TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 7: 31 Days of Oscar: Best Visual Effects Winner

Wednesday, February 7th, 2018

12:15 AM
HOW THE WEST WAS WON ( 1962)

Three generations of pioneers take part in the forging of the American West.

Dir: John Ford Cast: Spencer Tracy , Carroll Baker , Lee J. Cobb .

C- 165 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:04 AM
GRANDAD OF RACES ( 1950)

This short film presents the annual horse race held in the Piazza del Campo in Siena. Vitaphone Release 1950A.

Dir: André De La Varre Jr.

C- 10 mins,

3:15 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

6:15 AM
BLITHE SPIRIT ( 1945)

A man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife.

Dir: David Lean Cast: Rex Harrison , Constance Cummings , Kay Hammond .

C- 96 mins,



8:00 AM
ONE MILLION B.C. ( 1940)

An exiled caveman finds love when he joins another tribe.

Dir: Hal Roach Cast: Victor Mature , Carole Landis , Lon Chaney Jr. .

BW- 81 mins,

9:30 AM
MIGHTY JOE YOUNG ( 1949)

Showmen try to exploit a giant ape raised by an orphan.

Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast: Terry Moore , Ben Johnson , Robert Armstrong .

C- 94 mins, CC,

11:15 AM
TIME MACHINE, THE ( 1960)

A turn-of-the-century inventor sends himself into the future to save humanity.

Dir: George Pal Cast: Rod Taylor , Alan Young , Yvette Mimieux .

C- 103 mins, CC,

1:15 PM
SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS, THE ( 1957)

Charles Lindbergh risks his life to complete his historic flight from New York to Paris.

Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: James Stewart , Murray Hamilton , Patricia Smith .

C- 135 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:45 PM
THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO ( 1944)

General Jimmy Doolittle trains American troops for the first airborne attacks on Japan.

Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Van Johnson , Robert Walker , Tim Murdock .

BW- 138 mins, CC,

6:15 PM
ENEMY BELOW, THE ( 1957)

During World War II, an American destroyer meets a German U-Boat.

Dir: Dick Powell Cast: Robert Mitchum , Curt Jurgens , Al Hedison .

C- 98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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8:00 PM
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY ( 1968)

Classic sci-fi epic about a mysterious monolith that seems to play a key role in human evolution.

Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Keir Dullea , Gary Lockwood , William Sylvester .

C- 149 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:45 PM
COCOON ( 1985)

A group of elderly people are rejuvenated by aliens after swimming in a pool.

Dir: Ron Howard Cast: Don Ameche , Steve Guttenberg , Hume Cronyn .

C- 117 mins, CC, Letterbox Format



1:00 AM
LOGAN'S RUN ( 1975)

A future police officer uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth.

Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: Michael York , Richard Jordan , Jenny Agutter .

C- 118 mins, CC, Letterbox Format



3:03 AM
CRASHING THE WATER BARRIER ( 1956)

This short documentary follows the exploits of Donald Campbell, who attempts to set a water speed record on Lake Mead. Vitaphone Release 2589A.

Dir: Konstantin Kalser

C- 10 mins,

3:15 AM
POSEIDON ADVENTURE, THE ( 1972)

Passengers and crew struggle to escape an ocean liner turned upside down.

Dir: Ronald Neame Cast: Gene Hackman , Ernest Borgnine , Red Buttons .

C- 117 mins, CC,

5:27 AM
MUSIC BOX, THE ( 1932)

Two men running a moving company have to get a large piano up a daunting flight of stairs in this comedic short film.

Dir: James Parrott Cast: Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy , Sam Lufkin .

BW- 29 mins, CC,