TCM Schedule for Tuesday, February 1st: What a Character!

[CBHagman]

The character in question is Henry VIII, featured in several films this evening as part of TCM's 31 Days of Oscar.

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

12:00 AM Rain People, The (1969)
A housewife who feels trapped leaves home and takes up with a hitchhiker. Cast: James Caan, Shirley Knight, Robert Duvall. Dir: Francis Ford Coppola. C-101 mins, , CC, Letterbox Format

1:50 AM Short Film: Movie Album #1, The (1935)
BW-10 mins,

2:00 AM Tramp and the Dictator, The (2002)
A fascinating comparison of the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolph Hitler. Includes never-before-seen color film shot by Chaplin's brother. BW-55 mins, TV-PG, CC

3:00 AM Great Dictator, The (1940)
A Jewish barber takes the place of a war-hungry dictator. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie. Dir: Charles Chaplin. BW-125 mins, TV-PG, CC

5:15 AM MGM Parade Show #30 (1955)
Walter Pidgeon discusses Greta Garbo's early career; Irene Papas introduces behind-the-scenes footage from "Tribute to a Badman." BW-25 mins, TV-G

6:00 AM Eskimo (1933)
An Eskimo family fights to survive harsh conditions in the frozen North. Cast: Mala, Peter Freuchen, Aba. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-114 mins, TV-G, CC

8:00 AM Hide-Out (1934)
Farmers take in an injured racketeer and try to reform him. Cast: Robert Montgomery, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mickey Rooney. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC

9:30 AM Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Boyhood friends grow up on opposite sides of the law. Cast: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC

11:05 AM Short Film: Strikes And Spares (1934)
BW-9 mins,

11:15 AM Thin Man, The (1934)
A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

1:00 PM Citizen Kane (1941)
The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life. Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead. Dir: Orson Welles. BW-120 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

3:00 PM Great Dictator, The (1940)
A Jewish barber takes the place of a war-hungry dictator. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie. Dir: Charles Chaplin. BW-125 mins, TV-PG, CC

5:15 PM Richard III (1955)
A hunchbacked madman plots to make himself king of England. Cast: Sir Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Claire Bloom. Dir: Sir Laurence Olivier. C-158 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: WHAT A CHARACTER!

8:00 PM Private Life Of Henry VIII, The (1933)
The famed English monarch suffers through five of his six disastrous marriages. Cast: Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Elsa Lanchester. Dir: Alexander Korda. BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC



9:39 PM Short Film: La Fiesta De Santa Barbara (1935)
A musical/sketch comedy revue staged as a fiesta in Santa Barbara. Included are cameos, sketch comedy, and musical performances from famous stars such as Andy Devine, Buster Keaton, and Judy Garland C-19 mins,

10:00 PM Man for All Seasons, A (1966)
A devout scholar gets caught in the middle of Henry VIII's plans to break with the Catholic Church. Cast: Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Wendy Hiller. Dir: Fred Zinnemann.. C-120 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



12:15 AM Anne Of The Thousand Days (1969)
Anne Boleyn fights to keep Henry VIII's love and her head in the midst of palace intrigue. Cast: Richard Burton, Genevieve Bujold, Anthony Quayle. Dir: Charles Jarrott. C-145 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format



2:45 AM Last Summer (1969)
Three vacationing students set out to humiliate an insecure girl. Cast: Barbara Hershey, Richard Thomas, Bruce Davison. Dir: Frank Perry. C-95 mins, , CC

4:30 AM Anthony Adverse (1936)
An orphan runs off to a life of adventure, then returns to France in search of the girl he left behind. Cast: Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-141 mins, TV-G, CC