This is the month Turner Classics begins its “31 Days of Oscar” promotion, so there will be World War I themed films that received at least one Oscar. Most of those shown this month are films that are regularly shown on TCM. All times here are Central.

–Doctor Zhivago (1965). 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 3rd. David Lean directed, and stars Omar Sharif and Julie Christie.

–Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). Once again, how can you pass up an opportunity to hear “Over There?” 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, February 9th. Michael Curtiz directed, and stars James Cagney and Joan Leslie.

–East of Eden (1955). Includes scenes of sending soldiers off to fight, and anti-German feelings. Airs at 1:15 a.m. early Wednesday morning, February 13th. Stars James Dean and Raymond Massey.

–Two Arabian Knights (1927). A silent film, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Mary Astor and William Boyd before he became Hopalong Cassidy. Airs at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 13th.

–Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Airs at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 13th. Directed by David Lean, and stars Peter O’Toole and Alec Guinness.

–Waterloo Bridge (1940) . Airs at 9:00 a.m. Thursday, February 14th, and stars Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor.

–Sergeant York (1941). Airs at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, February 25th. Directed by Howard Hawks, and stars Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan.

–A Farewell to Arms (1932). Airs at 1:15 a.m. Thursday morning, February 28th. Stars Helen Hayes and Gary Cooper.

–Flight Commander (1930). Airs at 3:45 a.m. Friday morning, March 1. Directed by Howard Hawks, and stars Richard Barthelmess and Neil Hamilton–years before he became Commissioner Gordon.

Blair Tarr is the Museum Curator of the Kansas State Historical Society. He oversees the three-dimensional collections of the Society, but has special interests in the Civil War, Wichita-made Valentine diners, and Leavenworth's Abernathy Furniture. In the last few years he has also done a lot of cramming on The Great War. He is a past president of the Kansas Museums Association and the Civil War Round Tables of both Kansas City and Eastern Kansas. He is currently a board member of the Heritage League of Greater Kansas City.