TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 29th: 31 Days of Oscar: China
During the day, TCM takes us to Belgium and the heart of Europe. Then it's a look at love and war. Setting: China.
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
2:15 AM Arabian Nights (1942)
Half-brothers vie for an Arabian throne and the love of a beautiful storyteller.
Dir: John Rawlins Cast: Sabu , Jon Hall , Maria Montez .
C-87 mins, TV-PG,
4:00 AM Topkapi (1964)
An international band of thieves plots to steal a priceless treasure from a heavily guarded museum.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Melina Mercouri , Peter Ustinov , Maximilian Schell .
C-119 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
6:00 AM Thief of Bagdad, The (1940)
A young thief faces amazing monsters to return Bagdad's deposed king to the throne.
Dir: Ludwig Berger Cast: Conrad Veidt , Sabu , June Duprez .
C-106 mins, TV-G, CC,
8:00 AM Two Arabian Knights (1927)
In this silent film, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a beautiful harem girl during World War I.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: William Boyd , Mary Astor , Louis Wolheim .
BW-92 mins, TV-G,
10:00 AM America, America (1963)
A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Stathis Giallelis , Frank Wolff , Harry Davis .
BW-168 mins, TV-PG, CC,
1:00 PM Singing Nun, The (1966)
Fanciful biography of the Belgian nun who briefly made the hit parade.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Debbie Reynolds , Ricardo Montalban , Greer Garson .
C-96 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
3:00 PM 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, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
5:45 PM Battleground (1949)
American soldiers in France fight to survive a Nazi siege just before the Battle of the Bulge.
Dir: William Wellman Cast: Van Johnson , John Hodiak , Ricardo Montalban .
BW-119 mins, TV-PG, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: CHINA
8:00 PM Shanghai Gesture, The (1941)
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
Dir: Josef von Sternberg Cast: Gene Tierney , Walter Huston , Victor Mature .
BW-98 mins, TV-PG, CC,
10:00 PM Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1955)
A Eurasian doctor in Hong Kong falls in love with a war orrespondent.
Dir: Henry King Cast: William Holden , Jennifer Jones , Torin Thatcher .
C-102 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
12:00 AM Flying Tigers (1942)
American flyers help the Chinese fight off Japanese invaders.
Dir: David Miller Cast: John Wayne , John Carroll , Anna Lee .
BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC,
2:00 AM 55 Days At Peking (1963)
An American major leads the defense against Chinese revolutionaries in 1900 Peking.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: Charlton Heston , Ava Gardner , David Niven .
C-162 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
4:45 AM Dragon Seed (1944)
Chinese peasants fight to survive the Japanese occupation during World War II.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Walter Huston , Aline MacMahon .
BW-148 mins, TV-PG, CC,