TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 9th: Memorable Oscar Moments

[CBHagman]

Ooh, lots of fabulous choices on the schedule today -- Red, Foreign Correspondent, and Ball of Fire among them.

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

12:00 AM Glory (1989)
A green officer is assigned to lead an all-black unit in the Civil War. Cast: Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington. Dir: Edward Zwick. C-122 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format



2:09 AM Short Film: Tit For Tat (1935)
A Laurel and Hardy sequel to Them Thar Hills - they open an electrical repair shop and discover that their neighbor/grocer are the same couple they had a run in with in Them Thar Hills. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch. Dir: Charles Rogers. BW-19 mins, TV-G

2:30 AM Sin Of Madelon Claudet, The (1931)
A woman takes to the streets to provide for her illegitimate son. Cast: Helen Hayes, Robert Young, Neil Hamilton. Dir: Edgar Selwyn. BW-75 mins, TV-G, CC

3:50 AM Short Film: Drunk Driving (1939)
BW-21 mins,

4:16 AM Short Film: You Can'T Win (1948)
BW-8 mins, , CC

4:30 AM Red (1994)
An accident creates a relationship between a model and a retired judge who spies on his neighbors. Cast: Irene Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frederique Feder. Dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski. C-99 mins, , Letterbox Format



4:42 AM Short Film: Hitler Lives? (1945)
BW-17 mins, TV-PG

6:30 AM Woman In The Dunes (1964)
A mysterious woman spends her time preventing her home from being swallowed by sand dunes. Cast: Eiji Okada, Kyoko Kishida, Koji Mitsui. Dir: Hiroshi Teshigahara. BW-147 mins, TV-MA

9:00 AM Battaglia di Algieri, La (1967)
Algiers revolts against the French Foreign Legion. Cast: Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi. Dir: Gillo Pontecorvo. BW-121 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

11:03 AM Short Film: Night At The Movies, A (1937)
BW-10 mins,

11:15 AM Z (1969)
A political assassination uncovers a hotbed of corruption. Cast: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant. Dir: Constantin Costa-Gavras. C-127 mins, , Letterbox Format

1:30 PM Ball Of Fire (1941)
A group of professors takes in a nightclub singer hiding from the law to protect her gangster boyfriend. Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Dana Andrews. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-112 mins, TV-G, CC



3:30 PM Foreign Affair, A (1948)
A prim Congresswoman gets caught up in the romantic decadence of post-war Germany. Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Jean Arthur, John Lund. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-112 mins, TV-PG

5:30 PM Fortune Cookie, The (1966)
A crooked lawyer trumps up an insurance case for a cameraman injured at a pro football game. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Cliff Osmond. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

7:37 PM Short Film: Plan For Destruction (1943)
BW-22 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: MEMORABLE OSCAR MOMENTS

http://www.tcm.com/2011/31Days/index.jsp#/day09

8:00 PM Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
A mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in their pretty boarder. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore. Dir: Daniel Mann. BW-96 mins, TV-14, CC

9:49 PM Short Film: Sword Fishing (1939)
BW-10 mins,

10:00 PM Cavalcade (1933)
A British family survives war and changing times. Cast: Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O'Connor. Dir: Frank Lloyd. BW-112 mins, , CC



12:00 AM What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
A crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion. Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono. Dir: Robert Aldrich. BW-134 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

2:30 AM Some Came Running (1958)
A veteran returns home to deal with family secrets and small-town scandals. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Dean Martin. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-136 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 AM Robin And The 7 Hoods (1964)
A Chicago gangster stumbles into philanthropic work during a gang war. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. Dir: Gordon Douglas. C-123 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

[Staph]

1. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

-- for the link to the themes for 31 Days of Oscar. It's wonderful to finally find out if we have been guessing correctly. (Though I think I can live without watching What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. I can only take so much scenery chewing and dead animals.)

[CBHagman]

2. You're welcome.

What I've been doing is clicking on This Month on the TCM website.

As for other themes, most days you can detect a birthday tribute if a vast number of the scheduled films feature a particular actor. All that's left to do is Google the birthdate.

As for your other sentiments...

...I think I can live without watching What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. I can only take so much scenery chewing and dead animals.

:rofl: