TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 22: Michael Schulman Book: Oscar Wars
This is a wonderful schedule, and with the daytime theme of Operettas (and the presence of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy), I think of our late friend Matilda, who was a champion of the MacDonald-Eddy films.
Evening is taken up with the theme of Michael Schulman's book Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears. Learn more here:
https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780062859013
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
1:00 AM Monkey Business (1952)
A scientist's search for the fountain of youth makes him and his wife regress to childhood.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:45 AM What's Up, Doc? (1972)
The accidental mix up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.
Dir: Peter Bogdanovich Cast: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N
4:30 AM The Automat (2021)
A documentary focusing on the popular 20th century vending machine that offered freshly cooked meals.
Dir: Lisa Hurwitz Cast: Mel Brooks, Elliott Gould, Colin Powell
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC:
6:00 AM New Moon (1930)
A Russian lieutenant falls in love with a beautiful princess.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Lawrence Tibbett, Grace Moore, Adolphe Menjou
Runtime: 68 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: N
7:30 AM The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
A frontierswoman shelters a notorious outlaw.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Walter Pidgeon
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
9:45 AM The Firefly (1937)
A Spanish spy masquerades as a singer to sabotage Napoleon's forces.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, Warren William
Runtime: 138 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:00 PM 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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2:00 PM The Desert Song (1944)
A man leads a group of desert bandits against some Nazis, who want to use them as cheap labor for their railroad.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Dennis Morgan, Irene Manning, Bruce Cabot
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:00 PM The Student Prince (1954)
A prince falls in love with a barmaid during his last fling before assuming the crown.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, John Ericson
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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6:00 PM Rose Marie (1954)
A trapper's daughter is torn between the Mountie who wants to civilize her and a dashing prospector.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: MICHAEL SCHULMAN BOOK: OSCAR WARS
8:00 PM Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
A young farmer is tempted by the charms of a sophisticated city woman, who suggests to him that his dull wife might accidentally drown. He considers this plan, and imagines what his life might be like if he went to the big bad city.
Dir: F. W. Murnau Cast: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
9:45 PM Of Human Bondage (1934)
A medical student falls prey to a waitress.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Frances Dee
Runtime: 77 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:15 PM Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
On one of the hottest days of August 1972, three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a Brooklyn bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Carol Kane
Runtime: 130 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
1:45 AM 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
3:45 AM Diner (1982)
A group of friends who hang out in a Baltimore diner face the problems of growing up.
Dir: Barry Levinson Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Daniel Stern, Ellen Barkin, Kevin Bacon
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y