TCM Schedule for Wednesday, April 21: 31 Days of Oscar: Oscar A to Z

The entire day is devoted to movies beginning with the letter P.

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

1:45 am
Passion Fish (1992)
2h 16m | Drama
After becoming a paraplegic in an accident, a soap opera star returns to her home in Louisiana.
Director
John Sayles
Cast
Mason Daring, Jennifer Gardner, Michael Mantell

4:15 am
Pat and Mike (1952)
1h 35m | Comedy | TV-G
A promoter falls for a gym teacher he bills as the world's top woman athlete.
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Aldo Ray

6:00 am
A Patch of Blue (1965)
1h 45m | Romance | TV-PG
A young blind white woman, living with her prostitute mother and sheltered inside most of her life, falls in love with a black man.
Director
Guy Green
Cast
Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman

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8:00 am
Penny Serenade (1941)
2h 5m | Comedy | TV-G
A woman on the verge of divorce recalls her heartbreaking attempts to adopt a child.
Director
George Stevens
Cast
Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi



10:15 am
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
1h 32m | Comedy | TV-G
The world's worst actress rises to stardom as serial queen Pearl White.
Director
George Marshall
Cast
Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe



12:00 pm
Period of Adjustment (1962)
1h 52m | Comedy | TV-PG
A newlywed couple's honeymoon is disrupted by their friends' marital problems.
Director
George Roy Hill
Cast
Tony Franciosa, Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton

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2:00 pm
Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
1h 35m | Drama | TV-PG
The jazz band's leader gets mixed up with a gangster in '20s Kansas City.
Director
Jack Webb
Cast
Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'brien

4:00 pm
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
1h 51m | Comedy | TV-G
Socialite Tracy Lord is getting married, and an honest reporter is there to get the story....
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart

6:00 pm
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
1h 50m | Drama | TV-G
A man remains young and handsome while his portrait shows the ravages of age and sin.
Director
Albert Lewin
Cast
George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed



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8:00 pm
Pillow Talk (1959)
1h 45m | Comedy | TV-G
A man and woman carry their feud over the telephone line they share into their real lives....
Director
Michael Gordon
Cast
Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall



10:00 pm
The Pirate (1948)
1h 42m | Adventure | TV-PG
An actor poses as a notorious pirate to court a romantic Caribbean girl.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Cast
Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak

12:00 am
Places In The Heart (1984)
1h 51m | Drama | TV-14
After her sheriff husband is killed, a Texas woman tires to make ends meet for her family ...
Director
Robert Benton
Cast
Sally Field, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan



2:00 am
Poltergeist (1982)
1h 54m | Drama | TV-MA
In her family's suburban home, ghosts begin communicating with five-year-old Carol Anne through the static on the television screen.
Director
Tobe Hooper
Cast
JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight

4:15 am
Possessed (1947)
1h 48m | Drama | TV-PG
A married woman's passion for a former love drives her mad.
Director
Curtis Bernhardt
Cast
Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey



6:15 am
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
1h 57m | Drama | TV-PG
The arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar with families with single daughters.
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Cast
Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland