March 1: 31 Days of Oscar continues with the first of three days dedicated to movies by United Artists. The day starts with Chaplin’s The Circus at 6:00 AM and then there’s To Be or Not to Be at 9:00 AM, I Married a Witch at 10:45 AM, Brewster’s Millions at 12:15 PM, Monsieur Verdoux at 8:00 PM, Red River at 10:15 PM, and Witness for the Prosecution at 12:45 AM.
March 2: Elmer Gantry at 8:30 AM, Inherit the Wind at 11:00 AM, Some Like it Hot at 1:15 PM, The Fortune Cookie at 3:30 PM, The Apartment at 5:45 PM, Around the World in 80 Days at 8:00 PM, and West Side Story at 11:15 PM.
March 3: This year’s 31 Days of Oscars comes to a close with It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World at 12:15 PM; Fiddler on the Roof at 5:00 PM; and Annie Hall at 8:00 PM.
March 4: Happy birthday to John Garfield! See him in Blackwell’s Island at 6:00 AM, Castle on the Hudson at 7:15 AM, Saturday’s Children at 8:45 AM, Between Two Worlds at 10:30 AM, Pride of the Marines at 12:30 PM, and We Were Strangers at 2:45 PM. Then it’s the first night of Greer Garson movies with Goodbye, Mr. Chips at 8:00 PM, Remember? at 10:00 PM, When Ladies Meet at 11:30 AM, Pride and Prejudice at 1:30 AM, Blossoms in the Dust at 3:30 AM, and The Youngest Profession at 5:15 AM.
March 5: Tonight is a night of movies selected by Robert Osborne. Good News at 8:00 PM, The Hard Way at 10:00 PM, Limelight at 12:00 AM, and A Day at the Races at 2:30 AM.
March 6: It’s an Ann Sheridan spotlight today with Indianapolis Speedway at 6:00 AM, The Angels Wash Their Faces at 7:30 AM, Torrid Zone at 9:00 AM, Wings For the Eagle at 10:30 AM, Shine On Harvest Moon at 12:00 PM, Nora Prentiss at 2:00 PM, The Unfaithful at 4:00 PM, and Silver River at 6:00 PM. Then it’s a Kim Novak tribute with the premiere of Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival at 8:00 PM; Bell, Book, and Candle at 9:00 PM; Picnic at 12:00 AM; The Man With the Golden Arm at 2:00 AM; and Of Human Bondage at 4:15 AM.
March 7: Tonight is all about musicals set in Paris. Can-Can at 8:00 PM, Love Me Tonight at 10:15 PM, Folies Bergere de Paris at 12:00 AM, Roberta at 1:30 AM, and April in Paris at 3:30 AM.
March 8: Tonight we have the first night of Roberto Rossellini movies: Rome, Open City at 8:00 PM; Paisan at 10:00 PM; and Germany Year Zero at 12:15 AM. Then it’s on to an Arch Hall, Jr. double feature on TCM Underground with Wild Guitar at 2:00 AM and The Sadist at 3:45 AM.
March 9: All of tonight’s movies are about movies that take place over a weekend. Grand Hotel at 8:00 PM, Weekend at the Waldorf at 10:00 PM, The Big Chill at 12:30 AM, Rules of the Game at 2:30 AM, and Fun on a Weekend at 4:30 AM.
March 10: Lots of good stuff on today. Days of Wine and Roses at 10:00 AM, The Harvey Girls at 12:00 PM, The Way We Were at 2:00 PM, and The Mating Game at 4:15 PM. Tonight’s Silent Sunday Night feature is Lon Chaney in The Ace of Hearts at 12:30 AM, followed by TCM Imports with Jean-Luc Godard’s Made in U.S.A. at 2:00 AM.
March 11: It’s another night of Greer Garson movies with Mrs. Miniver at 8:00 PM, Random Harvest at 10:30 PM, Madame Curie at 12:45 AM, Mrs. Parkington at 3:00 AM, and Adventure at 5:15 AM.
March 13: A Streetcar Named Desire at 6:15 AM; Baby Doll at 8:30 AM; Suddenly, Last Summer at 10:30 AM; The Fugitive Kind at 12:30 PM; Sweet Bird of Youth at 2:45 PM; and The Night of the Iguana at 5:00 PM. Tonight, TCM will be paying tribute to documentarian Lionel Rogosin with On the Bowery at 8:00 PM; Come Back, Africa at 9:15 PM; An American in Sophia-Town at 11:00 PM; Black Roots at 12:00 AM; and Good Times, Wonderful Times at 1:15 AM.
March 15: I always love a day full of Bette Davis! The Rich are Always With Us at 6:00 AM, So Big! at 7:15 AM. Housewife at 8:45 AM, Front Page Woman at 10:00 AM, Jezebel at 11:30 AM, Dark Victory at 1:15 PM, The Old Maid at 3:15 PM, In This Our Life at 5:00 PM, and the documentary Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano at 6:45 PM. Then it’s on to more Roberto Rossellini with Stromboli at 8:00 PM, Europa ’51 at 10:00 PM, and Journey to Italy at 12:00 AM.
March 16: Jewel Robbery at 6:00 AM, Topaze at 7:30 AM, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman at 9:00 AM, and Creature From the Black Lagoon at 3:00 PM. Dustin Hoffman is the man of the night with Tootsie at 8:00 PM, Little Big Man at 10:00 PM, John and Mary at 12:30 AM, The Graduate at 2:15 AM, and Kramer vs. Kramer at 4:15 AM.
