TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 2: 31 Days of Oscar: 1950s Winners [View all]

Lots of complicated relationships in today's film roster. What is it about the 1950s?!

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

12:15 am
Laura (1944)
1h 28m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A hard-boiled detective falls hard for a murder victim.
Director
Otto Preminger
Cast
Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb

2:00 am
Gaslight (1944)
1h 54m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten

4:00 am
Suspicion (1941)
1h 39m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A young woman marries a charming man after a brief romance but then comes to believe that he is a murderer.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Cast
Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke

5:45 am
The Pride of the Yankees (1943)
2h 8m | Drama | TV-PG
Baseball legend Lou Gehrig faces a crippling disease at the height of his success.
Director
Sam Wood
Cast
Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth

8:00 am
Room at the Top (1959)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-PG
A young accountant claws his way to the top in the boardroom and the bedroom.
Director
Jack Clayton
Cast
Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears

10:00 am
Picnic (1956)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-PG
A handsome drifter ignites passions at a small-town Labor Day picnic.
Director
Joshua Logan
Cast
William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field



12:00 pm
Written on the Wind (1957)
1h 32m | Drama | TV-PG
A young woman marries into a corrupt oil family then falls for her husband's best friend.
Director
Douglas Sirk
Cast
Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack

1:45 pm
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
2h 8m | Drama | TV-G
A Spanish dancer becomes an international star but still longs to get her feet in the dirt.
Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast
Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien

4:00 pm
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
1h 58m | Drama | TV-PG
An unscrupulous movie producer uses everyone around him in his climb to the top.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Cast
Elaine Stewart, Sammy White, Leo G. Carroll

6:00 pm
La Strada (1954)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-PG
A traveling strongman buys a peasant girl to be his wife and co-star.
Director
Federico Fellini
Cast
Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: 1950s Winners

8:00 pm
Gigi (1958)
1h 56m | Musical | TV-G
The story of an illegitimate waif in late 1800s Paris who is pushed by her grandmother and aunt to become a courtesan.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Cast
Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan



10:15 pm
The King and I (1956)
2h 13m | Musical | TV-G
A schoolteacher goes to Siam to teach the King's children.
Director
Walter Lang
Cast
Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno



12:45 am
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
2h 2m | Musical | TV-PG
True story of torch singer Ruth Etting's struggle to escape the gangster who made her a star.
Director
Charles Vidor
Cast
Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell



3:00 am
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
1h 43m | Musical | TV-G
The seven Pontipee brothers ease the loneliness of their Oregon farm by courting seven women.
Director
Stanley Donen
Cast
Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn



5:00 am
The Red Balloon (1956)
35m | Adventure | TV-G
A boy discovers his new balloon has a mind of its own.
Director
Albert Lamorisse
Cast
Pascal Lamorisse, Sabine Lamorisse

5:45 am
Limelight (1952)
2h 18m | Romance | TV-G
A broken-down comic sacrifices everything to give a young dancer a shot at the big time.
Director
Charles Chaplin
Cast
Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce