TCM Schedule for Sunday December 4, 2022 - 70's Black Icons

[rdmtimp]

Plus: late night has a Michelangelo Antonioni twin bill.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 am Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
1h 36m | Musical | TV-G
Three chorus girls fight to keep their show going and find rich husbands.
Director: Mervyn Leroy. Cast: Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline Macmahon

8:00 am The Letter (1940)
1h 37m | Drama | TV-PG
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Director: William Wyler. Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson

10:00 am Decoy (1946)
1h 16m | Crime | TV-14
A woman saves her gangster boyfriend from the gas chamber to get her hands on his hidden money.
Director: Jack Bernhard. Cast: Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Herbert Rudley

11:45 am High Society (1956)
1h 47m | Musical | TV-PG
In this musical version of The Philadelphia Story, tabloid reporters invade a society wedding.
Director: Charles Walters. Cast: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra

2:00 pm Ivanhoe (1952)
1h 46m | Epic | TV-G
Sir Walter Scott's classic tale of the noble knight torn between his fair lady and a beautiful Jew.
Director: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine

4:00 pm Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
1h 41m | Comedy | TV-G
A homemaking specialist who can't boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Director: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet

6:00 pm Remember the Night (1940)
1h 26m | Comedy | TV-G
An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
Director: Mitchell Leisen. Cast:

8:00 pm Sounder (1972)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-PG
Black sharecroppers during the Depression fight to get their children a decent education.
Director: Martin Ritt. Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks

10:00 pm Greased Lightning (1977)
1h 36m | Biography | TV-PG
The life of NASCAR racing champion Wendell Scott. Scott's struggle to overcome racism and follow his dream of becoming a champion is seen, beginning at the end of World War II through 1971.
Director: Michael Schultz. Cast: Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier

11:45 pm Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
2h 24m | Musical | TV-MA
Billie Holliday fights drug addiction to make a name for herself as a jazz singer.
Director: Sidney J. Furie. Cast: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor

2:15 am L'avventura (1960)
2h 25m | Drama | TV-PG
When an heiress vanishes on a remote island, her best friend and fiance search for her.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni. Cast: Monica Vitti, Gabriele Ferzetti, Lea Massari

4:45 am Eclipse (1962)
2h 5m | Drama | TV-PG
A man and women make an attempt at a futile love affair.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni. Cast: Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal