Classic Films
Related: About this forumTCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 1: 31 Days of Oscar: 1940s Winners
This year's 31 Days of Oscar celebration has a twist: The featured films were not only nominated but came away with an Academy Award.
There will be different themes each day: a particular decade, a specific category.
It's going to be fun. Look how many classics are showing just in this 24-hour period! If you haven't seen Gaslight yet, here's your opportunity.
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
12:15 am
Divorce American Style (1967)
1h 49m | Comedy | TV-PG
A bored couple drifts toward divorce, only to discover how hard the single life is.
Director
Bud Yorkin
Cast
Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards Jr.
2:15 am
Marriage on the Rocks (1965)
1h 49m | Comedy | TV-PG
A couple divorces by mistake during a madcap Mexican vacation.
Director
Jack Donohue
Cast
Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr, Dean Martin
4:15 am
Adam's Rib (1949)
1h 41m | Comedy | TV-G
A happily married middle-aged husband and wife strain their marriage while serving as the prosecution and defense attorneys on a trial.
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday
6:00 am
The Westerner (1940)
1h 40m | Western | TV-PG
A drifter accused of horse stealing faces off against the notorious Judge Roy Bean.
Director
William Wyler
Cast
Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Fred Stone
8:00 am
The Harvey Girls (1946)
1h 41m | Musical | TV-G
Straitlaced waitresses battle saloon girls to win the West for domesticity.
Director
George Sidney
Cast
Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger
10:00 am
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
1h 50m | Drama | TV-G
A man remains young and handsome while his portrait shows the ravages of age and depravity.
Director
Albert Lewin
Cast
George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed
12:00 pm
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
1h 34m | Adventure | TV-G
Showmen try to exploit a giant ape raised by an orphan.
Director
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Cast
Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong
2:00 pm
The Yearling (1946)
2h 14m | Drama | TV-G
A Florida boy's pet deer threatens the family farm.
Director
Clarence Brown
Cast
Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman Jr.
4:15 pm
The Naked City (1948)
1h 36m | Crime | TV-14
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Director
Jules Dassin
Cast
Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart
6:00 pm
Key Largo (1948)
1h 41m | Crime | TV-G
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
Director
John Huston
Cast
Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall
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8:00 pm
The Lost Weekend (1945)
1h 41m | Drama | TV-PG
A writer fights to overcome his addiction to liquor.
Director
Billy Wilder
Cast
Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry
10:00 pm
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
1h 58m | Drama | TV-PG
Phil Green is a magazine writer who decides to write a series of articles exposing anti-Semitism.
Director
Elia Kazan
Cast
Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield
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12:15 am
Laura (1944)
1h 28m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A hard-boiled detective falls hard for a murder victim.
Director
Otto Preminger
Cast
Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb
2:00 am
Gaslight (1944)
1h 54m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten
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4:00 am
Suspicion (1941)
1h 39m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A young woman marries a charming man after a brief romance but then comes to believe he is a murderer.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Cast
Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke
5:45 am
The Pride of the Yankees (1943)
2h 8m | Drama | TV-PG
Baseball legend Lou Gehrig faces a crippling disease at the height of his success.
Director
Sam Wood
Cast
Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth