TCM Schedule for Tuesday, February 14th: 31 Days of Oscar: Italy

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Happy Valentine's Day, everybody!

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

1:00 AM Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
A sponge diver and an American anthropologist try to salvage a priceless statue from the Mediterranean floor.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Alan Ladd , Clifton Webb , Sophia Loren .
C-111 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 AM Never On Sunday (1960)
An American scholar in Greece tries to reform a local prostitute.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Melina Mercouri , Jules Dassin , George Foundas .
BW-93 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

4:48 AM One Reel Wonder: More About Nostradamus (1940)
BW-11 mins,

5:00 AM 8 1/2 (1963)
A world-famous film director juggles his romantic relationships while trying to come up with an idea for his next picture.
Dir: Federico Fellini Cast: Marcello Mastroianni , Claudia Cardinale , Anouk Aimée .
BW-138 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

7:30 AM Bicycle Thief, The (1948)
A working man's livelihood is threatened when someone steals his bicycle.
Dir: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani , Enzo Staiola , Lianella Carell .
BW-89 mins, TV-G,

9:00 AM One Reel Wonder: Forty Boys And A Song (1941)
BW-10 mins,

9:15 AM Two Women (1960)
A widow tries to get her daughter to safety in World War II Italy.
Dir: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Sophia Loren , Jean-Paul Belmondo , Eleonora Brown .
BW-96 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

11:00 AM Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want.
Dir: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Sophia Loren , Marcello Mastroianni , Aldo Giuffrè .
C-114 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format



1:00 PM Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone, The (1961)
A fading stage star gets caught up in the decadent life of modern Rome when she hires a male companion.
Dir: José Quintero Cast: Vivien Leigh , Warren Beatty , Lotte Lenya .
BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

2:49 PM One Reel Wonder: Stairway To Light (1945)
C-10 mins,

3:00 PM Indiscretion Of An American Wife (1954)
An American woman tries to break it off with her Italian lover.
Dir: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Jennifer Jones , Montgomery Clift , Gino Cervi .
BW-63 mins, TV-PG, CC,

4:15 PM Romeo and Juliet (1936)
Shakespeare's classic tale of young lovers from feuding families.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Norma Shearer , Leslie Howard , John Barrymore .
BW-125 mins, TV-G, CC,

6:30 PM Farewell To Arms, A (1932)
An American serving in World War I falls for a spirited nurse.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Helen Hayes , Gary Cooper , Adolphe Menjou .
BW-89 mins, TV-G, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: ITALY

8:00 PM Top Hat (1935)
A woman thinks the man who loves her is her best friend's husband.
Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Edward Everett Horton .
BW-100 mins, TV-G, CC,



9:45 PM One Reel Wonder: Great Heart, The (1938)
BW-11 mins,

10:00 PM Summertime (1955)
A schoolteacher is surprised to find love on a Venetian vacation.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Rossano Brazzi , Isa Miranda .
C-100 mins, TV-PG, CC,

11:44 PM One Reel Wonder: Battle Of Gettysburg, The (1956)
C-30 mins, Letterbox Format

12:15 AM Room With a View, A (1985)
An Englishwoman visiting Florence is torn between her straitlaced fiance and a young Bohemian.
Dir: James Ivory Cast: Maggie Smith , Helena Bonham Carter , Denholm Elliott .
C-117 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format



2:15 AM Secret Of Santa Vittoria, The (1969)
During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Anthony Quinn , Anna Magnani , Virna Lisi .
C-140 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

4:19 AM One Reel Wonder: Tanks Are Coming, The (1941)
C-20 mins,

4:45 AM Amarcord (1973)
A young Italian deals with his awakening sexual urges during the days of Fascism.
Dir: Federico Fellini Cast: Magali Noel , Bruno Zanin , Pupella Maggio .
C-124 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format