TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 25: Edith Head Costume Designs/Directed by Nancy Savoca
Appropriately for Women's History Month, TCM is showcasing the work of costume designer Edith Head and director Nancy Savoca. Performances by the one and only Lili Taylor are an added bonus.
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
1:30 AM A Star Is Born (1976) A fast-rising singer tries to put a has-been rocker back on top. Dir: Frank R. Pierson Cast: Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey
Runtime: 140 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
4:00 AM Fame (1980) Five outstandingly gifted students at New York's High School of Performing Arts are followed as they prepare for careers in show business. A budding singer, two actors, a dancer and a musician polish their crafts as they struggle to excel academically in the demanding school. Dir: Alan Parker Cast: Irene Cara, Eddie Barth, Lee Curreri
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
6:30 AM MGM Parade Show #24 (1955) Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney perform in a clip from "Strike Up the Band;" John Gilbert and Renee Adoree perform in a clip from "The Big Parade." Hosted by George Murphy. Dir: null Cast: George Murphy, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y
TCM Daytime: Edith Head Costume Designs
7:00 AM Penelope (1966) A neglected wife turns to bank robbery to get her husband's attention. Dir: Arthur Hiller Cast: Natalie Wood, Ian Bannen, Dick Shawn
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:45 AM Penelope Featurette (1966) In this promotional short for the feature film "Penelope" (1966), costume designer Edith Head discusses the fashion choices from the film as Natalie Wood models several designs. Dir: null Cast: Natalie Wood, Edith Head
Runtime: 5 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
9:00 AM Critic's Choice (1963) A Broadway critic must write a negative review about his wife's play. Dir: Don Weis Cast: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Maxwell
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:00 AM Hotel (1967) A New Orleans hotel owner fights off a corporate raider while his guests struggle through a variety of personal problems. Dir: Richard Quine Cast: Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak, Karl Malden
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:15 PM 36 Hours (1964) Nazis kidnap a key American intelligence officer and try to convince him that World War II is over. Dir: George Seaton Cast: James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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3:15 PM The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) A self-appointed judge cleans up a corrupt western town twice. Dir: John Huston Cast: Paul Newman, Roy Jenson, Gary Combs
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
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5:30 PM The Man Who Would Be King (1975) Two English ex-soldiers leave British-ruled India for a remote part of Afghanistan in order to become kings. Dir: John Huston Cast: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer
Runtime: 129 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
TCM Prime Time: Directed by Nancy Savoca
8:00 PM Dogfight (1991) In November 1963, four young marines in San Francisco celebrate their last night before leaving to fight in Vietnam with a "dogfight," a competition in which the man who brings the ugliest date wins. Handsome Eddie Birdlace convinces Rose to accompany him on a date, but he doesn't tell her she is part of the dogfight. Dir: Nancy Savoca Cast: River Phoenix, Lili Taylor, Richard Panebianco
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
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9:45 PM Household Saints (1993) Unsettling drama about three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York's Little Italy. Dir: Nancy Savoca Cast: Tracey Ullman, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lili Taylor
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC:
12:00 AM The Many Miracles of Household Saints (2023) A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of the 1993 independent film, "Household Saints." Dir: Martina Savoca-Guay Cast: Vincent D'Onofrio, Jonathan Demme, Richard Guay
Runtime: 58 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC:
1:15 AM True Love (1989) The story of two working class Italian-Americans in the weeks prior to their wedding. Dir: Nancy Savoca Cast: Annabella Sciorra, Ron Eldard, Aida Turturro
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
3:15 AM The Damned (1969) The rise of Nazism as reflected within a decadent German industrialist family. Dir: Luchino Visconti Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem
Runtime: 164 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y