TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 1: 31 Days of Oscar: Adventure

If you're here to read this, we've made it to March. Now the 31 Days of Oscar begin, and TCM starts it off in daytime with the theme of Family Ties. Tonight's adventurous schedule will take you everywhere from castles to the high seas.


Wednesday, March 1, 2023

1:30 AM The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
A daffy socialite gets her friends mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir: Leigh Jason Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


3:00 AM Libeled Lady (1936)
When an heiress sues a newspaper, the editor hires a reporter to compromise her.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


4:45 AM Man-Proof (1938)
A woman refuses to give up on the man she loves, even after he marries someone else.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Myrna Loy, Franchot Tone, Rosalind Russell
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC:


6:00 AM The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
A possessive son's efforts to keep his mother from remarrying threaten to destroy his family.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

7:30 AM Life with Father (1947)
A financier from New York rules his numerous family members, consisting of his wife and his four sons, with the meticulousness of a bookkeeper.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



9:30 AM East of Eden (1955)
Film adaptation of Steinbeck's classic about a 1917 California farm family and the two brothers who struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



11:30 AM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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1:30 PM I Remember Mama (1948)
Norwegian immigrants face the trials of family life in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar Homolka
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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3:45 PM Auntie Mame (1958)
An eccentric heiress raises her nephew to be a free spirit.
Dir: Morton Dacosta Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne
Runtime: 143 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



6:15 PM Father of the Bride (1950)
Attorney Stanley T. Banks finds himself unprepared when his daughter, Kay, announces her engagement to Buckley Dunstan, while wife Ellie and son Tommy burst with enthusiasm for Kay's wedding. But for Stanley, gaining a "son" offers no consolation for the loss of his baby girl, who's all grown up now with a life of her own.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: ADVENTURE

8:00 PM The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The bandit king of Sherwood Forest leads his Merry Men in a battle against the corrupt Prince John.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Basil Rathbone
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y



10:00 PM The African Queen (1951)
A grizzled skipper and a spirited missionary take on the Germans in Africa during World War I.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: N



12:00 AM The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Two English ex-soldiers leave British-ruled India for a remote part of Afghanistan in order to become kings.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer
Runtime: 129 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-MA CC: Y



2:15 AM Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
As the cruel captain of the HMS Bounty, a ship bound for Tahiti, William Bligh wins few friends. When the crew members finally tire of his abuse, Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny, resulting in Bligh's unceremonious removal from the ship.
Dir: Frank Lloyd Cast: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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4:30 AM Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Showmen try to exploit a giant ape raised by an orphan.
Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast: Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y