TCM Schedule for Tuesday, February 26: 31 Days of Oscar -- '40s

[CBHagman]

Woo-hoo! The Talk of the Town, an underrated classic, is on tonight, and I beg you not to miss it. It's still politically relevant, and of course it's a great romantic comedy. Plus I wish we had some real-life nominees to the Supreme Court like Ronald Colman.

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008.

1:30am Buccaneer, The (1938)
French pirate Jean Lafitte tries to redeem his name helping the U.S. in the War of 1812.
Cast: Fredric March, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff. Dir: Cecil B. De Mille. BW-126 mins, TV-G

3:45am Cowboy And The Lady, The (1938)
A socialite posing as her own maid falls for a rodeo rider.
Cast: Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly. Dir: H.C. Potter. BW-92 mins, TV-G

5:18am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Great Heart, The (1938)
BW-11 mins

5:30am There Goes My Heart (1938)
An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.
Cast: Fredric March, Virginia Bruce, Patsy Kelly. Dir: Norman Z. McLeod. BW-83 mins, TV-G

7:00am Smart Money (1931)
A barber's good luck turns him into a big-time gambling boss.
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Evalyn Knapp. Dir: Alfred E. Green. BW-81 mins, TV-G

8:30am Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942)
A possessive son's efforts to keep his mother from remarrying threaten to destroy his family.
Cast: Tim Holt, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead. Dir: Orson Welles. BW-88 mins, TV-PG



10:00am Tortilla Flat (1942)
Inhabitants of a Southern California fishing village strive for the simple pleasures of life.
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield. Dir: Victor Fleming. BW-99 mins, TV-PG

11:45am Kings Row (1942)
Small town scandals inspire an idealistic young man to take up psychiatry.
Cast: Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan. Dir: Sam Wood. BW-127 mins, TV-PG

2:00pm Johnny Belinda (1948)
A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.
Cast: Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Agnes Moorehead. Dir: Jean Negulesco. BW-102 mins, TV-G



3:45pm Some Came Running (1958)
A veteran returns home to deal with family secrets and small-town scandals.
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Dean Martin. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-136 mins, TV-PG

6:02pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Forty Boys And A Song (1941)
BW-10 mins

6:15pm Cheers For Miss Bishop (1941)
On her retirement, students wonder why their favorite teacher never married.
Cast: Martha Scott, William Gargan, Edmund Gwenn. Dir: Tay Garnett. BW-94 mins, TV-PG


What's On Tonight: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: 40'S

8:00pm Talk Of The Town, The (1942)
An escaped political prisoner and a stuffy law professor vie for the hand of a spirited schoolteacher.
Cast: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman. Dir: George Stevens. BW-117 mins, TV-G



10:01pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Blitz Wolf (1942)
C-10 mins

10:15pm Miracle of Morgan's Creek, The (1944)
During World War II, a 4F tries to help the woman he loves cover up a surprise pregnancy.
Cast: Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, William Demarest. Dir: Preston Sturges. BW-98 mins, TV-PG

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12:00am To Be or Not to Be (1942)
A troupe of squabbling actors joins the Polish underground to dupe the Nazis.
Cast: Jack Benny, Carole Lombard, Robert Stack. Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. BW-99 mins, TV-PG



1:45am Hamlet (1948)
The melancholy Dane flirts with insanity while trying to prove his uncle murdered his father.
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Jean Simmons. Dir: Laurence Olivier. BW-154 mins, TV-14



4:30am Portrait of Jennie (1948)
An artist discovers his gift when he falls for a beautiful ghost.
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore. Dir: William Dieterle. BW-86 mins, TV-PG

[CBHagman]

1. Hey, are you all watching the debate????

I'm here at work dealing with coverage of said debate. No offense to the good senators, but I'd love to be watching TCM.