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Lucy.


 Day 13 of the 31 Days of Oscar....
 

 

 

Which ones have you seen ?

Which ones do you love....what ones 'not so much' ?

 

5:00am Brief Encounter (1945) buy now
Two married strangers meet in a train station and fall in love.
Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway. Dir: David Lean. BW-86 mins, TV-PG
6:30am Penny Serenade (1941) buy now
A woman on the verge of divorce recalls her heartbreaking attempts to adopt a child.
Cast: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi. Dir: George Stevens. BW-119 mins, TV-G
8:30am Suzy (1936)
A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.
Cast: Jean Harlow, Cary Grant, Franchot Tone. Dir: George Fitzmaurice. BW-93 mins, TV-G
10:15am Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Walter Slezak. Dir: Leo McCarey. BW-115 mins, TV-G
12:15pm My Favorite Wife (1940) buy now
A shipwrecked woman is rescued just in time for her husband's re-marriage.
Cast: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott. Dir: Garson Kanin. BW-88 mins, TV-G
1:45pm Operation Petticoat (1959) buy now
During World War II, the crew of a decrepit submarine takes on a team of Navy nurses.
Cast: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Dina Merrill. Dir: Blake Edwards. C-121 mins, TV-G
4:00pm Father Goose (1964) buy now
A WWII drifter finds himself protecting schoolgirls and their beautiful teacher.
Cast: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard. Dir: Ralph Nelson. C-116 mins, TV-G
6:00pm Houseboat (1958) buy now
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
Cast: Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer. Dir: Melville Shavelson. C-110 mins, TV-G
What's On Tonight: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: 50'S
8:00pm Quiet Man, The (1952) buy now
An Irish ex-boxer retires to Ireland and searches for the proper wife.
Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald. Dir: John Ford. C-129 mins, TV-PG
10:15pm Roman Holiday (1953) buy now
A runaway princess in Rome finds love with a reporter who knows her true identity.
Cast: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert. Dir: William Wyler. BW-118 mins, TV-G
12:19am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Wrong Way Butch (1950)
BW-10 mins
12:30am Mating Season, The (1950)
A woman pretends to be a cleaning lady to get to know her son's high-society in-laws.
Cast: Gene Tierney, John Lund, Thelma Ritter. Dir: Mitchell Leisen. BW-101 mins, TV-G
2:15am Tender Trap, The (1955) buy now
A swinging bachelor finds love when he meets a girl immune to his line.
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, Celeste Holm. Dir: Charles Walters. C-111 mins, TV-PG
4:15am Indiscretion Of An American Wife (1954) buy now
An American woman tries to break it off with her Italian lover.
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift, Richard Beymer. Dir: Vittorio De Sica. BW-63 mins, TV-PG
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 Day 12 of the 31 Days of Oscar...
 

5:15am Whisperers, The (1967)
An elderly woman tries to cope with her predatory son and husband.
Cast: Edith Evans, Eric Portman, Avis Bunnage. Dir: Bryan Forbes. BW-106 mins, TV-G
6:18am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Strauss Fantasy (1954)
C-10 mins
7:15am Sin Of Madelon Claudet, The (1931)
A woman takes to the streets to provide for her illegitimate son.
Cast: Helen Hayes, Robert Young, Neil Hamilton. Dir: Edgar Selwyn. BW-75 mins, TV-G
8:30am Champ, The (1931) buy now
A broken-down prizefighter battles to keep custody of his son.
Cast: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich. Dir: King Vidor. BW-86 mins, TV-G
10:00am Great Lie, The (1941) buy now
Believing her husband to be dead, a flyer's wife bargains with his former love to adopt the woman's baby.
Cast: Bette Davis, Mary Astor, George Brent. Dir: Edmund Goulding. BW-108 mins, TV-PG
11:49am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Kings Of The Turf (1941)
12:00pm Mildred Pierce (1945) buy now
A woman turns herself into a business tycoon to win her selfish daughter a place in society.
Cast: Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-111 mins, TV-PG
2:00pm Grand Hotel (1932) buy now
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through scandal and heartache.
Cast: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford. Dir: Edmund Goulding. BW-113 mins, TV-PG
4:00pm Camille (1936) buy now
In this classic 19th-century romance, a kept woman runs off with a young admirer in search of love and happiness.
Cast: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore. Dir: George Cukor. BW-109 mins, TV-PG
6:00pm Kitty Foyle (1940) buy now
A girl from the wrong side of the tracks endures scandal and heartbreak when she falls for a high-society boy.
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, Gladys Cooper. Dir: Sam Wood. BW-108 mins, TV-G
What's On Tonight: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: MELODRAMA
7:49pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Pigs In A Polka (1943) buy now
C-8 mins
8:00pm Bound For Glory (1976) buy now
True story of folk singer Woody Guthrie, who rose to the top while fighting for the rights of migrant farm workers.
Cast: David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon. Dir: Hal Ashby. C-148 mins, TV-14
10:30pm Voyage Of The Damned (1976)
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant. Dir: Stuart Rosenberg. C-151 mins, TV-14
1:15am Apocalypse Now (1979) buy now
An Army captain travels to Cambodia during the Vietnam War to terminate a renegade officer.
Cast: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall. Dir: Francis Coppola. C-153 mins, TV-MA
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 11 out 31 Days of Oscar
 

