TCM Schedule for Tuesday, May 5th: TCM Spotlight: Race and Hollywood

[CBHagman]

A bit of Peter Lorre, and a birthday celebration for Tyrone Power, followed by Race and Hollywood.



Tuesday, May 5th, 2009.

12:47 AM Short Film: Strange Glory (1938)
BW-11 mins,

1:04 AM Short Film: Three Smart Guys (1943)
BW-11 mins,

1:15 AM Three Strangers (1946)
Three people who share a sweepstakes ticket travel a tangled road to collect their winnings. Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Geraldine Fitzgerald. Dir: Jean Negulesco. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC

3:00 AM Verdict, The (1946)
A retired Scotland Yard chief tries to prove his friend is innocent of murder. Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring. Dir: Don Siegel. BW-86 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:30 AM Island of Doomed Men (1940)
A government agent infiltrates a prison island to build a case against its corrupt, sadistic warden. Cast: Peter Lorre, Rochelle Hudson, Robert Wilcox. Dir: Charles Barton. BW-67 mins,

5:45 AM Short Film: Four Minute Fever (1956)
BW-9 mins,

6:00 AM One Man's Journey (1933)
Father and son doctors disagree over the son's materialistic goals. Cast: Lionel Barrymore, May Robson, Joel McCrea. Dir: John S. Robertson. BW-72 mins, TV-G, CC

7:15 AM Stingaree (1934) An Australian bandit kidnaps an opera singer and falls in love with her. Cast: Irene Dunne, Richard Dix, Mary Boland. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-77 mins, TV-PG

8:36 AM Short Film: Hollywood Goes To Town (1938)
Thousands of stars and fans gather in Hollywood for the world premiere of Marie Antoinette. Cast: Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power Dir: Herman Hoffman BW-9 mins,

8:45 AM Marie Antoinette (1938)
Lavish biography of the French queen who "let them eat cake." Cast: Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, Robert Morley. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-157 mins, TV-G, CC

11:30 AM Long Gray Line, The (1955)
An Irish immigrant becomes one of West Point's most beloved officers. Cast: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Francis. Dir: John Ford. C-137 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

2:00 PM Abandon Ship! (1957)
After a luxury liner sinks, the officer in charge of an over-crowded lifeboat has to decide who can stay on board. Cast: Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan. Dir: Richard Sale. BW-97 mins, TV-PG

3:45 PM Witness For The Prosecution (1957)
A British lawyer gets caught up in a couple's tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder. Cast: Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-116 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:45 PM Trial, The (1963)
In this adaptation of Kafka's classic, a man in a nameless country stands trial for an unnamed crime. Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Anthony Perkins. Dir: Orson Welles. BW-120 mins, TV-14, CC

What's On Tonight: TCM SPOTLIGHT: RACE AND HOLLYWOOD

8:00 PM Ramona (1910)
In this silent short, a rancher's daughter runs off with a Native. Cast: Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Francis J. Grandon. Dir: D.W. Griffith. C-17 mins,

8:30 PM Mark of Zorro, The (1920)
In this silent film, a Mexican Robin Hood harasses corrupt Spanish invaders. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite de la Motte, Noah Beery. Dir: Fred Niblo. BW-107 mins, TV-G

10:30 PM Old San Francisco (1927)
In this silent film, an Asian villain menaces a family of aristocratic Spanish settlers. Cast: Dolores Costello, Warner Oland, Anna May Wong. Dir: Alan Crosland. BW-89 mins, TV-G

12:15 AM Big Stakes (1922)
An American cowboy and a Mexican lawman clash over a beautiful woman. Cast: J.B. Warner, Elinor Fair, Les Bates. Dir: Clifford S. Elfelt. BW-67 mins,

1:30 AM In Old Arizona (1929)
The Cisco Kid's faithless lover plots to turn the bandit in for the reward. Cast: Warner Baxter, Edmund Lowe, Dorothy Burgess. Dir: Irving Cummings. BW-99 mins, , CC

3:15 AM Gay Desperado, The (1936)
A Mexican bandit kidnaps a singing cowboy star to learn American ways. Cast: Nino Martini, Ida Lupino, Leo Carillo. Dir: Rouben Mamoulian. BW-87 mins,

4:45 AM Viva Villa! (1934)
Rousing biography of the bandit chief who led the battle for Mexican independence. Cast: Wallace Beery, Fay Wray, Leo Carrillo. Dir: Jack Conway. BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC