TCM Schedule for Monday May 1, 2023 - Special Theme: James Wong Howe

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Daytime has a birthday tribute to Glenn Ford; at night the start of a month-long look at prolific cinematographer James Wong Howe.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 am The White Tower (1950)
1h 38m | Adventure | TV-G
Mountain climbers in the Swiss Alps mull over past problems while trying to conquer a perilous peak.
Director: Ted Tetzlaff. Cast: Glenn Ford, Alida Valli, Claude Rains

7:45 am The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
2h 3m | Comedy | TV-PG
An Okinawan translator introduces U.S. occupation forces to the joys of local life.
Director: Daniel Mann. Cast: Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyo

10:00 am Cimarron (1960)
2h 20m | Western | TV-PG
A pioneer couple plays a major role in the settling of Oklahoma.
Director: Anthony Mann. Cast: Glenn Ford, Maria Schell, Anne Baxter

12:30 pm The Gazebo (1960)
1h 40m | Comedy | TV-G
A suburban couple tries to cope with a murder victim whose body refuses to stay put.
Director: George Marshall. Cast: Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner

2:15 pm Dear Heart (1964)
1h 54m | Romance | TV-PG
A middle-aged postmistress falls for an engaged man during a convention in New York.
Director: Delbert Mann. Cast: Glenn Ford, Geraldine Page, Michael Anderson Jr.

4:15 pm The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
1h 57m | Comedy | TV-G
A young boy plays matchmaker for his widowed father.
Director: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Glenn Ford, Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens

6:15 pm Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers (2019)
1h 31m | Documentary | TV-PG
Daniel Raim's documentary following the history of America's first cinematographers.
Director: Daniel Raim

8:00 pm Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
1h 13m | Silent | TV-PG
A circus clown falls for a young innocent in love with another.
Director: Herbert Brenon. Cast: Lon Chaney, Bernard Siegel, Loretta Young

9:30 pm Mark of the Vampire (1935)
1h 1m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
Vampires seem to be connected to an unsolved murder.
Director: Tod Browning. Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allen, Lionel Atwill

10:45 pm The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
1h 41m | Adventure | TV-PG
An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped.
Director: John Cromwell. Cast: Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, C. Aubrey Smith

12:30 am Algiers (1938)
1h 35m | Crime | TV-PG
A thief on the run from the law risks his life for love.
Director: John Cromwell. Cast: Sigrid Gurie, Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr

2:15 am Desert Nights (1929)
1h 2m | Silent | TV-G
In this silent film, diamond robbers get caught in a violent sandstorm.
Director: William Nigh. Cast: John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence, Mary Nolan

3:45 am Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
1h 33m | Crime | TV-G
Boyhood friends grow up on opposite sides of the law.
Director: W. S. Van Dyke. Cast: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy