TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 15: 31 Days of Oscar: 1940s Winners

[CBHagman]

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Here come the Academy Award winners, and as always, there are (A) a mixture of genres and (B) multiple sightings of select stars. Put out the popcorn and pick your favorites (or finally see the ones you've missed).

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

1:00 am
The Informer (1935)
1h 31m | Drama | TV-PG
An Irish rebel turns in his best friend to earn passage money to America, then has to dodge the suspicions of his cohorts.
Director
John Ford
Cast
Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster

2:45 am
Disraeli (1929)
1h 30m | Drama | TV-G
The noted British statesman plays matchmaker for a pair of young lovers.
Director
Alfred E. Green
Cast
George Arliss, Joan Bennett, Florence Arliss

4:15 am
The Jazz Singer (1927)
1h 36m | Musical | TV-G
A cantor's son breaks with family tradition to go into show business.
Director
Alan Crosland
Cast
Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland

6:15 am
Lady Be Good (1941)
1h 51m | Musical | TV-PG
Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.
Director
Norman Z. McLeod
Cast
Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Robert Young

8:15 am
Strike Up the Band (1940)
2h | Musical | TV-G
A high-school band sets out to win a national radio contest.
Director
Busby Berkeley
Cast
Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Paul Whiteman

10:15 am
Easter Parade (1948)
1h 43m | Musical | TV-G
A musical about a Broadway dancer who tries to forget his ex-partner while rising to stardom.
Director
Charles Walters
Cast
Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford

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12:00 pm
The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer (1947)
1h 35m | Comedy | TV-G
A teenage girl's crush on a playboy spells trouble, particularly when he falls for her older sister.
Director
Irving Reis
Cast
Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple

1:45 pm
Little Women (1949)
2h 1m | Drama | TV-G
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Director
Mervyn Leroy
Cast
June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien

4:00 pm
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
1h 57m | Romance | TV-PG
The arrival of two wealthy bachelors in the town of Meryton causes an uproar for families with single daughters.
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Cast
Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland

6:00 pm
The Stratton Story (1949)
1h 46m | Drama | TV-G
True story of Monty Stratton, the baseball star who fought to continue his career after losing a leg.
Director
Sam Wood
Cast
James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan

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

8:00 pm
National Velvet (1944)
2h 5m | Drama | TV-G
A British farm girl fights to train a difficult horse for the Grand National Steeplechase.
Director
Clarence Brown
Cast
Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor

10:15 pm
Hamlet (1948)
2h 35m | Drama | TV-14
The melancholy Dane flirts with insanity while trying to prove his uncle murdered his father.
Director
Laurence Olivier
Cast
Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney

1:00 am
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
2h 6m | Adventure | TV-PG
Three prospectors fight off bandits and each other after striking it rich in Mexico.
Director
John Huston
Cast
Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt

3:15 am
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
2h 23m | Musical | TV-G
A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.
Director
George Sidney
Cast
Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly

5:45 am
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
1h 45m | Epic | TV-PG
Epic dramatization of the Pilgrims' journey to the new world on the Mayflower.
Director
Clarence Brown
Cast
Lowell Gilmore, Tommy Ivo, John Dehner

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1. Monty Stratton's major league career ended when a hunting accident

resulted in his right leg to be amputated — not his arm.

[CBHagman]

2. My bad!

TCM's capsule descriptions often cut off (no pun intended) in mid-sentence, and sometimes there's not much available under the synopsis. So I winged it this time. Bad idea. Thank you for the correction.