TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 29: 31 Days of Oscar: 1940s Winners

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This is one interesting day so far as themes go. Expect complicated relationships and ample stress.

But as always, there will be memorable performances, memorable movies.

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

1:00 AM
The Big House (1930)
1h 20m | Crime | TV-PG
An attempted prison break leads to a riot.
Director
George Hill
Cast
Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone

2:45 AM
One Way Passage (1932)
1h 9m | Drama | TV-G
An ocean voyage leads to romance for a dying heiress and a condemned criminal.
Director
Tay Garnett
Cast
William Powell, Kay Francis, Aline MacMahon

4:15 AM
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
1h 18m | Romance | TV-G
An American serving in World War I falls for a spirited nurse.
Director
Frank Borzage
Cast
Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou

6:00 AM
The Human Comedy (1943)
1h 58m | Drama | TV-PG
A small-town telegraph boy deals with the strains of growing up during World War II.
Director
Clarence Brown
Cast
Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig

8:00 AM
Princess O'Rourke (1943)
1h 34m | Comedy | TV-G
A flying ace's romance with a princess creates diplomatic problems.
Director
Norman Krasna
Cast
Olivia De Havilland, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn

9:45 AM
Green Dolphin Street (1947)
2h 21m | Epic | TV-G
In 19th-century New Zealand, two sisters compete for the same man against a backdrop of political unrest and natural disaster.
Director
Victor Saville
Cast
Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Donna Reed

12:15 PM
The Seventh Veil (1945)
1h 34m | Drama | TV-PG
A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.
Director
Compton Bennett
Cast
James Mason, Ann Todd, Herbert Lom

2:15 PM
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
1h 40m | Drama | TV-G
True-life story of Edna Gladney, who fought for orphans' rights in Texas.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Cast
Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart

4:00 PM
The Great Lie (1941)
1h 47m | Drama | TV-PG
Believing her husband to be dead, a flyer's wife bargains with his former love to adopt the woman's baby.
Director
Edmund Goulding
Cast
Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor

6:00 PM
Now, Voyager (1942)
1h 57m | Romance | TV-G
A repressed spinster is transformed by psychiatry and her love for a married man.
Director
Irving Rapper
Cast
Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains

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8:00 PM
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
2h 14m | War | TV-G
A British family struggles to survive the first days of World War II.
Director
William Wyler
Cast
Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright

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10:30 PM
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
2h 12m | War | TV-PG
Drama involving a general's concern for his men's morale as he heads up a bomber squadron during World War II.
Director
Henry King
Cast
Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill

1:00 AM
The Razor's Edge (1946)
2h 26m | Romance | TV-G
A young man's quest for spiritual peace threatens his position in society.
Director
Edmund Goulding
Cast
Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne

3:45 AM
The Battle of Midway (1942)
18m | Short | TV-PG
Actual battle footage documents the U.S.' heroic stand against the Japanese on Midway Island.
Director
John Ford
Cast
John Ford, John Ford, John Ford

4:15 AM
Vacation from Marriage (1945)
1h 32m | Drama | TV-PG
After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion.
Director
Alexander Korda
Cast
Robert Donat, Deborah Kerr, Glynis Johns