TCM Schedule for Sunday, May 8 --- WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: MOTHER'S DAY

[lavenderdiva]

8 Sunday



6:34 AM Rambling Round Radio Row 4 (J.C. Flippen) (1932)
BW-10 mins,

6:45 AM Lady For A Day (1933)
A gangster helps an old apple-vendor pose as a society woman to fool her visiting daughter.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Warren William, May Robson, Guy Kibbee.
BW-96 mins, TV-G,

8:30 AM Three Daring Daughters (1948)
Three young girls try to help their widowed mother find the right husband.
Dir: Fred M. Wilcox Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, José Iturbi, Jane Powell.
C-115 mins, TV-G,

10:30 AM Bundle Of Joy (1956)
A shop girl is mistaken for the mother of a foundling.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Adolphe Menjou.
C-98 mins, TV-PG, CC,

12:19 PM Kings Of The Turf (1941)
C-10 mins,

12:30 PM Mildred Pierce (1945)
A woman turns herself into a business tycoon to win her selfish daughter a place in society.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott.
BW-111 mins, TV-PG, CC,

2:30 PM Gypsy (1962)
A domineering mother pushes her two daughters to burlesque stardom.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden.
C-143 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 PM So Big (1953)
A schoolteacher-turned-farmer fights to save the land and her son.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Jane Wyman, Sterling Hayden, Nancy Olson.
BW-102 mins, TV-PG,

7:00 PM Fade Out, Fade In (2010)
In Episode Seven of this seven-part documentary, covering the years 1960 to 1969, moviemaking is caught in a social, political, and artistic crossfire as America experiences jarring change.
C-59 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: MOTHER'S DAY

8:00 PM I Remember Mama (1948)
Norwegian immigrants face the trials of family life in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar Homolka.
BW-134 mins, TV-G, CC,

10:30 PM Stella Dallas (1937)
After divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley.
BW-106 mins, TV-G, CC,

12:30 AM The Divine Lady (1929)
Lady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Nelson rocks the British Empire.
Dir: Frank Lloyd Cast: Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi, H. B. Warner.
BW-99 mins, TV-G,

2:13 AM Impact (1933)
BW-9 mins,

2:30 AM Mother (1952)
A widow fights to keep her family together.
Dir: Mikio Naruse Cast: Eiji Okada, Kyoko Kagawa, Kinuyo Tanaka.
BW-98 mins, TV-PG,

4:18 AM George Hall And His Orchestra (1936)
Accompanied by several guest stars, George Hall and his orchestra rehearse some of their more famous pop tunes the night before their big performance.
Dir: Roy Mack
BW-11 mins,

4:30 AM Madame X (1937)
When she kills a blackmailer, a woman is defended by the son she abandoned years earlier.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Gladys George, John Beal, Warren William.
BW-72 mins, TV-G,

5:48 AM Return From Nowhere (1944)
BW-10 mins,

[CBHagman]

1. Mothers with issues!

We got farmers. We got resilient immigrants. We got hardworking single parents. It's not all boxes of chocolates and bouquets of flowers this Mother's Day on TCM.

[lavenderdiva]

2. I love it!

Mothers with issues!! Don't they all? keeps it interesting... :bounce:

[Matilda]

3. Not quite sure how Lady Hamilton got into the act!

I was intrigued though, because I'd never heard of this one, and I thought it was probably a silent. I looked it up on IMDb, and apparently it's a silent with some pretty awful songs tacked onto it. I'd be interested to see for myself if it ever comes here, but I won't hold my breath while I wait.

Personally, I always enjoy watching the Olivier/Leigh version - it takes great liberties with history, but those two were irresistible at that stage of their careers and lives.