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February 10, 2025
The Day At a Glance
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 14
- LOVERS (VALENTINE'S DAY)
Pillow Talk (1959)
Now, Voyager (1942)
Brief Encounter (1945)
- BEST PICTURE
Racket, The (1928)
Saturday, February 15
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 15
- BEST PICTURE
Big House, The (1930) (7:00 am ET)
Farewell to Arms, A (1932)
Barretts of Wimpole Street, The (1934)
Mister Roberts (1955)
Yearling, The (1946)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 15
- COWBOYS
True Grit (1969)
Cat Ballou (1965)
Giant (1956)
Westerner, The (1940)
- BEST PICTURE
Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1935)
Complete schedule
12:00 AM Pillow Talk (1959)
Pillow Talk is a 1959 American romantic comedy film in CinemaScope directed by Michael Gordon and starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day. The supporting cast features Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Allen Jenkins, Marcel Dalio and Lee Patrick. The film was written by Russell Rouse, Maurice Richlin, Stanley Shapiro, and Clarence Greene.
It tells the story of Jan Morrow (Day), an interior decorator, and Brad Allen (Hudson), a womanizing composer and bachelor, who share a telephone party line. When she unsuccessfully files a complaint on him for constantly using the line to woo his conquests, Brad finds out she is rather pretty and decides to trick her by masquerading as a Texas rancher. The scheme seems to work until their mutual friend Jonathan Forbes (Randall) finds out about it and exposes Brad.
According to a "Rambling Reporter" (August 28, 1959) item in The Hollywood Reporter, RKO originally bought the script by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene in 1942, but since it was not produced, the writers bought it back in 1945. In 1947, they sold it as a play, but bought it back once again four years later, finally selling it in 1958 to Arwin Productions, the company owned by Doris Day's husband, Martin Melcher. Although the film was originally titled Pillow Talk, according to a February 2, 1959 "Rambling Reporter" item in The Hollywood Reporter, the title "displeased" the PCA, and was changed to Any Way the Wind Blows. In August 1959, however, the original title was reinstated.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Doris Day), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Thelma Ritter), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Richard H. Riedel, Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt) and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.
This is the first of three romantic comedies in which Day, Hudson, and Randall starred together, the other two being Lover Come Back (1961) and Send Me No Flowers (1964).
Upon its release, Pillow Talk brought in a then staggering domestic box-office gross of $18,750,000 and gave Rock Hudson's career a comeback after the failure of A Farewell to Arms two years earlier.
In 2009, it was entered into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant and preserved.
Dir: Michael Gordon Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Doris Day {"Jan Morrow"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Thelma Ritter {"Alma"}
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Richard H. Riedel; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt
MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Frank DeVol
*WINNER* WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) -- Story by Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene; Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin
Trivia: Ross Hunter wrote that after he made this film, no theatre managers wanted to book it. Popular movie themes at the time were war films, westerns, and spectacles. Hunter was told by the big movie chains that sophisticated comedies like this movie went out with William Powell. They also believed that Doris Day and Rock Hudson were things of the past and had been overtaken by newer stars. Hunter persuaded Sol Schwartz, who owned the Palace Theatre in New York, to book the film for a two-week run, and it was a smash hit. The public had been starved for romantic comedy, and theatre owners who had previously turned down Hunter now had to deal with him on HIS terms.
2:00 AM Now, Voyager (1942)
A repressed spinster is transformed by psychiatry and her love for a married man.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Bette Davis {"Charlotte Vale"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Gladys Cooper {"Mrs. Vale"}
*WINNER* MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Max Steiner
Trivia: The biggest box office hit of Bette Davis's career.
Trivia: The movie's line "Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars." was voted as the #46 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
4:00 AM Brief Encounter (1945)
Brief Encounter is a 1945 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean from a screenplay by Noël Coward, based on his 1936 one-act play Still Life. The film stars Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in lead roles, alongside Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg and Margaret Barton in supporting roles.
Brief Encounter tells the story of two married strangers living in pre-World War II England, whose chance meeting at a railway station leads to a brief yet intense emotional affair, disrupting their otherwise conventional lives.
Brief Encounter premiered in London on 13 November 1945, followed by its wide release on 25 November. The film received widespread critical acclaim, with Johnson and Howard's performances earning high praise. However, despite critical acclaim, it emerged as a moderate commercial success at the box-office.
Brief Encounter received three nominations at the 19th Academy Awards for Best Director (Lean), Best Actress (Johnson) and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film was one of the winners in the Grand Prix category at the 1st Cannes Film Festival, while Johnson won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress.
Many critics, historians, and scholars consider Brief Encounter as one of the greatest films of all time. In 1999, the British Film Institute ranked it the second-greatest British film of all time. In 2017, a Time Out poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers, and critics ranked it the 12th-best British film ever.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Celia Johnson {"Laura Jesson"}
DIRECTING -- David Lean
WRITING (Screenplay) -- David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame
Trivia: Carnforth Station was chosen partly because it was so far from the southeast of England that it would receive sufficient warning of an air-raid attack that there would be time to turn out the filming lights to comply with wartime blackout restrictions.
Trivia: According to several Billy Wilder biographies, the scene in this movie where Dr. Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard) tries to use a friend's apartment in order to be alone with Laura inspired Wilder to write "The Apartment (1960)."
5:30 AM The Racket (1928)
In this silent film, a renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: N
Oscar nominations:
OUTSTANDING PICTURE -- The Caddo Company
Trivia: Only one copy of the film is known to have survived. It was long thought lost before being located in Howard Hughes' film collection after his death. The film was restored and preserved by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas film department. The restored copy is frequently shown on Turner Classic Movies in the US.
7:00 AM The Big House (1930)
An attempted prison break leads to a riot.
Dir: George Hill Cast: Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- Wallace Beery {"'Machine Gun' Butch Schmidt"}
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Cosmopolitan
*WINNER* SOUND RECORDING -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
*WINNER* WRITING -- Frances Marion
Trivia: Frances Marion's Academy Award for Best Screenplay made her the first woman to win an Oscar in a non-acting capacity.
8:30 AM A Farewell to Arms (1932)
An American soldier falls in love with Catherine Barkley, a British nurse he meets after being wounded at the front.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ART DIRECTION -- Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson [came in 2nd]
*WINNER* CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Charles Bryant Lang, Jr.
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Paramount [came in 2nd]
*WINNER* SOUND RECORDING -- Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director
Trivia: Censorship problems arose from early versions of the script, which included phases of Catherine's actual childbirth and references to labor pains, gas, her groaning and hemorrhaging. After these were removed, the MPPDA approved the script, and even issued a certificate for re-release in 1938 when the censorship rules were more strictly enforced. Still, the film was rejected in British Columbia and in Australia, where Hemingway's book was also banned.
Trivia: Ernest Hemingway hated this interpretation of his novel, as he felt it was overly romantic. That didn't stop him, however, from becoming lifelong friends with Gary Cooper, whom he met several years later. In fact, it was Hemingway who would insist that Cooper be cast in the lead of the adaptation of his novel For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) 11 years later. However, the two made a point of never discussing this film.
10:15 AM The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
An invalid poetess defies her father's wishes to marry a dashing young poet.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Norma Shearer {"Elizabeth Barrett"} [came in 2nd]
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [came in 2nd]
Trivia: Concerned about the public's reaction, the disturbing subplot about Father Barrett's incestuous designs on his daughter was toned down by the studio. However, Charles Laughton famously remarked that they couldn't censor the "gleam" in his eye.
Trivia: When producer Irving Thalberg cast his wife, Norma Shearer, in the role of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Randolph Hearst was enraged that his mistress, Marion Davies, was not given the part. So Hearst pulled Davies out of MGM and placed her with Warner Brothers for the remainder of her career, and for over a year the name "Norma Shearer" did not appear in any Hearst newspapers. Hearst later attempted to get Davies cast in the title role in Marie Antoinette (1938)...a part that also went to Shearer.
12:15 PM Mister Roberts (1955)
A naval officer longing for active duty clashes with his vainglorious captain.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
*WINNER* ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Jack Lemmon {"Ensign Pulver"}
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Leland Hayward, Producer
SOUND RECORDING -- Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, William A. Mueller, Sound Director
Trivia: "Mister Roberts" was William Powell's final film appearance. He had marked difficulties retaining his lines, something that had not happened to him in earlier films. This, along with frail health (including bouts with cancer) plus a difficult Hawaii location shoot, ultimately led to the actor's decision to retire.
2:30 PM The Yearling (1946)
A Florida boy's pet deer threatens the family farm.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman Jr.
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- Gregory Peck {"Pa Baxter"}
ACTRESS -- Jane Wyman {"Ma Baxter"}
*WINNER* ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
*WINNER* CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, Arthur Arling
DIRECTING -- Clarence Brown
FILM EDITING -- Harold Kress
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
4:45 PM Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
The fantastic adventures of Englishman Phileas Fogg who, to win a bet, journeyed around the world in the "record time" of 80 days using every mode of transportation from train to boat to elephant and balloon.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton
Runtime: 170 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: James W. Sullivan, Ken Adam; Set Decoration: Ross J. Dowd
*WINNER* CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Lionel Lindon
COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Miles White
DIRECTING -- Michael Anderson
*WINNER* FILM EDITING -- Gene Ruggiero, Paul Weatherwax
*WINNER* MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Victor Young
*WINNER* BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Michael Todd, Producer
*WINNER* WRITING (Screenplay--Adapted) -- James Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman
Trivia: This movie featured the longest closing credits sequence at the time, at six minutes and twenty-one seconds. All of the credits are shown at the end. The title is the last credit.
Trivia: This movie created the idea of "cameo roles" as a way to invite established stars to participate in a production.
8:00 PM True Grit (1969)
True Grit is a 1969 American Western film directed by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, Glen Campbell as La Boeuf and Kim Darby as Mattie Ross. It is the first film adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Marguerite Roberts. Wayne won an Oscar for his performance in the film and reprised his character for the 1975 sequel Rooster Cogburn.
Historians believe Cogburn was based on Deputy U.S. Marshal Heck Thomas, who brought in some of the toughest outlaws. The cast also features Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Corey and Strother Martin. The title song, sung by Campbell, was also Oscar-nominated.
The movie's success launched a series of films including a 1975 sequel, a 1978 made-for-TV sequel, and a 2010 remake film adaptation.
Dir: Henry Hathaway Cast: John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-14 CC:
Oscar nominations:
*WINNER* ACTOR -- John Wayne {"Rooster Cogburn"}
MUSIC (Song--Original for the Picture) -- "True Grit," Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Don Black
Trivia: Elvis Presley was considered for the role of La Boeuf, the Texas Ranger. However, "Colonel" Tom Parker, his manager, insisted that Presley should receive top billing. The part was given to Glen Campbell instead.
Trivia: Despite its commercial success, John Wayne was not pleased with the finished film. He greatly disliked Kim Darby's performance, and while promoting the film for its US release in June 1969, told interviewers that he had starred in much better films, citing Stagecoach (1939) as an example. At the Oscar ceremony on April 9, 1970, Wayne personally told Richard Burton that he felt Burton should have won the Oscar for his portrayal of King Henry VIII in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969).
10:15 PM Cat Ballou (1965)
Cat Ballou is a 1965 American western comedy film starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual role. The story involves a woman who hires a notorious gunman to protect her father's ranch, and later to avenge his murder, only to find that the gunman is not what she expected. The supporting cast features Tom Nardini, Michael Callan, Dwayne Hickman, and Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye, who together perform the film's theme song, and who appear throughout the film in the form of travelling minstrels or troubadours as a kind of musical Greek chorus and framing device.
The film was directed by Elliot Silverstein from a screenplay by Walter Newman and Frank Pierson adapted from the 1956 novel The Ballad of Cat Ballou by Roy Chanslor, who also wrote the novel filmed as Johnny Guitar. Chanslor's novel was a serious Western, and though it was turned into a comedy for the film, the filmmakers retained some darker elements. The film references many classic Western films, notably Shane. The film was selected by the American Film Institute as the 10th greatest Western of all time in its AFI's 10 Top 10 list in 2008.
Dir: Elliot Silverstein Cast: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
*WINNER* ACTOR -- Lee Marvin {"Kid Shelleen/Tim Strawn"}
FILM EDITING -- Charles Nelson
MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) -- DeVol
MUSIC (Song) -- "The Ballad Of Cat Ballou," Music by Jerry Livingston; Lyrics by Mack David
WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) -- Walter Newman, Frank R. Pierson
Trivia: Nat 'King' Cole had a nightly singing engagement at a Lake Tahoe nightclub. He would commute daily between Lake Tahoe and the set in order to do both. Everyone noticed that Cole was coughing a great deal whenever he was on the set and losing weight, but most figured he was just running himself down with such a gruelling schedule. Unbeknownst to them and to Cole himself, he was already very sick with lung cancer.
12:00 AM Giant (1956)
Giant is a 1956 American epic drama film directed by George Stevens, from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber's 1952 novel.
The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean and features Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor, Elsa Cárdenas and Earl Holliman.
Giant was the last of Dean's three films as a leading actor, and earned him his second and last Academy Award nomination – he was killed in a car crash before the film was released. His friend Nick Adams was called in to do some voice dubbing for Dean's role.
In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean
Runtime: 201 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- James Dean {"Jett Rink"}
ACTOR -- Rock Hudson {"Bick Benedict"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Mercedes McCambridge {"Luz Benedict"}
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Ralph S. Hurst
COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Moss Mabry, Marjorie Best
*WINNER* DIRECTING -- George Stevens
FILM EDITING -- William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson, Fred Bohanan
MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Dimitri Tiomkin
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg, Producers
WRITING (Screenplay--Adapted) -- Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat
Trivia: During the shoot, James Dean appeared in an informal black-and-white television commercial in which he responded to questions posed by actor Gig Young. Ironically, Dean was promoting safe driving and informed viewers, "People say racing is dangerous, but I'd rather take my chances on the track any day than on the highway." Before he left the studio, he added one piece of advice: "Drive safely, because the life you save may be mine." Dean was wearing the same hat and clothing he wore for this movie throughout the commercial. He died a few weeks later in a car crash.
3:30 AM The Westerner (1940)
A drifter accused of horse stealing faces off against the notorious Judge Roy Bean.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Fred Stone
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
*WINNER* ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Walter Brennan {"Judge Roy Bean"}
ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- James Basevi
WRITING (Original Story) -- Stuart N. Lake
Trivia: Walter Brennan was somewhat embarrassed as to how he won three Oscars. In the early years of the Academy Awards, extras had the right to vote. Brennan was popular with the Union of Film Extras, and since their numbers were overwhelming, he won every time he was nominated. His third win for this film led to the disenfranchisement of the union from Oscar voting.
5:30 AM A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1935 American film adaptation of the Shakespearean play of the same name. It is directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle, produced by Warner Bros., and stars James Cagney, Mickey Rooney, Olivia de Havilland (in her film debut), Jean Muir, Joe E. Brown, Dick Powell, Ross Alexander, Anita Louise, Victor Jory and Ian Hunter. The screenplay, written by Charles Kenyon and Mary C. McCall Jr., is adapted from Reinhardt's Hollywood Bowl production of the play from the previous year.[2]
Felix Mendelssohn's music was extensively used, as re-orchestrated by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The ballet sequences featuring the fairies were choreographed by Ballets Russes veteran Bronislava Nijinska.
The film opened on October 30, 1935. It initially received mixed reviews and was a financial failure, but retrospective reviews have been far more positive, and it is considered one of the best film versions of Shakespeare's play.
Dir: Max Reinhardt Cast: Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale, Hobart Cavanaugh
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR -- Sherry Shourds [came in 2nd]
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.]
*WINNER* CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Hal Mohr
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.]
*WINNER* FILM EDITING -- Ralph Dawson
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Warner Bros.
Trivia: When the forest that Max Reinhardt designed could not be lit properly, cinematographer Hal Mohr thinned the trees slightly, sprayed them with aluminum paint and covered them with cobwebs and tiny metal particles to reflect the light. As a result, he became the first (and only) write-in winner of an Academy Award.
TCM Schedule Saturday Feb. 15: 31 Days of Oscar: Around the World In 80 Days, The Big House, Mister Roberts, Cat Ballou
The Day At a Glance
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 14
- LOVERS (VALENTINE'S DAY)
Pillow Talk (1959)
Now, Voyager (1942)
Brief Encounter (1945)
- BEST PICTURE
Racket, The (1928)
Saturday, February 15
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 15
- BEST PICTURE
Big House, The (1930) (7:00 am ET)
Farewell to Arms, A (1932)
Barretts of Wimpole Street, The (1934)
Mister Roberts (1955)
Yearling, The (1946)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 15
- COWBOYS
True Grit (1969)
Cat Ballou (1965)
Giant (1956)
Westerner, The (1940)
- BEST PICTURE
Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1935)
Complete schedule
12:00 AM Pillow Talk (1959)
Pillow Talk is a 1959 American romantic comedy film in CinemaScope directed by Michael Gordon and starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day. The supporting cast features Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Allen Jenkins, Marcel Dalio and Lee Patrick. The film was written by Russell Rouse, Maurice Richlin, Stanley Shapiro, and Clarence Greene.
It tells the story of Jan Morrow (Day), an interior decorator, and Brad Allen (Hudson), a womanizing composer and bachelor, who share a telephone party line. When she unsuccessfully files a complaint on him for constantly using the line to woo his conquests, Brad finds out she is rather pretty and decides to trick her by masquerading as a Texas rancher. The scheme seems to work until their mutual friend Jonathan Forbes (Randall) finds out about it and exposes Brad.
According to a "Rambling Reporter" (August 28, 1959) item in The Hollywood Reporter, RKO originally bought the script by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene in 1942, but since it was not produced, the writers bought it back in 1945. In 1947, they sold it as a play, but bought it back once again four years later, finally selling it in 1958 to Arwin Productions, the company owned by Doris Day's husband, Martin Melcher. Although the film was originally titled Pillow Talk, according to a February 2, 1959 "Rambling Reporter" item in The Hollywood Reporter, the title "displeased" the PCA, and was changed to Any Way the Wind Blows. In August 1959, however, the original title was reinstated.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Doris Day), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Thelma Ritter), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Richard H. Riedel, Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt) and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.
This is the first of three romantic comedies in which Day, Hudson, and Randall starred together, the other two being Lover Come Back (1961) and Send Me No Flowers (1964).
Upon its release, Pillow Talk brought in a then staggering domestic box-office gross of $18,750,000 and gave Rock Hudson's career a comeback after the failure of A Farewell to Arms two years earlier.
In 2009, it was entered into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant and preserved.
Dir: Michael Gordon Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Doris Day {"Jan Morrow"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Thelma Ritter {"Alma"}
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Richard H. Riedel; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt
MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Frank DeVol
*WINNER* WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) -- Story by Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene; Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin
Trivia: Ross Hunter wrote that after he made this film, no theatre managers wanted to book it. Popular movie themes at the time were war films, westerns, and spectacles. Hunter was told by the big movie chains that sophisticated comedies like this movie went out with William Powell. They also believed that Doris Day and Rock Hudson were things of the past and had been overtaken by newer stars. Hunter persuaded Sol Schwartz, who owned the Palace Theatre in New York, to book the film for a two-week run, and it was a smash hit. The public had been starved for romantic comedy, and theatre owners who had previously turned down Hunter now had to deal with him on HIS terms.
2:00 AM Now, Voyager (1942)
A repressed spinster is transformed by psychiatry and her love for a married man.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Bette Davis {"Charlotte Vale"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Gladys Cooper {"Mrs. Vale"}
*WINNER* MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Max Steiner
Trivia: The biggest box office hit of Bette Davis's career.
Trivia: The movie's line "Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars." was voted as the #46 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
4:00 AM Brief Encounter (1945)
Brief Encounter is a 1945 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean from a screenplay by Noël Coward, based on his 1936 one-act play Still Life. The film stars Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in lead roles, alongside Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg and Margaret Barton in supporting roles.
Brief Encounter tells the story of two married strangers living in pre-World War II England, whose chance meeting at a railway station leads to a brief yet intense emotional affair, disrupting their otherwise conventional lives.
Brief Encounter premiered in London on 13 November 1945, followed by its wide release on 25 November. The film received widespread critical acclaim, with Johnson and Howard's performances earning high praise. However, despite critical acclaim, it emerged as a moderate commercial success at the box-office.
Brief Encounter received three nominations at the 19th Academy Awards for Best Director (Lean), Best Actress (Johnson) and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film was one of the winners in the Grand Prix category at the 1st Cannes Film Festival, while Johnson won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress.
Many critics, historians, and scholars consider Brief Encounter as one of the greatest films of all time. In 1999, the British Film Institute ranked it the second-greatest British film of all time. In 2017, a Time Out poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers, and critics ranked it the 12th-best British film ever.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Celia Johnson {"Laura Jesson"}
DIRECTING -- David Lean
WRITING (Screenplay) -- David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame
Trivia: Carnforth Station was chosen partly because it was so far from the southeast of England that it would receive sufficient warning of an air-raid attack that there would be time to turn out the filming lights to comply with wartime blackout restrictions.
Trivia: According to several Billy Wilder biographies, the scene in this movie where Dr. Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard) tries to use a friend's apartment in order to be alone with Laura inspired Wilder to write "The Apartment (1960)."
5:30 AM The Racket (1928)
In this silent film, a renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: N
Oscar nominations:
OUTSTANDING PICTURE -- The Caddo Company
Trivia: Only one copy of the film is known to have survived. It was long thought lost before being located in Howard Hughes' film collection after his death. The film was restored and preserved by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas film department. The restored copy is frequently shown on Turner Classic Movies in the US.
7:00 AM The Big House (1930)
An attempted prison break leads to a riot.
Dir: George Hill Cast: Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- Wallace Beery {"'Machine Gun' Butch Schmidt"}
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Cosmopolitan
*WINNER* SOUND RECORDING -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
*WINNER* WRITING -- Frances Marion
Trivia: Frances Marion's Academy Award for Best Screenplay made her the first woman to win an Oscar in a non-acting capacity.
8:30 AM A Farewell to Arms (1932)
An American soldier falls in love with Catherine Barkley, a British nurse he meets after being wounded at the front.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ART DIRECTION -- Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson [came in 2nd]
*WINNER* CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Charles Bryant Lang, Jr.
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Paramount [came in 2nd]
*WINNER* SOUND RECORDING -- Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director
Trivia: Censorship problems arose from early versions of the script, which included phases of Catherine's actual childbirth and references to labor pains, gas, her groaning and hemorrhaging. After these were removed, the MPPDA approved the script, and even issued a certificate for re-release in 1938 when the censorship rules were more strictly enforced. Still, the film was rejected in British Columbia and in Australia, where Hemingway's book was also banned.
Trivia: Ernest Hemingway hated this interpretation of his novel, as he felt it was overly romantic. That didn't stop him, however, from becoming lifelong friends with Gary Cooper, whom he met several years later. In fact, it was Hemingway who would insist that Cooper be cast in the lead of the adaptation of his novel For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) 11 years later. However, the two made a point of never discussing this film.
10:15 AM The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
An invalid poetess defies her father's wishes to marry a dashing young poet.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Norma Shearer {"Elizabeth Barrett"} [came in 2nd]
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [came in 2nd]
Trivia: Concerned about the public's reaction, the disturbing subplot about Father Barrett's incestuous designs on his daughter was toned down by the studio. However, Charles Laughton famously remarked that they couldn't censor the "gleam" in his eye.
Trivia: When producer Irving Thalberg cast his wife, Norma Shearer, in the role of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Randolph Hearst was enraged that his mistress, Marion Davies, was not given the part. So Hearst pulled Davies out of MGM and placed her with Warner Brothers for the remainder of her career, and for over a year the name "Norma Shearer" did not appear in any Hearst newspapers. Hearst later attempted to get Davies cast in the title role in Marie Antoinette (1938)...a part that also went to Shearer.
12:15 PM Mister Roberts (1955)
A naval officer longing for active duty clashes with his vainglorious captain.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
*WINNER* ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Jack Lemmon {"Ensign Pulver"}
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Leland Hayward, Producer
SOUND RECORDING -- Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, William A. Mueller, Sound Director
Trivia: "Mister Roberts" was William Powell's final film appearance. He had marked difficulties retaining his lines, something that had not happened to him in earlier films. This, along with frail health (including bouts with cancer) plus a difficult Hawaii location shoot, ultimately led to the actor's decision to retire.
2:30 PM The Yearling (1946)
A Florida boy's pet deer threatens the family farm.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman Jr.
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- Gregory Peck {"Pa Baxter"}
ACTRESS -- Jane Wyman {"Ma Baxter"}
*WINNER* ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
*WINNER* CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, Arthur Arling
DIRECTING -- Clarence Brown
FILM EDITING -- Harold Kress
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
4:45 PM Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
The fantastic adventures of Englishman Phileas Fogg who, to win a bet, journeyed around the world in the "record time" of 80 days using every mode of transportation from train to boat to elephant and balloon.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton
Runtime: 170 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: James W. Sullivan, Ken Adam; Set Decoration: Ross J. Dowd
*WINNER* CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Lionel Lindon
COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Miles White
DIRECTING -- Michael Anderson
*WINNER* FILM EDITING -- Gene Ruggiero, Paul Weatherwax
*WINNER* MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Victor Young
*WINNER* BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Michael Todd, Producer
*WINNER* WRITING (Screenplay--Adapted) -- James Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman
Trivia: This movie featured the longest closing credits sequence at the time, at six minutes and twenty-one seconds. All of the credits are shown at the end. The title is the last credit.
Trivia: This movie created the idea of "cameo roles" as a way to invite established stars to participate in a production.
8:00 PM True Grit (1969)
True Grit is a 1969 American Western film directed by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, Glen Campbell as La Boeuf and Kim Darby as Mattie Ross. It is the first film adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Marguerite Roberts. Wayne won an Oscar for his performance in the film and reprised his character for the 1975 sequel Rooster Cogburn.
Historians believe Cogburn was based on Deputy U.S. Marshal Heck Thomas, who brought in some of the toughest outlaws. The cast also features Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Corey and Strother Martin. The title song, sung by Campbell, was also Oscar-nominated.
The movie's success launched a series of films including a 1975 sequel, a 1978 made-for-TV sequel, and a 2010 remake film adaptation.
Dir: Henry Hathaway Cast: John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-14 CC:
Oscar nominations:
*WINNER* ACTOR -- John Wayne {"Rooster Cogburn"}
MUSIC (Song--Original for the Picture) -- "True Grit," Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Don Black
Trivia: Elvis Presley was considered for the role of La Boeuf, the Texas Ranger. However, "Colonel" Tom Parker, his manager, insisted that Presley should receive top billing. The part was given to Glen Campbell instead.
Trivia: Despite its commercial success, John Wayne was not pleased with the finished film. He greatly disliked Kim Darby's performance, and while promoting the film for its US release in June 1969, told interviewers that he had starred in much better films, citing Stagecoach (1939) as an example. At the Oscar ceremony on April 9, 1970, Wayne personally told Richard Burton that he felt Burton should have won the Oscar for his portrayal of King Henry VIII in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969).
10:15 PM Cat Ballou (1965)
Cat Ballou is a 1965 American western comedy film starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual role. The story involves a woman who hires a notorious gunman to protect her father's ranch, and later to avenge his murder, only to find that the gunman is not what she expected. The supporting cast features Tom Nardini, Michael Callan, Dwayne Hickman, and Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye, who together perform the film's theme song, and who appear throughout the film in the form of travelling minstrels or troubadours as a kind of musical Greek chorus and framing device.
The film was directed by Elliot Silverstein from a screenplay by Walter Newman and Frank Pierson adapted from the 1956 novel The Ballad of Cat Ballou by Roy Chanslor, who also wrote the novel filmed as Johnny Guitar. Chanslor's novel was a serious Western, and though it was turned into a comedy for the film, the filmmakers retained some darker elements. The film references many classic Western films, notably Shane. The film was selected by the American Film Institute as the 10th greatest Western of all time in its AFI's 10 Top 10 list in 2008.
Dir: Elliot Silverstein Cast: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
*WINNER* ACTOR -- Lee Marvin {"Kid Shelleen/Tim Strawn"}
FILM EDITING -- Charles Nelson
MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) -- DeVol
MUSIC (Song) -- "The Ballad Of Cat Ballou," Music by Jerry Livingston; Lyrics by Mack David
WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) -- Walter Newman, Frank R. Pierson
Trivia: Nat 'King' Cole had a nightly singing engagement at a Lake Tahoe nightclub. He would commute daily between Lake Tahoe and the set in order to do both. Everyone noticed that Cole was coughing a great deal whenever he was on the set and losing weight, but most figured he was just running himself down with such a gruelling schedule. Unbeknownst to them and to Cole himself, he was already very sick with lung cancer.
12:00 AM Giant (1956)
Giant is a 1956 American epic drama film directed by George Stevens, from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber's 1952 novel.
The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean and features Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor, Elsa Cárdenas and Earl Holliman.
Giant was the last of Dean's three films as a leading actor, and earned him his second and last Academy Award nomination – he was killed in a car crash before the film was released. His friend Nick Adams was called in to do some voice dubbing for Dean's role.
In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean
Runtime: 201 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- James Dean {"Jett Rink"}
ACTOR -- Rock Hudson {"Bick Benedict"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Mercedes McCambridge {"Luz Benedict"}
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Ralph S. Hurst
COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Moss Mabry, Marjorie Best
*WINNER* DIRECTING -- George Stevens
FILM EDITING -- William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson, Fred Bohanan
MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Dimitri Tiomkin
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg, Producers
WRITING (Screenplay--Adapted) -- Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat
Trivia: During the shoot, James Dean appeared in an informal black-and-white television commercial in which he responded to questions posed by actor Gig Young. Ironically, Dean was promoting safe driving and informed viewers, "People say racing is dangerous, but I'd rather take my chances on the track any day than on the highway." Before he left the studio, he added one piece of advice: "Drive safely, because the life you save may be mine." Dean was wearing the same hat and clothing he wore for this movie throughout the commercial. He died a few weeks later in a car crash.
3:30 AM The Westerner (1940)
A drifter accused of horse stealing faces off against the notorious Judge Roy Bean.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Fred Stone
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
*WINNER* ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Walter Brennan {"Judge Roy Bean"}
ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- James Basevi
WRITING (Original Story) -- Stuart N. Lake
Trivia: Walter Brennan was somewhat embarrassed as to how he won three Oscars. In the early years of the Academy Awards, extras had the right to vote. Brennan was popular with the Union of Film Extras, and since their numbers were overwhelming, he won every time he was nominated. His third win for this film led to the disenfranchisement of the union from Oscar voting.
5:30 AM A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1935 American film adaptation of the Shakespearean play of the same name. It is directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle, produced by Warner Bros., and stars James Cagney, Mickey Rooney, Olivia de Havilland (in her film debut), Jean Muir, Joe E. Brown, Dick Powell, Ross Alexander, Anita Louise, Victor Jory and Ian Hunter. The screenplay, written by Charles Kenyon and Mary C. McCall Jr., is adapted from Reinhardt's Hollywood Bowl production of the play from the previous year.[2]
Felix Mendelssohn's music was extensively used, as re-orchestrated by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The ballet sequences featuring the fairies were choreographed by Ballets Russes veteran Bronislava Nijinska.
The film opened on October 30, 1935. It initially received mixed reviews and was a financial failure, but retrospective reviews have been far more positive, and it is considered one of the best film versions of Shakespeare's play.
Dir: Max Reinhardt Cast: Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale, Hobart Cavanaugh
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR -- Sherry Shourds [came in 2nd]
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.]
*WINNER* CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Hal Mohr
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.]
