TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 17: Douglas Fairbanks Jr./Jane Austen Adaptations/TCM Late Night: Film Noir
Today, 250 years and one day after Jane Austen was born, movie adaptations of her novels will be featured in TCM Primetime. Those will be bookended by features with the swashbuckling Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and film noir!
December 17, 2025
Star of the Month: Merle Oberon (continued)
12:00 AM 'Til We Meet Again (1940)
A dying woman shares a shipboard romance with a criminal on his way to the gallows.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Merle Oberon, George Brent, Pat O'Brien
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:45 AM That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas, Burgess Meredith
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
TCM Late Night: Romantic Comedies
3:15 AM The Merry Widow (1934)
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
5:00 AM Ninotchka (1939)
A coldhearted Soviet agent is warmed up by a trip to Paris and a night of love.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
TCM Daytime: Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
7:00 AM Captured! (1933)
While in a POW camp, a man discovers his best friend was his wife's lover.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Paul Lukas
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC:
8:15 AM Gunga Din (1939)
Three British soldiers seek treasure during an uprising in India.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:15 AM Chances (1931)
When brothers fighting World War I together fall for the same girl, it spells danger.
Dir: Allan Dwan Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rose Hobart, Anthony Bushell
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N
11:30 AM The Dawn Patrol (1930)
A hotshot World War I flyer almost cracks under the pressure of sending his men on perilous missions. Also known by the title "Flight Commander."
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Neil Hamilton
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:30 PM I Like Your Nerve (1931)
A bookworm turns himself into a romantic adventurer in Central America.
Dir: William McGann Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, Henry Kolker
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N
3:00 PM Having Wonderful Time (1938)
A New York girl finds love at a summer resort.
Dir: Alfred Santell Cast: Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Peggy Conklin
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:15 PM Joy of Living (1938)
A Broadway musical star falls for an eccentric millionaire.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Irene Dunne, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Alice Brady
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
6:00 PM Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
The Arabian Nights hero sets off to find the lost treasure of Alexander the Great.
Dir: Richard Wallace Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
TCM Primetime: Jane Austen Adaptations
8:00 PM Emma (1996)
While matchmaking for friends and neighbors, a young 19th century Englishwoman nearly misses her own chance at love.
Dir: Doug McGrath Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Toni Collette, Ewan McGregor, Jeremy Northam, Alan Cumming, Sophie Thompson
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N
10:15 PM Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Jane Austen's classic tale of two sisters with different romantic notions.
Dir: Ang Lee Cast: Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Gemma Jones, Greg Wise
Runtime: 135 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:45 AM Persuasion (1995)
Anne Elliot is the most level-headed of Sir Walter Elliot's three daughters. Seven years earlier, Anne fell in love with Frederick Wentworth, a young naval officer, but broke off the engagement due to family pressure. When Wentworth unexpectedly returns, now a prosperous man and a more suitable match, Anne is forced to confront the consequences of her decision, and the depth of her enduring feelings for Wentworth.
Dir: Roger Michell Cast: Amanda Root, Sophie Thompson, Susan Fleetwood, Ciarán Hinds, Samuel West, Fiona Shaw, Ken Shorter, David Plummer, Roger Hammond
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC:
2:45 AM Pride and Prejudice (1940)
The arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland, Edmund Gwenn, Edna May Oliver, Marsha Hunt
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
TCM Late Night: Film Noir
4:45 AM The Brighton Strangler (1945)
An actor playing a notorious killer begins to live the part.
Dir: Max Nosseck Cast: John Loder, June Duprez, Michael St. Angel
Runtime: 67 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC:
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