TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 8: 31 Days of Oscar: 1940s Winners

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Once again there's remarkable variety in the schedule. And note the multiple sightings of Gene Kelly, Walter Huston, and John Mills!



Tuesday, March 8, 2022

12:30 am
The Champ (1931)
1h 26m | Drama | TV-G
A broken-down prizefighter battles to keep custody of his son.
Director
King Vidor
Cast
Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich

2:15 am
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
1h 30m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a scientist who unleashes the beast within.
Director
Rouben Mamoulian
Cast
Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart

4:00 am
Viva Villa (1934)
1h 55m | Western | TV-PG
Rousing biography of the bandit chief who led the battle for Mexican independence.
Director
Jack Conway
Cast
Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Fay Wray

6:00 am
In Which We Serve (1942)
1h 53m | War | TV-PG
Survivors of a bombed British destroyer think back on the paths that led them to war.
Director
Noel Coward
Cast
Noel Coward, John Mills, Celia Johnson

8:00 am
Great Expectations (1946)
1h 58m | Drama | TV-G
A mysterious benefactor finances a young boy's education.
Director
David Lean
Cast
John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Finlay Currie

10:00 am
All That Money Can Buy (1941) (also known as The Devil and Daniel Webster)
1h 52m | Drama | TV-G
A farmer sells his soul for seven years of good crops.
Director
William Dieterle
Cast
Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell

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12:00 pm
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
1h 50m | Adventure | TV-PG
The legendary lover saves his queen from treason.
Director
Vincent Sherman
Cast
Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas

2:00 pm
Black Narcissus (1947)
1h 39m | Drama | TV-14
Nuns founding a convent in the Himalayas are tormented by the area's exotic beauty.
Director
Michael Powell
Cast
Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar

3:45 pm
The Red Shoes (1948)
2h 14m | Romance | TV-G
Tale of a famous ballerina who must choose between art and love.
Director
Michael Powell
Cast
Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer

6:00 pm
Cover Girl (1944)
1h 47m | Musical | TV-G
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
Director
Charles Vidor
Cast
Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: 1940s Winners

8:00 pm
Going My Way (1944)
2h 10m | Musical | TV-G
A young priest revitalizes a failing parish and brings new life to the elder priest.
Director
Leo McCarey
Cast
Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh

10:15 pm
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
1h 51m | Comedy | TV-G
Socialite Tracy Lord is getting married, and an honest reporter is there to get the story...and winds up falling for her.
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart

12:15 am
The More the Merrier (1943)
1h 44m | Comedy | TV-G
The World War II housing shortage brings three people together for an unlikely romance.
Director
George Stevens
Cast
Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn

2:15 am
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
2h 6m | Musical | TV-G
The life story of dancing vaudevillian George M. Cohan.
Director
Michael Curtiz
Cast
James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston

4:30 am
On the Town (1949)
1h 38m | Musical | TV-G
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York.
Director
Gene Kelly
Cast
Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett