TCM Schedule for Tuesday, February 13: 31 Days of Oscar - Day 5: Writing, Screenplay

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

12:30 AM Black Narcissus (1947)
Nuns founding a convent in the Himalayas are tormented by the area's exotic beauty.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


2:30 AM Tess (1979)
Peasant girl Tess Durbeyfield is sent to live with the wealthy d'Urbervilles by her father after he learns that they are distantly related. However, the d'Urbervilles are not relatives, they're just a family that bought the noble line's name.
Dir: Roman Polanski Cast: John Collin, Tony Church, Nastassja Kinski
Runtime: 172 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-14 CC: N


5:30 AM The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
A young thief faces amazing monsters to return Bagdad's deposed king to the throne.
Dir: Ludwig Berger Cast: Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y


7:30 AM La Strada (1954)
A traveling strongman buys a peasant girl to be his wife and co-star.
Dir: Federico Fellini Cast: Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N

9:30 AM Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
Vacationers in a French resort town almost kill themselves trying to relax.
Dir: Jacques Tati Cast: Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Micheline Rolla
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N

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11:15 AM Woman of the Year (1942)
Tess is a star reporter and Sam covers the sports pages at a major newspaper. When they fall in love and get married, Tess has a difficult time letting go of her work-a-holic ways and Sam feels neglected.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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1:15 PM It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse and Dan Daily are in top form and star in this classic musical comedy about three fun-loving army buddies who meet in New York City ten years after their discharge only to discover that each has compromised on his dreams ... and that their reunion is being broadcast as a national television special.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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3:15 PM North by Northwest (1959)
A suave, successful New York advertising executive finds himself, through a case of mistaken identity, embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder that takes him across the country to prove his innocence to the police.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
Runtime: 136 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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5:45 PM The China Syndrome (1979)
A TV reporter investigates the goings on in a shoddy nuclear power plant and ends up against more than she bargained for.
Dir: James Bridges Cast: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Lewis Arquette
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

What's on Tonight: 31 Days of Oscar - Day 5: Writing, Screenplay

8:00 PM The Great McGinty (1940)
A bum is transformed into a political kingpin by a corrupt hoodlum, only to be destroyed by the same man when he decides to go straight.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

9:30 PM Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
Dir: Michel Gondry Cast: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC:

11:30 PM Gosford Park (2001)
Set in the 1930s, a group of pretentious rich and famous get together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
Dir: Robert Altman Cast: Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Machael Gambon
Runtime: 137 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC:

2:00 AM Network (1976)
Television programmers turn a deranged news anchor into the mad prophet of the airwaves.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

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4:15 AM Princess O'Rourke (1943)
A flying ace's romance with a princess creates diplomatic problems.
Dir: Norman Krasna Cast: Olivia De Havilland, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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