TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 18: 31 Days of Oscar - On Stage/British Subjects

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Wednesday, February 18, 2026

31 Days of Oscar - Nuclear Fears (continued)

12:45 AM Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Fearful that the Russians are fluoridating America's drinking water, General Jack D. Ripper unleashes a B-52 H-Bomb attack on the Soviets, and a frantic President and Joint Chiefs of Staff must somehow find a way to stop it.
Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:30 AM Seven Days to Noon (1950)
A scientist threatens to detonate a nuclear warhead if the nation will not halt arms research.
Dir: John Boulting Cast: Barry Jones, Andre Morell
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: N

TCM Daytime: 31 Days of Oscar - On Stage

4:15 AM The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
The larger-than-life career of stage genius Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. is aptly celebrated in this marvelous musical biography.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer
Runtime: 176 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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7:15 AM Morning Glory (1933)
A stage-struck girl travels to New York determined to make it on Broadway.
Dir: Lowell Sherman Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks, Adolphe Menjou
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

8:30 AM Stage Door (1937)
Women at a theatrical boarding house try to make their big break happen.
Dir: Gregory La Cava Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:15 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

12:00 PM To Be or Not to Be (1942)
A troupe of squabbling actors joins the Polish underground to dupe the Nazis.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

1:45 PM Kiss Me Kate (1953)
An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew," but off-stage the production is rife with ex-lovers' quarrels and gangsters looking for kickbacks.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

3:45 PM The Entertainer (1960)
Story follows the life of a has-been, talent-less vaudevillian who still thinks he's a star, even as he destroys his family around him in pursuing a lost cause.
Dir: Tony Richardson Cast: Laurence Olivier, Brenda De Banzie, Joan Plowright
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

5:30 PM The Boy Friend (1971)
When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place, becoming a star and finding love in the process.
Dir: Ken Russell Cast: Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian
Runtime: 137 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

7:50 PM Nelly's Folly (1961)
Nelly, a singing giraffe, is talked into going to the city to become famous. She achieves success but soon has an affair with a married giraffe.
Dir: Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, Maurice Noble Cast: Mel Blanc, Gloria Wood, John A. Ford
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: N

TCM Primetime: 31 Days of Oscar - British Subjects

8:00 PM My Fair Lady (1964)
A phonetics instructor bets that he can pass a street urchin off as a lady.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway
Runtime: 170 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

11:00 PM The Remains of the Day (1993)
A proper British butler sacrifices happiness to remain faithful to his position.
Dir: James Ivory Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Christopher Reeve
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

1:30 AM Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Henry VIII divorces his wife to marry Anne Boleyn, but soon finds evidence of adultery.
Dir: Charles Jarrott Cast: Richard Burton, Genevieve Bujold, Irene Papas
Runtime: 146 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

4:00 AM Knighty Knight Bugs (1958)
Bugs Bunny is a hapless court jester who sneaks into the villain's castle while Black Knight Sam is snoozing.
Dir: Friz Freleng Cast: Mel Blanc
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y

4:15 AM Young Bess (1953)
The future Elizabeth I fights court intrigue in the turbulent years before her ascension to the throne.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Jean Simmons, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y