TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 8: 31 Days of Oscar: Oscars A to Z
This schedule truly has something for everyone: singers, dancers, cops, Quakers, Jean Arthur versus Marlene Dietrich, Busby Berkeley versus Hitchcock, Fritz Lang versus William Friedkin.
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
1:00 AM
FANNY (1961)
An old waterfront character tries to help his daughter when her lover leaves her pregnant.
Dir: Joshua Logan Cast: Leslie Caron , Maurice Chevalier , Charles Boyer .
C-134 mins, CC,
3:30 AM
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (1967)
A romantic English lass can't choose among three very different suitors.
Dir: John Schlesinger Cast: Julie Christie , Terence Stamp , Peter Finch .
C-170 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6:30 AM
FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950)
A doting father faces mountains of bills and endless trials when his daughter marries.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Spencer Tracy , Joan Bennett , Elizabeth Taylor .
BW-93 mins, CC,
8:15 AM
FIGHTING SULLIVANS, THE (1944)
During WWII, five brothers enlist in the Navy and are assigned to serve on the same ship.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Anne Baxter , Thomas Mitchell , Selena Royle .
BW-111 mins, CC,
10:15 AM
FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO (1943)
A British corporal goes undercover to infiltrate Field Marshall Rommel's command.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Franchot Tone , Anne Baxter , Akim Tamiroff .
BW-96 mins, CC,
12:00 PM
FLIGHT COMMAND (1940)
A cocky cadet tries to prove himself during flight training.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Robert Taylor , Ruth Hussey , Walter Pidgeon .
BW-116 mins, CC,
2:00 PM
FOR ME AND MY GAL (1942)
An unscrupulous song-and-dance man uses his partner and his best friend to get ahead.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Judy Garland , George Murphy , Gene Kelly .
BW-104 mins, CC,
4:00 PM
FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956)
A group of space troopers investigates the destruction of a colony on a remote planet.
Dir: Fred McLeod Wilcox Cast: Walter Pidgeon , Anne Francis , Leslie Nielsen .
C-98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
5:48 PM
FACING YOUR DANGER (1946)
Conquering the Colorado River is no easy task but the men in this exciting short film make it look so easy! Vitaphone Release 1472A.
Dir: Edwin E. Olsen
C-10 mins,
6:00 PM
FOREIGN AFFAIR, A (1948)
A prim Congresswoman gets caught up in the romantic decadence of post-war Germany.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Jean Arthur , Marlene Dietrich , John Lund .
BW-116 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: OSCARS A TO Z
8:00 PM
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940)
An American reporter covering the war in Europe gets mixed up in the assassination of a Dutch diplomat.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Joel McCrea , Laraine Day , Herbert Marshall .
BW-121 mins, CC,
10:15 PM
42ND STREET (1933)
The definitive backstage musical, complete with the dazzling newcomer who goes on for the injured star.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Warner Baxter , Bebe Daniels , George Brent .
BW-89 mins, CC,
12:00 AM
FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (1971)
Two New York narcotics cops set out to bust a French drug smuggling ring.
Dir: William Friedkin Cast: Gene Hackman , Fernando Rey , Roy Scheider .
C-104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
2:00 AM
FRIENDLY PERSUASION (1956)
A peaceful Quaker family's sanctity is tested during the Civil War.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Gary Cooper , Dorothy McGuire , Marjorie Main .
BW-138 mins, CC,
4:30 AM
FURY (1936)
An innocent man escapes a lynch mob then returns for revenge.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Sylvia Sidney , Spencer Tracy , Walter Abel .
BW-92 mins, CC,
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