TCM going 360 degrees for Oscar film fest

By Stacey Harrison

He may not be up for an award this year, but Kevin Bacon is still making his presence felt this Academy Awards season.

For its annual 31 Days of Oscar, TCM is playing its own version of the popular Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game with "360 Degrees of Oscar," beginning Feb. 1. The 360 Academy Award-winning or -nominated films will be linked one actor at a time. For instance, the first film, 1981's Only When I Laugh, includes Bacon and James Coco. The next film, Man of La Mancha, stars Coco and Harry Andrews, who has a role in the next film, 55 Days at Peking. This continues until March 3 when Diner airs, starring (who else?) Kevin Bacon.

The 2006 version of 31 Days of Oscar also employed the Six Degrees motif, but without incorporating Bacon.

Regular TCM host Robert Osborne, who is also the official Academy Awards biographer, will preside over the series, as he has for each of its now 16 incarnations. The lineup also includes 22 movies making their TCM debut -- including rarely seen classics such as One Hour With You (1932) and Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938), and more recent entries like Gladiator, Titanic, Alien, Julia, Serpico, Lady Sings the Blues, Trading Places, Mrs. Brown and A Room With a View.

There's also a nod to a bit of cinematic fortunetelling with 1984's 2010, which airs Feb. 20 (along with its more notable predecessor, 2001: A Space Odyssey) and allows viewers to see how accurate the sci-fi sequel turned out now that its namesake year has arrived. (Hint: The Soviet Union features prominently in the plot, so it could've done better.)

Here's the full schedule, including the common actors that link each film:

Monday, Feb. 1

6 a.m.	Only When I Laugh (1981)	with Kevin Bacon and James Coco
8:15 a.m.	Man of La Mancha (1972)	with James Coco and Harry Andrews
10:30 a.m.	55 Days at Peking (1963)	with Harry Andrews and Flora Robson
1:30 p.m.	Saratoga Trunk (1945)	with Flora Robson and Jerry Austin
4 p.m.	The Adventures of Don Juan (1948)	with Jerry Austin and Viveca Lindfors
6 p.m.	The Way We Were (1973)	with Viveca Lindfors and Barbra Streisand
8 p.m.	Funny Girl (1968)	with Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif
11 p.m.	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	with Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole
3 a.m.	Becket (1964)	with Peter O'Toole and Martita Hunt
5:30 a.m.	Great Expectations (1946)	with Martita Hunt and John Mills

Tuesday, Feb. 2

7:30 a.m.	Tunes of Glory (1960)	with John Mills and John Fraser
9:15 a.m.	The Dam Busters (1955)	with John Fraser and Laurence Naismith
11:30 a.m.	Mogabo (1953)	with Laurence Naismith and Clark Gable
1:30 p.m.	Test Pilot (1938)	with Clark Gable and Mary Howard
3:30 p.m.	Billy the Kid (1941)	with Mary Howard and Henry O'Neill
5:15 p.m.	Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)	with Henry O'Neill and Frank McHugh
6:45 p.m.	One Way Passage (1932)	with Frank McHugh and William Powell
8 p.m.	The Thin Man (1934)	with William Powell and Myrna Loy
10 p.m.	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	with Myrna Loy and Fredric March
1 a.m.	Inherit the Wind (1960)	with Fredric March and Noah Beery and Jr.
3:15 a.m.	Sergeant York (1941)	with Noah Beery Jr. and Walter Brennan
5:30 a.m.	These Three (1936)	with Walter Brennan and Marcia Mae Jones

Wednesday, Feb. 3

7:15 a.m.	The Champ (1931)	with Marcia Mae Jones and Wallace Beery
8:45 a.m.	Viva Villa! (1934)	with Walter Beery and Donald Cook
10:45 a.m.	The Public Enemy (1931)	with Donald Cook and James Cagney
12:15 p.m.	Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)	with James Cagney and Rosemary de Camp
2:30 p.m.	The Jungle Book (1942)	with Rosemary de Camp and Sabu
4:15 p.m.	The Thief of Bagdad (1940)	with Sabu and Rex Ingram
6:15 p.m.	Cabin in the Sky (1943)	with Rex Ingram and Ethel Waters
8 p.m.	Pinky (1949)	with Ethel Waters and Ethel Barrymore
10 p.m.	Moonrise (1948)	with Ethel Barrymore and Dane Clark
Midnight	Destination Tokyo (1943)	with Dane Clark and Alan Hale
2:30 a.m.	The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)	with Alan Hale and Joan Bennett
4:30 a.m.	Disraeli (1929)	with Joan Bennett and George Arliss

Thursday, Feb. 4

6 a.m.	The Green Goddess (1930)	with George Arliss and Ivan Simpson
7:15 a.m.	Captain Blood (1935)	with Ivan Simpson and Errol Flynn
9:15 a.m.	Desperate Journey (1942)	with Errol Flynn and Arthur Kennedy
11:15 a.m.	Air Force (1943)	with Arthur Kennedy and John Garfield
1:30 p.m.	Pride of the Marines (1945)	with John Garfield and Eleanor Parker
3:30 p.m.	Above and Beyond (1952)	with Eleanor Parker and Robert Taylor
5:45 p.m.	Flight Command (1940)	with Robert Taylor and Ruth Hussy
8 p.m.	The Uninvited (1944)	with Ruth Hussy and Ray Milland
10 p.m.	Kitty (1945)	with Ray Milland and Patrick Knowles
Midnight	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)	with Patrick Knowles and Basil Rathbone
2 a.m.	Romeo and Juliet (1936)	with Basil Rathbone and Edna May Oliver
4:15 a.m.	Little Women (1933)	with Edna May Oliver and Paul Lukas

