TCM Schdule for Monday February 8 - 31 DAYS OF OSCAR

Here are today's actor connections:

Claude Rains (Now, Voyager -> Mr. Smith Goes to Washington)
Edward Arnold (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -> The Devil and Daniel Webster)
Gene Lockhart (THe Devil and Daniel Webster -> Hangman Also Die)
Alexander Granach (Hangman Also Die -> The Seventh Cross)
George Macready (The Seventh Cross -> Seven Days in May)
Martin Balsam (Seven Days in May -> A Thousand Clowns)
Jason RObards Jr. (A Thousand Clowns -> Julia)
Meryl Streep (Julia -> Sohpie's Choice)
Kevin Kline (Sophie's Choice -> The Big Chill)
JoBeth Williams (The Big Chill -> Poltergeist)

(all times Eastern)

6:32 AM Short Film: Merry Wives Of Windsor (1953)
The MGM Symphony Orchestra performs the Overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor. C-9 mins, , Letterbox Format

7:15 AM Now, Voyager (1942)
A repressed spinster is transformed by psychiatry and her love for a married man. Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains. Dir: Irving Rapper. BW-118 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

9:15 AM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption. Cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-130 mins, TV-G, CC

11:30 AM Devil and Daniel Webster, The (1941)
A farmer sells his soul for seven years of good crops. Cast: Walter Huston, Edward Arnold, John Craig. Dir: William Dieterle. BW-106 mins, TV-G, CC

1:30 PM Hangmen Also Die (1943)
When a Nazi officer is assassinated, Czech patriots band together to protect his killer. Cast: Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee. Dir: Fritz Lang. BW-134 mins, TV-14

3:45 PM Short Film: Seeing Hands (1943) BW-11 mins,

4:00 PM Seventh Cross, The (1944)
Seven men escape from a concentration camp and fight their way to freedom. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn. Dir: Fred Zinnemann. BW-112 mins, TV-PG, CC

6:00 PM Seven Days In May (1964)
An American military officer discovers his superiors are planning a military coup. Cast: Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Fredric March. Dir: John Frankenheimer. BW-118 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM Thousand Clowns, A (1965)
A free-living New Yorker fights to maintain custody of his nephew. Cast: Jason Robards Jr., Martin Balsam, Barry Gordon. Dir: Fred Coe. BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:15 PM Julia (1977)
To help a childhood friend, playwright Lillian Hellman carries money for the resistance into Nazi territory. Cast: Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards. Dir: Fred Zinneman. C-117 mins, , CC, Letterbox Format

12:15 AM Sophie's Choice (1982)
A concentration camp survivor resettles in New York City but can't escape her past. Cast: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol. Dir: Alan J. Pakula. C-151 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

3:00 AM Big Chill, The (1983)
A friend's death brings together a group of former college activists. Cast: Glenn Close, William Hurt, Kevin Kline. Dir: Lawrence Kasdan. C-105 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 AM Poltergeist (1982)
Evil spirits abduct a suburban family's daughter causing chaos and havoc. Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne. Dir: Tobe Hooper. C-115 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

Thanks for adding it to the posting of the TCM schedule.

Among other things, Monday's schedule is a reminder of the range of films Fred Zinnemann directed. The Seventh Cross is perhas not as well known as much of his other classics, but it's well worth checking out. Among other things, it contains an early on-screen pairing of real-life husband and wife Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy.