TCM Schedule for Tuesday, February 21: 31 Days of Oscar: Oscars A to Z

[CBHagman]

The A to Z approach has really made for some interesting variety in the TCM schedule -- everything from John Ford classics to Jane Austen adaptations.

Tuesday, February 21st, 2017

12:45 AM
POLTERGEIST (1982)

Evil spirits abduct a suburban family's daughter causing chaos and havoc.
Dir: Tobe Hooper Cast: Jobeth Williams , Craig T. Nelson , Beatrice Straight .
C-114 mins, CC,

2:45 AM
POSSESSED (1947)

A married woman's passion for a former love drives her mad.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Joan Crawford , Van Heflin , Raymond Massey .
BW-108 mins, CC,

4:45 AM
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1940)

Jane Austen's comic classic about five sisters out to nab husbands in 19th-century England.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Greer Garson , Laurence Olivier , Mary Boland .
BW-118 mins, CC,

6:45 AM
PRIDE OF THE MARINES (1945)

A blinded Marine tries to adjust to civilian life.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: John Garfield , Eleanor Parker , Dane Clark .
BW-120 mins, CC,

8:45 AM
PRIMROSE PATH (1940)

The youngest child in a family of prostitutes tries to go straight with a working man.
Dir: Gregory La Cava Cast: Ginger Rogers , Joel McCrea , Marjorie Rambeau .
BW-93 mins, CC,

10:30 AM
PRINCESS O'ROURKE (1943)

A flying ace's romance with a princess creates diplomatic problems.
Dir: Norman Krasna Cast: Olivia De Havilland , Robert Cummings , Charles Coburn .
BW-95 mins, CC,

12:08 PM
GIVE ME LIBERTY (1936)

This short film presents a dramatization of Patrick Henry's speech before the Virginia legislature in which he argues for colonial independence. Vitaphone Release 7766-7767.
Dir: B. Reeves Eason Cast: Lottie Williams , Jesse Graves , Carrie Daumery .
C-21 mins,

12:30 PM
PRISONER OF ZENDA, THE (1937)

An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Ronald Colman , Madeleine Carroll , C. Aubrey Smith .
BW-101 mins, CC,

2:15 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,

4:00 PM
PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX, THE (1939)

Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Bette Davis , Errol Flynn , Olivia De Havilland .
BW-106 mins, CC,

6:00 PM
PRIZEFIGHTER AND THE LADY, THE (1933)

A boxing champion falls for a gangster's moll.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Myrna Loy , Max Baer , Primo Carnera .
BW-102 mins, CC,

7:49 PM
WANTED - A MASTER (1936)

In this short film, a dog living in a junk yard sets off to find a master.
Dir: Arthur Ornitz
BW-10 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: OSCARS A TO Z

8:00 PM
QUIET MAN, THE (1952)

An Irish ex-boxer retires to Ireland and searches for the proper wife.
Dir: John Ford Cast: John Wayne , Maureen O'Hara , Barry Fitzgerald .
C-129 mins, CC,

10:15 PM
RAZOR'S EDGE, THE (1946)

A young man's quest for spiritual peace threatens his position in society.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Tyrone Power , Gene Tierney , John Payne .
BW-145 mins, CC,

12:45 AM
REAR WINDOW (1954)

A photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a nearby apartment building.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: James Stewart , Grace Kelly , Wendell Corey .
C-112 mins, CC,

2:45 AM
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)

An alienated teenager tries to handle life's troubles and an apron-wearing dad.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: James Dean , Natalie Wood , Sal Mineo .
C-111 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:45 AM
RED DANUBE, THE (1949)

A Russian ballerina in Vienna tries to flee KGB agents and defect.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Walter Pidgeon , Ethel Barrymore , Peter Lawford .
BW-119 mins, CC,