TCM Schedule for Monday December 10 - Guest Programmer: John Landis

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After a daytime birthday tribute to Una Merkel, director John Landis chooses the evening fare.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM WHISTLING IN THE DARK ( 1933)
A mystery writer's plan for the perfect murder greatly interests a mobster. Dir: Elliott Nugent Cast: Ernest Truex , Una Merkel , Edward Arnold . BW- 79 mins,

7:30 AM THEY CALL IT SIN ( 1932)
An innocent young chorus girl fights the advances of her lecherous producer. Dir: Thornton Freeland Cast: Loretta Young , George Brent , Una Merkel . BW- 69 mins, CC,

8:45 AM MAN WANTED ( 1932)
A female executive falls in love with her male secretary. Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Kay Francis , David Manners , Una Merkel . BW- 62 mins, CC,

10:00 AM DAY OF RECKONING ( 1933)
A man's nagging wife drives him to crime. Dir: Charles Brabin Cast: Richard Dix , Madge Evans , Conway Tearle . BW- 69 mins,

11:15 AM BEAUTY FOR SALE ( 1933)
An innocent young hairdresser snares herself a rich husband but he's already married. Dir: Richard Boleslavsky Cast: Madge Evans , Alice Brady , Otto Kruger . BW- 87 mins,

12:45 PM PRIVATE LIVES ( 1931)
A divorced couple rekindles the spark after landing in adjoining honeymoon suites with new mates. Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Norma Shearer , Robert Montgomery , Reginald Denny . BW- 84 mins, CC,

2:15 PM MURDER IN THE PRIVATE CAR ( 1934)
A speeding train becomes the setting for murder. Dir: Harry Beaumont Cast: Charles Ruggles , Una Merkel , Mary Carlisle . BW- 63 mins, CC,

3:30 PM WOMEN IN HIS LIFE, THE ( 1933)
When his ex-wife is murdered, a hard-living lawyer defends the chief suspect. Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Otto Kruger , Una Merkel , Ben Lyon . BW- 75 mins,

4:45 PM BORN TO DANCE ( 1936)
A sailor on leave helps a young dancer make it to the top on Broadway. Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Eleanor Powell , James Stewart , Virginia Bruce . BW- 106 mins, CC,

6:45 PM FOUR GIRLS IN WHITE ( 1939)
Student nurses cope with life's problems. Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Florence Rice , Una Merkel , Ann Rutherford . BW- 74 mins, CC,

8:00 PM MONSTER AND THE GIRL, THE ( 1941)
A wrongly executed man seeks revenge on the mobsters who framed him after his brain is placed into the body of an ape. Dir: Stuart Heisler Cast: Ellen Drew , Robert Paige , Paul Lukas . BW- 65 mins,

9:15 PM HELPMATES ( 1932)
A married man has to get his house back in order before his wife returns. Dir: James Parrott Cast: Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy , BW- 21 mins,

9:15 PM TOWED IN A HOLE ( 1932)
Laurel and Hardy decide to go into the fishing business in this comedic short. BW- 21 mins,

10:15 PM PATHS OF GLORY ( 1958)
A military lawyer comes to question the status quo when he defends three men accused of cowardice. Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Fred Bell , John Stein , Harold Benedict . BW- 88 mins, CC,

12:00 AM IT'S A GIFT ( 1934)
A disgruntled druggist sells his store to buy an orange grove in California. Dir: Norman McLeod Cast: W. C. Fields , Kathleen Howard , Jean Rouverol . BW- 68 mins, CC,

1:30 AM MR. LOVE ( 1986)
A group of women show up to the funeral of a seemingly reserved, small town gardener and recall their time spent with the covert ladies' man. Dir: Roy Battersby Cast: Barry Jackson , Maurice Denham , Margaret Tyzack .C- 91 mins, CC,

3:30 AM WINTER PEOPLE ( 1989)
In a North Carolina mountain town, a widowed father and a woman with a complicated family dynamic fall in love. Dir: Ted Kotcheff Cast: Kurt Russell , Kelly Mcgillis , Mitch Ryan . C- 89 mins,

5:30 AM MGM CARTOONS: PUP'S CHRISTMAS, THE ( 1936)
Two curious puppies experience their first Christmas. Dir: Hugh Harman C- 8 mins, CC,

[Auggie]

1. Laurel and Hardy, plus Fields' best film (IMO)

Seen It's a Gift countless time. Stan and Ollie's two shorts will be new.