TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 4: 31 Days of Oscar: 1936-37

Wednesday, February 4th, 2015

12:32 AM
Strikes And Spares (1934)
In this short film, professional bowler Andy Varipapa provides bowling advice and shows off some bowling tricks.
Dir: Felix E. Feist Cast: Buster Brodie , Ray Turner ,
BW-9 mins,

12:45 AM
Thin Man, The (1934)
A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell , Myrna Loy , Maureen O'Sullivan .
BW-91 mins, CC,

2:30 AM
Top Hat (1935)
A woman thinks the man who loves her is her best friend's husband.
Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Edward Everett Horton .
BW-100 mins, CC,

4:15 AM
Lost Patrol, The (1934)
A British army troop fights off Arab snipers while holed up in an oasis.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Victor McLaglen , Boris Karloff , Wallace Ford .
BW-72 mins, CC,

5:30 AM
Roberta (1935)
A football player inherits a chic Paris fashion house.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Irene Dunne , Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers .
BW-106 mins, CC,



7:15 AM
Good News (1947)
A football hero falls in love with his French tutor.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: June Allyson , Peter Lawford , Patricia Marshall .
C-93 mins, CC,

9:00 AM
Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
True story of Annette Kellerman, the world's first great swimming star.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Esther Williams , Victor Mature , Walter Pidgeon .
C-110 mins, CC,

11:00 AM
Grand Prix (1966)
Auto racers find danger and romance at the legendary European road race.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: James Garner , Eva Marie Saint , Yves Montand .
C-176 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 PM
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
True story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Joseph Buloff , Sal Mineo , Everett Sloane .
BW-114 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 PM
Pride Of The Yankees, The (1942)
Baseball legend Lou Gehrig faces a crippling disease at the height of his success.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Gary Cooper , Teresa Wright , Babe Ruth .
BW-128 mins, CC,

6:15 PM
Pat And Mike (1952)
Romance blooms between a female athlete and her manager.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy , Katharine Hepburn , Aldo Ray .
BW-95 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: 1936-37

8:00 PM
Swing Time (1936)
To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big, only to fall for his dancing partner.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Victor Moore .
BW-104 mins, CC,

10:00 PM
Awful Truth, The (1937)
A divorced couple keeps getting mixed up in each other's love lives.
Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Irene Dunne , Cary Grant , Ralph Bellamy .
BW-91 mins, CC,

11:38 PM
Torture Money (1937)
In this short film, the police track down a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
Dir: Harold S. Bucquet Cast: George Lynn , Mitchell Lewis , William Royle .
BW-20 mins,

12:00 AM
Grand Illusion (1937)
French POWs fight to escape their German captors during World War I.
Dir: Jean Renoir Cast: Jean Gabin , Pierre Fresnay , Marcel Dalio .
BW-113 mins,



2:00 AM
Life of Emile Zola, The (1937)
The famed writer risks his reputation to defend a Jewish army officer accused of treason.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Paul Muni , Joseph Schildkraut , Gale Sondergaard .
BW-116 mins, CC,

4:01 AM
Penny Wisdom (1937)
A newspaper columnist saves an important family dinner in this comedic short.
Dir: David Miller Cast: Gertrude Short , William Worthington , Prudence Penny .
C-10 mins,

4:15 AM
Last of the Mohicans, The (1936)
A frontier scout rescues the daughters of a British colonial commander from renegades.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Randolph Scott , Binnie Barnes , Henry Wilcoxon .
BW-92 mins, CC,