March 17: Happy St. Patrick’s Day! It’s a day full of movies set in Ireland with Hungry Hill at 6:00 AM, The Fighting 69th at 8:00 AM, Three Cheers for the Irish at 9:45 AM, Finian’s Rainbow at 11:30 AM, The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady 2:00 PM, Shake Hands With the Devil at 4:00 PM, Young Cassidy at 6:00 PM, The Rising of the Moon at 8:00 PM, and The Quiet Man at 9:30 PM.
March 18: Happy birthday to Edward Everett Horton! You can see him in Wide Open at 6:30 AM, The Front Page at 7:45 AM, Lonely Wives at 9:30 AM, Smarty at 11:00 AM, Success at Any Price at 12:15 PM, That’s Right — You’re Wrong at 1:45 PM, Cinderella Jones at 3:30 PM, Faithful in my Fashion at 5:00 PM, and Her Husband’s Affairs at 6:30 PM. Then it’s back to Greer Garson with Desire Me at 8:00 PM, Julia Misbehaves at 9:45 PM, That Forsythe Woman at 11:30 PM, The Miniver Story at 1:30 AM, The Law and the Lady at 3:30 AM, and Julius Caesar at 5:15 AM.
March 19: This month’s Guest Programmer is Joel Grey, who has selected The Best Years of Our Lives at 8:00 PM, Yankee Doodle Dandy at 11:00 PM, and On the Waterfront at 1:15 AM.
March 21: Happy birthday to W.S. Van Dyke! His birthday tribute includes The Pagan at 6:00 AM, Night Court at 7:30 AM, Eskimo at 9:15 AM, Laughing Boy at 11:15 AM, Manhattan Melodrama at 12:45 PM, I Live My Life at 2:30 PM, Love On the Run at 4:15 PM, and Cairo at 5:45 PM.
March 22: It’s time for another Roberto Rossellini night with L’Amore at 8:00 PM, Flowers of St. Francis at 9:30 PM, The Machine That Kills Bad People at 11:00 PM, and India: Matri Bhumi at 12:30 AM.
March 23: There’s a good Joan Crawford pre-code double feature this morning with Paid at 6:00 AM and Forsaking All Others at 7:30 AM. Tonight’s theme is Girls With Guns with Gun Crazy at 8:00 PM, Annie Oakley at 9:45 PM, Gloria at 11:30 PM, and La Femme Nikita at 1:45 AM.
March 24: A couple of great Hitchcock movies on this afternoon, Notorious at 4:00 PM and Dial M For Murder at 6:00 PM. For Silent Sunday Night, you can see Fatty Arbuckle in Love at 12:00 AM and Leap Year at 1:00 AM.
March 25: Red-Headed Woman at 6:00 AM and The Strawberry Blonde at 9:00 AM. Then it’s time for Greer Garson’s final night as Star of the Month with Strange Lady in Town at 8:00 PM, Her Twelve Men at 10:00 PM, Scandal at Scourie at 11:45 PM, Sunrise at Campobello at 1:30 AM, and The Singing Nun at 4:00 AM.
March 26: If you like a good musical score by Henry Mancini, you’ll love tonight’s line-up. Days of Wine and Roses at 8:00 PM, Dear Heart at 8:00 PM, The Pink Panther at 12:00 AM, Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation at 2:00 AM, and Bachelor in Paradise at 4:00 AM.
March 27: Tonight is all about fast cars. Le Mans at 8:00 PM, The Crowd Roars at 10:00 PM, The Fast and the Furious at 11:30 PM, Thunder Road at 1:00 AM, Smokey and the Bandit at 3:00 AM, and Speed at 4:45 AM.
March 28: It seems the theme of the day is lookalikes. Kissin’ Cousins at 6:00 AM, Dead Ringer at 7:45 AM, House of Numbers at 9:45 AM, A Stolen Life at 11:30 AM, Twice Blessed at 1:30 PM, Andy Hardy’s Blonde Trouble at 3:00 PM, Two-Faced Woman at 5:00 PM, and Penrod and his Twin Brother at 6:45 PM. All of tonight’s prime-time movies are directed by Martin Ritt: Edge of the City at 8:00 PM, Norma Rae at 9:30 PM, Sounder at 11:30 PM, The Front at 1:30 AM, and The Outrage at 3:15 AM.
March 29: Happy birthday to Warner Baxter! There’s The Squaw Man at 6:00 AM, The Robin Hood of El Dorado at 8:00 AM, 42nd Street at 9:30 AM, Penthouse at 11:15 AM, Adam Had Four Sons at 1:00 PM, Crime Doctor at 2:30 PM, Just Before Dawn at 3:45 PM, The Millerson Case at 5:00 PM, and State Penitentiary at 6:15 PM. Then it’s on to one more night of Roberto Rossellini movies with Socrates at 8:00 PM, Blaise Pascal at 10:15 PM, and The Carabineers at 12:30 AM. And if you’ll be up at 3:30 AM, you can see The Monkees in Head.
March 30: Spend your Saturday night with some of the best con artists in film with The Lady Eve at 8:00 PM, I Love You Again at 9:45 PM, Mr. Lucky at 11:30 PM, The sting at 1:15 AM, and The Fortune at 3:30 AM.
March 31: Happy Easter! Of course, you can expect to find plenty of biblical movies on today such as Ben-Hur at 7:30 AM, the 1961 King of Kings at 11:30 AM, The Greatest Story Ever Told at 2:30 PM, The Robe at 8:00 PM, Demetrius and the Gladiators at 10:30 PM, and the 1927 King of Kings at 12:15 AM. And, of course, no Easter would be complete without Easter Parade at 6:00 PM.