TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 16: 31 Days of Oscar: 1950s Winners
Another tremendous schedule with multiple classics and genres. I have a soft spot for Marty. I still haven't seen Rashomon, but I want to.
What about the rest of you? What's on your list?
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
1:00 AM
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
2h 6m | Adventure | TV-PG
Three prospectors fight off bandits and each other after striking it rich.
Director
John Huston
Cast
Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt
3:15 AM
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
2h 23m | Musical | TV-G
A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.
Director
George Sidney
Cast
Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly
5:45 AM
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
1h 45m | Epic | TV-PG
Epic dramatization of the Pilgrims' journey to the new world on the Mayflower.
Director
Clarence Brown
Cast
Lowell Gilmore, Tommy Ivo, John Dehner
7:45 AM
The Great Caruso (1951)
1h 49m | Musical | TV-G
Mario Lanza stars as the most famous opera tenor of all time in this musical biography of Caruso.
Director
Richard Thorpe
Cast
Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten
9:45 AM
Interrupted Melody (1955)
1h 46m | Drama | TV-PG
True story of Australian opera singer Marjorie Lawrence and her battle against polio.
Director
Curtis Bernhardt
Cast
Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore
11:45 AM
Julius Caesar (1953)
2h 1m | Epic | TV-PG
Cassius and Brutus lead the conspirators who murder Caesar, but are themselves routed by Mark Antony.
Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast
John Doucette, George MacReady, Michael Pate
2:00 PM
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
1h 57m | Drama | TV-PG
True story of singer Lillian Roth's battle against alcoholism.
Director
Daniel Mann
Cast
Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert
4:00 PM
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
1h 53m | Drama | TV-PG
True story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Director
Robert Wise
Cast
Joseph Buloff, Sal Mineo, Everett Sloane
6:00 PM
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
1h 47m | Musical | TV-G
Fanciful musical biography of Wild West sharpshooter Annie Oakley.
Director
George Sidney
Cast
Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern
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8:00 PM
Marty (1955)
1h 31m | Romance | TV-PG
A lonely butcher finds love despite the opposition of his friends and family.
Director
Delbert Mann
Cast
Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti
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9:45 PM
Born Yesterday (1950)
1h 43m | Comedy | TV-PG
A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman's girlfriend.
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden
11:45 PM
Some Like It Hot (1959)
2h | Comedy | TV-PG
When a pair of bumbling, out-of-work musicians, accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, they hide out by putting on dresses and high heels and getting jobs playing in an all-female band.
Director
Billy Wilder
Cast
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
2:00 AM
Mon Oncle (1958)
2h | Comedy | TV-14
A bumbler who prefers the simple life takes on the newfangled gadgets in his nephew's home.
Director
Jacques Tati
Cast
Jacques Tati, Jean-pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie
4:15 AM
Rashomon (1950)
1h 28m | Drama | TV-PG
In medieval Japan, four people offer conflicting accounts of a rape and murder.
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Cast
Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Takashi Shimura
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