TCM Schedule for Tuesday, February 22nd: 31 Days of Oscar: Two in One

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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

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

4:22 AM Short Film: Midsummer Night'S Dream- A Dream Comes True (1935)
BW-7 mins,

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

31 DAYS OF OSCAR: OSCAR ONLYS

7:00 AM Divine Lady, The (1929)
Lady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Nelson rocks the British Empire. Cast: Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi, Marie Dressler. Dir: Frank Lloyd. BW-99 mins, TV-G

8:45 AM Limelight (1952)
A broken-down comic sacrifices everything to give a young dancer a shot at the big time. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Buster Keaton. Dir: Charles Chaplin. BW-138 mins, TV-G, CC

11:04 AM Short Film: You Can'T Win (1948)
BW-8 mins, , CC

11:15 AM Day At The Races, A (1937)
A group of zanies tries to save a pretty girl's sanitarium. Cast: The Marx Bros., Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan. Dir: Sam Wood. BW-109 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS



1:15 PM Ship of Fools (1965)
Passengers on a steam ship in the '30s struggle with their tangled relations and the rise of Nazism. Cast: Simone Signoret, Oskar Werner, Vivien Leigh. Dir: Stanley Kramer. BW-150 mins, TV-14, CC

3:45 PM Devil and Daniel Webster, The (1941)
A farmer sells his soul for seven years of good crops. Cast: Walter Huston, Edward Arnold, John Craig. Dir: William Dieterle. BW-106 mins, TV-G, CC

5:35 PM Short Film: Audioscopiks (1936)
BW-8 mins,

5:45 PM Skippy (1931)
Boys from opposite sides of the track try to raise money for a dog license. Cast: Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Mitzi Green. Dir: Norman Taurog. BW-86 mins,

7:15 PM Red Balloon, The (1956)
A boy discovers his new balloon has a mind of its own. Cast: Pascal Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov. Dir: Albert Lamorisse. C-34 mins, TV-G







WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: TWO IN ONE

8:00 PM Defiant Ones, The (1958)
Two convicts, a white racist and an angry black, escape while chained to each other. Cast: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel. Dir: Stanley Kramer. BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



9:40 PM Short Film: Stop, Look And Listen (1967)
An Academy nominated stop-motion live-action short about driving safety and dealing with road rage. Cast: Len Janson, Chuck Menville Dir: Len Janson, Chuck Menville C-10 mins,

10:00 PM Amadeus (1984)
C-160 mins, , CC, Letterbox Format



12:46 AM Short Film: Merry Wives Of Windsor (1953)
The MGM Symphony Orchestra performs the Overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor. C-9 mins, , Letterbox Format

1:00 AM Thelma & Louise (1991)
Fighting back against a rapist turns two women on vacation into desperate fugitives. Cast: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Brad Pitt. Dir: Ridley Scott. C-130 mins, , CC, Letterbox Format



3:15 AM Giant (1956)
A Texas ranching family fights to survive changing times. Cast: James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson. Dir: George Stevens. C-201 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format