TCM Schedule for Saturday, February 25, 2012 -- 31 Days Of Oscar: California, Day One

[Bolo Boffin]

California dreaming on this last weekend for TCM's Oscar coverage. And since California is the home of Hollywood, you'll find a wide variety of movies to choose from this weekend, with a John Steinbeck double feature in the evening.


6:30 AM
BARBARY COAST (1935)

A vice king's girlfriend falls for a young miner.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Miriam Hopkins , Edward G. Robinson , Joel McCrea .
BW-90 mins, TV-G,

8:30 AM
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)

An aging couple's liberal principles are tested when their daughter announces her engagement to a black doctor.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy , Sidney Poitier , Katharine Hepburn .
C-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:30 AM
AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936)

Married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora's cousin of a murder charge.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell , Myrna Loy , James Stewart .
BW-112 mins, TV-G, CC,

12:30 PM
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)

Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Mary Astor , Gladys George .
BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC,

2:15 PM
THE HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL (1951)

A concentration camp survivor assumes a dead woman's identity but gets caught in a wealthy family's intrigues.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Richard Basehart , Valentina Cortesa , William Lundigan .
BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC,

4:00 PM
BULLITT (1968)

When mobsters kill the witness he was assigned to protect, a dedicated policeman investigates the case on his own.
Dir: Peter Yates Cast: Steve McQueen , Robert Vaughn , Jacqueline Bisset .
C-114 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM
EAST OF EDEN (1955)

Two brothers compete for their father's approval and a woman's love.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Julie Harris , James Dean , Raymond Massey .
C-118 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM
THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)

Oklahoma farmers dispossessed during the Depression fight for better lives in California.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Henry Fonda , Jane Darwell , John Carradine .
BW-129 mins, TV-G, CC,

10:15 PM
BOUND FOR GLORY (1976)

True story of folk singer Woody Guthrie, who rose to the top while fighting for the rights of migrant farm workers.
Dir: Hal Ashby Cast: David Carradine , Ronny Cox , Melinda Dillon .
C-148 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

1:00 AM
HARRY AND TONTO (1974)

When his apartment house is condemned, a retired man goes searching for his place in the world.
Dir: Paul Mazursky Cast: Art Carney , Ellen Burstyn , Chief Dan George .
C-115 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 AM
THE STUNT MAN (1980)

A man on the run joins an embattled film company run by a maniacal director.
Dir: Richard Rush Cast: Peter O'Toole , Barbara Hershey , Steve Railsback .
C-131 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

5:15 AM
THE STRIP (1951)

A jazz drummer fights to clear his name when he's accused of killing a racketeer.
Dir: Leslie Kardos Cast: Mickey Rooney , Sally Forrest , William Demarest .
BW-86 mins, TV-PG, CC,

[Auggie]

1. Some huge films today ...

including my favorite:

"When you're slapped you'll take it and like it!"

[Bolo Boffin]

3. Those desk lighters are the stuff my dreams are made of.

I don't smoke, but I'd kill Spade's partner to get one.

[inboxx]

2. Old Is Gold

Glow Movies