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Lucy.


 The 8th Day 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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 Day 7 of the 31 Days of Oscar
 

4:30am Wild Is The Wind (1957)
A woman marries her late sister's husband but finds true love with his son from an earlier marriage.
Cast: Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Franciosa. Dir: George Cukor. BW-110 mins, TV-PG
6:30am Brothers Karamazov, The (1958)
In this adaptation of the Dostoevsky classic, four brothers fight to adjust to the death of their domineering father.
Cast: Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, William Shatner. Dir: Richard Brooks. C-146 mins, TV-PG
9:00am Three Musketeers, The (1948) buy now
Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their mission to protect France.
Cast: Lana Turner, Gene Kelly, June Allyson. Dir: George Sidney. C-126 mins, TV-G
11:15am Tale Of Two Cities, A (1935) buy now
Charles Dickens' classic story of two men in love with the same woman during the French Revolution.
Cast: Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Edna May Oliver. Dir: Jack Conway. BW-126 mins, TV-PG
1:30pm Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The (1938)
An orphan in 1850 Missouri gets into a variety of scrapes, including a murder mystery.
Cast: Tommy Kelly, Jackie Moran, Victor Jory. Dir: Norman Taurog. C-91 mins, TV-G
3:02pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Night At The Movies, A (1937)
BW-10 mins
3:15pm Farewell To Arms, A (1932) buy now
An American serving in World War I falls for a spirited nurse.
Cast: Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou. Dir: Frank Borzage. BW-89 mins, TV-G
4:45pm Hawaii (1966) buy now
Missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands fight nature, disease and their own passions.
Cast: Max von Sydow, Julie Andrews, Richard Harris. Dir: George Roy Hill. C-161 mins, TV-14
What's On Tonight: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: FROM NOVEL TO FILM
7:28pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Battle Of Gettysburg, The (1956)
C-30 mins
8:00pm 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) buy now
Classic sci-fi epic about a mysterious monolith that seems to play a key role in human evolution.
Cast: Keir Dullea, William Sylvester, Gary Lockwood. Dir: Stanley Kubrick. C-149 mins, TV-G
10:45pm Lolita (1962) buy now
Vladimir Nabokov's racy classic focuses on an aging intellectual in love with a teenager.
Cast: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Peter Sellers. Dir: Stanley Kubrick. BW-154 mins, TV-14
1:30am Easy Rider (1969) buy now
A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices.
Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson. Dir: Dennis Hopper. C-96 mins, TV-MA
3:15am Reivers, The (1969) buy now
A young man comes of age when he stows away in his grandfather's stolen car.
Cast: Steve McQueen, Rupert Crosse, Mitch Vogel. Dir: Mark Rydell. C-111 mins, TV-14
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 The 6th Day of 31 Days of Oscar
 

