TCM Schedule for Sunday May 1, 2022 - Mothers in the Movies - Part 1

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Plus: Silents has a pair from pioneering Swedish director Victor Seastrom, and Imports spotlights Marcello Mastroianni.

(all times Eastern)

6:15 am The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
1h 42m | Romance | TV-G
A boxing champion falls for a gangster's moll.
Director: W. S. Van Dyke. Cast: Myrna Loy, Max Baer, Primo Carnera

8:15 am Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
1h 40m | Drama | TV-G
True-life story of Edna Gladney, who fought for orphans' rights in Texas.
Director: Mervyn Leroy. Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart

10:00 am Johnny Angel (1946)
1h 19m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
A sailor sets out to solve his father's murder.
Director: Edwin L. Marin. Cast: George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso

11:30 am Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
1h 38m | Drama | TV-G
An American orphan discovers he is heir to a British title.
Director: John Cromwell. Cast: Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello Barrymore, C. Aubrey Smith

1:30 pm Laura (1944)
1h 28m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
Director: Otto Preminger. Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb

3:30 pm How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
1h 35m | Comedy | TV-G
Three models pool their resources to rent a posh penthouse in hopes of snaring rich husbands.
Director: Jean Negulesco. Cast: Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall

5:15 pm Lolita (1962)
2h 33m | Drama | TV-14
Vladimir Nabokov's racy classic focuses on an aging intellectual in love with a teenager.
Director: Stanley Kubrick. Cast: James Mason, Sue Lyon, Shelley Winters

8:00 pm Imitation of Life (1959)
2h 5m | Romance | TV-PG
Two mothers, one white, one black, face problems with their rebellious daughters.
Director: Douglas Sirk. Cast: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee

10:15 pm Stella Dallas (1937)
1h 51m | Drama | TV-G
After divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter.
Director: King Vidor. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley

12:15 am A Man There Was (1917)
48m | Silent | TV-G
A sailor wronged by a man seeks revenge.
Director: Victor Seastrom. Cast: Victor Seastrom, August Falck, Edith Erastoff

1:00 am The Outlaw and His Wife (1917)
1h 13m | Drama | TV-G
Free-thinking couple create their own life in the Swedish mountains.
Director: Victor Seastrom. Cast: Victor Seastrom, Edith Erastoff, John Ekman

2:15 am Ginger and Fred (1986)
2h 6m | Drama | TV-14
A song-and-dance team are reunited for a nostalgic television special.
Director: Federico Fellini. Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Franco Fabrizi, Giulietta Masina

4:30 am La Nuit de Varennes (1982)
2h 45m | Drama
A picaresque story of the coach and party that followed hard on the one which tried to transport Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to safety in 1791.
Director: Ettore Scola. Cast: Jean-louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla