TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 3: AAFCA Presents: The Black Experience on Film
If you've guessed today's Jean Harlow's birthday, you're absolutely right! She rules the daytime.
And tune in tonight for a special roster of films on the African-American experience.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
2:49 AM
THAT MOTHERS MIGHT LIVE ( 1938)
This short film focuses on the story of Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis, a physician that realized the death of new mothers could be reduced through the washing of hands
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Shepperd Strudwick , Beatrice Roberts , Ralph Brooks .
BW- 10 mins,
3:00 AM
NUN'S STORY, THE ( 1959)
A headstrong girl fights the strictures of the Catholic church in Europe and the Belgian Congo.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Audrey Hepburn , Peter Finch , Dame Edith Evans .
C- 152 mins, CC
5:45 AM
TOM JONES ( 1963)
In this adaptation of Henry Fielding's novel, a country boy in 18th-century England becomes a playboy.
Dir: Tony Richardson Cast: Albert Finney , Susannah York , Hugh Griffith .
C- 122 mins, CC,
8:00 AM
BOMBSHELL ( 1933)
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Jean Harlow , Lee Tracy , Frank Morgan .
BW- 96 mins, CC,
9:45 AM
RED-HEADED WOMAN ( 1932)
An ambitious secretary tries to sleep her way into high society.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Jean Harlow , Chester Morris , Lewis Stone .
BW- 79 mins, CC,
11:15 AM
BEAST OF THE CITY, THE ( 1932)
A police captain leads the fight against a vicious gangland chief.
Dir: Charles Brabin Cast: Walter Huston , Jean Harlow , Wallace Ford .
BW- 86 mins, CC,
12:45 PM
LIBELED LADY ( 1936)
When an heiress sues a newspaper, the editor hires a reporter to compromise her.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Jean Harlow , William Powell , Myrna Loy .
BW- 98 mins, CC,
2:32 PM
BOSS DIDN'T SAY GOOD MORNING, THE ( 1937)
In this short film, an office worker fears for his job after his boss fails to respond to his "good morning."
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Roger Moore , Donald Haines , Jack Mulhall .
BW- 10 mins,
2:45 PM
WIFE VS. SECRETARY ( 1936)
A secretary becomes so valuable to her boss that it jeopardizes his marriage.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Clark Gable , Jean Harlow , Myrna Loy .
BW- 88 mins, CC,
4:30 PM
RED DUST ( 1932)
A plantation overseer in Indochina is torn between a married woman and a lady of the evening.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Clark Gable , Jean Harlow , Gene Raymond .
BW- 83 mins, CC,
6:00 PM
SARATOGA ( 1937)
A horse breeder's daughter falls for a bookie.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Clark Gable , Jean Harlow , Lionel Barrymore .
BW- 92 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: AAFCA PRESENTS: THE BLACK EXPERIENCE ON FILM
8:00 PM
FREEDOM ON MY MIND ( 1994)
Interviews and archival footage tell the story of the drive to register African-American voters in 1960s Mississippi.
Dir: Connie Field Cast: Steve Most ,
C- 109 mins,
10:00 PM
CRISIS ( 1963)
After years of segregation, the University of Alabama becomes the last U.S. college to open its doors to black students.
Dir: Robert Drew
BW- 53 mins, CC,
11:06 PM
HEAVENLY MUSIC ( 1943)
In this short film, a bandleader must prove his worth to enter the Hall of Music in heaven.
Dir: Josef Berne Cast: Fred Brady , William Yetter , Eric Blore .
BW- 22 mins,
11:30 PM
SAY AMEN, SOMEBODY - THE GOOD NEWS MUSICAL ( 1982)
Dir: George T Nierenberg Cast: Sallie Martin , Charles White , Edgar O'Neal .
BW- 101 mins, CC,
More from the Library of Congress:
https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200019065
1:30 AM
YOU GOT TO MOVE ( 1985)
Filmmakers trace the role of the Highlander Folk School in fighting to desegregate the South.
Dir: Lucy Massie Phenix
C- 86 mins, CC,
3:15 AM
I AM SOMEBODY ( 1970)
Dir: Madeline Anderson
BW- 30 mins, CC,
3:50 AM
MATCH YOUR MOOD ( 1968)
Westinghouse shows women how to improve their lives by decorating their refrigerators in this short film.
C- 6 mins,
4:00 AM
BEFORE STONEWALL ( 1985)
Dir: Robert Rosenberg Cast: Teddie Boutte , Ivy Bottini , Jheri .
BW- 87 mins, CC,
5:33 AM
MIGHTY MANHATTAN, NEW YORK'S WONDER CITY ( 1949)
This short film explores the history, architecture, and people of Manhattan.
Dir: James H Smith
C- 20 mins,