5:00am Body And Soul (1947) buy now
A young boxer slugs his way out of the slums only to fall prey to organized crime.
Cast: John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Anne Revere. Dir: Robert Rossen. BW-106 mins, TV-PG
5:47am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Stairway To Light (1945)
BW-10 mins
7:00am Five Star Final (1931)
An unscrupulous newspaper editor searches for headlines at any cost.
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, H.B. Warner, Marian Marsh. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-89 mins, TV-PG
8:30am Front Page, The (1931)
A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou, Edward Everett Horton. Dir: Lewis Milestone. BW-100 mins, TV-G
10:15am When Ladies Meet (1933)
A female novelist doesn't realize her new friend is the wife whose husband she's trying to steal.
Cast: Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy. Dir: Harry Beaumont. BW-85 mins, TV-G
11:45am Teacher's Pet (1958) buy now
A tough city editor assumes a fake identity to study journalism with a lady professor who's criticized his work.
Cast: Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young. Dir: George Seaton. BW-120 mins, TV-G
1:47pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Little Johnny Jet (1953) buy now
C-7 mins
2:00pm Libeled Lady (1936) buy now
When an heiress sues a newspaper, the editor hires a reporter to compromise her.
Cast: Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy. Dir: Jack Conway. BW-98 mins, TV-G
3:45pm Citizen Kane (1941) buy now
The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life.
Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead. Dir: Orson Welles. BW-120 mins, TV-PG
5:45pm Foreign Correspondent (1940) buy now
An American reporter covering the war in Europe gets mixed up in the assassination of a Dutch diplomat.
Cast: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, George Sanders. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-120 mins, TV-PG
What's On Tonight: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: JOURNALISM
7:47pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Army Champions (1941)
BW-11 mins
8:00pm Vertigo (1958) buy now
A detective falls for the mysterious woman he's been hired to tail.
Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-130 mins, TV-PG
10:15pm Rear Window (1954) buy now
A photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a nearby apartment building.
Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Raymond Burr. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-114 mins, TV-PG
12:15am Country Girl, The (1954) buy now
While trying to help her husband make a comeback, an alcoholic singer's wife fights her love for another man.
Cast: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden. Dir: George Seaton. BW-104 mins, TV-PG
2:15am Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)
An American takes up bullfighting to impress the ladies but learns to respect the sport.
Cast: Robert Stack, Joy Page, Gilbert Roland. Dir: Budd Boettcher. BW-125 mins, TV-G
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 The Fifth Day of the 31 Days of Oscar
 

5:24am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Boy And His Dog, A (1946)
A young boy fights to save a dog from his cruel owner.
Cast: Harry Davenport, Billy Sheffield, Russell Simpson. Dir: LeRoy Prinz. BW-21 mins, TV-G
5:45am Green Years, The (1946)
An orphaned Irish boy is taken in by his mother's Scottish relations.
Cast: Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Dean Stockwell. Dir: Victor Saville. BW-125 mins, TV-PG
8:00am Captains Courageous (1937) buy now
A spoiled rich boy is lost at sea and rescued by a fishing boat, where hard work and responsibility help him become a man.
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore. Dir: Victor Fleming. BW-117 mins, TV-G
10:00am Yearling, The (1946) buy now
A Florida boy's pet deer threatens the family farm.
Cast: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman, Jr. Dir: Clarence Brown. C-128 mins, TV-G
12:15pm 400 Blows, The (1959) buy now
A 12-year-old boy turns to crime to escape family problems.
Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy. Dir: Francois Truffaut. BW-100 mins, TV-14
2:00pm Little Women (1949) buy now
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Cast: June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Lawford. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. C-122 mins, TV-G
4:03pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Annie Was A Wonder (1948) buy now
BW-11 mins
4:15pm Janie (1944)
A small-town girl defies her father by falling for a soldier.
Cast: Joyce Reynolds, Robert Hutton, Ann Harding. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-102 mins, TV-G
6:00pm Sterile Cuckoo, The (1969)
An innocent college boy gets mixed up with a needy, neurotic young woman.
Cast: Liza Minnelli, Wendell Burton, Tim McIntire. Dir: Alan J. Pakula. C-107 mins, TV-PG
What's On Tonight: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: COMING OF AGE
7:48pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: So You Think You'Re Not Guilty (1949)
A simple traffic violation turns into a 10-year jail sentence for Joe McDoakes (George O'Hanlon).
Cast: George O'Hanlon, Ralph Sanford Dir: Richard L. Bare BW-11 mins
8:00pm Best Years Of Our Lives, The (1946) buy now
Three returning servicemen fight to adjust to life after World War II.
Cast: Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy. Dir: William Wyler. BW-170 mins, TV-PG
11:00pm All the King's Men (1949) buy now
A backwoods politician rises to the top only to become corrupted.
Cast: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge. Dir: Robert Rossen. BW-110 mins, TV-PG
1:00am Casablanca (1942) buy now
An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-103 mins, TV-PG
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