TCM Schedule Sat. March 1: Five-Star Final, Dr. Zhivago, Fiddler On the Roof

(OT: I'm sorry to announce that I have to discontinue doing the extensive posts I've done in the past because of personal commitments - I'm doing a music podcast - and those detailed posts, as much as I loved doing them, took almost two hours a week. Thanks for your understanding and apologies to you all.)

THE DAY AT A GLANCE

- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 28
- FATHERS
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
On Golden Pond (1981)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Great Santini, The (1979)
Life with Father (1947)
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 29
- BEST PICTURE
Five Star Final (1931) (7:30 am ET)
Crossfire (1947)
Music Man, The (1962)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Last Emperor, The (1987)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 29
- ALCOHOLICS
Lost Weekend, The (1945)
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Key Largo (1948)
Johnny Eager (1942)

FULL DAY'S SCHEDULE

10:30 PM Wild Strawberries (1957)
On his way to an awards ceremony, a distinguished professor is forced to face his past, come to terms with his faults, and make peace with the inevitability of his approaching death
Dir: Ingmar Bergman Cast: Victor Seastrom, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:15 AM The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.
Dir: Luis Buñuel Cast: Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N


2:15 AM The Last Wave (1977)
An examination of the relationship between white and Aboriginal Australia through the trial of five Aborigines accused of killing another. Corporate tax lawyer David Burton accepts the case just as torrential rains blanket even the most arid regions of the nation, and is instantly beset with prophetic dreams and apocalyptic ...
Dir: Peter Weir Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


4:15 AM Eraserhead (1977)
A printer named Henry Spencer is on vacation when he learns that his ex-girlfriend, Mary X, has given birth to a terribly deformed baby. Henry marries Mary and the two try living together, but it does not work out. So Mary leaves and Henry begins to care for the baby. After this, several bizarre events take place. There ...
Dir: David Lynch Cast: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Judith Anna Roberts
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

7:30 AM Five Star Final (1931)
An unscrupulous newspaper editor searches for headlines at any cost.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H. B. Warner
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


9:00 AM Crossfire (1947)
A crusading district attorney investigates the murder of a Jewish man.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:45 AM The Music Man (1962)
A con man, masquerading as a music professor, convinces a small town to form a brass band as a way for him to pocket some money.
Dir: Morton Dacosta Cast: Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett
Runtime: 151 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


1:30 PM Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Sweeping epic about a Russian doctor pursuing the woman he loves during Russia's turbulent political changes of World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution and Communism's rise to power.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay
Runtime: 197 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:00 PM The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Japanese Army forces World War II POWs to build a strategic bridge in Burma.
Dir: David Lean Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
Runtime: 161 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:00 PM The Last Emperor (1987)
The story of the last imperial ruler of China.
Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci Cast: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole
Runtime: 163 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


8:00 PM The Lost Weekend (1945)
A writer fights to overcome his addiction to liquor.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:00 PM I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
True story of singer Lillian Roth's battle against alcoholism.
Dir: Daniel Mann Cast: Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:15 AM Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
An avowed alcoholic, Ben drank away his family, friends and, finally, his job. With deliberate resolve, he burns the remnants of his life and heads for Las Vegas to end it all in one final binge. On the strip, Ben picks up a street-smart hooker named Sera in what might have been another excess in his self-destructive jag. ...
Dir: Mike Figgis Cast: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


2:15 AM Key Largo (1948)
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:15 AM Johnny Eager (1942)
A handsome racketeer seduces the DA's daughter for revenge, then falls in love.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy Cast: Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y