACKFIRE<\/strong> (1950)
\nA veteran tries to clear an old friend of a murder charge.
\nDir:\u00a0Vincent Sherman Cast:\u00a0 Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Virginia Mayo.
\nBW-91 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nA CHRISTMAS CAROL<\/strong>\u00a0(1938) (Christmas)<\/span>
\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<\/p>\n
\nIN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME<\/strong> (1949) (Christmas)<\/span>
\nIn this musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner, feuding co-workers in a small music shop do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
\nDir:\u00a0Robert Z. Leonard Cast:\u00a0 Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S. Z. “Cuddles” Sakall.
\nC-103 mins, CC
\n*****I’m really not sure if this is a Christmas movie or not. The TCM guide says it is…*****<\/p>\n
\nSCROOGE<\/strong> (1970) (Christmas)<\/span>
\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<\/p>\nMonday – December 19, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nANGEL FACE<\/strong> (1953)
\nAn unscrupulous woman murders her loved ones for profit.
\nDir:\u00a0Otto Preminger Cast:\u00a0 Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman.
\nBW-91 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nBEWARE, MY LOVELY<\/strong> (1952)
\nA widow discovers her handyman is an escaped mental patient.
\nDir:\u00a0Harry Horner Cast:\u00a0 Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes.
\nBW-77 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nCONFLICT<\/strong> (1945)
\nA man murders his wife so he can be free to marry her sister.
\nDir:\u00a0Curtis Bernhardt Cast:\u00a0 Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet.
\nBW-85 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nDARK PASSAGE<\/strong> (1947)
\nA man falsely accused of his wife’s murder escapes to search for the real killer.
\nDir:\u00a0Delmer Daves Cast:\u00a0 Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett.
\nBW-106 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE<\/strong> 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
\nTHE<\/strong> UNFAITHFUL<\/strong>\u00a0(1947)
\nWhile her husband is away, a woman gets mixed up in murder.
\nDir:\u00a0Vincent Sherman Cast:\u00a0 Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott.
\nBW-109 mins<\/p>\n
\nPHANTOM LADY<\/strong> (1944)
\nA mystery woman is a murder suspect’s only alibi for the night of his wife’s death.
\nDir:\u00a0Robert Siodmak Cast:\u00a0 Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis.
\nBW-87 mins<\/p>\n
\nCAPE FEAR<\/strong> (1962)
\nAn ex-convict plots to destroy the district attorney who sent him to prison.
\nDir:\u00a0J. Lee Thompson Cast:\u00a0 Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen.
\nBW-106 mins, CC<\/p>\nTuesday – December 20, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nTHE SECRET OF MADAME BLANCHE<\/strong>\u00a0(1933)
\nA murder brings together a woman and the son she was forced to give up years earlier.
\nDir:\u00a0Charles Brabin Cast:\u00a0 Irene Dunne, Lionel Atwill, Phillips Holmes.
\nBW-84 mins, CC<\/p>\nWednesday – December 21, 2016<\/h3>\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>\n
\nBORN TO KILL<\/strong> (1947)
\nA murderer marries a young innocent then goes after her more experienced sister.
\nDir:\u00a0Robert Wise Cast:\u00a0 Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak.
\nBW-92 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<\/strong> POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE<\/strong>\u00a0(1946)
\nIllicit lovers plot to kill the woman’s older husband.
\nDir:\u00a0Tay Garnett Cast:\u00a0 Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway.
\nBW-113 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nDOUBLE INDEMNITY<\/strong> (1944)
\nAn insurance salesman gets seduced into plotting a client’s death.
\nDir:\u00a0Billy Wilder Cast:\u00a0 Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson.
\nBW-108 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE<\/strong> BIG SLEEP<\/strong>\u00a0(1946)
\nPrivate eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl’s involvement in the murder of a pornographer.
\nDir:\u00a0Howard Hawks Cast:\u00a0 Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely.
\nBW-114 mins, CC<\/p>\nThursday – December 22, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nBARRICADE<\/strong> (1950)
\nTwo fugitives try to prove the head of a mining camp is a murderer.
\nDir:\u00a0Peter Godfrey Cast:\u00a0 Dane Clark, Raymond Massey, Ruth Roman.
\nC-75 mins<\/p>\n
\nLIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE<\/strong> (1951)
\nAn actress champions the cause of a man whom she believes has been falsely accused of murdering his wife.
\nDir:\u00a0King Vidor Cast:\u00a0 Ruth Roman, Richard Todd, Mercedes McCambridge.
\nBW-90 mins<\/p>\n
\nMARA MARU<\/strong> (1952)
\nA salvage diver is accused of murder while hunting a mysterious treasure.
\nDir:\u00a0Gordon Douglas Cast:\u00a0 Errol Flynn, Ruth Roman, Raymond Burr.
\nBW-98 mins<\/p>\n
\nTHE<\/strong> WINDOW<\/strong>\u00a0(1949)
\nA boy who always lies witnesses a murder but can’t get anyone but the killer to believe him.
