TCM Schedule for Monday January 18 - African-American Coming of Age

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A full day of African-American films for MLK day, including a selection of bildungsromans in prime time.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM BROKEN STRINGS (1940)
An injured violinist pushes his son into a classical music career, even though the boy prefers swing. Dir: Bernard B. Ray Cast: Clarence Muse , Sybil Lewis , William Washington . BW-60 mins,

7:00 AM MIRACLE IN HARLEM (1948)
A young woman is suspected of killing the business magnate who swindled her. Dir: Jack Kemp Cast: Hilda Offley , Sheila Guyse , Kenneth Freeman . BW-71 mins,

8:15 AM MIDNIGHT SHADOW (1939)
A young girl must decide which of her suitors robbed and killed her father. Dir: George Randol Cast: Frances Redd , Buck Woods , Richard Bates . BW-52 mins,

9:15 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. Dir: William Nolte Cast: Ralph Cooper , Lena Horne , Lawrence Criner . BW-73 mins,

10:30 AM HARLEM RIDES THE RANGE (1939)
A singing cowboy protects the beautiful heir to a radium mine. Dir: Richard C. Kahn Cast: Herbert Jeffrey , Lucius Brooks , F. E. Miller . BW-56 mins,

11:30 AM SPIRIT OF YOUTH (1937)
A promising prize fighter risks his future for a beautiful woman. Dir: Harry Fraser Cast: Joe Louis , Clarence Muse , Edna Mae Harris . BW-66 mins,

12:45 PM SWING! (1938)
A seamstress tries to stop her husband from gambling and philandering. Dir: Oscar Micheaux Cast: Cora Green , Larry Seymour , Hazel Diaz . BW-69 mins,

2:00 PM HALLELUJAH (1929)
A black laborer turns preacher after accidentally killing a man. Dir: King Vidor Cast: Daniel L. Haynes , Nina Mae McKinney , William E. Fountaine . BW-100 mins, CC,

4:00 PM GREEN PASTURES, THE (1936)
God tests the human race in this reenactment of Bible stories set in the world of black American folklore. Dir: Marc Connelly Cast: Rex Ingram , Oscar Polk , Eddie Anderson . BW-93 mins, CC,

6:00 PM CABIN IN THE SKY (1943)
God and Satan battle for the soul of a wounded gambler. Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Ethel Waters , Eddie "Rochester" Anderson , Lena Horne . BW-99 mins, CC,

8:00 PM LEARNING TREE, THE (1969)
A black boy growing up in Kansas dreams of a better life in this film version of director Gordon Parks's autobiography. Dir: Gordon Parks Cast: Kyle Johnson , Alex Clarke , Estelle Evans . C-107 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM SOUNDER (1972)
Black sharecroppers during the Depression fight to get their children a decent education. Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: Cicely Tyson , Paul Winfield , Kevin Hooks . C-105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM COOLEY HIGH (1975)
African-American teens in Chicago prepare for life after high school. Dir: Michael Schultz Cast: Glynn Turman , Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs , Garrett Morris . C-107 mins, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM BLACK GIRL (1972)
A dramatic tale about three generations of women in a black family. Dir: Ossie Davis Cast: Brock Peters , Claudia McNeil , Leslie Uggams . C-97 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM BRIGHT ROAD (1953)
Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child. Dir: Gerald Mayer Cast: Dorothy Dandridge , Philip Hepburn , Harry Belafonte . BW-68 mins, CC,

5:15 AM MGM PARADE SHOW #18 (1955)
Greta Garbo and John Barrymore perform in a clip from "Grand Hotel"; Roger Moore introduces a clip from "Diane." Hosted by George Murphy. BW-26 mins,

[Staph]

1. You get a rec

for using bildungsroman in your description. Bravo! (or brava, as the case may be!)

I love people who have a vocabulary and know how to use it.