*WINNER* FILM EDITING -- Ralph Dawson
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Warner Bros.
Trivia: When the forest that Max Reinhardt designed could not be lit properly, cinematographer Hal Mohr thinned the trees slightly, sprayed them with aluminum paint and covered them with cobwebs and tiny metal particles to reflect the light. As a result, he became the first (and only) write-in winner of an Academy Award.
February 8, 2025
Doubling down on stupidity. Dumb and Dumber 2025.
Trump Doubles Down on CBS '60 Minutes' Lawsuit, Now Wants $20 Billion
Source: Variety
By Gene Maddaus
Feb 7, 2025 10:49pm PT
President Trump amended his lawsuit against CBS on Friday, doubling the amount he claims he is owed for “deceptive” editing of a Kamala Harris interview to $20 billion.
Trump sued the network in October, claiming that “60 Minutes” violated the Texas consumer fraud statute when it edited Harris’ answer about the war in Gaza. CBS has sought to throw out the suit, arguing that its editorial decisions are protected by the First Amendment.
The president amended his complaint on Friday night, adding a new claim for “unfair competition” under the federal Lanham Act. The claim alleges Trump was harmed by CBS’ conduct through his role as an owner of the Truth Social platform.
“President Trump was harmed as a competitor in the news media industry and suffered actual
damages in an amount to be determined upon trial of this action,” the complaint states. As a result of CBS’ editing, the suit alleges, “viewership was improperly diverted to Defendants’ media platforms, resulting in lower consumer engagement, advertising revenues and profits” for Truth Social and Trump’s other media ventures.
Read more: https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/trump-doubles-down-cbs-60-minutes-20-billion-lanham-act-1236301341/#recipient_hashed=343cd82b65085ef1666aa5d5e417dc33ae72e7edfab338feb9bf59e12dc0fa95&recipient_salt=35d10431c80f1d5601e6507a49aa52751280eac4349ec99063d09bab33090930&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_content=585344_02-08-2025&utm_term=3570063
Doubling down on stupidity. Dumb and Dumber 2025.
February 8, 2025
Thank you for the heart!
February 8, 2025
A Nation Of Immigrants- based on book by John F Kennedy
February 7, 2025
The Day At a Glance
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 7
- PATIENTS
Amour (2012) (TCM Premiere)
Interrupted Melody (1955)
Camille (1937)
Saturday, February 8
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 8
- BEST PICTURE
Flirtation Walk (1934) (6:15 am ET)
Here Comes the Navy (1934)
Captain Blood (1935)
Cimarron (1931)
How the West Was Won (1962)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 8
- MOTHERS
Places in the Heart (1984)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) (TCM Premiere)
Imitation of Life (1959)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
The Daily Schedule
12:00 AM Amour (2012)
Amour (French: "Love"
is a 2012 drama film written and directed by Michael Haneke, starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert. The narrative focuses on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, who are retired music teachers with a daughter who lives abroad. Anne has a stroke that paralyzes the right side of her body. The film is an international co-production among the French, German, and Austrian companies Les Films du Losange, X Filme Creative Pool, and Wega Film.
Amour premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d'Or, making Haneke the second filmmaker to win twice consecutively. The film garnered critical acclaim for its direction, screenplay, and the performances of Trintignant and Riva. It has been widely regarded by critics as one of the greatest films of the 21st century. Amour won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, in addition of four nominations (including Best Picture and Best Director) at the 85th Academy Awards, among numerous accolades.
Dir: Michael Haneke Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC:
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE -- Emmanuelle Riva {"Anne"}
DIRECTING -- Michael Haneke
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM -- Austria
BEST PICTURE -- Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, Producers
WRITING (Original Screenplay) -- Written by Michael Haneke
Trivia: Not a word of the script was changed during production. The film was shot exactly as it was written, word for word.
2:15 AM Interrupted Melody (1955)
True story of Australian opera singer Marjorie Lawrence and her battle against polio.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Eleanor Parker {"Marjorie Lawrence"}
COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Helen Rose
*WINNER* WRITING (Story and Screenplay) -- William Ludwig, Sonya Levien
Trivia: Eleanor Parker can read music, and has perfect pitch as a singer. She decided to study the scores of the opera songs used in this movie on her own. She rented a cabin in Lake Arrowhead, California, and played the records while singing along, until she had the breathing and phrasing memorized. Then when filming the scenes, instead of lip-synching to the tracks recorded by Eileen Farrell for the movie, she sang full voice (but an octave lower). She is proud of the fact that they never had to do a re-take, in order to "match" the tapes. She nailed it on the first take every time.
4:15 AM Camille (1937)
Camille is a 1936 American romantic drama film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by George Cukor, and produced by Irving Thalberg and Bernard H. Hyman, from a screenplay by James Hilton, Zoë Akins, and Frances Marion. The picture is based on the 1848 novel and 1852 play La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The film stars Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Henry Daniell, and Laura Hope Crews. It grossed $2,842,000.
Camille was included in Time magazine's "All-Time 100 Movies" in 2005. It was also included at #33 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions. Garbo received her third Best Actress nomination for Camille at the 10th Academy Awards in 1938.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Greta Garbo {"Marguerite Gautier (Camille)"}
Trivia: Greta Garbo's personal favorite of all her films.
Trivia: The only memento of Hollywood kept by Greta Garbo was a pair of Adrian-designed kid gloves from this film. White leather, they were beaded with an ivy leaf pattern that spelled out her initials "G.G." over and over.
6:15 AM Flirtation Walk (1934)
A West Point cadet falls for his commanding officer's daughter.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Pat O'Brien
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- First National
SOUND RECORDING -- Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director [came in 2nd]
Trivia: Bobby Connolly shot the Hawaiian number on the biggest set ever constructed at Warner Bros. studio up to that time. He followed with the military wedding number, using 400 professional dancers.
8:15 AM Here Comes the Navy (1934)
A cocky naval cadet clashes with an old friend serving with him.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Gloria Stuart
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Warner Bros.
Trivia: The movie was filmed in the spring of 1934 on the U.S.S. Arizona, which was sunk on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor.
10:00 AM Captain Blood (1935)
A young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Barbados where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Lionel Atwill
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
DIRECTING -- Michael Curtiz [came in 2nd]
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.]
MUSIC (Scoring) -- Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold) [came in 3rd]
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.]
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Cosmopolitan [came in 3rd]
SOUND RECORDING -- Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director [came in 2nd]
WRITING (Screenplay) -- Casey Robinson [came in 3rd]
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.]
Trivia: The first screen duel between Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone, which would be reprised three years later (and to grander effect) in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).
12:15 PM Cimarron (1931)
Cimarron is a 1931 pre-Code epic Western film starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne, and directed by Wesley Ruggles. Released by RKO, it won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay (written by Howard Estabrook and based on Edna Ferber's 1930 novel Cimarron), and Best Production Design (by Max Rée).
Both Dix and Dunne were nominated for their leading roles, and Edward Cronjager for Best Cinematography, but did not win. Estelle Taylor, Edna May Oliver, and Roscoe Ates appeared in supporting roles. Epic in scope, spanning forty years from 1889 to 1929, Cimarron was RKO's most expensive production up to that date, as well as its first production to win the Best Picture Oscar. It was a critical success, although it did not recoup its production costs during its initial run in 1931.
It is the first of four Westerns to ever win the top honor at the Academy Awards, being followed almost 60 years later by Dances with Wolves in 1990, Unforgiven in 1992, and No Country For Old Men in 2007.
Due to being a film published in 1931, it will enter the public domain on January 1, 2027.
Dir: Wesley Ruggles Cast: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- Richard Dix {"Yancey Cravat"}
ACTRESS -- Irene Dunne {"Sabra Cravat"}
*WINNER* ART DIRECTION -- Max Rée
CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Edward Cronjager
DIRECTING -- Wesley Ruggles
*WINNER* OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- RKO Radio
*WINNER* WRITING (Adaptation) -- Howard Estabrook
2:30 PM How the West Was Won (1962)
How the West Was Won is a 1962 American epic Western film directed by Henry Hathaway (who directed three out of the five chapters), John Ford and George Marshall, produced by Bernard Smith, written by James R. Webb, and narrated by Spencer Tracy. The film centers on a family and their descendents over the span of decades as they explore and settle the American frontier of the United States.
Originally filmed in true three-lens Cinerama with the according three-panel panorama projected onto an enormous curved screen, the film features an ensemble cast formed by many cinema icons and newcomers, including (in alphabetical order) Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, Eli Wallach, John Wayne and Richard Widmark. The supporting cast features Brigid Bazlen, Walter Brennan, David Brian, Andy Devine, Raymond Massey, Agnes Moorehead, Henry (Harry) Morgan, Thelma Ritter, Mickey Shaughnessy and Russ Tamblyn.
How the West Was Won is widely considered one of Hollywood's greatest epics.[2] The film received widespread critical acclaim and was a box office success, grossing $50 million on a budget of $15 million.[3] At the 36th Academy Awards it earned eight nominations, including Best Picture, and won three, for Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, Best Sound and Best Film Editing. In 1997 it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Dir: John Ford Cast: Spencer Tracy, Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb
Runtime: 155 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: George W. Davis, William Ferrari, Addison Hehr; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Don Greenwood, Jr., Jack Mills
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- William H. Daniels, Milton Krasner, Charles Lang, Jr., Joseph LaShelle
COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Walter Plunkett
*WINNER* FILM EDITING -- Harold F. Kress
MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original) -- Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
BEST PICTURE -- Bernard Smith, Producer
*WINNER* SOUND -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
*WINNER* WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) -- James R. Webb
Trivia: Cinerama was so expansive that it couldn't really be configured for close-ups. The nearest it could manage was to place a key actor in the central frame and try to get in as close as possible. This proved to be very intimidating for a lot of actors as the camera (an enormous piece of apparatus under a black hood with three lenses) would be literally in their face--18 inches away, to be precise.
5:30 PM All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Young German soldiers try to adjust to the horrors of World War I.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray
Runtime: 140 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
CINEMATOGRAPHY -- (Arthur Edeson)
[NOTE: For the third Academy Awards no certificates of nomination were given out in this category, only the titles of the nominated films and their companies were listed. When the winners were revealed, only the names of the individuals involved with the winning achievements were announced. The name(s) of those credited with this achievement are indicated here in parens.]
DIRECTING -- Lewis Milestone
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Universal
WRITING -- (George Abbott), (Maxwell Anderson), (Del Andrews)
[NOTE: For the third Academy Awards no certificates of nomination were given out in this category, only the titles of the nominated films and their companies were listed. When the winners were revealed, only the names of the individuals involved with the winning achievements were announced. The name(s) of those credited with this achievement are indicated here in parens.]
Trivia: With the loss of limbs and gory deaths shown rather explicitly, this is undoubtedly the most violent American film of its time. This is because the Production Code was not strictly enforced until 1934 and also because Universal Pictures deemed the subject matter important enough to allow the violence to be seen. The scene where a soldier grabs a strand of barbed wire and then is blown up by an artillery shell, leaving only his hands still grabbing the barbed wire, was told to director Lewis Milestone by a former German soldier working as an extra, who saw that happen during a French attack on his position during the war. Milestone used it in the film.
8:00 PM Places in the Heart (1984)
After her sheriff husband is killed, a Texas woman tires to make ends meet for her family during the depression by raising cotton and taking in boarders, one of whom is a blind man.
Dir: Robert Benton Cast: Sally Field, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- John Malkovich {"Mr. Will"}
*WINNER* ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE -- Sally Field {"Edna Spalding"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Lindsay Crouse {"Margaret Lomax"}
COSTUME DESIGN -- Ann Roth
DIRECTING -- Robert Benton
BEST PICTURE -- Arlene Donovan, Producer
*WINNER* WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) -- Robert Benton
Trivia; Director and screenwriter Robert Benton set the film in his birthplace of Waxahachie, Texas in 1935, three years after he was born there. Waxahachie was a half-hour drive south of Dallas; a small, relatively-prosperous farming town near a major city.
10:00 PM Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Discover what happens after a flinty small-town woman places messages on a trio of billboards asking local police why her daughter's murder hasn't been solved.
Dir: Martin McDonagh Cast: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC:
Oscar nominations:
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Woody Harrelson {"Willoughby"}
*WINNER* ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Sam Rockwell {"Dixon"}
*WINNER* ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE -- Frances McDormand {"Mildred"}
FILM EDITING -- Jon Gregory
MUSIC (Original Score) -- Carter Burwell
BEST PICTURE -- Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers
WRITING (Original Screenplay) -- Written by Martin McDonagh
Trivia: Writer and director Martin McDonagh was inspired to write the movie after seeing billboards about an unsolved crime while travelling "somewhere down in the Georgia, Florida, Alabama corner."
12:15 AM Imitation of Life (1959)
Imitation of Life (1959) is an American melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk, produced by Ross Hunter and released by Universal International. It was Sirk's final Hollywood film and dealt with issues of race, class and gender. Imitation of Life is the second film adaptation of Fannie Hurst's 1933 novel of the same title (the first, directed by John M. Stahl, was released in 1934).
The film's top-billed stars are Lana Turner and John Gavin. The cast also features Robert Alda, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner, Juanita Moore, and Dan O'Herlihy, in alphabetical order. Kohner and Moore each received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Supporting Actress for their performances. Kohner won the Globe award. Gospel music star Mahalia Jackson appears as a church choir soloist.
In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected Imitation of Life (1959) for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The 1934 version of Imitation of Life was added to the National Film Registry in 2005.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Susan Kohner {"Sarah Jane (age 18)"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Juanita Moore {"Annie Johnson"}
Trivia: This film, which focuses on the relationship struggles of mothers and daughters, was Lana Turner's first since a very public scandal involving Turner and her daughter Cheryl Crane. The previous year, the fourteen year old Crane had fatally stabbed Turner's boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato. Stompanato, part of Mickey Cohen's infamous gang, had been beating Turner, and the court ruled that Crane's actions were justifiable homicide. Nonetheless, the killing and subsequent scandal created a rift between Turner and her daughter, and seriously threatened to end Turner's film career. However, Turner channeled the pain from her experience into this film. It proved financially and critically successful, and served as a comeback vehicle for the actress. Turner took a much smaller salary, than her usual $25,000 per week and worked for 50% of the film's profits, which earned her over $2 million (setting a record for an actress at the time).
2:30 AM Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mildred Pierce is a 1945 American melodrama film noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, and Zachary Scott, also featuring Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, and Bruce Bennett. Based on the 1941 novel by James M. Cain, this was Crawford's first starring role for Warner Bros. after leaving Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.
In 1996, Mildred Pierce was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the United States Library of Congress National Film Registry.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
*WINNER* ACTRESS -- Joan Crawford {"Mildred Pierce"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Eve Arden {"Ida"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Ann Blyth {"Veda Pierce"}
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Ernest Haller
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Warner Bros.
WRITING (Screenplay) -- Ranald MacDougall
Trivia: After seeing the film, James M. Cain sent Joan Crawford a signed first edition of the original novel. The inscription read: "To Joan Crawford, who brought Mildred Pierce to life just as I had always hoped she would be, and who has my lifelong gratitude."
4:30 AM Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Mrs. Miniver is a 1942 American romantic war drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Inspired by the 1940 novel Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther,[3] it shows how the life of an unassuming British housewife in rural England is affected by World War II. Produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, its supporting cast includes Teresa Wright, May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Henry Travers, Richard Ney and Henry Wilcoxon.[4]
It was a critical and a commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1942 and winning six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Garson), and Best Supporting Actress (Teresa Wright).[5][6] It was the first film centered on World War II to win Best Picture, and the first to receive five acting nominations.[7] The film ranked 40th on the American Film Institute's list of most inspirational movies.
In 2009, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
A sequel, The Miniver Story (1950) was made with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon reprising their roles.[4]
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- Walter Pidgeon {"Clem Miniver"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Henry Travers {"Mr. Ballard"}
*WINNER* ACTRESS -- Greer Garson {"Kay Miniver"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Dame May Whitty {"Lady Beldon"}
*WINNER* ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Teresa Wright {"Carol Beldon"}
*WINNER* CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Joseph Ruttenberg
*WINNER* DIRECTING -- William Wyler
FILM EDITING -- Harold F. Kress
*WINNER* OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
SOUND RECORDING -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
*WINNER* WRITING (Screenplay) -- Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West
Trivia: The closing speech, delivered by the vicar (Henry Wilcoxon) at the end of the film, was written by Wilcoxon and director William Wyler the night before it was filmed. Wyler had grown dissatisfied with the speech the screenwriters had come up with, and convinced Wilcoxon to help him improve it. The speech proved to be integral to the film's success and was distributed across America and Europe in order to boost wartime morale amongst soldiers and civilians alike. It was also printed in magazines. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered that it be broadcast on the Voice of America, and copies of it were dropped over Europe as propaganda. The speech has come to be known as The Wilcoxon Speech, in tribute to actor Henry Wilcoxon's stirring delivery of it.
TCM - Saturday, Feb. 8 - 31 Days of Oscar - Captain Blood, How the West Was Won, Imitation of Life
The Day At a Glance
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 7
- PATIENTS
Amour (2012) (TCM Premiere)
Interrupted Melody (1955)
Camille (1937)
Saturday, February 8
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 8
- BEST PICTURE
Flirtation Walk (1934) (6:15 am ET)
Here Comes the Navy (1934)
Captain Blood (1935)
Cimarron (1931)
How the West Was Won (1962)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 8
- MOTHERS
Places in the Heart (1984)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) (TCM Premiere)
Imitation of Life (1959)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
The Daily Schedule
12:00 AM Amour (2012)
Amour (French: "Love"
is a 2012 drama film written and directed by Michael Haneke, starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert. The narrative focuses on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, who are retired music teachers with a daughter who lives abroad. Anne has a stroke that paralyzes the right side of her body. The film is an international co-production among the French, German, and Austrian companies Les Films du Losange, X Filme Creative Pool, and Wega Film.
Amour premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d'Or, making Haneke the second filmmaker to win twice consecutively. The film garnered critical acclaim for its direction, screenplay, and the performances of Trintignant and Riva. It has been widely regarded by critics as one of the greatest films of the 21st century. Amour won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, in addition of four nominations (including Best Picture and Best Director) at the 85th Academy Awards, among numerous accolades.
Dir: Michael Haneke Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC:
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE -- Emmanuelle Riva {"Anne"}
DIRECTING -- Michael Haneke
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM -- Austria
BEST PICTURE -- Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, Producers
WRITING (Original Screenplay) -- Written by Michael Haneke
Trivia: Not a word of the script was changed during production. The film was shot exactly as it was written, word for word.
2:15 AM Interrupted Melody (1955)
True story of Australian opera singer Marjorie Lawrence and her battle against polio.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Eleanor Parker {"Marjorie Lawrence"}
COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Helen Rose
*WINNER* WRITING (Story and Screenplay) -- William Ludwig, Sonya Levien
Trivia: Eleanor Parker can read music, and has perfect pitch as a singer. She decided to study the scores of the opera songs used in this movie on her own. She rented a cabin in Lake Arrowhead, California, and played the records while singing along, until she had the breathing and phrasing memorized. Then when filming the scenes, instead of lip-synching to the tracks recorded by Eileen Farrell for the movie, she sang full voice (but an octave lower). She is proud of the fact that they never had to do a re-take, in order to "match" the tapes. She nailed it on the first take every time.
4:15 AM Camille (1937)
Camille is a 1936 American romantic drama film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by George Cukor, and produced by Irving Thalberg and Bernard H. Hyman, from a screenplay by James Hilton, Zoë Akins, and Frances Marion. The picture is based on the 1848 novel and 1852 play La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The film stars Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Henry Daniell, and Laura Hope Crews. It grossed $2,842,000.
Camille was included in Time magazine's "All-Time 100 Movies" in 2005. It was also included at #33 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions. Garbo received her third Best Actress nomination for Camille at the 10th Academy Awards in 1938.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Greta Garbo {"Marguerite Gautier (Camille)"}
Trivia: Greta Garbo's personal favorite of all her films.
Trivia: The only memento of Hollywood kept by Greta Garbo was a pair of Adrian-designed kid gloves from this film. White leather, they were beaded with an ivy leaf pattern that spelled out her initials "G.G." over and over.
6:15 AM Flirtation Walk (1934)
A West Point cadet falls for his commanding officer's daughter.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Pat O'Brien
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- First National
SOUND RECORDING -- Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director [came in 2nd]
Trivia: Bobby Connolly shot the Hawaiian number on the biggest set ever constructed at Warner Bros. studio up to that time. He followed with the military wedding number, using 400 professional dancers.
8:15 AM Here Comes the Navy (1934)
A cocky naval cadet clashes with an old friend serving with him.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Gloria Stuart
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Warner Bros.
Trivia: The movie was filmed in the spring of 1934 on the U.S.S. Arizona, which was sunk on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor.
10:00 AM Captain Blood (1935)
A young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Barbados where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Lionel Atwill
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
DIRECTING -- Michael Curtiz [came in 2nd]
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.]
MUSIC (Scoring) -- Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold) [came in 3rd]
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.]
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Cosmopolitan [came in 3rd]
SOUND RECORDING -- Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director [came in 2nd]
WRITING (Screenplay) -- Casey Robinson [came in 3rd]
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.]
Trivia: The first screen duel between Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone, which would be reprised three years later (and to grander effect) in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).
12:15 PM Cimarron (1931)
Cimarron is a 1931 pre-Code epic Western film starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne, and directed by Wesley Ruggles. Released by RKO, it won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay (written by Howard Estabrook and based on Edna Ferber's 1930 novel Cimarron), and Best Production Design (by Max Rée).
Both Dix and Dunne were nominated for their leading roles, and Edward Cronjager for Best Cinematography, but did not win. Estelle Taylor, Edna May Oliver, and Roscoe Ates appeared in supporting roles. Epic in scope, spanning forty years from 1889 to 1929, Cimarron was RKO's most expensive production up to that date, as well as its first production to win the Best Picture Oscar. It was a critical success, although it did not recoup its production costs during its initial run in 1931.
It is the first of four Westerns to ever win the top honor at the Academy Awards, being followed almost 60 years later by Dances with Wolves in 1990, Unforgiven in 1992, and No Country For Old Men in 2007.
Due to being a film published in 1931, it will enter the public domain on January 1, 2027.
Dir: Wesley Ruggles Cast: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- Richard Dix {"Yancey Cravat"}
ACTRESS -- Irene Dunne {"Sabra Cravat"}
*WINNER* ART DIRECTION -- Max Rée
CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Edward Cronjager
DIRECTING -- Wesley Ruggles
*WINNER* OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- RKO Radio
*WINNER* WRITING (Adaptation) -- Howard Estabrook
2:30 PM How the West Was Won (1962)
How the West Was Won is a 1962 American epic Western film directed by Henry Hathaway (who directed three out of the five chapters), John Ford and George Marshall, produced by Bernard Smith, written by James R. Webb, and narrated by Spencer Tracy. The film centers on a family and their descendents over the span of decades as they explore and settle the American frontier of the United States.
Originally filmed in true three-lens Cinerama with the according three-panel panorama projected onto an enormous curved screen, the film features an ensemble cast formed by many cinema icons and newcomers, including (in alphabetical order) Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, Eli Wallach, John Wayne and Richard Widmark. The supporting cast features Brigid Bazlen, Walter Brennan, David Brian, Andy Devine, Raymond Massey, Agnes Moorehead, Henry (Harry) Morgan, Thelma Ritter, Mickey Shaughnessy and Russ Tamblyn.
How the West Was Won is widely considered one of Hollywood's greatest epics.[2] The film received widespread critical acclaim and was a box office success, grossing $50 million on a budget of $15 million.[3] At the 36th Academy Awards it earned eight nominations, including Best Picture, and won three, for Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, Best Sound and Best Film Editing. In 1997 it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Dir: John Ford Cast: Spencer Tracy, Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb
Runtime: 155 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: George W. Davis, William Ferrari, Addison Hehr; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Don Greenwood, Jr., Jack Mills
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- William H. Daniels, Milton Krasner, Charles Lang, Jr., Joseph LaShelle
COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Walter Plunkett
*WINNER* FILM EDITING -- Harold F. Kress
MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original) -- Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
BEST PICTURE -- Bernard Smith, Producer
*WINNER* SOUND -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
*WINNER* WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) -- James R. Webb
Trivia: Cinerama was so expansive that it couldn't really be configured for close-ups. The nearest it could manage was to place a key actor in the central frame and try to get in as close as possible. This proved to be very intimidating for a lot of actors as the camera (an enormous piece of apparatus under a black hood with three lenses) would be literally in their face--18 inches away, to be precise.
5:30 PM All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Young German soldiers try to adjust to the horrors of World War I.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray
Runtime: 140 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
CINEMATOGRAPHY -- (Arthur Edeson)
[NOTE: For the third Academy Awards no certificates of nomination were given out in this category, only the titles of the nominated films and their companies were listed. When the winners were revealed, only the names of the individuals involved with the winning achievements were announced. The name(s) of those credited with this achievement are indicated here in parens.]
DIRECTING -- Lewis Milestone
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Universal
WRITING -- (George Abbott), (Maxwell Anderson), (Del Andrews)
[NOTE: For the third Academy Awards no certificates of nomination were given out in this category, only the titles of the nominated films and their companies were listed. When the winners were revealed, only the names of the individuals involved with the winning achievements were announced. The name(s) of those credited with this achievement are indicated here in parens.]
Trivia: With the loss of limbs and gory deaths shown rather explicitly, this is undoubtedly the most violent American film of its time. This is because the Production Code was not strictly enforced until 1934 and also because Universal Pictures deemed the subject matter important enough to allow the violence to be seen. The scene where a soldier grabs a strand of barbed wire and then is blown up by an artillery shell, leaving only his hands still grabbing the barbed wire, was told to director Lewis Milestone by a former German soldier working as an extra, who saw that happen during a French attack on his position during the war. Milestone used it in the film.
8:00 PM Places in the Heart (1984)
After her sheriff husband is killed, a Texas woman tires to make ends meet for her family during the depression by raising cotton and taking in boarders, one of whom is a blind man.
Dir: Robert Benton Cast: Sally Field, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- John Malkovich {"Mr. Will"}
*WINNER* ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE -- Sally Field {"Edna Spalding"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Lindsay Crouse {"Margaret Lomax"}
COSTUME DESIGN -- Ann Roth
DIRECTING -- Robert Benton
BEST PICTURE -- Arlene Donovan, Producer
*WINNER* WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) -- Robert Benton
Trivia; Director and screenwriter Robert Benton set the film in his birthplace of Waxahachie, Texas in 1935, three years after he was born there. Waxahachie was a half-hour drive south of Dallas; a small, relatively-prosperous farming town near a major city.
10:00 PM Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Discover what happens after a flinty small-town woman places messages on a trio of billboards asking local police why her daughter's murder hasn't been solved.
Dir: Martin McDonagh Cast: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC:
Oscar nominations:
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Woody Harrelson {"Willoughby"}
*WINNER* ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Sam Rockwell {"Dixon"}
*WINNER* ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE -- Frances McDormand {"Mildred"}
FILM EDITING -- Jon Gregory
MUSIC (Original Score) -- Carter Burwell
BEST PICTURE -- Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers
WRITING (Original Screenplay) -- Written by Martin McDonagh
Trivia: Writer and director Martin McDonagh was inspired to write the movie after seeing billboards about an unsolved crime while travelling "somewhere down in the Georgia, Florida, Alabama corner."
12:15 AM Imitation of Life (1959)
Imitation of Life (1959) is an American melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk, produced by Ross Hunter and released by Universal International. It was Sirk's final Hollywood film and dealt with issues of race, class and gender. Imitation of Life is the second film adaptation of Fannie Hurst's 1933 novel of the same title (the first, directed by John M. Stahl, was released in 1934).
The film's top-billed stars are Lana Turner and John Gavin. The cast also features Robert Alda, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner, Juanita Moore, and Dan O'Herlihy, in alphabetical order. Kohner and Moore each received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Supporting Actress for their performances. Kohner won the Globe award. Gospel music star Mahalia Jackson appears as a church choir soloist.
In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected Imitation of Life (1959) for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The 1934 version of Imitation of Life was added to the National Film Registry in 2005.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Susan Kohner {"Sarah Jane (age 18)"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Juanita Moore {"Annie Johnson"}
Trivia: This film, which focuses on the relationship struggles of mothers and daughters, was Lana Turner's first since a very public scandal involving Turner and her daughter Cheryl Crane. The previous year, the fourteen year old Crane had fatally stabbed Turner's boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato. Stompanato, part of Mickey Cohen's infamous gang, had been beating Turner, and the court ruled that Crane's actions were justifiable homicide. Nonetheless, the killing and subsequent scandal created a rift between Turner and her daughter, and seriously threatened to end Turner's film career. However, Turner channeled the pain from her experience into this film. It proved financially and critically successful, and served as a comeback vehicle for the actress. Turner took a much smaller salary, than her usual $25,000 per week and worked for 50% of the film's profits, which earned her over $2 million (setting a record for an actress at the time).
2:30 AM Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mildred Pierce is a 1945 American melodrama film noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, and Zachary Scott, also featuring Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, and Bruce Bennett. Based on the 1941 novel by James M. Cain, this was Crawford's first starring role for Warner Bros. after leaving Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.
In 1996, Mildred Pierce was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the United States Library of Congress National Film Registry.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
*WINNER* ACTRESS -- Joan Crawford {"Mildred Pierce"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Eve Arden {"Ida"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Ann Blyth {"Veda Pierce"}
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Ernest Haller
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Warner Bros.
WRITING (Screenplay) -- Ranald MacDougall
Trivia: After seeing the film, James M. Cain sent Joan Crawford a signed first edition of the original novel. The inscription read: "To Joan Crawford, who brought Mildred Pierce to life just as I had always hoped she would be, and who has my lifelong gratitude."
4:30 AM Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Mrs. Miniver is a 1942 American romantic war drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Inspired by the 1940 novel Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther,[3] it shows how the life of an unassuming British housewife in rural England is affected by World War II. Produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, its supporting cast includes Teresa Wright, May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Henry Travers, Richard Ney and Henry Wilcoxon.[4]
It was a critical and a commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1942 and winning six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Garson), and Best Supporting Actress (Teresa Wright).[5][6] It was the first film centered on World War II to win Best Picture, and the first to receive five acting nominations.[7] The film ranked 40th on the American Film Institute's list of most inspirational movies.
In 2009, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
A sequel, The Miniver Story (1950) was made with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon reprising their roles.[4]
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- Walter Pidgeon {"Clem Miniver"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Henry Travers {"Mr. Ballard"}
*WINNER* ACTRESS -- Greer Garson {"Kay Miniver"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Dame May Whitty {"Lady Beldon"}
*WINNER* ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Teresa Wright {"Carol Beldon"}
*WINNER* CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Joseph Ruttenberg
*WINNER* DIRECTING -- William Wyler
FILM EDITING -- Harold F. Kress
*WINNER* OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
SOUND RECORDING -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
*WINNER* WRITING (Screenplay) -- Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West
Trivia: The closing speech, delivered by the vicar (Henry Wilcoxon) at the end of the film, was written by Wilcoxon and director William Wyler the night before it was filmed. Wyler had grown dissatisfied with the speech the screenwriters had come up with, and convinced Wilcoxon to help him improve it. The speech proved to be integral to the film's success and was distributed across America and Europe in order to boost wartime morale amongst soldiers and civilians alike. It was also printed in magazines. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered that it be broadcast on the Voice of America, and copies of it were dropped over Europe as propaganda. The speech has come to be known as The Wilcoxon Speech, in tribute to actor Henry Wilcoxon's stirring delivery of it.
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