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More or Oscar month, with stage adaptations by day, and some "Oscar only's" at night.
(all times Eastern)
7:30 AM Subject Was Roses, The (1968) A young veteran returns home to deal with family conflicts. Cast: Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson, Martin Sheen. Dir: Ulu Grosbard. C-108 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
9:30 AM Sweet Bird Of Youth (1962) A young gigolo returns to his southern hometown in search of the lost love of his youth. Cast: Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight. Dir: Richard Brooks. C-120 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
12:00 PM Watch On The Rhine (1943) Nazi agents pursue a German freedom-fighter and his family to Washington. Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, Lucile Watson. Dir: Herman Shumlin. BW-112 mins, TV-PG
2:00 PM Magnificent Yankee, The (1950) True story of the lifelong love affair between Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and his wife. Cast: Louis Calhern, Ann Harding, Eduard Franz. Dir: John Sturges. BW-89 mins, TV-G, CC
3:30 PM Bad Seed, The (1956) A woman suspects that her perfect little girl is a ruthless killer. Cast: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. C-129 mins, TV-PG, CC
6:00 PM Member of the Wedding, The (1952) When her brother marries, a 12-year-old girl faces the awkward pains of adolescence. Cast: Julie Harris, Ethel Waters, Brandon de Wilde. Dir: Fred Zinnemann. BW-89 mins, TV-G, CC
8:00 PM State Fair (1945) An Iowa family finds romance and adventure at the yearly state fair. Cast: Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes. Dir: Walter Lang. C-101 mins, TV-G, CC
10:00 PM Best Years Of Our Lives, The (1946) Three returning servicemen fight to adjust to life after World War II. Cast: Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy. Dir: William Wyler. BW-170 mins, TV-PG, CC
1:00 AM Pygmalion (1938) A linguistics professor bets he can turn a flower girl into a lady by teaching her to speak properly. Cast: Wendy Hiller, Leslie Howard, Wilfrid Lawson. Dir: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard. BW-96 mins, TV-G, CC
2:45 AM Two Arabian Knights (1927) In this silent film, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a beautiful harem girl during World War I. Cast: William Boyd, Mary Astor, Louis Wolheim. Dir: Lewis Milestone. BW-92 mins, TV-G
4:30 AM Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1935) Shakespeare's classic about two pairs of lovers and an amateur actor who get mixed up with fairies. Cast: James Cagney, Dick Powell, Mickey Rooney. Dir: Max Reinhardt, William Dieterle. BW-143 mins, TV-PG, CC
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