TCM Schedule for Thurs, Feb 26, 2026: 31 Days of Oscar (Religion / Unions / Italy)
RELIGION (all times Eastern)
6:00 AM Hallelujah (1929)
A black laborer becomes a preacher after accidentally killing a man.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Daniel L. Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney, William E. Fountaine
8:00 AM One Foot in Heaven (1941)
A minister and his wife cope with the problems of church life in the 20th century.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Fredric March, Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi
UNIONS
10:00 AM Black Fury (1935)
A coal worker gets mixed up in the mob's efforts to infiltrate his union.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Paul Muni, Karen Morley, William Gargan
11:45 AM The Organizer (1963)
Exploited textile factory workers in Italy fight for better working conditions.
Dir: Mario Monicelli Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot
2:00 PM The Valley of Decision (1945)
A housemaid's romance with the boss's son is complicated by labor disputes in the Pittsburgh mills.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp
4:00 PM Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976)
Documentary on Kentucky coal-mining families and their battle to unionize.
6:00 PM On the Waterfront (1954)
A New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Eva Marie Saint
ITALY
8:00 PM Roman Holiday (1953)
A sheltered princess escapes her guardians in Rome and falls for an American.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert
10:15 PM A Room with a View (1985)
An Englishwoman visiting Florence is torn between her straitlaced fiance and a young Bohemian.
Dir: James Ivory Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Maggie Smith
12:30 AM The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
A con artist infiltrates a playboy's glamorous life.
Dir: Anthony Minghella Cast: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law
3:00 AM Death in Venice (1971)
An aging author on vacation becomes obsessed with a young aristocrat.
Dir: Luchino Visconti Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns
5:15 AM Indiscretion of an American Wife (1954)
An American woman tries to break it off with her Italian lover.
Dir: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift, Gino Cervi