TCM Schedule for Sunday, February 27 --- Notable No-Shows

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27 Sunday



REAL WOMEN:
Like men, women who play real people are often nominated for an Academy Awards in the leading category. For example Greer Garson received a nomination for playing Eleanor Roosevelt in what film?

7:28 AM Short Film: Battle Of Gettysburg, The (1956)
C-30 mins, , Letterbox Format

8:00 AM Sister Kenny (1946)
True story of the Australian nurse who fought to gain acceptance for her polio-treatment methods. Cast: Rosalind Russell, Dean Jagger, Alexander Knox. Dir: Dudley Nichols. BW-116 mins, TV-G, CC

9:58 AM Short Film: Don'T Talk (1942)
BW-22 mins,

10:30 AM I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
True story of singer Lillian Roth's battle against alcoholism. Cast: Susan Hayward, Jo Van Fleet, Eddie Albert. Dir: Daniel Mann. BW-119 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

12:30 PM Short Film: Strauss Fantasy (1954)
C-10 mins,

12:45 PM I Want To Live! (1958)
True story of the small-time lady crook who fought to escape the gas chamber. Cast: Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Theodore Bikel. Dir: Robert Wise. BW-121 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 PM Sunrise At Campobello (1960)
After a bout with polio, future president Franklin Roosevelt fights to save his political career. Cast: Greer Garson, Ralph Bellamy, Hume Cronyn. Dir: Vincent J. Donehue. C-144 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 PM Joan Of Arc (1948)
A farm girl's faith unites France against British invaders. Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Jose Ferrer, Francis L. Sullivan. Dir: Victor Fleming. C-100 mins, , CC

7:14 PM Short Film: Service With The Colors (1940)
C-21 mins,

7:39 PM Short Film: Sons Of Liberty (1939)
A patriotic short chronicling the efforts of underground leader and military financier Haym Salomon during the American Revolution. Starring Claude Rains as Haym Salomon. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Cast: Claude Rains Dir: Michael Curtiz C-21 mins,


NOTABLE NO-SHOWS:
Joan Crawford may or may not have actually been ill when she stayed home in bed on the night she won her only Oscar for Best Actress for what film?

8:00 PM Mildred Pierce (1945)
A woman turns herself into a business tycoon to win her selfish daughter a place in society. Cast: Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-111 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

10:00 PM Annie Hall (1977)
A comedian and an aspiring singer try to overcome their neuroses and find happiness. Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts. Dir: Woody Allen. C-93 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

11:39 PM Short Film: Tanks Are Coming, The (1941)
C-20 mins,

12:00 AM Informer, The (1935)
An Irish rebel turns in his best friend to earn passage money to America, then has to dodge the suspicions of his cohorts. Cast: Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster. Dir: John Ford. BW-92 mins, TV-PG, CC

1:39 AM Short Film: Eyes Of The Navy (1940)
BW-20 mins,

2:00 AM Morning Glory (1933)
A stage struck girl travels to New York determined to make it on Broadway. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Adolphe Menjou. Dir: Lowell Sherman. BW-74 mins, TV-G, CC

3:25 AM Short Film: Jeanette Macdonald Biography (1962)
BW-4 mins,


THE LION ROARS:
Before 1951 the Best Picture Academy Award was officially a competition among the studios, rather than individual producers. MGM was the studio with the most nominations - 41. Which of the following nominees is an MGM picture?

3:30 AM Smilin' Through (1932)
A young woman falls in love with the son of an old family enemy. Cast: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Fredric March. Dir: Sidney Franklin. BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC

5:09 AM Short Film: Give Me Liberty (1936)
BW-21 mins,

5:30 AM Broadway Melody Of 1936 (1935)
A Broadway columnist tries to use an innocent dancer to frame a producer. Cast: Jack Benny, Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell. Dir: Roy Del Ruth. BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC

[CBHagman]

1. Love those acceptance speech smileys.

:rofl:

But I can't believe we're almost at the end of 31 Days of Oscar. :cry:

Here's the real Eleanor Roosevelt with the fictional one during the filming of Sunrise at Campobello: