TCM Schedule for Sunday February 16 - 31 Days of Oscar: 1951 Best Picture Nominees

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A full day of Best Picture contenders is capped off by all of 1951's nominees in prime time.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (1954)
When their older brother marries, six lumberjacks decide it's time to go courting for themselves. Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Howard Keel , Jeff Richards , Russ Tamblyn . C-102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:43 AM SURE CURES (1946)
This short film presents the folly of using "home remedies" for various ills.Dir: Dave O'Brien Cast: Dave O'Brien , BW-11 mins,

8:00 AM HERE COMES MR. JORDAN (1941)
A prizefighter who died before his time is reincarnated as a tycoon with a murderous wife. Dir: Alexander Hall Cast: Robert Montgomery , Evelyn Keyes , Claude Rains . BW-94 mins, CC,

9:35 AM DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE (1938)
This short film offers an account of the meeting of the Continental Congress in the summer of 1776. Dir: Crane Wilbur Cast: John Litel , Ted Osborn , Emmett Vogan . C-17 mins,

10:00 AM THIN MAN, THE (1934)
A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts. Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell , Myrna Loy , Maureen O'Sullivan . BW-91 mins, CC,

11:45 AM STATE FAIR (1933)
The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair.Dir: Henry King Cast: Janet Gaynor , Will Rogers , Lew Ayres . BW-97 mins, CC,

1:30 PM PICNIC (1956)
A handsome drifter ignites passions at a small-town Labor Day picnic. Dir: Joshua Logan Cast: William Holden , Kim Novak , Betty Field . C-113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 PM LION IN WINTER, THE (1968)
England's Henry II and his estranged queen battle over the choice of an heir. Dir: Anthony Harvey Cast: Peter O'Toole , Katharine Hepburn , Jane Merrow . C-134 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958)
A dying plantation owner tries to help his alcoholic son solve his problems. Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Elizabeth Taylor , Paul Newman , Burl Ives . C-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM PLACE IN THE SUN, A (1951)
An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy. Dir: George Stevens Cast: Montgomery Clift , Elizabeth Taylor , Shelley Winters . BW-122 mins, CC,

10:15 PM AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN (1951)
An American artist finds love in Paris but almost loses it to conflicting loyalties. Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Gene Kelly , Leslie Caron , Oscar Levant . BW-114 mins, CC,

12:15 AM STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (1951)
A fading southern belle tries to build a new life with her sister in New Orleans. Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Vivien Leigh , Marlon Brando , Kim Hunter . BW-125 mins, CC,

2:30 AM DECISION BEFORE DAWN (1952)
During World War II, the U.S. Army uses German POWs as spies. Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Richard Basehart , Gary Merrill , Oskar Werner . BW-120 mins, CC,

4:45 AM QUO VADIS (1951)
A Roman commander falls for a Christian slave girl as Nero intensifies persecution of the new religion. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Robert Taylor , Deborah Kerr , Leo Genn . C-175 mins, CC,