TCM Schedule for Saturday, February 19 --- Whew! What a Line-up!

[lavenderdiva]

19 Saturday



The Most Best Actor Nominations

6:15 AM Bad Day At Black Rock (1955)
A one-armed veteran uncovers small-town secrets when he tries to visit an Asian-American war hero's family. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis. Dir: John Sturges. C-82 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

7:45 AM The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
A Cuban fisherman believes his long dry spell will end when he catches a legendary fish. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos, Harry Bellaver. Dir: John Sturges. C-87 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

9:15 AM Inherit The Wind (1960)
In the twenties, a schoolteacher creates a national furor when he breaks the law against teaching evolution. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly. Dir: Stanley Kramer. BW-128 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

11:30 AM Captains Courageous (1937)
A spoiled rich boy is lost at sea and rescued by a fishing boat, where hard work and responsibility help him become a man. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore. Dir: Victor Fleming. BW-117 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

The Most Supportive Actor

1:30 PM Come And Get It (1936)
Years after deserting his true love, a lumber tycoon vies with his son for her daughter's hand. Cast: Edward Arnold, Frances Farmer, Walter Brennan. Dir: Howard Hawks, William Wyler. BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC

3:18 PM Short Film: Seeing Hands (1943)
BW-11 mins,

3:30 PM The Westerner (1940)
A drifter accused of horse stealing faces off against the notorious Judge Roy Bean. Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport. Dir: William Wyler. BW-100 mins, TV-PG, CC

5:18 PM Short Film: Jammin' The Blues (1944)
In this short, prominent jazz musicans of the 1940s get together for a rare filming of a jam session. Cast: Lester Young, Marie Bryant, George 'Red' Callender. Dir: Gjon Mili. BW-10 mins,

5:30 PM Sergeant York (1941)
True story of the farm boy who made the transition from religious pacifist to World War I hero. Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Margaret Wycherly. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-134 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

7:48 PM Short Film: Facing Your Danger (1946)
Conquering the Colorado River is no easy task but the men in this exciting short make it look so easy! Cast: Knox Manning Dir: Edwin E. Olsen C-10 mins,

Clean Sweeps

8:00 PM Gigi (1958)
A Parisian girl is raised to be a kept woman but dreams of love and marriage. Cast: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-116 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

10:00 PM Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
The Fellowship of the Ring fights its last desperate battle to save Middle Earth from the forces of evil. Cast: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellan. Dir: Peter Jackson. C-201 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

1:30 AM The Last Emperor (1987)
China's final emperor, Pu Yi, becomes a pawn of imperial forces, the invading Japanese and the Communist government. Cast: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole. Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci. C-163 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

Nominated for Best Director, not Best Picture

4:15 AM Blow-Up (1966)
A photographer discovers a murder in the background of a candid photo. Cast: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles. Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni. C-111 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

[CBHagman]

1. Walter Brennan time!

Come and Get It



The Westerner



Sergeant York

[Matilda]

2. "Gigi" winning is one of those times you can only say "what were they thinking?"

It won against The Defiant Ones, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof and Separate Tables. A victory for schmaltz over substance.

And Vincente Minelli won Best Director for Gigi over Stanely Kramer for The Defiant Ones. Incredible.