TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 24: 31 Days of Oscar, Day 24
TCM is continuing with linking one film with another via overlapping cast members. See below.
Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
12:00 AM
Kind Lady (1951)
A con artist and his criminal cohorts hold an old lady hostage in her own home.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Ethel Barrymore , Maurice Evans , Angela Lansbury .
BW-78 mins, CC,
1:30 AM
Constant Nymph, The (1943)
A composer finds inspiration in his wife's romantic cousin.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Charles Boyer , Joan Fontaine , Alexis Smith .
BW-112 mins, CC,
Link to previous film: Doris Lloyd
3:30 AM
Sea Hawk, The (1940)
A British buccaneer holds the Spanish fleet at bay with the covert approval of Elizabeth I.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn , Brenda Marshall , Claude Rains .
BW-128 mins, CC,
Link: Brenda Marshall
5:45 AM
Mr. Skeffington (1945)
A flighty beauty marries a stockbroker for convenience and almost ruins both their lives.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Bette Davis , Claude Rains , Walter Abel .
BW-146 mins, CC,
Link: Claude Rains
8:15 AM
Blues in the Night (1941)
The members of a traveling jazz band try to keep their leader from drinking himself to death.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Priscilla Lane , Betty Field , Richard Whorf .
BW-88 mins, CC,
Link: Peter Whitney
9:45 AM
Four Daughters (1938)
A small-town family's peaceful life is shattered when one daughter falls for a rebellious musician.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Claude Rains , Jeffrey Lynn , John Garfield .
BW-90 mins, CC,
Link: Priscilla Lane
11:30 AM
Dangerous (1935)
A young fan tries to rehabilitate an alcoholic actress he's fallen in love with.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Bette Davis , Franchot Tone , Margaret Lindsay .
BW-79 mins, CC,
Link: Dick Foran
1:00 PM
'G' Men (1935)
A mob protege joins the FBI when a friend is gunned down.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: James Cagney , Margaret Lindsay , Ann Dvorak .
BW-86 mins, CC,
Link: Margaret Lindsay
2:30 PM
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Showmen try to exploit a giant ape raised by an orphan.
Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast: Terry Moore , Ben Johnson , Robert Armstrong .
C-94 mins, CC,
Link: Robert Armstrong
4:15 PM
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
An aging Cavalry officer tries to prevent an Indian war in the last days before his retirement.
Dir: John Ford Cast: John Wayne , Joanne Dru , John Agar .
C-104 mins, CC,
Link: Ben Johnson
6:00 PM
All the King's Men (1949)
A backwoods politician rises to the top only to become corrupted.
Dir: Robert Rossen Cast: Broderick Crawford , John Ireland , Joanne Dru .
BW-110 mins, CC,
Link: Joanne Dru
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR, DAY 24
8:00 PM
Little Romance, A (1979)
Teenagers elope with the help of an aging pickpocket.
Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Laurence Olivier , Diane Lane , Broderick Crawford .
C-110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
Link: Broderick Crawford
10:00 PM
MASH (1970)
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor to keep their sanity during wartime.
Dir: Robert Altman Cast: Donald Sutherland , Elliott Gould , Tom Skerritt .
C-116 mins, CC,
Link: Sally Kellerman
12:01 AM
Seeing Hands (1943)
This short film stresses how important individuals with a disability are to the war effort.
Dir: Gunther V. Fritsch Cast: Russell Gleason , Robert Frazer , William Bishop .
BW-11 mins,
12:15 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 .
BW-121 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
Link (to MASH): Robert Duvall
2:30 AM
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
The legendary bank robbers run riot in the South of the 1930s.
Dir: Arthur Penn Cast: Warren Beatty , Faye Dunaway , Michael J. Pollard .
C-111 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
Link: Faye Dunaway
4:30 AM
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town.
Dir: Robert Altman Cast: Warren Beatty , Julie Christie , Rene Auberjonois .
C-121 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
Link: Warren Beatty