TCM Schedule for Sunday December 22 - TCM Spotlight: Holiday Original and Remake

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Sunday in prime time includes an Ernst Lubitsch classic and its later musical remake. Plus: the silent BEN HUR and another key film from Robert Bresson.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM SWEETHEARTS (1938)
Bickering husband-and-wife stage stars are manipulated into a break-up for publicity purposes. Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Jeanette MacDonald , Nelson Eddy , Frank Morgan . C-114 mins, TV-G, CC,

8:00 AM ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN (1941)
A minister and his wife cope with the problems of church life in the 20th century. Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Fredric March , Martha Scott , Beulah Bondi . BW-108 mins, TV-G, CC,

10:00 AM ON MOONLIGHT BAY (1951)
A small-town tomboy falls for the boy-next-door in the years before World War I. Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Doris Day , Gordon MacRae , ["Smiling"] Jack Smith . C-95 mins, TV-G, CC,

11:36 AM STAR IN THE NIGHT (1945)
In this short film, three cowboys see a bright light in the distance and decide to investigate on Christmas Eve. Dir: Don Siegel Cast: J. Carrol Naish , Donald Woods , Anthony Caruso . BW-22 mins, TV-G,

12:00 PM PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT (1962)
A newlywed couple's honeymoon is disrupted by their friends' marital problems. Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Tony Franciosa , Jane Fonda , Jim Hutton . BW-111 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 PM CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can't boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero. Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Dennis Morgan , Sydney Greenstreet . BW-102 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:00 PM NOW, VOYAGER (1942)
A repressed spinster is transformed by psychiatry and her love for a married man. Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Bette Davis , Paul Henreid , Claude Rains . BW-118 mins, TV-G, CC,

6:00 PM GIGI (1958)
A Parisian girl is raised to be a kept woman but dreams of love and marriage. Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Leslie Caron , Maurice Chevalier , Louis Jourdan . C-115 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, THE (1940)
Feuding co-workers don't realize they're secret romantic pen pals. Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Margaret Sullavan , James Stewart , Frank Morgan . BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC,

9:43 PM GREATEST GIFT, THE (1942)
In this short film, a French monastery takes in a juggler to care for as they prepare gifts to offer to Our Lady. Dir: Harold Daniels Cast: Robert Emmett O'Connor , Edmund Gwenn , Lumsden Hare . BW-11 mins,

10:00 PM IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME (1949)
In 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. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Judy Garland , Van Johnson , S. Z. "Cuddles" Sakall . C-103 mins, TV-PG, CC,

11:47 PM JUDY GARLAND SINGS "SILENT NIGHT" (1937)
In this short film, Judy Garland sings "Silent Night, Holy Night", accompanied by the St. Luke's Episcopal Church Choristers of Long Beach, California. BW-2 mins,

12:00 AM BEN-HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST (1925)
In this silent film, a rebellious Israelite prince out for vengeance crosses paths with the Messiah. Dir: Fred Niblo Cast: Ramon Novarro , Francis X. Bushman , May McAvoy . BW-143 mins, TV-G,

2:30 AM AU HASARD, BALTHAZAR (1966)
The lives of a donkey and the girl who named him intertwine. Dir: Robert Bresson Cast: Anne Wiazemsky , François Lafarge , Philippe Asselin BW-95 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

4:15 AM COURAGE OF LASSIE (1946)
A young girl tries to rehabilitate the famous collie after his return from combat service in World War II. Dir: Fred M. Wilcox Cast: Elizabeth Taylor , Frank Morgan , Tom Drake . C-93 mins, TV-PG, CC,

5:56 AM MARIO LANZA AND THE BOY CHOIR SINGING "AVE MARIA" FROM THE GREAT CARUSO (1951)
Mario Lanza and a choir of boys sing "Ave Marie" in this short clip taken from "The Great Caruso" (1951). C-3 mins,