TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 28: 31 Days of Oscar - Day 20: Sound, Recording

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

12:30 AM Indochine (1992)
Set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s, the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, set against the backdrop of the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement.
Dir: Régis Wargnier Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh Dan Pham
Runtime: 159 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC:


3:15 AM Sundays and Cybèle (1962)
Story of a lonely young girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally disabled veteran of the French Indochina War.
Dir: Serge Bourguignon Cast: Hardy Krüger, Patricia Gozzi, Nicole Courcel
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-14 CC:


5:15 AM Closely Watched Trains (1967)
A bumbling railroad dispatcher joins the resistance in World War II to impress the girls.
Dir: Jirí Menzel Cast: Václav Neckár, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: N


7:00 AM Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Three chorus girls fight to keep their show going and find rich husbands.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

9:00 AM Naughty Marietta (1935)
A French princess in Colonial America gets involved with an Indian scout.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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11:00 AM The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
A deformed bell ringer rescues a gypsy girl falsely accused of witchcraft and murder.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Charles Laughton, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

1:00 PM This Land Is Mine (1943)
A soft-spoken school teacher tries to prove he's not a Nazi collaborator.
Dir: Jean Renoir Cast: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, George Sanders
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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3:00 PM The Brave One (1956)
A Mexican boy saves his pet bull from death in the bull ring by securing a pardon from the president.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Michel Ray, Rodolfo Hoyos, Elsa Cardenas
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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5:00 PM It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
A group of greedy clowns tear up the countryside in search of buried treasure.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, and hordes of other actors
Runtime: 192 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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What's on Tonight: 31 Days of Oscar - Day 20: Sound, Recording

8:00 PM Grand Prix (1966)
Story follows the loves and lives of various auto racers as they make their way around the European racing circuit.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand
Runtime: 179 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

11:15 PM The Hurricane (1937)
A Polynesian escapes prison to return home during a raging storm.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-PG CC: N

1:15 AM Strike Up the Band (1940)
A high-school band sets out to win a national radio contest.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

3:30 AM The Great Caruso (1951)
Mario Lanza stars as the most famous opera tenor of all time in this musical biography of the brief, stellar and tragic life of the Great Caruso.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

5:30 AM Anna Christie (1930)
Eugene O'Neill's classic about a romantic prostitute trying to run away from her past.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Greta Garbo, Charles Bickford, George F. Marion
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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