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For Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, a day of films with African-American casts/themes; at night, more Actors Studio alumni.
(all times Eastern)
6:00 AM Go Down Death (1942) Gangsters try to frame a minister out to clean up their Southern town. Cast: Myra D. Hemmings, Samuel H. James, Eddy L. Houston. Dir: Spencer Williams. BW-54 mins, TV-PG
7:00 AM Duke Is Tops, The (1938) A producer's romance with his star ends when the latter is offered a better job in New York. Cast: Ralph Cooper, Lena Horne, Lawrence Criner. Dir: William Nolte. BW-73 mins, TV-PG
8:30 AM Cabin In The Sky (1943) God and Satan battle for the soul of a wounded gambler. Cast: Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC
10:10 AM Short Film: Studio Visit (1946) A Pete Smith Specialty short exlporing film lots and what goes on behind-the-scenes. Cast: Pete Smith BW-10 mins,
10:30 AM Bright Road (1953) Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child. Cast: Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Robert Horton. Dir: Gerald Mayer. BW-68 mins, TV-PG, CC
11:45 AM Sounder (1972) Black sharecroppers during the Depression fight to get their children a decent education. Cast: Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Kevin Hooks. Dir: Martin Ritt. C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
1:45 PM Raisin in the Sun, A (1961) A black woman uses her late husband's life insurance to build a better world for her children. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee. Dir: Daniel Petrie. BW-128 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
4:00 PM 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
6:00 PM To Sir, With Love (1967) A substitute teacher changes the lives of the slum children in his class. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson. Dir: James Clavell. C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM Hatful of Rain, A (1957) A man tries to deal with his brother's drug addiction and his growing attraction to the man's wife. Cast: Anthony Franciosa, Eva Marie Saint, Don Murray. Dir: Fred Zinneman. BW-108 mins,
10:00 PM Baby Doll (1956) A child bride holds her husband at bay while flirting with a sexy Italian farmer. Cast: Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach. Dir: Elia Kazan. BW-115 mins, TV-14
12:00 AM Face In The Crowd, A (1957) A female television executive turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star. Cast: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau. Dir: Elia Kazan. BW-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
2:15 AM Strange One, The (1957) A military school student develops a destructive power over his fellow cadets. Cast: Ben Gazzara, George Peppard, Pat Hingle. Dir: Jack Garfein. BW-100 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
4:15 AM Goddess, The (1958) Booze, pills and loneliness mark a young actress' rise to stardom. Cast: Kim Stanley, Stephen Hill, Lloyd Bridges. Dir: John Cromwell. BW-105 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
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