TCM Schedule for Tuesday, February 12: 31 Days of Oscar: Favorite Movie Butler

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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

EAST COAST VS. WEST COAST DANCE-OFF

12:15 AM
ON THE TOWN ( 1949)
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly , Frank Sinatra , Betty Garrett .
C- 98 mins, CC,

1:59 AM
SWING HIGH ( 1932)
This short film focuses on the trapeze family The Flying Codonas.
Dir: Jack Cummings
BW- 10 mins,

2:15 AM
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN ( 1952)
A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly , Donald O'Connor , Debbie Reynolds .
C- 103 mins, CC,

TAKING ON THE NAZIS

4:02 AM
LONDON CAN TAKE IT! ( 1940)
Despite the nightly Nazi air raids, London's citizens are shown to be courageous and determined in this short film. Vitaphone Release B275.
BW- 9 mins,

4:15 AM
DAYS OF GLORY ( 1944)
Russian freedom fighters battle the Nazi occupying forces.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Gregory Peck , Lowell Gilmore , Maria Palmer .
BW- 86 mins, CC,

5:45 AM
SHIP OF FOOLS ( 1965)
Passengers on a steam ship in the '30s struggle with their tangled relations and the rise of Nazism.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Vivien Leigh , Simone Signoret , Jose Ferrer .
BW- 149 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

8:15 AM
DESERT SONG, THE ( 1944)
An American soldier of fortune leads Arab bandits against the Nazis.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Dennis Morgan , Irene Manning , Bruce Cabot .
C- 95 mins, CC,

10:00 AM
STRANGER, THE ( 1946)
A small-town schoolteacher suspects her new husband may be an escaped Nazi war criminal.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Loretta Young , Orson Welles .
BW- 95 mins, CC,

11:37 AM
DON'T TALK ( 1942)
This short film focuses on industrial sabotage during wartime.
Dir: Joseph Newman Cast: Jack Richardson , Barry Nelson , Robert Elliott .
BW- 22 mins,

12:00 PM
WATCH ON THE RHINE ( 1943)
Nazi agents pursue a German freedom-fighter and his family to Washington.
Dir: Herman Shumlin Cast: Bette Davis , Paul Lukas , Geraldine Fitzgerald .
BW- 112 mins, CC,

2:00 PM
TO BE OR NOT TO BE ( 1942)
A troupe of squabbling actors joins the Polish underground to dupe the Nazis.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Carole Lombard , Jack Benny , Robert Stack .
BW- 99 mins, CC,

3:41 PM
HITLER LIVES ( 1945)
This short propaganda film, produced at the end of WWII, warns that although Adolf Hitler is dead, his ideas live on. Vitaphone Release 1408A.
BW- 17 mins,

4:00 PM
NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH ( 1940)
A British agent masquerades as a Nazi officer to protect an inventor and his daughter.
Dir: Carol Reed Cast: Margaret Lockwood , Rex Harrison , Paul von Henreid .
BW- 95 mins, CC,

5:37 PM
PLAN FOR DESTRUCTION ( 1943)
This short documentary takes a look at Nazi Germany's plans for geographic expansion.
Dir: Edward L. Cahn Cast: George Lynn , Lewis Stone , Frank Reicher .
BW- 22 mins,

6:00 PM
CASABLANCA ( 1942)
An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Ingrid Bergman , Paul Henreid .
BW- 103 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: FAVORITE MOVIE BUTLER

8:00 PM
REMAINS OF THE DAY, THE ( 1993)
A proper British butler sacrifices happiness to remain faithful to his position.
Dir: James Ivory Cast: Anthony Hopkins , Emma Thompson , Christopher Reeve .
C- 134 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:30 PM
MERRILY WE LIVE ( 1938)
A society matron's habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants leads to romance for her daughter.
BW- 95 mins, CC,

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS DEBUT WIN

12:15 AM
ON THE WATERFRONT ( 1954)
A young stevedore takes on the mobster who rules the docks.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Marlon Brando , Karl Malden , Lee J. Cobb .
BW- 108 mins, CC,

2:15 AM
EAST OF EDEN ( 1955)
Two brothers compete for their father's approval and a woman's love.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Julie Harris , James Dean , Raymond Massey .
C- 118 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 AM
WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS ( 1928)
An alcoholic doctor runs off to Tahiti, where he finds love with a native girl.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Monte Blue , Raquel Torres , Robert Anderson .
BW- 85 mins, CC,