TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 9: 31 Days of Oscar: 1950s Winners

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Wednesday, March 9, 2022

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

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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

6:15 am
Gate of Hell (1954)
1h 30m | Drama | TV-PG
In 12th-century Japan, a heroic officer pursues a married woman.
Director
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Cast
Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyo, Isao Yamagata

8:00 am
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
1h 57m | Comedy | TV-PG
A streetwalker dreams of a better life.
Director
Federico Fellini.
Cast
Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Amedeo Nazzari

10:00 am
Black Orpheus (1959)
1h 43m | Musical | TV-PG
A streetcar conductor loses his true love during Brazil's carnival season.
Director
Marcel Camus
Cast
Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes Deoliveira

12:00 pm
The Defiant Ones (1958)
1h 37m | Drama | TV-PG
Two convicts, a white racist and an angry black, escape while chained to each other.
Director
Stanley Kramer
Cast
Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel

1:45 pm
Mister Roberts (1955)
2h 3m | Comedy | TV-PG
A naval officer longing for active duty clashes with his vainglorious captain.
Director
John Ford
Cast
Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell

4:00 pm
Ben-Hur (1959)
3h 32m | Epic | TV-PG
While seeking revenge, a rebellious Israelite prince crosses paths with Jesus Christ.
Director
William Wyler
Cast
Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet

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8:00 pm
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
1h 42m | Romance | TV-G
A Eurasian doctor in Hong Kong falls in love with a war correspondent.
Director
Henry King
Cast
William Holden, Jennifer Jones, Torin Thatcher

10:00 pm
Sayonara (1957)
2h 27m | Romance | TV-PG
American soldiers in post-war Japan defy convention when they fall in love with local women.
Director
Joshua Logan
Cast
Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, Red Buttons

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12:45 am
From Here to Eternity (1953)
1h 58m | Drama | TV-PG
Enlisted men in Hawaii fight for love and honor on the eve of World War II.
Director
Fred Zinnemann
Cast
Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr

3:00 am
Titanic (1953)
1h 38m | Drama | TV-PG
An unhappily married couple realize their problems seem minor when the ship they're on hits an iceberg.
Director
Jean Negulesco
Cast
Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner

5:00 am
The Sea Around Us (1952)
1h 1m | Documentary | TV-G
Documentary based on Rachel Carson's pioneering study of ocean life.
Director
Irwin Allen
Cast
Don Forbes, Theodor Von Eltz, Irwin Allen