\nDir:\u00a0Ted Tetzlaff Cast:\u00a0 Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart.
\nBW-73 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
\nHOLIDAY AFFAIR<\/strong> (1949) (Christmas)<\/span>
\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<\/p>\n
\nREMEMBER THE NIGHT<\/strong> (1940) (Christmas)<\/span>
\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*****This is another Christmas movie that I love watching.*****<\/p>\n
\nA CHRISTMAS CAROL\u00a0<\/strong>(1951) (Christmas)<\/span>
\nGhosts visit a miser during the holidays to teach him the errors of his ways.
\nDir:\u00a0Brian Desmond-Hurst Cast:\u00a0 Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns.
\nBW-86 mins, CC<\/p>\nFriday – December 23, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nEVELYN PRENTICE<\/strong> (1934)
\nA criminal lawyer’s wife faces blackmail when she has an affair.
\nDir:\u00a0William K. Howard Cast:\u00a0 William Powell, Myrna Loy, Una Merkel.
\nBW-79 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE<\/strong> 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>\nSaturday – December 24, 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<\/strong> THIN MAN GOES HOME\u00a0<\/strong>(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
\nSCROOGE<\/strong> (1970) (Christmas)<\/span>
\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<\/p>\n
\nIT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE<\/strong> (1947) (Christmas)<\/span>
\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<\/p>\n
\nHOLIDAY AFFAIR<\/strong> (1949) (Christmas)<\/span>
\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<\/p>\n
\nTHE<\/strong> SHOP AROUND THE CORNER<\/strong>\u00a0(1940) (Christmas)<\/span>
\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<\/p>\n
\nMEET ME IN ST. LOUIS<\/strong> (1944) (Christmas)<\/span>
\nYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
\nDir:\u00a0Vincente Minnelli Cast:\u00a0 Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor.
\nC-113 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nCHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT<\/strong> (1945) (Christmas)<\/span>
\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-101 mins, CC
\n*****My favorite Christmas movie! I’m glad TCM is playing it three times this month.*****<\/p>\n
\nIN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME<\/strong> (1949) (Christmas<\/span>?)<\/span>
\nIn this musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner, feuding co-workers in a small music shop do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
\nDir:\u00a0Robert Z. Leonard Cast:\u00a0 Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S. Z. “Cuddles” Sakall.
\nC-103 mins, CC<\/p>\nSunday – December 25, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nTHE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER<\/strong>\u00a0(1941) (Christmas)<\/span>
\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<\/p>\nTuesday – December 27, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nACROSS THE PACIFIC<\/strong> (1942)
\nAn American agent tries to keep Axis spies from blowing up the Panama Canal.
\nDir:\u00a0John Huston Cast:\u00a0 Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet.
\nC-96 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE WOMAN IN WHITE<\/strong>\u00a0(1948)
\nClassic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
\nDir:\u00a0Peter Godfrey Cast:\u00a0 Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet.
\nBW-109 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE<\/strong> MALTESE FALCON<\/strong>\u00a0(1941)
\nHard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
\nDir:\u00a0John Huston Cast:\u00a0 Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George.
\nBW-100 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nARSENIC AND OLD LACE<\/strong> (1944)
\nA young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
\nDir:\u00a0Frank Capra Cast:\u00a0 Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey.
\nBW-118 mins, CC<\/p>\nWednesday – December 28, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nON DANGEROUS GROUND<\/strong> (1952)
\nA tough cop sent to help in a mountain manhunt falls for the quarry’s blind sister.
\nDir:\u00a0Nicholas Ray Cast:\u00a0 Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond.
\nBW-82 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE<\/strong> 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 – December 29, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nAND THEN THERE WERE NONE<\/strong> (1945)
\nGuests at a remote island mansion realize a crazed killer is stalking them.
\nDir:\u00a0Ren\u00e9 Clair Cast:\u00a0 Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward.
\nBW-97 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE BIG STEAL<\/strong>\u00a0(1949)
\nSeduction and murder follow the theft of an Army payroll.
\nDir:\u00a0Don Siegel Cast:\u00a0 Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix.
\nBW-71 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nBAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK<\/strong> (1955)
\nA one-armed veteran uncovers small-town secrets when he tries to visit an Asian-American war hero’s family.
\nDir:\u00a0John Sturges Cast:\u00a0 Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis.
\nC-81 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nBULLITT<\/strong> (1968)
\nWhen mobsters kill the witness he was assigned to protect, a dedicated policeman investigates the case on his own.
\nDir:\u00a0Peter Yates Cast:\u00a0 Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset.
\nC-114 mins, CC<\/p>\nFriday – December 30, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nMIDNIGHT LACE<\/strong> (1960)
\nA young woman can’t get anyone to believe she’s being stalked.
\nDir:\u00a0David Miller Cast:\u00a0 Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin.
\nC-108 mins, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n