Friday, Feb. 5

6:15 a.m.	Address Unknown (1944)	with Paul Lukas and Carl Esmond
7:30 a.m.	The Navy Comes Through (1942)	with Carl Esmond and Pat O'Brien
9 a.m.	Flirtation Walk (1934)	with Pat O'Brien and Dick Powell
10:45 a.m.	The Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)	with Dick Powell and Billy Barty
12:30 p.m.	Foul Play (1978)	with Billy Barty and Burgess Meredith
2:45 p.m.	In Harm's Way (1965)	with Burgess Meredith and Kirk Douglas
5:45 p.m.	Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957)	with Kirk Douglas and Dennis Hopper
8 p.m.	True Grit (1969)	with Dennis Hopper and John Wayne
10:15 p.m.	The Shootist (1976)	with John Wayne and Scatman Crothers
Midnight	Lady Sings the Blues (1972)	with Scatman Crothers and Isabel Sanford
2:30 a.m.	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1967)	with Isabel Sanford and Spencer Tracy
4:30 a.m.	Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)	with Spencer Tracy and Robert Ryan

Saturday, Feb. 6

6 a.m.	Crossfire (1947)	with Robert Ryan and Sam Levene
7:30 a.m.	Designing Woman (1957)	with Sam Levene and Mickey Shaughnessy
9:30 a.m.	How the West Was Won (1962)	with Mickey Shaughenssy and Eli Wallach
12:30 p.m.	The Magnificent Seven (1960)	with Eli Wallach and James Coburn
2:45 p.m.	Maverick (1994)	with James Coburn and James Garner
5 p.m.	The Great Escape (1963)	with James Garner and Steve McQueen
8 p.m.	Bullitt (1968)	with Steve McQueen and Bill Hickman
10 p.m.	The French Connection (1971)	with Bill Hickman and Gene Hackman
Midnight	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	with Gene Hackman and Warren Beatty
2 a.m.	The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)	with Warren Beatty and Vivien Leigh
4 a.m.	Waterloo Bridge (1940)	with Vivien Leigh and Maria Ouspenskaya

Sunday, Feb. 7

6 a.m.	Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)	with Maria Ouspensaya and Albert Basserman
7:45 a.m.	Foreign Correspondent (1940)	with Albert Basserman and Barry Bernard
10 a.m.	Kind Lady (1951)	with Barry Bernard and Angela Lansbury
11:30 a.m.	Samson and Delilah (1949)	with Angela Lansbury and George Sanders
1:45 p.m.	Rebecca (1940)	with George Sanders and Laurence Olivier
4 p.m.	Wuthering Heights (1939)	with Laurence Olivier and David Niven
6 p.m.	The Pink Panther (1964)	with David Niven and Claudia Cardinale
8 p.m.	8½ (1963)	with Claudia Cardinale and Mario Pisu
10:30 p.m.	Juliet of the Spirits (1965)	with Mario Pisu and Valentina Cortese
1 a.m.	The Barefoot Contessa (1954)	with Valentina Cortese and Ava Gardner
3:15 a.m.	On the Beach (1959)	with Ava Gardner and Anthony Perkins
5:30 a.m.	The Actress (1953)	with Anthony Perkins and Mary Wickes

Monday, Feb. 8

7:15 a.m.	Now, Voyager (1942)	with Mary Wickes and Claude Rains
9:15 a.m.	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	with Claude Rains and Edward Arnold
11:30 a.m.	The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)	with Edward Arnold and Gene Lockhart
1:30 p.m.	Hangmen Also Die (1943)	with Gene Lockhart and Alexander Granach
4 p.m.	The Seventh Cross (1944)	with Alexander Granach and George Macready
6 p.m.	Seven Days in May (1964)	with George Macready and Martin Balsam
8 p.m.	A Thousand Clowns (1965)	with Martin Balsam and Jason Robards Jr.
10:15 p.m.	Julia (1977)	with Jason Robards Jr. and Meryl Streep
12:15 a.m.	Sophie's Choice (1982)	with Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline
3 a.m.	The Big Chill (1983)	with Kevin Kline and JoBeth Williams
5 a.m.	Poltergeist (1982)	with JoBeth Williams and James Karen

Tuesday, Feb. 9

7 a.m.	I Never Sang for My Father (1970)	with James Karen and Melvyn Douglas
8:45 a.m.	Too Many Husbands (1940)	with Melvyn Douglas and Fred MacMurray
10:15 a.m.	Alice Adams (1935)	with Fred MacMurray and Hattie McDaniel
Noon	George Washington Slept Here (1942)	with Hattie McDaniel and Charles Dingle
2 p.m.	The Talk of the Town (1942)	with Charles Dingle and Ronald Colman
4 p.m.	Kismet (1944)	with Ronald Colman and Harry Davenport
6 p.m.	The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)	with Harry Davenport and Gregory Gaye
8 p.m.	Ninotchka (1939)	with Gregory Gaye and Sig Rumann
10 p.m.	Stalag 17 (1953)	with Sig Rumann and William Holden
12:15 a.m.	Network (1976)	with William Holden and Robert Duvall
2:30 a.m.	Tender Mercies (1983)	with Robert Duvall and Paul Gleason
4:15 a.m.	Trading Places (1983)	with Paul Gleason and Ralph Bellamy

Schedule subject to change. Programming for TCM in Canada may vary slightly from this schedule.

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