TCM Schedule for Tuesday, February 5th. 31 DAYS OF OSCAR - THE 1940S

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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008.



12:15am Broadway Melody, The (1929)
Love and success break up a vaudeville sister act.
Cast: Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love. Dir: Harry Beaumont. BW-100 mins, TV-G

2:04am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Swing High (1932)
BW-10 mins

2:15am 42nd Street (1933)
The definitive backstage musical, complete with the dazzling newcomer who goes on for the injured star.
Cast: Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Warner Baxter. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-89 mins, TV-G

4:00am A Nous La Liberte (1931)
An escaped convict creates a business empire that becomes a new prison for him.
Cast: Raymond Cordy, Henri Marchand, Rolla France. Dir: Rene Clair. BW-83 mins, TV-G

5:24am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Boy And His Dog, A (1946)
A young boy fights to save a dog from his cruel owner.
Cast: Harry Davenport, Billy Sheffield, Russell Simpson. Dir: LeRoy Prinz. BW-21 mins, TV-G

5:45am Green Years, The (1946)
An orphaned Irish boy is taken in by his mother's Scottish relations.
Cast: Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Dean Stockwell. Dir: Victor Saville. BW-125 mins, TV-PG

8:00am Captains Courageous (1937)
A spoiled rich boy is lost at sea and rescued by a fishing boat, where hard work and responsibility help him become a man.
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore. Dir: Victor Fleming. BW-117 mins, TV-G

10:00am Yearling, The (1946)
A Florida boy's pet deer threatens the family farm.
Cast: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman, Jr. Dir: Clarence Brown. C-128 mins, TV-G

12:15pm 400 Blows, The (1959)
A 12-year-old boy turns to crime to escape family problems.
Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy. Dir: Francois Truffaut. BW-100 mins, TV-14



2:00pm Little Women (1949)
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Cast: June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Lawford. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. C-122 mins, TV-G

4:03pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Annie Was A Wonder (1948)
BW-11 mins

4:15pm Janie (1944)
A small-town girl defies her father by falling for a soldier.
Cast: Joyce Reynolds, Robert Hutton, Ann Harding. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-102 mins, TV-G

6:00pm Sterile Cuckoo, The (1969)
An innocent college boy gets mixed up with a needy, neurotic young woman.
Cast: Liza Minnelli, Wendell Burton, Tim McIntire. Dir: Alan J. Pakula. C-107 mins, TV-PG


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7:48pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: So You Think You'Re Not Guilty (1949)
A simple traffic violation turns into a 10-year jail sentence for Joe McDoakes (George O'Hanlon).
Cast: George O'Hanlon, Ralph Sanford Dir: Richard L. Bare BW-11 mins

8:00pm Best Years Of Our Lives, The (1946)
Three returning servicemen fight to adjust to life after World War II.
Cast: Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy. Dir: William Wyler. BW-170 mins, TV-PG



11:00pm All the King's Men (1949)
A backwoods politician rises to the top only to become corrupted.
Cast: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge. Dir: Robert Rossen. BW-110 mins, TV-PG



1:00am Casablanca (1942)
An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-103 mins, TV-PG



2:45am Rebecca (1940)
A young bride is terrorized by the memories of her husband's glamorous first wife.
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-130 mins, TV-PG