TCM Schedule for Monday March 3, 2025 - 31 Days of Oscar - Oscar Worthy Heroes

The final day of 31 Days of Oscar features Visual Effects winners/nominees in daytime.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM A Stolen Life (1946)
1h 47m | Romance | TV-PG
A twin takes her deceased sister's place as the wife of the man they both love.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt. Cast: Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark

8:00 AM Tom Thumb (1958)
1h 38m | Musical | TV-G
A six-inch-tall boy takes on a pair of comical crooks.
Director: George Pal. Cast: Russ Tamblyn, Alan Young, June Thorburn

9:45 AM 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
1h 40m | Science Fiction | TV-PG
A Chinese showman uses his magical powers to save a Western town from itself.
Director: George Pal. Cast: Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, Arthur O'Connell

11:30 AM The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
2h 18m | Drama | TV-G
Charles Lindbergh risks his life to complete his historic flight from New York to Paris.
Director: Billy Wilder. Cast: James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith

2:00 PM The Time Machine (1960)
1h 43m | Science Fiction | TV-G
A turn-of-the-century inventor sends himself into the future to save humanity.
Director: George Pal. Cast: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux

3:45 PM Mighty Joe Young (1949)
1h 34m | Adventure | TV-G
Showmen try to exploit a giant ape raised by an orphan.
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack. Cast: Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong

5:30 PM 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2h 29m | Science Fiction | TV-PG
Classic sci-fi epic about a mysterious monolith that seems to play a key role in human evolution.
Director: Stanley Kubrick. Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester

8:00 PM The Pride of the Yankees (1943)
2h 8m | Drama | TV-PG
Baseball legend Lou Gehrig faces a crippling disease at the height of his success.
Director: Sam Wood. Cast: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth

10:15 PM Norma Rae (1979)
2h 3m | Drama | TV-14
A young single mother and her co-worker try to unionize the mill where they work.
Director: Martin Ritt. Cast: Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman

12:15 AM Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
1h 40m | Drama | TV-G
True-life story of Edna Gladney, who fought for orphans' rights in Texas.
Director: Mervyn Leroy. Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart

2:15 AM Sister Kenny (1946)
1h 56m | Drama | TV-G
True story of the Australian nurse who fought to gain acceptance for her polio-treatment methods.
Director: Dudley Nichols. Cast: Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, Dean Jagger

4:15 AM The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
1h 25m | Drama | TV-G
True story of the French scientist's battle to establish modern medical methods.
Director: William Dieterle. Cast: Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise