TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 22: 31 Days of Oscar: 1940s Winners

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Sightings: Astaire and Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Maureen O'Hara, and our unofficial patron saint, Robert Montgomery. Yay!

And the directors! It's a Who's Who: John Ford, Howard Hawks, David Lean, Mervyn LeRoy, Ernst Lubitsch, Michael Powell, Jean Renoir, William Wellman, Fred Zinnemann, among others.

Enjoy!

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

12:15 AM
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
1h 47m | Musical | TV-G
A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.
Director
Mark Sandrich
Cast
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady

2:15 AM
The Merry Widow (1934)
1h 39m | Musical | TV-PG
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton

4:00 AM
The Broadway Melody (1929)
1h 42m | Musical | TV-G
Love and success break up a vaudeville sister act.
Director
Harry Beaumont
Cast
Anita Page, Bessie Love, Charles King

6:00 AM
The Secret Land (1948)
1h 11m | Documentary | TV-G
Documentary about Admiral Richard Byrd and his explorations of the Antarctic.
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Comdr. Robert Montgomery, Lt. Robert Taylor, Lt. Van Heflin (narrators)

7:30 AM
This Land Is Mine (1943)
1h 43m | Drama | TV-PG
A soft-spoken school teacher tries to prove he's not a Nazi collaborator.
Director
Jean Renoir
Cast
Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, George Sanders

9:15 AM
49th Parallel (1941)
2h 2m | War | TV-14
The crew of a stranded German U-boat tries to evade capture in Canada during World War II.
Director
Michael Powell
Cast
Leslie Howard, Raymond Massey, Laurence Olivier

11:30 AM
The Search (1948)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-PG
An American soldier in post-war Europe becomes attached to a homeless child.
Director
Fred Zinnemann
Cast
Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon, Wendell Corey

1:15 PM
Battleground (1949)
1h 58m | War | TV-PG
American soldiers in France fight to survive a Nazi siege just before the Battle of the Bulge.
Director
William Wellman
Cast
Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban

3:15 PM
Air Force (1943)
2h 4m | War | TV-G
A bomber crew sees World War II action over the Pacific.
Director
Howard Hawks
Cast
John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy

5:30 PM
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
2h 18m | War | TV-PG
General Jimmy Doolittle trains American troops for the first airborne attacks on Japan.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Cast
Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Tim Murdock

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: 1940s Winners

8:00 PM
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
2h 9m | Drama | TV-PG
Oklahoma farmers dispossessed during the Depression fight for better lives in California.
Director
John Ford
Cast
Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine

10:15 PM
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
1h 58m | Drama | TV-G
The mining area of South Wales and its hard-working miners and their families are seen through the eyes of a young boy.
Director
John Ford
Cast
Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee

12:30 AM
A Letter to Three Wives (1948)
1h 43m | Comedy | TV-PG
A small-town seductress notifies her three best friends that she has run off with the husband of one of three. But which one?
Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast
Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern

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2:30 AM
Kitty Foyle (1940)
1h 48m | Romance | TV-G
A girl from the wrong side of the tracks endures scandal and heartbreak when she falls she falls for a high-society boy.
Director
Sam Wood
Cast
Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig

4:30 AM
Blithe Spirit (1945)
1h 36m | Comedy | TV-G
A man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife.
Director
David Lean
Cast
Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond