TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 21: 31 Days of Oscar: Courtroom Dramas

[CBHagman]

Daytime is devoted to Costume Dramas, evening to Courtroom Dramas, and you will see something on the list that you will not want to miss!

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

1:00 AM The Crowd (1928)
In this silent film, an office worker deals with the simple joys and tragedies of married life.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Eleanor Boardman, James Murray, Bert Roach
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:45 AM White Shadows in the South Seas (1928)
An alcoholic doctor runs off to Tahiti, where he finds love with a native girl.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Monte Blue, Raquel Torres, Robert Anderson
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:30 AM Speedy (1928)
A young man helps his girlfriend save the family trolley business.
Dir: Ted Wilde Cast: Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: N


6:00 AM The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

8:00 AM Young Bess (1953)
The future Elizabeth I fights court intrigue in the turbulent years before her ascension to the throne.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Jean Simmons, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:00 AM Knights of the Round Table (1953)
Lancelot, banished from King Arthur's court for loving Queen Guinevere, returns to defeat the evil Mordred.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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12:00 PM Ivanhoe (1952)
King Richard the Lion-Hearted is being held for ransom by the King of Austria, and his evil brother, John, conspires to take the throne. But while Robin of Locksley fights as Robin Hood, another man, Ivanhoe, risks everything for his king - and for the honor of Rebecca, the woman he loves.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-G CC: Y

2:00 PM Raintree County (1957)
In this sumptuous Civil War story, a willful Southern belle goes mad out of fear that she may be part Black.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint
Runtime: 187 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

5:00 PM Tess (1979)
Peasant girl Tess Durbeyfield is sent to live with the wealthy d'Urbervilles by her father after he learns that they are distantly related. However, the d'Urbervilles are not relatives, they're just a family that bought the noble line's name.
Dir: Roman Polanski Cast: John Collin, Tony Church, Nastassja Kinski
Runtime: 172 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-14 CC: N

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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: COURTROOM DRAMAS

8:00 PM To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
In 1932 Alabama, a widowed lawyer with two small children defends a Black man accused of raping a white woman.
Dir: Robert Mulligan Cast: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton
Runtime: 131 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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10:15 PM Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
A British lawyer gets caught up in a couple's tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

12:30 AM 12 Angry Men (1957)
A jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:15 AM Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
A defense lawyer takes on a case of a man accused of murdering a bartender who apparently raped his wife.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara
Runtime: 160 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

5:00 AM Inherit the Wind (1960)
True story of a Tennessee schoolteacher who went on trial in 1925 for teaching Darwin's theories.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

[BigmanPigman]

1. Wow, five of my favorites in a row.

What was it about the years 1957-1963 that produced so many fantastic courtroom films?