TCM Schedule for Monday May 5, 2024 - Star of the Month: Sessue Hayakawa

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Daytime has movies about wives, ex-wives and lovers; at night this month's SOTM salute to Sessue Hayakawa kicks off with some of his earliest silents.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM I Loved a Woman (1933)
1h 30m | Drama | TV-G
A Chicago meat-packer tries to keep a rein on his social-climbing wife.
Director: Alfred E. Green. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Kay Francis, Genevieve Tobin

7:45 AM The Keyhole (1933)
1h 9m | Drama | TV-G
A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Kay Francis, George Brent, Glenda Farrell

9:00 AM Age of Indiscretion (1935)
1h 18m | Drama | TV-PG
A moralistic publisher discovers his wife is cheating on him.
Director: Edward Ludwig. Cast: Paul Lukas, Madge Evans, Helen Vinson

10:30 AM My Past (1931)
1h 23m | Romance | TV-G
A stage star finds herself torn between a wealthy older man and a handsome younger one.
Director: Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Bebe Daniels, Lewis Stone, Ben Lyon

11:45 AM Mannequin (1938)
1h 35m | Romance | TV-PG
A small-time crook's wife falls for a shipping magnate.
Director: Lew Borzage. Cast: Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis

1:30 PM The Common Law (1932)
1h 15m | Drama | TV-PG
A kept woman gives up luxury to move in with a struggling artist.
Director: Paul L. Stein. Cast: Constance Bennett, Joel Mccrea, Lew Cody

3:00 PM His Brother's Wife (1936)
1h 30m | Romance | TV-PG
A man helps his brother skip town, then steals his girlfriend.
Director: W. S. Van Dyke. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Jean Hersholt

4:30 PM Man on Fire (1957)
1h 35m | Drama | TV-PG
A divorced man fights for custody of his son when his ex-wife remarries.
Director: Ranald Macdougall. Cast: Bing Crosby, Inger Stevens, Mary Fickett

6:15 PM One is a Lonely Number (1972)
1h 37m | Drama | TV-14
A pretty divorcee tries to build a new life.
Director: Mel Stuart. Cast: Trish Van Devere, Janet Leigh, Monte Markham

8:00 PM The Cheat (1915)
42m | Silent | TV-PG
In this silent film, a society woman makes a costly bargain to pay off her debts.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Dean

9:15 PM The Dragon Painter (1919)
53m | Silent | TV-PG
In this silent film, an artist obsesses over a beautiful woman he believes has been turned into a dragon.
Director: William Worthington. Cast: Sessue Hayakawa, Toyo Fujita, Edward Peil

10:15 PM The Tong-Man (1919)
58m | Silent | TV-PG
An opium smuggler is marked for murder in this story of the Chinese Mafia.
Director: William Worthington. Cast: Sessue Hayakawa, Helen Jerome Eddy, Marc Robbins

11:30 PM Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (2019)
55m | Documentary | TV-MA
Director: Clara Kuperberg,Julia Kuperberg. Cast: Joseph McBride, Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg

12:30 AM China Sky (1945)
1h 18m | War | TV-PG
A dedicated doctor joins the Chinese in their fight against Japanese invaders.
Director: Ray Enright. Cast: Randolph Scott, Ruth Warrick, Ellen Drew

2:00 AM Sayonara (1957)
2h 27m | Romance | TV-PG
American soldiers in post-war Japan defy convention when they fall in love with local women.
Director: Joshua Logan. Cast: Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, Red Buttons

4:30 AM China Doll (1958)
1h 28m | Romance | TV-PG
A World War II veteran searches for the daughter he left behind in China.
Director: Frank Borzage. Cast: Victor Mature, Li Li Hua, Ward Bond