TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 11: 31 Days of Oscar - Day 27: City Names/Medical Issues

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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Memorial Tribute: Robert Duvall (continued)

12:15 AM Apocalypse Now (1979)
An Army captain's secret mission becomes a journey into madness in director Francis Coppola's spectacular drama of the Vietnam War.
Dir: Francis Ford Coppola Cast: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall
Runtime: 153 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

TCM Late Night: Drinking Problems

3:45 AM The Champ (1979)
Billy used to be a great boxer, but he's settled into a hardscrabble life that revolves around drinking, training horses, and the one bright spot in his existence, his young son, T.J. Although Billy has had custody of T.J. since his wife, Annie, left the family years ago, her return prompts a new struggle for the former fighter. Determined to hold on to T.J., Billy gets back into the ring to try and recapture his past success.
Dir: Franco Zeffirelli Cast: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Ricky Schroder
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

6:00 AM A Star Is Born (1937)
When a young actress arrives in Hollywood with hopes of stardom, a chance encounter places her under the wing of older actor Norman Maine. Adopting the stage name Vicki Lester, she co-stars with Norman in a major motion picture, but his success is clearly fading even as her career begins. After the couple wed, Vicki's fame continues to grow, but Norman descends into alcoholism, and she must decide between pursuing her dream and caring for him.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

TCM Daytime: 31 Days of Oscar - Day 27: City Names

8:00 AM Tulsa (1949)
A cattle owner's daughter risks everything to drill for oil.
Dir: Stuart Heisler Cast: Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendariz
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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9:30 AM San Francisco (1936)
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the big earthquake.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-G CC: Y

11:30 AM The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
A New Orleans fisherman fights snobbery to become an opera star.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, David Niven
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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1:30 PM The Young Philadelphians (1959)
A young lawyer from the wrong side of town tries to break into society.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, Alexis Smith
Runtime: 136 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:00 PM Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
A ballerina becomes a gambler's lucky charm.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Agnes Moorehead
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

6:00 PM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

TCM Primetime: 31 Days of Oscar - Day 27: Medical Issues

8:00 PM Dark Victory (1939)
Judith Traherne is a rich heiress, but despite a life of parties she takes little pleasure in the trappings of wealth. When she begins to suffer from dizzy spells, her doctor, Frederick Steele, has to tell her that she has a brain tumor.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

10:00 PM Magnificent Obsession (1954)
A playboy becomes a doctor to right the wrong he's done to a sightless widow.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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12:00 AM No Sad Songs for Me (1950)
A terminally ill woman struggles to leave her husband and child taken care of before she dies.
Dir: Rudolph Maté Cast: Margaret Sullavan, Wendell Corey, Viveca Lindfors
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

1:45 AM Not as a Stranger (1955)
A medical student will stop at nothing to become a top surgeon.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra
Runtime: 135 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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4:15 AM Johnny Belinda (1948)
A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y