3:15am Se7en (1995)
A retiring police detective and his new partner investigate a serial killer whose crimes mirror the seven deadly sins.
Cast: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey/ Dir: David Fincher. C-127 mins, TV-MA
3:22am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Beyond The Line Of Duty (1942)
BW-22 mins
6:30am Abe Lincoln In Illinois (1940)
An exploration into the domestic and political life of this past president.
Cast: Raymond Massey, Ruth Gordon, Gene Lockhart. Dir: John Cromwell. BW-110 mins, TV-G
8:30am Great Dictator, The (1940) buy now
A Jewish barber takes the place of a war-hungry dictator.
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie. Dir: Charles Chaplin. BW-120 mins, TV-PG
10:30am I Married A Witch (1942)
A 300-year-old witch wreaks havoc when she falls in love with a young politician.
Cast: Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Susan Hayward. Dir: Rene Clair. BW-77 mins, TV-G
11:48am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: You Can'T Win (1948) buy now
BW-8 mins
12:00pm Best Man, The (1964)
Two presidential hopefuls get caught up in the dirty side of politics.
Cast: Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Lee Tracy. Dir: Franklin J. Schaffner. BW-102 mins, TV-PG
1:45pm Born Yesterday (1950) buy now
A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman's girlfriend.
Cast: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden. Dir: George Cukor. BW-102 mins, TV-PG
3:30pm Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) buy now
An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption.
Cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-130 mins, TV-G
5:45pm Meet John Doe (1941) buy now
A reporter's fraudulent story turns a tramp into a national hero and makes him a pawn of big business.
Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-122 mins, TV-G
What's On Tonight: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: POLITICS
7:49pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Detouring America (1939) buy now
C-8 mins
8:00pm It Happened One Night (1934) buy now
A newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour.
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable, Walter Connolly. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-105 mins, TV-PG
10:00pm Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) buy now
When he inherits a fortune, a small-town poet has to deal with the corruption of city life.
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, Lionel Stander. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-116 mins, TV-G
12:00am Awful Truth, The (1937) buy now
A divorced couple keeps getting mixed up in each other's love lives.
Cast: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Ralph Bellamy. Dir: Leo McCarey. BW-91 mins, TV-PG
1:35am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Penny Wisdom (1937) buy now
A newspaper columnist saves an important family dinner.
BW-10 mins
1:45am Carefree (1938) buy now
A psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else.
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy. Dir: Mark Sandrich. BW-83 mins, TV-G
3:15am Lady For A Day (1933) buy now
A gangster helps an old apple-vendor pose as a society woman to fool her visiting daughter.
Cast: May Robson, Warren William, Guy Kibbee. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-96 mins, TV-G
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 Day 10 of 31 Days of Oscar
 

:00am Au Revoir, Les Enfants (1987) buy now
A French boarding school harbors Jewish children during the Nazi occupation.
Cast: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejto, Francine Racette. Dir: Louis Malle. C-105 mins, TV-14
6:00am Lady Of Burlesque (1943) buy now
A star dancer and comedian team to investigate murders.
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea, J. Edward Bromberg. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-90 mins, TV-PG
7:37am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Rhapsody In Rivets (1941) buy now
C-8 mins
7:45am Ladies in Retirement (1941)
A housekeeper tries to manage her actress employer and her own emotionally disturbed sisters.
Cast: Ida Lupino, Louis Hayward, Evelyn Keyes. Dir: Charles Vidor. BW-92 mins, TV-PG
9:30am Gaslight (1944) buy now
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Cast: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Angela Lansbury. Dir: George Cukor. BW-114 mins, TV-PG
11:30am Spellbound (1945)
A psychiatrist tries to help the man she loves solve a murder buried in his subconscious.
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-118 mins, TV-PG
1:30pm Maltese Falcon, The (1941) buy now
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet. Dir: John Huston. BW-101 mins, TV-PG
3:15pm Murder On The Orient Express (1974) buy now
Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of a mysterious businessman during a luxurious train ride.
Cast: Albert Finney, Sean Connery, Ingrid Bergman. Dir: Sidney Lumet. C-128 mins, TV-14
5:30pm Sleuth (1972)
A mystery novelist plots revenge on his wife's lover.
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, John Matthews. Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. C-138 mins, TV-14
What's On Tonight: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: 90'S/00'S
8:00pm Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
The king of Halloween Town sets out to take Santa Claus' place.
Cast: Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey. Dir: Tim Burton. C-76 mins, TV-PG