TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 3: Noteworthy African American Performances
What they are doing to TCM today is absolutely criminal!
Seriously, if you switch on TCM in daytime you'll be confronted by gangsters, mobsters, and racketeers.
Come evening, the spotlight turns to TCM's special theme for Wednesdays in February: groundbreaking performances by Black actors. See the link below for the TCM article on this month's roster of Wednesday films.
https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/020909?source=Block
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
1:15 am
Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
1h 40m | Romance | TV-G
A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: John Garfield, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Walter Brenna...
3:00 am
East of the River (1940)
1h 13m | Crime | TV-PG
A young gangster and his honest brother fall for the same woman.
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: John Garfield, Brenda Marshall, Marjorie Rambeau
4:30 am
Out of the Fog (1941)
1h 33m | Crime | TV-PG
A racketeer terrorizes a small fishing community until he falls in love with a fisherman's...
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: John Garfield, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell
6:15 am
Blackwell's Island (1939)
1h 11m | Crime | TV-G
A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
Director: William McGann
Cast: John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell
8:00 am
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
1h 21m | Crime | TV-PG
When his girl commits murder, a hardened criminal takes the rap to protect her honor.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Arthur Byron
10:00 am
It May Happen to You (1937)
20m | Short, Crime | TV-PG
In this short film, mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to help them hijack ...
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Rollo Lloyd, Ralph Dunn, King Baggot
10:30 am
The Mayor of Hell (1933)
1h 20m | Crime | TV-PG
A racketeer goes straight to run a reform school.
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: James Cagney, Madge Evans, Arthur Byron
12:15 pm
The Doorway to Hell (1930)
1h 18m | Crime | TV-PG
Despite his efforts to go straight, a young gangster keeps falling back into crime.
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Lew Ayres, Charles Judels, Dorothy Mathews
1:45 pm
Soak the Poor (1937)
16m | Short, Crime | TV-G
This deals with racketeers shaking down small grocers and working in on the relief tickets...
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Davison Clark, Charles Hamilton, George Chandler
2:15 pm
Beast of the City (1932)
1h 27m | Crime | TV-14
A police captain leads the fight against a vicious gangland chief.
Director: Charles Brabin
Cast: Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford
4:00 pm
The Wrong Way Out (1938)
17m | Short, Crime | TV-G
A young couple run off to marry despite their parents refusal and fall into a life of crim...
Director: Gustav Machatý.
Cast: No Cast Information Available.
4:30 pm
Little Caesar (1930)
1h 20m | Crime | TV-PG
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
Director: Mervyn Leroy
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Glenda Farr...
6:00 pm
The Public Enemy (1931)
1h 14m | Crime | TV-PG
An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods
7:30 pm
Jack Pot (1940)
19m | Short, Crime | TV-PG
This short film focuses on illegal gambling and bookmaking.
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Joseph Crehan, Paul Phillips, Mike Lally
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: NOTEWORTHY AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMANCES
8:00 pm
Cry, the Beloved Country (1952)
1h 40m | Drama
A South African minister travels to Johannesburg to find his missing son. ...
Director: Zoltan Korda
Cast: Edric Connor, Geoffrey Keen, Ribbon Dhlamini, L...
10:00 pm
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
2h 8m | Drama | TV-PG
The Younger family strives to get out of their ghetto neighborhood on the south side of Ch...
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia Mcneil, Ruby Dee
12:30 am
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
1h 41m | Drama | TV-14
An idealistic teacher confronts the realities of juvenile delinquency.
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern
2:30 am
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
1h 49m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-14
A black detective teams up with a racist white sheriff to solve a murder in a small town i...
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
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4:30 am
Edge of the City (1957)
1h 25m | Drama | TV-PG
An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt union official.
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden
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