TCM Schedule for Saturday March 18 - 31 Days of Oscar - Westerns - How the West Was Won

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Saturday March 18 at a glance
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - WESTERNS
Viva Villa! (1934)
Westerner, The (1940)
Cimarron (1931)
Stagecoach (1939)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Giant (1956)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - WESTERNS
Hud (1963)
How the West Was Won (1962)
Naked Spur, The (1953)
Cat Ballou (1965)
Big Sky, The (1952)


Note: Oscar nominations listed with each film. Winners are underlined.

12:00 AM The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Socialite Tracy Lord is getting married, and an honest reporter is there to get the story. It's a dull assignment until Tracy's ex-husband shows up, with a thirst for alcohol and a not-quite extinguished torch for his lovely one-time wife.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar nominations and wins:

ACTOR -- James Stewart {"Mike Connor"}
ACTRESS -- Katharine Hepburn {"Tracy Lord"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Ruth Hussey {"Liz Imbrie"}
DIRECTING -- George Cukor
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
WRITING (Screenplay) -- Donald Ogden Stewart


2:00 AM The Lady Eve (1941)

A shy millionaire, homeward bound after two years collecting snakes in the Brazilian jungle, encounters a gold-digger aboard an ocean liner.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nomination:

WRITING (Original Story) -- Monckton Hoffe


4:00 AM The Goodbye Girl (1977)

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Paula is a divorced mother and ex-Broadway dancer, who learns that her lover has left her only when aspiring actor Elliot arrives to sublet the apartment in the middle of the night. Their uneasy truce blossoms into love.
Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
(Note: This was the very first movie we taped on our very first VCR.)

Oscar nominations and wins:

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -- Richard Dreyfuss {"Elliot Garfield"}
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE -- Marsha Mason {"Paula McFadden"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Quinn Cummings {"Lucy McFadden"} (Editor's note: We think she should have won.)
BEST PICTURE -- Ray Stark, Producer
WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen--based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced) -- Neil Simon


6:00 AM Viva Villa (1934)
Rousing biography of the bandit chief who led the battle for Mexican independence.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Fay Wray
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations and win:

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR -- John Waters
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
SOUND RECORDING -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
WRITING (Adaptation) -- Ben Hecht [came in 3rd]


8:00 AM The Westerner (1940)
A drifter accused of horse stealing faces off against the notorious Judge Roy Bean.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Fred Stone
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations and wins:

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Walter Brennan {"Judge Roy Bean"}
ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- James Basevi
WRITING (Original Story) -- Stuart N. Lake


10:00 AM Cimarron (1931)
A husband and wife fight to survive in the early days of the Oklahoma Territory.
Dir: Wesley Ruggles Cast: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor
Runtime: 131 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations and wins:

ACTOR -- Richard Dix {"Yancey Cravat"}
ACTRESS -- Irene Dunne {"Sabra Cravat"}
ART DIRECTION -- Max Rée
CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Edward Cronjager
DIRECTING -- Wesley Ruggles
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- RKO Radio
WRITING (Adaptation) -- Howard Estabrook


12:15 PM Stagecoach (1939)

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A group of disparate passengers battle personal demons and each other while racing through Indian country.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar nominations and win:

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Thomas Mitchell {"Dr. Josiah Boone"}
ART DIRECTION -- Alexander Toluboff
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Bert Glennon
DIRECTING -- John Ford
FILM EDITING -- Otho Lovering, Dorothy Spencer
MUSIC (Scoring) -- Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Walter Wanger (production company)


2:15 PM She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
An aging Cavalry officer tries to prevent an Indian war in the last days before his retirement.
Dir: John Ford Cast: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nomination and win:

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Winton Hoch


4:15 PM Giant (1956)
A Texas ranching family fights to survive changing times.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean
Runtime: 201 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations and wins:

ACTOR -- James Dean {"Jett Rink"}
ACTOR -- Rock Hudson {"Bick Benedict"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Mercedes McCambridge {"Luz Benedict"}
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Ralph S. Hurst
COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Moss Mabry, Marjorie Best
DIRECTING -- George Stevens
FILM EDITING -- William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson, Fred Bohanan
MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Dimitri Tiomkin
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg, Producers
WRITING (Screenplay--Adapted) -- Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat


8:00 PM Hud (1963)
An amoral modern rancher clashes with his rigid father.
Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: N

Oscar nominations and wins:

ACTOR -- Paul Newman {"Hud Bannon"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Melvyn Douglas {"Homer Bannon"}
ACTRESS -- Patricia Neal {"Alma"}
ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Robert Benton
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- James Wong Howe
DIRECTING -- Martin Ritt
WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) -- Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank, Jr.


10:00 PM How the West Was Won (1962)

Panoramic Western following the daughter of a pioneering family from her youth in 1830 to old age.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Spencer Tracy, Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb
Runtime: 155 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar nominations and wins:

ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: George W. Davis, William Ferrari, Addison Hehr; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Don Greenwood, Jr., Jack Mills
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- William H. Daniels, Milton Krasner, Charles Lang, Jr., Joseph LaShelle
COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Walter Plunkett
FILM EDITING -- Harold F. Kress
MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original) -- Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
BEST PICTURE -- Bernard Smith, Producer
SOUND -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) -- James R. Webb


1:00 AM The Naked Spur (1953)
A captive outlaw uses psychological tactics to prey on a bounty hunter.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nomination:

WRITING (Story and Screenplay) -- Sam Rolfe, Harold Jack Bloom

2:45 AM Cat Ballou (1965)

A prim schoolteacher turns outlaw queen when the railroad steals her land.
Dir: Elliot Silverstein Cast: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations and win:

ACTOR -- Lee Marvin {"Kid Shelleen/Tim Strawn"} (Trivia: His only nomination.)
FILM EDITING -- Charles Nelson
MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) -- DeVol
MUSIC (Song) -- "The Ballad Of Cat Ballou," Music by Jerry Livingston; Lyrics by Mack David
WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) -- Walter Newman, Frank R. Pierson


4:30 AM The Big Sky (1952)
Trappers lead an expedition against river pirates and Indians along the Missouri River.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations:

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Arthur Hunnicutt {"Zeb Callaway"}
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Russell Harlan