TCM Schedule for Monday December 15, 2025 - Art Deco Part 2

Daytime features unlikely heroes.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Half a Hero (1953)
1h 11m | Comedy | TV-G
A married writer moves to the suburbs to research a story.
Director: Don Weis. Cast: Red Skelton, Jean Hagen, Charles Dingle

7:30 AM The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
1h 42m | Comedy | TV-G
A wimpish bookkeeper with a passion for sea life slips off a pier and comes back as a fish. He then helps the Navy track down German U-Boats.
Director: Arthur Lubin. Cast: Don Knotts, Carole Cook, Jack Weston

9:15 AM The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
2h 8m | Musical | TV-G
Musical biography of the backwoods girl who struck it rich in Colorado and
survived the Titanic.
Director: Charles Walters. Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley

11:30 AM It's Tough to Be Famous (1932)
1h 19m | Comedy | TV-G
Fame complicates a naval hero's private life.
Director: Alfred E. Green. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mary Brian, Harold Minjir

1:00 PM Here Comes the Navy (1934)
1h 26m | Comedy | TV-PG
A cocky naval cadet clashes with an old friend serving with him.
Director: Lloyd Bacon. Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Gloria Stuart

2:45 PM Rogue's March (1953)
1h 24m | War | TV-G
After being unjustly accused of spying, a British officer tries to redeem himself in India.
Director: Allan Davis. Cast: Peter Lawford, Richard Greene, Janice Rule

4:15 PM Hero at Large (1980)
1h 38m | Comedy | TV-14
While wearing a superhero uniform to promote a movie, a struggling actor buying milk stops a robbery. The unknown hero decides to try again. Can he impress his cute neighbor?
Director: Martin Davidson. Cast: John Ritter, Anne Archer, Bert Convy

6:00 PM Local Hero (1983)
1h 51m | Comedy | TV-MA
When Texan oil developers try to buy up a small Scottish fishing village for their North Sea oil base, the canny residents give the Americans more than they bargained for.
Director: Bill Forsyth. Cast: Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson

8:00 PM 42nd Street (1933)
1h 25m | Musical | TV-G
A Broadway producer sends in the understudy when his show's star twists
her ankle.
Director: Lloyd Bacon. Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent

9:45 PM Footlight Parade (1933)
1h 42m | Musical | TV-G
A producer fights labor problems, financiers and his greedy ex-wife to put on a show.
Director: Lloyd Bacon. Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler

11:45 PM Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
1h 36m | Musical | TV-G
Three chorus girls fight to keep their show going and find rich husbands.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy. Cast: Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon

1:30 AM Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
1h 50m | Musical | TV-G
Backstage problems jeopardize a Broadway musical.
Director: Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy

3:30 AM Born to Dance (1936)
1h 48m | Musical | TV-G
A sailor on leave helps a young dancer make it to the top on Broadway.
Director: Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce

5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #1 (1955)
25m | Documentary | TV-G
Judy Garland sings "You Made Me Love You" in a clip from "Broadway Melody of 1938"; Cyd Charisse introduces a clip from "It's Always Fair Weather." Hosted by George Murphy.
Cast: George Murphy, Judy Garland, Cyd Charisse