May 1: TCM takes a look at some memorable mothers in film with Imitation of Life (1959) at 8:00 PM, White Heat at 10:15 PM, Bachelor Mother at 12:15 AM, The Catered Affair at 2:00 AM.
May 2: Happy birthday to Bing Crosby! Going Hollywood at 7:45 AM, Pennies from Heaven at 9:15 AM, Road to Bali at 10:45 AM, High Society at 12:30 AM, and Man on Fire at 2:30 PM. Then it’s on to Friday Night Spotlight with Breaker Morant at 8:00 PM, Gallipoli at 10:00 PM, Tim at 12:00 AM, and Mad Max at 2:00 AM.
May 4: Queen Christina at 8:00 AM, Ball of Fire at 12:00 PM, Wait Until Dark at 6:00 PM. This week’s Silent Sunday Night feature is Sparrows starring Mary Pickford at 12:00 AM.
May 5: Shirley Jones gets some time in the spotlight tonight with The Music Man at 8:00 PM, Carousel at 10:45 PM, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father at 1:00 AM, and Elmer Gantry at 3:15 AM.
May 6: It’s all about gossip tonight with The Children’s Hour at 8:00 PM, The Women at 10:00 PM, and My Reputation at 12:15 AM.
May 7: Happy birthday to Gary Cooper! A Farewell to Arms at 6:15 AM, One Sunday Afternoon at 7:45 AM, Today We Live at 9:15 AM, The Westerner at 11:15 AM, Meet John Doe at 1:00 PM, Sergeant York at 3:15 AM, The Pride of the Yankees at 5:45 PM. Then June Allyson has her first turn as Star of the Month with The Glenn Miller Story at 8:00 PM, The Stratton Story at 10:15 PM, The Secret Heart at 12:15 AM, The Three Musketeers at 2:00 AM, Right Cross at 4:15 AM, The Sailor Takes a Wife 5:45 AM.
May 8: More June Allyson with Girl Crazy at 7:30 AM and Words and Music at 9:15 AM.
May 9: Friday Night Spotlight returns with Picnic at Hanging Rock at 8:00 PM, The Last Wave at 10:00 PM, The Cars That Ate Paris 12:00 AM, and Walkabout at 1:45 AM.
May 10: It’s a night of Anne Shirley with Stella Dallas at 8:00 PM, Anne of Green Gables at 10:00 AM, and Murder My Sweet at 11:30 AM. And for some very…interesting late night movies, there’s Blue Sunshine at 2:00 AM and Hausu at 3:45 AM.
May 11: Happy Mother’s Day! Lady for a Day at 6:00 AM, The Catered Affair at 7:45 AM, Now Voyager at 9:30 AM, Gypsy at 11:30 AM, Mildred Pierce at 2:00 PM, Marty at 4:00 PM, Imitation of Life (1959) at 5:45 PM, I Remember Mama at 8:00 PM, and The Mating Season at 10:30 PM.
May 12: Happy birthday to Katharine Hepburn! Little Women at 6:00 AM, Stage Door at 8:00 AM, Mary of Scotland at 9:45 AM, Alice Adams at 12:00 PM, Bringing Up Baby at 2:00 PM, Woman of the Year at 4:00 PM, Pat and Mike at 6:00 PM.
May 13: If you like documentaries, you’ll want to either set the DVR or stay up late for the Maysles Brothers double feature of Grey Gardens at 2:00 AM and Salesman at 3:45 AM.
May 14: The Postman Always Rings Twice at 6:00 AM, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers at 8:00 AM, and Dark Passage at 10:00 AM. June Allyson returns tonight with Little Women at 8:00 PM, The McConnell Story at 10:15 PM, Meet the People at 12:15 AM, The Reformer and the Redhead at 2:00 AM, The Girl in White at 3:45 AM, and Her Highness and the Bellboy at 5:30 AM.
May 16: Another installment of Friday Night Spotlight with My Brilliant Career at 8:00 PM, Starstruck at 10:00 PM, An Angel at my Table at 12:00 AM, and Sweetie at 2:45 AM.
May 19: Tonight is the first night of a two-night tribute to Brooksfilms with Fatso at 8:00 PM, 84 Charing Cross Road at 10:00 PM, and The Doctor and the Devils at 12:00 AM.
May 20: More from Brooksfilms tonight with The Elephant Man at 8:00 PM, My Favorite Year at 10:15 PM, and To Be or Not to Be at 12:00 AM.
May 21: More June Allyson tonight with Two Girls and a Sailor at 8:00 PM, Best Foot Forward at 10:15 PM, Good News at 12:00 AM, Too Young to Kiss at 1:45 AM, The Bride Goes Wild 3:30 AM, and High Barbaree at 5:15 AM.
May 22: Tonight Robert Osborne presents his selections for the month. The House on 92nd Street at 8:00 PM, The House on 56th Street at 9:45 AM, Hobson’s Choice at 11:00 PM, The Belle of New York at 1:00 AM, and Mrs. O’Malley and Mr. Malone at 2:30 AM.
May 23: For tonight’s Friday Night Spotlight, there’s The Year of Living Dangerously at 8:00 PM, The Plumber at 10:00 PM, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie 11:30 PM, and Don’t Party at 1:30 AM.
May 24-26: It’s TCM’s annual Memorial Day war movie marathon. Consult the TCM website for the full schedule, but my highlights are The Shopworn Angel at 7:30 AM and The Dirty Dozen at 8:00 PM on the 24th, Mister Roberts at 12:00 PM and No Time for Sergeants at 8:00 PM on the 25th, and Sergeant York at 7:30 AM and The Best Years of Our Lives at 10:30 PM on the 26th.
May 27: This month’s guest programmer is Rev. Mother Dolores Hart who has selected Lisa at 8:00 PM, Laura at 10:00 PM, The Song of Bernadette at 11:45 PM, and The Rose Tattoo at 2:30 AM.
May 28: June Allyson has her final turn as Star of the Month with My Man Godfrey at 8:00 PM, The Opposite Sex at 10:00 PM, Music For Millions at 12:00 AM, Battle Circus at 2:00 AM, They Only Kill their Masters at 3:45 AM, and Executive Suite at 5:30 AM.
May 29: Two movies by Orson Welles, Citizen Kane at 8:00 PM and F for Fake at 10:15 PM, followed by two movies from Welles’ friend director Henry Jaglom, Someone to Love at 12:00 AM and Eating at 2:00 AM.
May 30: I am always here for a day full of Fritz Lang movies. Metropolis at 6:00 AM, M at 7:30 AM, Fury at 9:15 AM, Scarlet Street at 11:00 AM, Clash By Night at 1:00 AM, and The Blue Gardenia at 3:00 PM. Then it’s one last night of Australian cinema in the Friday Night Spotlight with Newsfront at 8:00 PM, Sunday Too Far Away at 10:00 PM, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith at 11:45 PM, and The Devil’s Playground at 2:00 AM.
May 31: