TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 10th: 31 Days of Oscar

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

12:15 AM Network (1976)
Television programmers turn a deranged news anchor into 'the mad prophet of the airwaves.' Cast: William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch. Dir: Sidney Lumet. BW-121 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format



2:30 AM Tender Mercies (1983)
An alcoholic country star stranded in a small town finds love. Cast: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Ellen Barkin. Dir: Bruce Beresford. C-92 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 AM Trading Places (1983)
Wealthy brothers conspire to switch the fortunes of a young investor and a man from the hood. Cast: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis. Dir: John Landis. C-116 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

6:15 AM Stage Door Canteen (1943)
A USO girl defies the rules when she falls for a soldier visiting the star-studded Stage Door Canteen. Cast: Cheryl Walker, William Terry, Katharine Hepburn. Dir: Frank Borzage. BW-131 mins, TV-G

8:30 AM Neptune's Daughter (1949)
Mistaken identity complicates a polo player's romance with a bathing suit designer. Cast: Esther Williams, Ricardo Montalban, Red Skelton. Dir: Edward Buzzell. C-93 mins, TV-G, CC

10:15 AM On the Town (1949)
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City. Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Vera-Ellen. Dir: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen. C-98 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS



12:00 PM Cover Girl (1944)
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind. Cast: Gene Kelly, Rita Hayworth, Phil Silvers. Dir: Charles Vidor. C-107 mins, TV-G



2:00 PM Tonight and Every Night (1945)
An American girl falls for an RAF pilot while performing at a British music hall. Cast: Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman, Janet Blair. Dir: Victor Saville. C-92 mins, TV-PG

3:45 PM My Sister Eileen (1942)
Two sisters - one smart, one pretty - move to New York to build careers. Cast: Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Janet Blair. Dir: Alexander Hall. BW-97 mins, TV-G, CC

5:30 PM Gypsy (1962)
A domineering mother pushes her two daughters to burlesque stardom. Cast: Natalie Wood, Rosalind Russell, Karl Malden. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. C-143 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM Kiss of Death, The (1947)
An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge. Cast: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Richard Widmark. Dir: Henry Hathaway. BW-99 mins,

9:43 PM Short Film: Annie Was A Wonder (1948)
BW-11 mins,

10:00 PM Pickup on South Street (1953)
A petty thief accidentally steals a communist spy's purse. Cast: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter. Dir: Sam Fuller. BW-80 mins, , CC



11:30 PM Birdman Of Alcatraz (1962)
True story of Robert Stroud, the prison lifer who became an expert on birds. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Telly Savalas, Thelma Ritter. Dir: John Frankenheimer. BW-149 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:15 AM Of Mice and Men (1939)
A drifter and his slow-witted pal try to make their way in the West. Cast: Burgess Meredith, Lon Chaney, Jr., Betty Field. Dir: Lewis Milestone. BW-106 mins, TV-14, CC

4:15 AM One Million B.C. (1940)
An exiled caveman finds love when he joins another tribe. Cast: Carole Landis, Victor Mature, Lon Chaney, Jr. Dir: Hal Roach, Jr., Hal Roach. BW-80 mins, TV-G

5:37 AM Short Film: Forbidden Passage (1941)
BW-21 mins,