TCM Schedule for Monday January 4 - STAR OF THE MONTH: THE METHOD AND THE MOVIES

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TCM kicks off a month-long tribute to method acting with several Group Theater alumni in the spotlight tonight. Plus, movies set in the world of television and a Jane Wyman birthday tribute.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Make Your Own Bed (1944)
Detectives masquerade as butler and maid to get the goods on a crook. Cast: Jack Carson, Jane Wyman, Ricardo Cortez. Dir: Peter Godfrey. BW-82 mins, TV-G

7:30 AM Kiss In The Dark, A (1949)
A concert pianist inherits an apartment house full of loony tenants. Cast: David Niven, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford. Dir: Delmer Daves. BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC

9:00 AM Lady Takes A Sailor, The (1949)
A woman is saved from drowning by a mysterious submarine, but nobody believes her. Cast: Jane Wyman, Dennis Morgan, Eve Arden. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC

10:40 AM Short Film: U.S. Navy Band (1943)
A patriotic wartime short showcasing the U.S. Navy Band and their famous songs, interspersed with footage of the Navy in action both during WWII as well as in the before. BW-10 mins,

11:00 AM Honeymoon For Three (1941)
A novelist pretends to be married to hold his fans at bay. Cast: George Brent, Ann Sheridan, Jane Wyman. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-75 mins, TV-G, CC

12:21 PM Short Film: U.S. Army Band (1943)
A patriotic wartime short showcasing the U.S. Army Band with war and peacetime footage of the U.S. Army. BW-9 mins,

12:30 PM You're In The Army Now (1941)
Two incompetent door-to-door salesmen enlist by accident. Cast: Jimmy Durante, Phil Silvers, Jane Wyman. Dir: Lewis Seiler. BW-79 mins, TV-G

2:00 PM Short Film: Now Playing January (2010) (2010)
Features highlights of the month's programming on TCM, including festivals and stars. BW-23 mins, TV-PG, CC

2:30 PM Top Banana (1954)
An egotistical television comic falls for a pretty salesgirl and tries to make her a star. Cast: Phil Silvers, Rose Marie, Jack Albertson. Dir: Alfred E. Green. C-84 mins, TV-G, CC

3:55 PM Short Film: Wife'S Life, A (1950) BW-8 mins,

4:15 PM My Favorite Year (1982)
A flamboyant star throws a TV comedy show into chaos. Cast: Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper. Dir: Richard Benjamin. C-92 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM Thousand Clowns, A (1965)
A free-living New Yorker fights to maintain custody of his nephew. Cast: Jason Robards Jr., Martin Balsam, Barry Gordon. Dir: Fred Coe. BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM Come And Get It (1936)
Years after deserting his true love, a lumber tycoon vies with his son for her daughter's hand. Cast: Edward Arnold, Frances Farmer, Walter Brennan. Dir: Howard Hawks, William Wyler. BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC

9:45 PM Golden Boy (1939)
A crooked promoter lures a young violinist to give up music for boxing. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, William Holden. Dir: Rouben Mamoulian. BW-99 mins, TV-PG

11:30 PM All My Sons (1948)
A veteran discovers his father cut costs on wartime military equipment. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Burt Lancaster, Mady Christians. Dir: Irving Reis. BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC

1:15 AM Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
A British corporal goes undercover to infiltrate Field Marshall Rommel's command. Cast: Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC

3:00 AM Postman Always Rings Twice, The (1946)
Illicit lovers plot to kill the woman's older husband. Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway. Dir: Tay Garnett. BW-113 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

5:00 AM D.O.A. (1950)
The victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer. Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler. Dir: Rudolph Mate. BW-84 mins, TV-14