31 DAYS OF OSCAR DAY 14 SCHEDULE

Air Force (7:30AM/6:30AM)

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One of Robert Osborne’s favorite films.

Sergeant York (9:45AM/8:45AM)

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The real Alvin York is seen on the right.

Fury(12:15PM/11:15AM)

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Nice guy gets accused of murder, then a mob tries to burn him alive.

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (2PM/1PM)

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What a weird title.

Rachel, Rachel (4PM/3PM)

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Paul Newman’s first time directing.

Bonnie and Clyde (6PM/5PM)

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The real Bonnie and Clyde are seen at the right.

The Firm (8PM/7PM)

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TCM premiere. Tom Cruise runs from a mob-corrupted law firm.

Brubaker (10:45PM/9:45PM)

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Robert Redford vs. the prison system.

An American Dream (1:05AM/12:05AM)

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A story about an awfully-wedded life.

Cool Hand Luke (3AM/2AM)

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Again, Paul Newman’s abs did not win an Oscar.

Papillon (5:15AM/4:15AM)

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A real-life story about an escape from the infamous Devil’s Island.

31 DAYS OF OSCAR-DAY 1 SCHEDULE

TCM’s regular programming has been put aside this month for its 25th annual 31 Days of Oscar festival. Each film and short airing this February has won or been nominated for Oscar. Every 31 Days celebration has a theme and this year is no different. This year’s theme is 360 Degrees of Oscar where each film is connected by a performer who appears in the following film and so on. For example, we start the showcase with Oscar-winning actor Laurence Olivier who received Best Actor nominations in The Entertainer and Wuthering Heights, the latter film co-starred Oscar-nominated actress Flora Robson who was in the next film, Caesar and Cleopatra and now you get the gist. Have fun guessing what the connection is between the films, even though TCM lets you know on their 31 Days website.

I can’t forget to let you know that the Oscars airs early this year on February 9 aka next Sunday.

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The Entertainer (6AM/5AM)-a washed-up entertainer uses alcohol and young women to escape his dreary life.

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Wuthering Heights (7:45AM/6:45AM)-the 1939 adaptation of Emily Bronte’s classic novel of doomed love.

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Caesar and Cleopatra (9:30AM/8:30AM)-the one where Julius Caesar visits Cleopatra in Egypt. Flirting and bickering follow.

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Quo Vadis (11:45AM/10:45AM)-see if you can spot a young Sophia Loren.

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Billy Budd (2:45PM/1:45PM)-the film debut of Terrence Stamp.

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Far From the Maddening Crowd (5PM/4PM)-Julie Christie has to choose between three men. Oh, the horror! Just google young Julie Christie. To add: apparently it’s madding, not maddening. My bad.

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Doctor Zhivago (8PM/7PM)-Lara and Yuri fall in love. Their spouses Pasha and Tanya get the shaft.

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Funny Girl (11:30PM/10:30PM)-the film debut of Barbra Streisand which resulted in the only true tie in Oscar history.

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The Way We Were (2:15AM/1:15AM)-Polar opposites fight for their relationship to work.

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The Candidate (4:30AM/3:30AM)-A senatorial candidate begins to lose his ideals as he rises in the polls.

SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: DUSTIN HOFFMAN

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Dustin Hoffman makes his SUTS debut with 11 movies, including the TCM premiere of Hero.

Dustin Hoffman was born on August 8, 1937, to Harry and Lillian Hoffman. He was named after silent screen star Dustin Farnum. He graduated from high school in 1955 and enrolled at Santa Monica College to study medicine. Then, he took an acting class. Dustin dropped out a year later to join the Pasadena Playhouse. His first role at Pasadena co-starred his future roommate, Gene Hackman.

For the next decade, Hoffman took a series of odd jobs and struggled to find acting roles. He studied at the Actor’s Studio and appeared on television. Finally, Dustin Hoffman got his big break when he was cast as Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate. The film was a smash hit. Then came Midnight Cowboy. Dustin finally won the Best Actor Oscar for 1979’s Kramer vs. Kramer. He would win again in 1988 for Rain Man. Dustin Hoffman is still working today.

Death of a Salesman (1985-9:45AM/8:45AM)

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Co-starring: Kate Reid, John Malkovich, and Stephen Lang

Dustin plays Arthur Miller’s sad-sack anti-hero Willy Loman.

