TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 16th: 31 Days of Oscar: It's an Honor Just to Be Nominated

[CBHagman]

Tonight TCM pays tribute to the oft-nominated Peter O'Toole, who received an honorary Academy Award a couple of years back but has never won the statuette in competition.



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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

31 DAYS OF OSCAR: OSCAR FIRSTS

12:15 AM Lilies of the Field (1963)
An itinerant handyman in the Southwest gets a new outlook on life when he helps a group of German nuns build a chapel. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann. Dir: Ralph Nelson. BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
A political prisoner and a gay man share their dreams in a South American prison. Cast: William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga. Dir: Hector Babenco. C-120 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

4:15 AM Two Women (1960)
A widow tries to get her daughter to safety in World War II Italy. Cast: Sophia Loren, Eleanora Brown, Jean-Paul Belmondo. Dir: Vittorio De Sica. BW-96 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

6:00 AM Grand Illusion (1937)
French POWs fight to escape their German captors during World War I. Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Jean Gabin. Dir: Jean Renoir. BW-113 mins, TV-PG



8:00 AM Chang (1927)
In this silent film, a family of Thai rice-growers fight wild animals and the elements to survive. Cast: Kru, Chantui, Nah. Dir: Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack. BW-69 mins, TV-G

9:19 AM Short Film: Quicker 'N A Wink (1940)
A Pete Smith Specialty Short with Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demostrating the photography process he developed to allow us to see motion not able to be seen by the naked eye. BW-9 mins,

9:30 AM Lady For A Day (1933)
A gangster helps an old apple-vendor pose as a society woman to fool her visiting daughter. Cast: May Robson, Warren William, Guy Kibbee. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-96 mins, TV-G

11:15 AM Life Of Emile Zola, The (1937)
The famed writer risks his reputation to defend a Jewish army officer accused of treason. Cast: Paul Muni, Joseph Schildkraut, Gale Sondergaard. Dir: William Dieterle. BW-116 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

1:15 PM Since You Went Away (1944)
A mother and wife struggle to cope while her husband is off serving in World War II. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten. Dir: John Cromwell. BW-177 mins, TV-G, CC



4:15 PM Sounder (1972)
Black sharecroppers during the Depression fight to get their children a decent education. Cast: Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Kevin Hooks. Dir: Martin Ritt. C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



6:05 PM Short Film: Romance Of Radium (1937)
BW-10 mins,

6:15 PM Swing Time (1936)
To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big, only to fall for his dancing partner. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore. Dir: George Stevens. BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: IT'S AN HONOR JUST TO BE NOMINATED

8:00 PM My Favorite Year (1982)
A flamboyant star throws a TV comedy show into chaos. Cast: Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper. Dir: Richard Benjamin. C-92 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format



9:38 PM Short Film: Gun In His Hand, A (1945)
BW-19 mins,

10:00 PM Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
A British military officer enlists the Arabs for desert warfare in World War I. Cast: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness. Dir: David Lean. C-227 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format



2:00 AM Stunt Man, The (1980)
A man on the run joins an embattled film company run by a maniacal director. Cast: Peter O'Toole, Steven Railsback, Barbara Hershey. Dir: Richard Rush. C-131 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

4:15 AM Ruling Class, The (1972)
When a deranged nobleman inherits a fortune, his relatives onspire to seize power. Cast: Peter O'Toole, Arthur Lowe, Coral Browne. Dir: Peter Medak. C-153 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

[Matilda]

1. He's still working, at age eighty.

But they'd better hurry.

[CBHagman]

2. And he did get nominated for "Venus."

I understand too that he only accepted the honorary Oscar with the assurance that receiving it wouldn't disqualify him from competition!