TCM Schedule for Tuesday, February 20: 31 Days of Oscar - Day 12: Music, Score

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A delicious schedule with something for everyone (and a lot of amazing music).

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

12:15 AM Fame (1980)
Five outstandingly gifted students at New York's High School of Performing Arts are followed as they prepare for careers in show business. A budding singer, two actors, a dancer and a musician polish their crafts as they struggle to excel academically in the demanding school.
Dir: Alan Parker Cast: Irene Cara, Eddie Barth, Lee Curreri
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

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2:45 AM A Star Is Born (1976)
A fast-rising singer tries to put a has-been rocker back on top.
Dir: Frank R. Pierson Cast: Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey
Runtime: 140 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-MA CC: Y



5:15 AM Lady Be Good (1941)
Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.
Dir: Norman Z. McLeod Cast: Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Robert Young
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


7:15 AM Carefree (1938)
When lovely singer Amanda Cooper has trouble accepting the marriage proposals of her beau, Stephen Arden, he calls upon his psychiatrist friend Dr. Tony Flagg to analyze her. Though Tony initially tries to maintain a typical doctor/patient relationship, it's not long before he's falling for Amanda. After a session of hypnosis, Amanda remains stuck in a happy-go-lucky state, disarmingly carefree.
Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:00 AM Night and Day (1946)
Fanciful biography of songwriter Cole Porter, who rose from high society to find success on Tin Pan Alley.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y



11:15 AM The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
A scarred veteran and a homely woman are transformed by love.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y



1:00 PM Of Mice and Men (1939)
A drifter and his slow-witted pal try to make their way in the West.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney Jr.
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


3:00 PM The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
A Cuban fisherman believes his long dry spell will end when he catches a legendary fish.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Felipe Pazos Jr., Harry Bellaver, Spencer Tracy
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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4:30 PM The Harvey Girls (1946)
Straitlaced waitresses battle saloon girls to win the West for domesticity.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y



6:15 PM On the Town (1949)
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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What's on Tonight: 31 Days of Oscar - Day 12: Music, Score

8:00 PM The Red Shoes (1948)
Tale of a famous ballerina who must choose between art and love.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y



10:30 PM Spellbound (1945)
A psychoanalyst falls in love with her new boss, and it is soon discovered that he has difficulty with remembering things as he is a troubled amnesiac, who may also be a killer.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



12:30 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

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2:45 AM A Little Romance (1979)
Teenagers elope with the help of an aging pickpocket.
Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, John Pepper
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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4:45 AM Lili (1953)
A French orphan gets a job with a carnival puppet show.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Jean Pierre Aumont
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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