Tootsie (1982-5:30PM/4:30PM)

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Co-starring: Jessica Lange, Terri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Sydney Pollack, and Bill Murray

Hoffman dresses up as a woman to get work. He lands a role in a soap opera.

The Graduate (1967-8PM/7PM)

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Co-starring: Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, and William Daniels

A college graduate has an affair with an older woman.

Marathon Man (1976-10PM/9PM)

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Co-starring: Laurence Olivier and Roy Scheider

You’ll never want to go to the dentist again.

Midnight Cowboy (1969-12:15AM/11:15PM)

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Co-starring: Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, and Brenda Vaccaro

Dustin is a sickly and brash New Yorker who befriends new in town Jon Voight.

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OCTOBER ON TCM

STAR OF THE MONTH: RITA HAYWORTH (TUESDAYS IN OCTOBER)

TCM salutes The Love Goddess with a 21-film tribute for her the 100th anniversary of her birth. On October 17, 1918, Margarita Carmen Cansino was born to a Spanish dancing father and an American showgirl mother. The family moved to Hollywood in the early 1930s and opened a dance studio. After the studio closed, Hayworth’s father enlisted his daughter as his dance partner and they appeared in nightclubs around the Mexican border. During one of these shows, Rita attracted the attention of Fox executive Winifred Sheehan, who invited the teen for a series of screen tests. Hayworth made her film debut in 1935 and not long after she was dropped from her contract at Fox. In 1937, Rita signed with Columbia Pictures and later became the studio’s biggest star.

Rita Hayworth will always be remembered for this entrance and 3 minutes in a black dress that has its own Wikipedia page! Gilda airs on October 9 at 8PM/7PM.

TCM SPOTLIGHT: FUNNY LADIES (THURSDAYS IN OCTOBER)

Legendary funny lady Carol Burnett and Illeana Douglas host this tribute to some of the funniest ladies to hit the big screen. The ladies saluted include Mabel Normand, Carole Lombard, Irene Dunne, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, and, of course, Lucy.

MONSTER OF THE MONTH: THE MUMMY (SUNDAYS IN OCTOBER)

The mummy has been on the screen since 1909. TCM won’t show that film, but they do have 11 other films including Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy (October 14 @8PM/7PM) and Hammer Studios take on the oft-told tale starring Christopher Lee(October 21 @8PM/7PM).

HORROR STARS (WEDNESDAYS IN OCTOBER)

TCM salutes 5 of cinema’s most famous horror stars. Lon Chaney. Christopher Lee. Boris Karloff. Bela Lugosi. Vincent Price.

TCM MEMORIAL TRIBUTE: ANNE V. COATES (OCTOBER 1)

TCM remembers the Oscar-winning editor who received an honorary Academy Award in November 2016. Anne passed away on May 8. The lineup includes her Oscar-winning work editing the classic Lawrence of Arabia (8PM/7PM), followed by the 1974 adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express (11PM/10PM), and two films starring Alec Guinness: 1960’s Tunes of Glory (1:30AM/12:30AM), and the 1958 comedy The Horse’s Mouth (3:30AM/2:30AM).

GUEST PROGRAMMERS: ROBERT REDFORD AND DAVID LOWERY (OCTOBER 12)

Ben Mankiewicz sits down with the legend and the director of what may be Redford’s final movie The Old Man and the Gun to discuss Redford’s 1972 film The Candidate (8PM/7PM), the 1974 crime drama Straight Time (10:15PM/9:15PM) starring Dustin Hoffman, and the 1940 film Invisible Stripes (12:30AM/11:30PM) starring George Raft and William Holden.

TREASURES FROM THE DISNEY VAULT (OCTOBER 15)

Leonard Maltin hosts another installment of some the Disney classics. The fun begins with the 1971 film (and a childhood favorite of mine) Bedknobs and Broomsticks (8PM/7PM) starring Angela Lansbury and the dad from Mary Poppins.

200 YEARS OF FRANKENSTEIN (OCTOBER 22 & 29)

The novel was first published 200 years ago in 1818 by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. The horror starts with a new documentary called The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein (October 22 @ 8PM/7PM).