TCM Schedule for Saturday, February 12 --- 31 Days of Oscar

[lavenderdiva]

12 Saturday



6:15 AM None but the Lonely Heart (1944)
A young ne'er-do-well tries to get his life on track to help his ailing mother. Cast: Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, Barry Fitzgerald. Dir: Clifford Odets. BW-113 mins, TV-PG, CC

8:15 AM Dark Victory (1939)
A flighty heiress discovers inner strength when she develops a brain tumor. Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Edmund Goulding. BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

10:00 AM Of Mice and Men (1939)
A drifter and his slow-witted pal try to make their way in the West. Cast: Burgess Meredith, Lon Chaney, Jr., Betty Field. Dir: Lewis Milestone. BW-106 mins, TV-14, CC

11:47 AM Short Film: The Great Heart (1938)
BW-11 mins,

12:00 PM Ninotchka (1939)
A coldhearted Soviet agent is warmed up by a trip to Paris and a night of love. Cast: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire. Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. BW-111 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

2:00 PM Wuthering Heights (1939)
A married noblewoman fights her lifelong attraction to a charismatic gypsy. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, Geraldine Fitzgerald. Dir: William Wyler. BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:00 PM Stagecoach (1939)
A group of disparate passengers battle personal demons and each other while racing through Indian country. Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, George Bancroft. Dir: John Ford. BW-96 mins, TV-G, CC

5:45 PM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption. Cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-130 mins, TV-G, CC

8:00 PM The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
A Kansas farm girl dreams herself into a magical land where she must fight a wicked witch to escape. Cast: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr. Dir: Victor Fleming. C-102 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

9:47 PM Short Film: Prophet Without Honor (1939)
BW-11 mins,

10:00 PM Gone With the Wind (1939)
Classic tale of Scarlett O'Hara's battle to save her beloved Tara and find love during the Civil War. Cast: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland. Dir: Victor Fleming. C-233 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

2:00 AM Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
A cold-hearted teacher becomes the school favorite when he's thawed by a beautiful young woman. Cast: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Paul Henreid. Dir: Sam Wood. BW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

4:00 AM Love Affair (1939)
Near-tragic misunderstandings threaten a shipboard romance. Cast: Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, Maria Ouspenskaya. Dir: Leo McCarey. BW-87 mins, TV-G, CC

5:28 AM Short Film: They're Always Caught (1938)
BW-22 mins,

[Staph]

1. Oh, it's my favorite year!

1939 was an amazing year for movies. It should be a great day!

[CBHagman]

2. 1939, truly the most memorable year in filmmaking.

How many of today's TCM line-up can you identify by still photo?

[lavenderdiva]

4. I'll give it a go CBH!

Here are my guesses, and you stumped me on 2 of the photos--

Guess on photo number 1: 'Stagecoach'. it's a guess b/c John Wayne looks like he's dressed for a western, and 'Stagecoach' is the only western in today's line-up.

Photo number 2: 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips'. This is a film that is one of my favs, so I do recognize this one!

Stumped on Photo number 3 & 4--

Great idea for a post!! :hi:

[CBHagman]

5. Number 3 is "Ninotchka."

Number 4 is Dark Victory.

The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind would have been too obvious, and as it was Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Stagecoach weren't particularly subtle either! :shrug:

[lavenderdiva]

6. Awwww-- I should have gotten Dark Victory!

I just didn't recognize it! Never would have gotten Ninotchka, I'm afraid-

[Matilda]

7. Lavender, if you've never watched Ninotchka, give yourself a treat.

For me, it's Garbo's best role - she's perfectly cast as the dour Russian
who gradually opens up and begins to fly.

It has suave Melvyn Douglas, also perfectly cast as the layabout who
typifies everything that a good communist hates. Some wonderfully
witty repartee from him, perfectly delivered as always.

It also has wonderful supporting players like Felix Bressart, whom I
always enjoy, and of course the sublime direction of Ernst Lubitsch. He
had such an eye and ear for sly comedy, never overdone, but keeping you
smiling all the way through.

And of course the triumvirate of MGM in the golden years: Recording
Direction by Douglas Shearer; Art Direction by Cedric Gibbons; Costumes
by Adrian. With those three, you always know you're in for a visual and
aural treat.

But it's above all Garbo's film, and if anybody ever wondered what made
Garbo great, this film will tell you.

[lavenderdiva]

8. It sounds good Matilda-

I'm sorry I missed it yesterday, so I added it to our Netflix queue. Your review is terrific!! :hi:

[lavenderdiva]

3. Today's Theme -- THE BEST OF THE BEST

Thanks to CBH sharing a link to how to find the themes this month, I discovered that today's theme is 'The Best Of The Best', and indeed it IS with today's line-up. Movie after movie are favorites of ours, all in one day!