TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 1st: Two by Four and Oscar Mosts

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Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

NOMINATION IN A BOTTLE

12:00 AM Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
A husband and wife fight to conquer alcoholism. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Jack Klugman. Dir: Blake Edwards. BW-117 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM Under the Volcano (1984)
A day in life of self-destructive British consul on the eve of World War II. Cast: Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews. Dir: John Huston C-112 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM Dresser, The (1983)
A theatrical dresser tries to get an aging star through one more performance of King Lear. Cast: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox. Dir: Peter Yates. C-118 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

6:03 AM Short Film: Army Champions (1941)
BW-11 mins,

6:15 AM Johnny Eager (1942)
A handsome racketeer seduces the DA's daughter for revenge, then falls in love. Cast: Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Van Heflin. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-107 mins, TV-G, CC

8:15 AM Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)
A dying plantation owner tries to help his alcoholic son solve his problems. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives. Dir: Richard Brooks. C-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

10:08 AM Short Film: Torture Money (1937)
BW-20 mins,

TWO BY FOUR

10:30 AM Star Is Born, A (1937)
A fading matinee idol marries the young beginner he's shepherded to stardom. Cast: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou. Dir: William A. Wellman. C-111 mins, TV-G, CC

12:30 PM Star Is Born, A (1954)
A falling star marries the newcomer he's helping reach the top. Cast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson. Dir: George Cukor. C-176 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



3:30 PM Cyrano De Bergerac (1950)
A swordsman and poet helps another man woo the woman he loves. Cast: Jose Ferrer, Mala Powers, William Prince. Dir: Michael Gordon. BW-113 mins, TV-PG

5:30 PM Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
A poet-soldier allows his oversized nose to stand in the way of love. Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez. Dir: Jean-Paul Rappeneau. C-138 mins, , Letterbox Format

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: OSCAR MOSTS

8:00 PM Emperor Waltz, The (1948)
An American salesman tries to make a business deal with Emperor Franz Joseph. Cast: Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine, Richard Haydn. Dir: Billy Wilder. C-106 mins, , CC

10:00 PM All About Eve (1950)
An ambitious young actress tries to take over a star's career and love life. Cast: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders. Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. BW-138 mins, TV-PG, CC

12:30 AM Cabaret (1972)
A young writer gets mixed up with a pleasure-loving singer in the decadent world of 1930s Berlin. Cast: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Joel Grey. Dir: Bob Fosse. C-124 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format



2:45 AM Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
True story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ. Cast: Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Eileen Heckart. Dir: Robert Wise. BW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

4:45 AM Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want. Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffre. Dir: Vittorio De Sica. C-114 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format