TCM for Tuesday, May 25th: TCM Spotlight: Race and Hollywood

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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

12:30 AM Farewell To Arms, A (1932)
An American serving in World War I falls for a spirited nurse. Cast: Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou. Dir: Frank Borzage. BW-89 mins, TV-G

2:15 AM Gun Runners, The (1958)
A charter boat captain runs guns during the Cuban revolution. Cast: Audie Murphy, Everett Sloane, Eddie Albert. Dir: Don Siegel. BW-82 mins, TV-PG

3:45 AM To Have And Have Not (1944)
A skipper-for-hire's romance with a beautiful drifter is complicated by his growing involvement with the French resistance. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-100 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS



5:30 AM Now Playing June (2010)
C-21 mins, TV-14, CC

6:00 AM This Side Of Heaven (1934)
An eccentric family tries to work together when the father is accused of embezzlement. Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Fay Bainter, Una Merkel. Dir: William K. Howard. BW-77 mins, TV-G

7:30 AM Soldier and the Lady, The (1937)
A Russian courier struggles to deliver a message to the troops fighting Tartar invaders. Cast: Anton Walbrook, Elizabeth Allan, Margot Grahame. Dir: George Nichols, Jr. BW-85 mins, TV-G

9:00 AM Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)
A widow with four children fights to keep her home. Cast: Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, Fay Bainter. Dir: Rowland V. Lee. BW-82 mins, TV-G

10:30 AM Shining Hour, The (1938)
A nightclub dancer marries into society and has to contend with her jealous sister-in-law. Cast: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Margaret Sullavan. Dir: Frank Borzage. BW-77 mins, TV-PG, CC

11:48 AM Short Film: What Do You Think? #1 (1937)
BW-10 mins,

12:00 PM Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939)
A freethinker's liberal ways are tested when her daughter announces plans for a premarital fling. Cast: Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey Lynn, Fay Bainter. Dir: William Keighley. BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC

1:30 PM Young Tom Edison (1940)
As a precocious child, Tom Edison defies authority to develop his first inventions. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter, Virginia Weidler. Dir: Norman Taurog. BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC

2:57 PM Short Film: Servant Of Mankind - Thomas Edison (1940)
BW-9 mins,

3:15 PM War Against Mrs. Hadley, The (1942)
A Washington matron tries to ignore the effects of World War II. Cast: Fay Bainter, Edward Arnold, Richard Ney. Dir: Harold S. Bucquet. BW-86 mins, TV-G

4:45 PM Heavenly Body, The (1943)
An astronomer's neglected wife takes up astrology and a handsome astrologer. Cast: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, James Craig. Dir: Alexander Hall. BW-95 mins, TV-G, CC

6:30 PM She Went To The Races (1945)
A pretty scientist with a system for horse-race betting falls in love with a trainer. Cast: James Craig, Frances Gifford, Ava Gardner. Dir: Willis Goldbeck. BW-86 mins, TV-G

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

8:00 PM Squaw Man (1914)
In this silent film, a wrongly accused man escapes to the West and takes an Indian bride. Cast: Dick La Strange, Foster Knox, Joe E. Singleton. Dir: Cecile B. DeMille. BW-74 mins, TV-PG

9:30 PM Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994)
A Native woman's activism leads her to take part in an armed confrontation with the U.S. government. Cast: Irene Bedard, Peter Weller, Tantoo Cardinal. Dir: Frank Pierson. C-113 mins, TV-14, CC

11:30 PM Smoke Signals (1998)
When his best friend's father dies, a Native funds their trip to deal with the remains. Cast: Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard. Dir: Chris Eyre. C-89 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format



1:15 AM Naturally Native (1999)
Three Native American sisters decide to try to sell a line of cosmetics. Cast: Valerie Red-Horse, Irene Bedard, Kimberly Norris Guerrero. Dir: Valerie Red-Horse, Jennifer Wynne Farmer. C-109 mins, TV-14

3:15 AM 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, TV-PG



3:45 AM Last of the Mohicans, The (1920)
In this silent film, an Indian guide tries to help two sisters caught up in the French and Indian War. Cast: Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford, Alan Roscoe. Dir: Maurice Tourneur, Clarence Brown. BW-76 mins, TV-G

5:03 AM Short Film: Spotlight #5 (1951)
BW-11 mins,

5:15 AM MGM Parade Show #24 (1955)
Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney perform in a clip from "Strike Up the Band"; John Gilbert and Renee Adoree perform in a clip from "The Big Parade." Hosted by George Murphy. BW-25 mins, TV-G
5:41 AM Short Film: Okay, Jose (1936)
C-18 mins,