TCM Schedule Sat. 3/14/25: The Pride of the Yankees, The Great Dictator, A Day at the Races, It Happened One Night

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AT A GLANCE

31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 29
- BASEBALL
Field of Dreams (1989)
Bull Durham (1988)
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
Pride of the Yankees, The (1942)
Stratton Story, The (1949)
Saturday, March 14
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 30
- COMEDY
Great Dictator, The (1940)
Day at the Races, A (1937)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Annie Hall (1977)
Lover Come Back (1961)
Producers, The (1967)
Fortune Cookie, The (1966)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 30
- COMEDY
Tootsie (1982)
Sandy Claws (1955) (short) (TCM Premiere)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
10 (1979)

FULL DAY SCHEDULE

12:00 AM Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
The story of the friendship between the New York Mammoths major-league baseball team's pitcher Henry Wiggen and catcher Bruce Pearson as they cope with Bruce's terminal illness during a baseball season.
Dir: John D. Hancock Cast: Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


1:45 AM The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Baseball legend Lou Gehrig faces a crippling disease at the height of his success.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:00 AM The Stratton Story (1949)
True story of Monty Stratton, the baseball star who fought to continue his career after losing a leg.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:00 AM The Great Dictator (1940)
A Jewish barber takes the place of a war-hungry dictator.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie
Runtime: 129 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:15 AM A Day at the Races (1937)
A group of zanies tries to save a pretty girl's sanitarium.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Groucho [marx], Chico [marx], Harpo [marx]
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:15 AM It Happened One Night (1934)
A spoiled rich girl escapes her father, who wants to stop her from marrying a worthless playboy. En route to New York, she gets involved with an out-of-work newsman and the couple sets off on a hitchhiking expedition.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:15 PM Annie Hall (1977)
A comedian and an aspiring singer try to overcome their neuroses and find happiness.
Dir: Woody Allen Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


2:00 PM Lover Come Back (1961)
An ad exec in disguise courts his pretty female competitor.
Dir: Delbert Mann Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:00 PM The Producers (1967)
A Broadway producer decides to get rich by creating the biggest flop of his career.
Dir: Mel Brooks Cast: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


5:45 PM The Fortune Cookie (1966)
A crooked lawyer trumps up an insurance case for a cameraman injured at a pro football game.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 PM Tootsie (1982)
Michael Dorsey is a talented actor, but his demanding nature and stubborn temperament have antagonized every producer in New York. Now his agent insists no one will hire him. But Michael needs money - eight thousand dollars to be exact - and to earn it, he's willing to play the role of a lifetime.
Dir: Sydney Pollack Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Terry Garr
Runtime: 116 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


10:00 PM Sandy Claws (1955)
Granny and Tweety Bird go to the beach. While Granny is changing, a very hungry Sylvester the Cat spots Tweety.
Dir: Friz Freleng Cast: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC:


10:15 PM My Man Godfrey (1936)
A zany heiress tries to help a tramp by making him the family butler.
Dir: Gregory La Cava Cast: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


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


2:00 AM Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
Vacationers in a French resort town almost kill themselves trying to relax.
Dir: Jacques Tati Cast: Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Micheline Rolla
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


3:45 AM 10 (1979)
In the throes of a midlife crisis, a Hollywood songwriter becomes infatuated with a blonde beauty.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Dudley Moore, Bo Derek, Julie Andrews
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y