TCM Schedule for Tuesday, May 19th: TCM Spotlight: Race and Hollywood

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Racing is the other big theme of the day!

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009.

1:15 AM Red Pony, The (1949)
A rancher's son learns a valuable lesson when he's given a pony. Cast: Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern. Dir: Lewis Milestone. C-89 mins, TV-G, CC

3:00 AM Great Ziegfeld, The (1936)
Lavish biography of Flo Ziegfeld, the producer who became Broadway's biggest starmaker. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. C-185 mins, TV-G, CC

6:15 AM Crowd Roars, The (1932)
A race-car driver tries to keep his brother from following in his footsteps. Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-70 mins, TV-G, CC

7:27 AM Short Film: Our Old Car (1946)
BW-11 mins,

7:50 AM Short Film: Dirt Track Racing (1957)
An RKO Sportscope short about Viennese dirt bike racing in the 1950s, following a young racer from technical training to learning how to ride to his first race in Vienna. BW-8 mins,

8:00 AM Speed (1936)
A race-car driver fights to prove the worth of his new high-speed carburetor. Cast: James Stewart, Wendy Barrie, Una Merkel. Dir: Edwin L. Marin. BW-70 mins, TV-G

9:15 AM Indianapolis Speedway (1939)
A race-car driver tries to keep his kid brother from taking to the track. Cast: Pat O'Brien, Ann Sheridan, John Payne. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-82 mins, TV-PG

10:45 AM Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939)
A race car driver tries to solve a series of track-side murders before he's next. Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Harry Carey, Cecilia Parker. Dir: Edward Sedgwick. BW-70 mins, TV-G

12:00 PM To Please A Lady (1950)
A ruthless race-car driver falls for a crusading journalist out to clean up the sport. Cast: Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou. Dir: Clarence Brown. BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC
1:45 PM Green Helmet, The (1961)
A race-car driver whose nerves are shot takes on one last job. Cast: Bill Travers, Ed Begley, Sidney James. Dir: Michael Forlong. BW-89 mins, TV-PG

3:15 PM Grand Prix (1966)
Auto racers find danger and romance at the legendary European road race. Cast: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand. Dir: John Frankenheimer. C-176 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

6:15 PM Speedway (1968)
A race car driver tries to outrun the beautiful tax auditor out to settle his account. Cast: Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, Bill Bixby. Dir: Norman Taurog. C-94 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

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

8:00 PM Lawless, The (1950)
A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant workers. Cast: Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell, Johnny Sands. Dir: Joseph Losey. BW-82 mins, TV-PG

9:30 PM Trial (1955)
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. Cast: Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy. Dir: Mark Robson. BW-109 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

11:30 PM Cry Tough (1959)
After getting out of prison, a Latino criminal tries to go straight. Cast: John Saxon, Linda Cristal, Joseph Calleia. Dir: Paul Stanley. BW-86 mins, TV-PG

1:00 AM Young Savages, The (1961)
An assistant DA suspects one of the delinquents he's prosecuting for murder is his son. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Shelley Winters. Dir: John Frankenheimer. BW-103 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 AM Blackboard Jungle (1955)
An idealistic teacher confronts the realities of juvenile delinquency. Cast: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Sidney Poitier. Dir: Richard Brooks. BW-101 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

4:45 AM Because They're Young (1960)
A crusading high school teacher tries to help his troubled students. Cast: Dick Clark, Tuesday Weld, Michael Callan. Dir: Paul Wendkos. BW-98 mins, TV-PG