TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 30: 31 Days of Oscar: 1950s Winners

Doris Day! Jimmy Stewart! Stewart Granger! The circus! The Napoleonic wars!

Wednesday's going to be epic.

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

1:00 AM
The Razor's Edge (1946)
2h 26m | Romance | TV-G
A young man's quest for spiritual peace threatens his position in society.
Director
Edmund Goulding
Cast
Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne

3:45 AM
The Battle of Midway Profile Image The Battle of Midway (1942)
18m | Short | TV-PG
Actual battle footage documents the U.S.' heroic stand against the Japanese on Midway Island.
Director
John Ford
Cast
John Ford, John Ford, John Ford

4:15 AM
Vacation from Marriage (1945)
1h 32m | Drama | TV-PG
After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion.
Director
Alexander Korda
Cast
Robert Donat, Deborah Kerr, Glynis Johns

6:00 AM
Destination Moon (1950)
1h 20m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-G
A crusading scientist defies the government to launch an expedition to the moon.
Director
Irving Pichel
Cast
John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers

7:45 AM
King Solomon's Mines (1950)
1h 42m | Adventure | TV-PG
A spirited widow hires a daredevil jungle scout to find a lost treasure in diamonds.
Director
Compton Bennett
Cast
Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson

9:30 AM
Calamity Jane (1953)
1h 41m | Musical | TV-G
The Wild West heroine helps bring a star attraction to Deadwood and finds love.
Director
David Butler
Cast
Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn McLerie



11:15 AM
The Big Country (1958)
2h 46m | Western | TV-PG
Feuding families vie for water rights in the old West.
Director
William Wyler
Cast
Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker



2:15 PM
Giant (1956)
3h 21m | Drama | TV-PG
A Texas ranching family fights to survive changing times.
Director
George Stevens
Cast
Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean

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5:45 PM
East of Eden (1955)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-PG
Film adaptation of Steinbeck's classic about a 1917 California farm family and the two brothers.
Director
Elia Kazan
Cast
Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey

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8:00 PM
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
2h 33m | Drama | TV-PG
A circus ringmaster and an egotistical trapeze artist vie for the love of a pretty acrobat.
Director
Cecil B. Demille
Cast
Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston



10:45 PM
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
1h 59m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
International spies kidnap a doctor's son when he stumbles on their assassination plot.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Cast
James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie

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1:00 AM
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
1h 56m | Musical | TV-G
The famed bandleader fights to establish himself and keep his family going.
Director
Anthony Mann
Cast
James Stewart, June Allyson, Henry Morgan

3:15 AM
Crashing the Water Barrier (1956)
9m | Short | TV-G
This short documentary follows the exploits of Donald Campbell, who attempts to set a water speed record on Lake Mead.
Director
Konstantin Kalser
Cast
Jay Jackson, Donald Campbell, Leo Villa



3:30 AM
War and Peace (1966)
5h 57m | Adaptation
Epic adaptation of Tolstoy's novel centers around the lives of two families during Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
Director
Sergey Bondarchuk
Cast
Lyudmila Savelyeva, Sergey Bondarchuk,