TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 12 - 31 Days of Oscar: 360 Degrees of Oscar
Well, there's certainly variety today! And I for one didn't realize a film about Father Damian De Veuster (not Beuster) had been made by the 1930s.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
1:15 AM
LUST FOR LIFE ( 1956)
Passionate biography of painter Vincent van Gogh, whose genius drove him mad.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Kirk Douglas , Anthony Quinn , James Donald .
C- 122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
3:30 AM
GREAT ESCAPE, THE ( 1963)
Thrown together by the Germans, a group of captive Allied troublemakers plot a daring escape.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Robert Graf , Nigel Stock , Angus Lennie .
C- 172 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6:30 AM
SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME ( 1956)
True story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Joseph Buloff , Sal Mineo , Everett Sloane .
BW- 113 mins, CC,
8:30 AM
TERESA ( 1951)
An Italian war bride has problems dealing with her husband's possessive mother.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Pier Angeli , John Ericson , Patricia Collinge .
BW- 102 mins, CC,
10:15 AM
HARDER THEY FALL, THE ( 1956)
A cynical press agent exposes inhuman conditions in the boxing game.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Rod Steiger , Jan Sterling .
BW- 109 mins, CC,
12:15 PM
SUBJECT WAS ROSES, THE ( 1968)
A young veteran returns home to deal with family conflicts.
Dir: Ulu Grosbard Cast: Patricia Neal , Jack Albertson , Martin Sheen .
C- 108 mins, CC,
2:15 PM
HASTY HEART, THE ( 1950)
Doctors try to get a flinty Scots soldier to open up to his comrades before telling him he's dying.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Ronald Reagan , Patricia Neal , Richard Todd .
BW- 102 mins, CC,
4:00 PM
KINGS ROW ( 1942)
Small town scandals inspire an idealistic young man to take up psychiatry.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Ann Sheridan , Robert Cummings , Ronald Reagan .
BW- 127 mins, CC,
6:15 PM
GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE ( 1942)
A pair of New Yorkers face culture shock when they buy a dilapidated country house.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Jack Benny , Ann Sheridan , Charles Coburn .
BW- 91 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: 360 DEGREES OF OSCAR
8:00 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,
10:00 PM
MY MAN GODFREY ( 1936)
A zany heiress tries to help a tramp by making him the family butler.
Dir: Gregory La Cava Cast: William Powell , Carole Lombard , Alice Brady .
BW- 94 mins, CC,
11:39 PM
FORBIDDEN PASSAGE ( 1941)
This short film documents the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal immigrants into the country.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Julian Rivero , Lotte Palfi , Alec Craig .
BW- 21 mins,
12:00 AM
ONE WAY PASSAGE ( 1932)
An ocean voyage leads to romance for a dying heiress and a condemned criminal.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: William Powell , Kay Francis , Aline MacMahon .
BW- 68 mins, CC,
1:30 AM
ALWAYS IN MY HEART ( 1942)
A convict returns home to find his family has forgotten him.
Dir: Jo Graham Cast: Kay Francis , Walter Huston , Gloria Warren .
BW- 92 mins, CC,
3:17 AM
GREAT HEART, THE ( 1938)
This short film tells the story of Joseph Damien de Beuster, the Belgian priest who worked for many years among the lepers on the Hawaiian island of Molokai.
Dir: David Miller Cast: Tom Neal ,
BW- 11 mins,
3:30 AM
OF HUMAN HEARTS ( 1938)
A rebellious son neglects his parents after enlisting in the Civil War.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Walter Huston , James Stewart , Gene Reynolds .
BW- 103 mins, CC,
5:30 AM
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE ( 1940)
Jane Austen's comic classic about five sisters out to nab husbands in 19th-century England.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Greer Garson , Laurence Olivier , Mary Boland .
BW- 118 mins, CC,
