TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 20: 31 Days of Oscar: Who Played It Better: Henry VIII

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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

CREEPIEST VOYEURISM

12:00 AM
BLOW-UP ( 1966)
A photographer discovers a murder in the background of a candid photo.
Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni Cast: Vanessa Redgrave , Sarah Miles , David Hemmings .
C- 111 mins, CC,

2:00 AM
STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN ( 1967)
This Academy nominated stop-motion live-action short focuses on driving safety and dealing with road rage.
Dir: Len Janson Cast: Len Janson , Chuck Menville , Evelyn Hoeller .
C- 10 mins,

2:15 AM
THREE COLORS: RED ( 1994)
An accident creates a relationship between a model and a retired judge who spies on his neighbors.
Dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski Cast: IrFne Jacob , Jean-Louis Trintignant , Federique Feder .
C- 100 mins, Letterbox Format

COURTROOM DRAMAS

4:00 AM
PHILADELPHIA ( 1993)
A lawyer sues his firm for firing him because he has AIDS.
Dir: Jonathan Demme Cast: Tom Hanks , Denzel Washington , Antonio Banderas .
BW- 125 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

6:15 AM
FURY ( 1936)
An innocent man escapes a lynch mob then returns for revenge.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Sylvia Sidney , Spencer Tracy , Walter Abel .
BW- 92 mins, CC,

8:00 AM
TRIAL ( 1955)
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Glenn Ford , Dorothy McGuire , Arthur Kennedy .
BW- 109 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 AM
LIBEL ( 1959)
A former POW is accused of being an impostor.
Dir: Anthony Asquith Cast: Dirk Bogarde , Olivia De Havilland , Paul Massie .
BW- 100 mins, CC,

11:47 AM
SO YOU THINK YOU'RE NOT GUILTY ( 1950)
In this comedic short, a simple traffic violation turns into a 10-year jail sentence for Joe McDoakes. Vitaphone Release 1876A.
Dir: Richard Bare Cast: Charles Sullivan , Willard Waterman , Ted Stanhope .
BW- 11 mins,

12:00 PM
INHERIT THE WIND ( 1960)
In the twenties, a schoolteacher creates a national furor when he breaks the law against teaching evolution.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy , Fredric March , Gene Kelly .
BW- 128 mins, CC,

2:15 PM
TWILIGHT OF HONOR ( 1963)
A struggling lawyer takes on a controversial murder case that could make or break him.
Dir: Boris Sagal Cast: Richard Chamberlain , Joey Heatherton , Nick Adams .
BW- 104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 PM
MADELEINE ( 1950)
A beautiful young woman stands trial for poisoning her lover.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Ann Todd , Norman Woland , Ivan Desny .
BW- 115 mins, CC,

6:15 PM
12 ANGRY MEN ( 1957)
A jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Henry Fonda , Lee J. Cobb , Ed Begley .
BW- 96 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: WHO PLAYED IT BETTER: HENRY VIII

8:00 PM
PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII, THE ( 1933)
The famed English monarch suffers through five of his six disastrous marriages.
Dir: Alexander Korda Cast: Charles Laughton , Merle Oberon , Wendy Barrie .
BW- 94 mins, CC,

9:41 PM
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE ( 1938)
This short film offers an account of the meeting of the Continental Congress in the summer of 1776. Vitaphone Release 8874-8875.
Dir: Crane Wilbur Cast: John Litel , John Harron , Ferris Taylor .
C- 17 mins,

10:00 PM
MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, A ( 1966)
A devout scholar gets caught in the middle of Henry VIII's plans to break with the Catholic Church.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Paul Scofield , Wendy Hiller , Leo McKern .
C- 121 mins, CC,

1954 BEST SCORE WINNERS: DRAMATIC VS. MUSICAL

12:15 AM
HIGH AND THE MIGHTY, THE ( 1954)
When a commercial airliner develops engine trouble, the passengers and crew think back on the lives they could be losing soon.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: John Wayne , Claire Trevor , Laraine Day .
C- 147 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 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

4:47 AM
ROMANCE OF RADIUM ( 1937)
This short film tells the story of the discovery of radium and how it is used in medicine.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Eddie Hart , Emmett Vogan , Margaret Bert .
BW- 10 mins,

EXOTIC LOCALES

5:00 AM
ALGIERS ( 1938)
A thief on the run from the law risks his life for love.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Sigrid Gurie , Charles Boyer , Hedy Lamarr .
BW- 95 mins, CC,