Turner Classic Movies is celebrating Mickey Rooney as the star of the month for December 2024, with his top films showing every Thursday. Also this month on TCM see tributes to Ava Gardner, Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Gregory Peck, and George Stevens.
Here are the TCM tributes:
- Thursday, Dec. 5, 7, 12, 19 and 26: Mickey Rooney
- Friday, Dec. 6: Ava Gardner
- Friday, Dec. 6: Laurence Olivier
- Tuesday, Dec. 10: Maggie Smith. Read More
- Friday, Dec. 13: Gregory Peck
- Wednesday, Dec. 18: George Stevens
TCM Star of the Month Mickey Rooney
Highlights of TCM’s Mickey Rooney series include the classic films The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939), National Velvet (1944), and several Andy Hardy films. Here is the schedule:
THURSDAY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5 STAR OF THE MONTH: MICKEY ROONEY
6:00 AM The Beast of the City (1932)
7:30 AM Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
9:00 AM The Chief (1933)
10:15 AM The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)
12:00 PM Death on the Diamond (1934)
1:30 PM Hide-Out (1934)
3:00 PM Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
5:00 PM Down the Stretch (1936)
6:15 PM Riffraff (1936)
8:00 PM A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)
10:30 PM The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
12:15 AM Ah, Wilderness! (1935)
2:00 AM Stablemates (1938)
3:45 AM Lord Jeff (1938)
5:15 AM The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12 STAR OF THE MONTH: MICKEY ROONEY
6:00 AM Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
7:45 AM Captains Courageous (1937)
9:45 AM Live, Love and Learn (1937)
11:15 AM Love is a Headache (1938)
12:30 PM Hold That Kiss (1938)
2:00 PM Killer McCoy (1947)
4:00 PM Summer Holiday (1948)
6:00 PM The Big Wheel (1949)
8:00 PM National Velvet (1944)
10:15 PM The Human Comedy (1943)
12:15 AM Boys Town (1938)
2:00 AM Men of Boys Town (1941)
4:00 AM Young Tom Edison (1940)
5:30 AM A Yank at Eton (1942)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19 STAR OF THE MONTH: MICKEY ROONEY
6:00 AM Quicksand (1950)
7:30 AM The Strip (1951)
9:00 AM A Slight Case of Larceny (1953)
10:30 AM King of the Roaring 20’s: The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
12:30 PM 24 Hours to Kill (1965)
2:30 PM 80 Steps to Jonah (1969)
4:30 PM The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)
6:00 PM The Black Stallion (1979)
8:00 PM Babes in Arms (1939)
10:00 PM Strike Up the Band (1940)
12:15 AM Babes on Broadway (1941)
2:30 AM Girl Crazy (1943)
4:15 AM Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry (1937)
5:45 AM Words and Music (1948)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26 STAR OF THE MONTH: MICKEY ROONEY
6:00 AM A Family Affair (1937)
7:15 AM You’re Only Young Once (1937)
8:45 AM Judge Hardy’s Children (1938)
10:15 AM Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
12:00 PM Out West with the Hardys (1938)
1:30 PM The Hardys Ride High (1939)
3:00 PM Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
4:30 PM Judge Hardy and Son (1939)
6:15 PM Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
8:00 PM Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary (1941)
10:00 PM Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941)
12:00 AM The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
1:45 AM Andy Hardy’s Double Life (1942)
3:30 AM Andy Hardy’s Blonde Trouble (1944)
5:30 AM Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946)
7:15 AM Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)
Read more at: TCM star of the month: Ruth Roman
Complete TCM Schedule, Highlights
For TCM schedules and more information see the links below.
- TCM Schedule for Today
- TCM Highlights for December
- TCM Alphabetical List of December 2024 Films
- TCM star of the month: Mickey Rooney
- TCM Schedule for This Month
- TCM Youtube Channel
Below is Filmmaker Rob Marshall’s picks for TCM in December, followed by a trailer for National Velvet, showing on Dec. 12, and Andy Hardy Meets Debutante, showing on Dec. 26.
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