TCM SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014: 1937 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR NOMINEES

[CBHagman]

Wednesday, February 19th, 2014

12:00 AM
North By Northwest (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant , Eva Marie Saint , James Mason .
C-136 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 AM
Anatomy Of A Murder (1959)
A small-town lawyer gets the case of a lifetime when a military man avenges an attack on his wife.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: James Stewart , Lee Remick , Ben Gazzara .
BW-161 mins, CC, Letterbox Format



5:30 AM
Nun's Story, The (1959)
A headstrong girl fights the strictures of the Catholic church in Europe and the Belgian Congo.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Audrey Hepburn , Peter Finch , Dame Edith Evans .
C-152 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

8:15 AM
On the Beach (1959)
After a nuclear war, U.S. sailors stationed in Australia deal with the end of civilization.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Gregory Peck , Ava Gardner , Fred Astaire .
BW-134 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:45 AM
Westerner, The (1940)
A drifter accused of horse stealing faces off against the notorious Judge Roy Bean.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Gary Cooper , Walter Brennan , Fred Stone .
BW-100 mins, CC,



12:27 PM
Quicker 'N A Wink (1940)
In this short film, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates the photography process he developed to allow the ability to view motion not able to be seen by the naked eye.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: June Preisser , Clarence Curtis , Tex Harris .
BW-9 mins,

12:45 PM
Barefoot Contessa, The (1954)
A Spanish dancer becomes an international star but still longs to get her feet in the dirt.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Ava Gardner , Edmond O'Brien .
C-130 mins, CC,

2:56 PM
Battle Of Gettysburg, The (1956)
This short film relates the story of the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
Dir: Herman Hoffman
C-30 mins, Letterbox Format

3:30 PM
Sweet Bird Of Youth (1962)
A young gigolo returns to his southern hometown in search of the lost love of his youth.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Paul Newman , Geraldine Page , Shirley Knight .
C-120 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:39 PM
Main Street Today (1944)
This short film promotes the U.S. war effort at home in a small town.
Dir: Edward L. Cahn Cast: Snub Pollard , Robert Dudley , William Forrest .
BW-20 mins,

6:00 PM
Paper Chase, The (1973)
A law student discovers that his girlfriend is the daughter of his toughest professor.
Dir: James Bridges Cast: John Houseman , Timothy Bottoms , Lindsay Wagner .
C-111 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: 1937 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR NOMINEES

8:00 PM
Topper (1937)
A fun-loving couple returns from the dead to help a henpecked husband.
Dir: Norman Z. McLeod Cast: Constance Bennett , Cary Grant , Roland Young .
BW-98 mins, CC,



9:42 PM
That Mothers Might Live (1938)
This short film focuses on the story of Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis, a physician that realized the death of new mothers could be reduced through the washing of hands.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Beatrice Roberts , E. Alyn Warren , Leonard Penn .
BW-10 mins,

10:00 PM
Life Of Emile Zola, The (1937)
The famed writer risks his reputation to defend a Jewish army officer accused of treason.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Paul Muni , Joseph Schildkraut , Gale Sondergaard .
BW-116 mins, CC,



12:15 AM
Awful Truth, The (1937)
A divorced couple keeps getting mixed up in each other's love lives.
Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Irene Dunne , Cary Grant , Ralph Bellamy .
BW-91 mins, CC,



2:00 AM
Lost Horizon (1937)
Four fugitives from a Chinese revolution discover a lost world of peace and harmony.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Ronald Colman , Jane Wyatt , Edward Everett Horton .
BW-133 mins, CC,



4:15 AM
Hurricane, The (1937)
A Polynesian escapes prison to return home during a raging storm.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Dorothy Lamour , Jon Hall , Mary Astor .
BW-104 mins, CC,

[longship]

1. On the Beach, a flawed gem.

But Ava Gardner turns in an incredible performance. Worth watching for her role alone.

Also, Fred Astaire doing well.
And Peck his usual.