TCM March 2024 At a Glance - Star of the Month, 31 Days of Oscar finale, memorials to Norman Jewison, Ryan O'Neal

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TCM March 2024 At a Glance

STAR OF THE MONTH - DEBBIE REYNOLDS (25th - 29th)

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From Wikipedia: Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds (April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016) was an American actress, singer, and businesswoman. Her career spanned almost 70 years. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer with her portrayal of Helen Kane in the 1950 film Three Little Words. Her breakout role was her first leading role, as Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain (1952). Her other successes include The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953), Susan Slept Here (1954), Bundle of Joy (1956 Golden Globe nomination), The Catered Affair (1956 National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress Winner), and Tammy and the Bachelor (1957), in which her performance of the song "Tammy" topped the Billboard music charts.[1] In 1959, she starred in The Mating Game (with Tony Randall) and released her first pop music album, titled Debbie.

She starred with Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain (1952), How the West Was Won (1962), and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), a biographical film about the famously boisterous Titanic passenger Margaret "Molly" Brown. Her performance as Brown earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Some of Reynolds' other films include The Singing Nun (1966), Divorce American Style (1967), What's the Matter with Helen? (1971), Charlotte's Web (1973), Mother (1996; Golden Globe nomination) and In & Out (1997). Reynolds was also known as a cabaret performer; in 1979, she opened the Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio in North Hollywood, which was eventually demolished in 2019. The building would go on to be sold at auction, despite efforts to turn it into a museum.

In 1969, Reynolds starred in a self-titled television program, The Debbie Reynolds Show, earning her a Golden Globe nomination. In 1973, she starred in the Broadway revival of the musical Irene, which earned her a Tony Award nomination for "Best Leading Actress in a Musical". She was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in A Gift of Love (1999). After appearing in the popular early-2000s sitcom Will & Grace, Reynolds was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series" for her role of Bobbi (the lead character Grace Adler's mother).

Also around the turn of the millennium, Reynolds reached a new, younger audience with her role as Aggie Cromwell in Disney's Halloweentown series. In 1988, she published her autobiography titled Debbie: My Life; in 2013, she released a second autobiography, titled Unsinkable: A Memoir.

Reynolds also had several business ventures (besides the ownership of her dance studio), including a Las Vegas hotel and casino; she was also an avid collector of film memorabilia, beginning with items purchased at the landmark 1970 MGM Auction. She served as president of The Thalians, an organization dedicated to mental health causes. Reynolds continued to successfully perform on stage, television, and in films into her 80s. In January 2015, she received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In 2016, she received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. In the same year, a documentary about her life was released, titled Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds—which would be her final film appearance; the film premiered on HBO on January 7, 2017.

Reynolds died following a hemorrhagic stroke on December 28, 2016, one day after the death of her daughter, actress Carrie Fisher.

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March Showcases
* 31 Days of Oscar (1st - 10th)
* Spotlight - Working Women (11th - 15th)
* Stewart Granger & Deborah Kerr (16th)
* Memorial Tribute - Ryan O'Neal (20th)
* Memorial Tribute - Norman Jewison (21st)
* Ingrid Bergman (24th)
* Freddie Bartholomew 100th Birthday
* Tony Curtis (29th)
* Jack Nicholson (30th)
* Easter (31st)

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31 DAYS OF OSCAR CONCLUDING FEATURES

31 Days of Oscar concludes (Mar 1st - 10th)
- All films have been nominated for an Oscar.
- Primetime titles are all Oscar winners.

Friday, March 1
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 22 - DIRECTOR
Informer, The (1935) (6:15 am ET)
Crowd, The (1928)
Great Expectations (1946)
Heiress, The (1949)
TBA
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) - TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 22
- LEADING ACTOR
TBA
Awful Truth, The (1937)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
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Saturday, March 2
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 23 - LEADING ACTOR
Great Dictator, The (1940)
Thin Man, The (1934)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
TBA
East of Eden (1955)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 23 - LEADING ACTOR
TBA
Sergeant York (1941)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Sunday, March 3
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 24 - LEADING ACTOR
Front Page, The (1931)
Penny Serenade (1941)
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Sounder (1972)
TBA
Lost Weekend, The (1945)
Goodbye Girl, The (1977)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 24 - LEADING ACTOR
TBA
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
TBA
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Boys Town (1938)
Monday, March 4 - TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 25 - BEST PICTURE
Five Star Final (1931)
Human Comedy, The (1943)
TBA
Stagecoach (1939)
Caine Mutiny, The (1954)
TBA
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 25 - BEST PICTURE
American in Paris, An (1951)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
TBA
Grand Hotel (1932)
Tuesday, March 5
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 26 - BEST PICTURE
Racket, The (1928) (6:30 am ET)
Tale of Two Cities, A (1935)
Nun's Story, The (1959)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Battleground (1949)
Citizen Kane (1941)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 26 - BEST PICTURE
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
(P) Platoon (1986)
TBA
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Wednesday, March 6
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 27 - BEST PICTURE
Big House, The (1930) (6:30 am ET)
Private Life of Henry VIII, The (1933)
Captain Blood (1935)
Ivanhoe (1952)
TBA
America America (1963)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 27 - BEST PICTURE
TBA
Going My Way (1944)
Hamlet (1948)
Madame Curie (1943)
Thursday, March 7
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 28 - BEST PICTURE
Captains Courageous (1937) (8:00 am ET)
42nd Street (1933)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Letter, The (1940)
Libeled Lady (1936)
Ninotchka (1939)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 28 - BEST PICTURE
Casablanca (1942)
Out of Africa (1985)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Tom Jones (1963)
Friday, March 8
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 29 - BEST PICTURE
Our Town (1940) (6:15 am ET)
Story of Louis Pasteur, The (1936)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
Yearling, The (1946)
Father of the Bride (1950)
Music Man, The (1962)
Mister Roberts (1955)
Friday, March 8 (cont.)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 29 - BEST PICTURE
Rain Man (1988)
Annie Hall (1977)
Apartment, The (1960)
Gigi (1958)
Great Ziegfeld, The (1936)
Saturday, March 9
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 30 - BEST PICTURE
Champ, The (1931) (7:30 am ET)
Top Hat (1935)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
Last Emperor, The (1987)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 30 - BEST PICTURE
Ben-Hur (1959)
Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Cimarron (1931)
Sunday, March 10
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 31 - BEST PICTURE
Farewell to Arms, A (1932) (8:30 am ET)
Dark Victory (1939)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 31
- BEST PICTURE
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
TBA
Broadway Melody, The (1929)

WEEKLY SHOWCASES

* MUSICAL MATINEE Sat. Noon (ET)
2 - (31 Days of Oscar)
9 - (31 Days of Oscar)
16 - Gypsy (1962)
23 - (P) Buena Vista Social Club (1998)
30 - The Gay Divorcee (1934)

* NOIR ALLEY Sat. Midnight, Sun. 10 am (ET)
2, 3 - (31 Days of Oscar)
9, 10 - (31 Days of Oscar)
16, 17 - Le Samourai (1967)
23, 24 - Where Danger Lives (1950)
30, 31 - Pushover (1954)

* SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS Sun. Midnight (ET)
3 - (31 Days of Oscar)
10 - (31 Days of Oscar)
17 - The Johnstown Flood (1926)
24 - The Boob (1926)
31 - The Conquering Power (1921)

* TCM IMPORTS Sun. evening 2 am (ET)
3 - (31 Days of Oscar)
10 - (31 Days of Oscar)
17 - A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
Floating Weeds (1959)
24 - All These Women (1964)
And God Created Woman (1956)
31 - A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)
Summer with Monika (2007)

MARCH PREMIERES
- FEATURE FILMS
March 2 - Lincoln (2012)
March 5 - Platoon (1986)
March 17 - Far and Away (1992)
March 21 - The Fifth Day of Peace (1969)
March 22 - Brian's Song (1971)
March 22 - The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
March 23 - Buena Vista Social Club (1998)
March 27 - This Happy Feeling (1958)
March 28 - Goodbye Charlie (1964)
March 30 - The Passenger (1975)
- CARTOONS
March 16 - MGM: The First Swallow (1942)