Christmas In Connecticut, poster, Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, 1945.
LMPC/Getty Images / Contributed photoThis weekend, take a trip back to Rydell High, visit a small town in Louisiana, or a peek at Christmas celebrations in Connecticut.
Here’s some of the gems playing on local and cable television stations this weekend.
Friday, Dec. 4
Grease (1978): High school seniors spend their final year in school singing and dancing in a Broadway musical romp. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John star. 5:20 p.m. VH-1.
Groundhog Day (1993): A weatherman quickly discovers there are some phenomena he simply can’t predict. Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell star. 5:30 p.m. AMC.
The Proposal (2009): An ambitious book editor asks her assistant to marry her so she can stay in the United States. Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds star. 8 p.m. VH-1.
Saturday, Dec. 5
The Apartment (1960): An ambitious young executive decides the best way to move up is to offer his apartment to his colleagues. Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine star. 3:30 p.m. TCM.
Casino (2006): A flamboyant gangster builds an opulent life in the magical city in the desert. Until it starts to fall down. Robert DeNiro and Oscar-nominated Sharon Stone star. 1 p.m. VH-1.
Steel Magnolias (1989): Close friends in a small town in the South confront the challenges of life, family and tragedy. Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine and Olympia Dukakis star. 4 p.m. CMT.
Sunday, Dec. 6
The Breakfast Club (1985): Rebellious high school students find themselves confined to detention on a Saturday morning. Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson and Molly Ringwald star. 3 p.m. CMT.
Christmas in Connecticut (1945): A self-absorbed lifestyle columnist creates a holiday fantasy to please her demanding publisher and adoring fans. Barbara Stanwyck stars. 6 p.m. TCM.
Home Alone (1990): A young boy decides that any day can be filled with holiday joy even if his family flies to Paris without him. Macaulay Culkin and Catherine O’Hara star. 6:45 p.m. Frefm.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1980): An adventurous archaeologist discovers an ultimate search for buried treasure. Harrison Ford stars in this Spielberg classic. 6:55 p.m. SPK.