TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 5: 31 Days of Oscar - Best Writing: Story/Royals
Of note: Tonight The Madness of King George makes its TCM premiere.
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
12:30 AM Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
When he inherits a fortune, a small-town poet has to deal with the corruption of city life.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:45 AM Being There (1979)
Political pundits mistake an illiterate gardener for a media genius and turn him into a national hero.
Dir: Hal Ashby Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas
Runtime: 130 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
5:00 AM Travels with My Aunt (1972)
A stodgy young man gets caught up in his free-living aunt's shady schemes.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Lou Gossett
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
Daytime: 31 Days of Oscar - Best Writing: Story
7:15 AM The Doorway to Hell (1930)
Despite his efforts to go straight, a young gangster keeps falling back into crime.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Lew Ayres, Charles Judels, Dorothy Mathews
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:45 AM One Way Passage (1932)
An ocean voyage leads to romance for a dying heiress and a condemned criminal.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: William Powell, Kay Francis, Aline Macmahon
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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10:00 AM Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Boyhood friends grow up on opposite sides of the law.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:45 AM Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
A Merchant Marine crew fights off enemy attacks at the start of World War II.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:00 PM The Stratton Story (1949)
True story of Monty Stratton, the baseball star who fought to continue his career after losing a leg.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:00 PM Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
True story of torch singer Ruth Etting's struggle to escape the gangster who made her a star.
Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:15 PM The Brave One (1956)
A Mexican boy saves his pet bull from death in the bull ring by securing a pardon from the president.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Michel Ray, Rodolfo Hoyos, Elsa Cardenas
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Primetime: 31 Days of Oscar - Royals
8:00 PM Mrs. Brown (1997)
Queen Victoria risks scandal because of her loyalty to a Scottish groundskeeper who saved her life.
Dir: John Madden Cast: Judi Dench, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-MA CC: N
10:00 PM The Lion in Winter (1968)
Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine celebrate Christmas together and battle for control of the throne.
Dir: Anthony Harvey Cast: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Merrow
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
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12:30 AM The Madness of King George (1994)
When King George III becomes increasingly erratic, his lieutenants try to adjust the rules to run the country without his participation and a power struggle ensues.
Dir: Nicholas Hytner Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Rupert Graves
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-14 CC:
2:30 AM Marie Antoinette (1938)
The tragic life of Marie Antoinette, who became queen of France in her late teens.
Dir: W.S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier Cast: Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore
Runtime: 157 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:15 AM The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
The famed English monarch suffers through five of his six disastrous marriages.
Dir: Alexander Korda Cast: Charles Laughton, Merle Oberon, Wendy Barrie
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y