TCM Schedule for Tuesday, February 18: 31 Days of Oscar - First Ladies/Best Screenplay/Shakespearean Characters

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An exciting schedule today, including the TCM premiere of Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry V.

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

12:15 AM The Best Man (1964)
Two presidential hopefuls get caught up in the dirty side of politics.
Dir: Franklin J. Schaffner Cast: Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:15 AM Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
An exploration into the domestic and political life of former president, Abraham Lincoln.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:15 AM Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
In the summer of 1921, unsuccessful vice-presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt is vacationing with his family at their estate on Campobello Island on the Maine/New Brunswick border. During their stay, the 39-year-old Roosevelt comes down with a fever and sudden paralysis that is eventually diagnosed as polio. With the help of his wife, Eleanor, and his close friend and political consultant, Louis Howe, FDR battles his newfound disability.
Dir: Vincent J. Donehue Cast: Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn
Runtime: 143 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

31 Days of Oscar - First Ladies

6:45 AM The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
President Andrew Jackson's friendship with an innkeeper's daughter spells trouble for them both.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

31 Days of Oscar - Best Screenplay

8:30 AM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a scientist who unleashes the beast within.
Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

10:15 AM Pygmalion (1938)
A linguistics professor bets he can turn a flower girl into a lady by teaching her to speak properly.
Dir: Anthony Asquith Cast: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

12:00 PM Room at the Top (1959)
A young accountant claws his way to the top in the boardroom and the bedroom.
Dir: Jack Clayton Cast: Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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2:00 PM Blackboard Jungle (1955)
An idealistic teacher confronts the realities of juvenile delinquency.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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3:45 PM Father of the Bride (1950)
Attorney Stanley T. Banks finds himself unprepared when his daughter, Kay, announces her engagement to Buckley Dunstan, while wife Ellie and son Tommy burst with enthusiasm for Kay's wedding. But for Stanley, gaining a "son" offers no consolation for the loss of his baby girl, who's all grown up now with a life of her own.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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5:30 PM Friendly Persuasion (1956)
A peaceful Quaker family's sanctity is tested during the Civil War.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Marjorie Main
Runtime: 137 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

31 Days of Oscar - Shakespearean Characters

8:00 PM Hamlet (1948)
The melancholy Dane flirts with insanity while trying to prove his uncle murdered his father.
Dir: Laurence Olivier Cast: Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney
Runtime: 155 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

10:45 PM Henry V (1989)
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Dir: Kenneth Branagh Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Paul Scofield, Emma Thompson, Richard Briers, Judi Dench, Michael Williams
Runtime: 138 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

1:15 AM Romeo and Juliet (1937)
Shakespeare's classic tale of young lovers from feuding families.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

3:30 AM Julius Caesar (1953)
Cassius and Brutus lead the conspirators who murder Caesar, but are themselves routed by Mark Antony.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

31 Days of Oscar - Best Film Editing

5:45 AM Air Force (1943)
A bomber crew sees World War II action over the Pacific.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-G CC: Y