TCM Schedule for Sunday February 6, 2022 - Black History Month

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The first of four Sundays devoted to African-American film history. Plus: Imports has a twin bill from director Wong Kar Wai.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 am Footlight Parade (1933)
1h 42m | Musical | TV-G
A producer fights labor problems, financiers and his greedy ex-wife to put on a show.
Director: Lloyd Bacon. Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler

8:00 am Our Mother's House (1967)
1h 45m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-14
Afraid of being separated, a family of children keep their mother's death a secret.
Director: Jack Clayton. Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Brooks, Pamela Franklin

10:00 am The Turning Point (1952)
1h 25m | Crime
Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city, and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator.
Director: William Dieterle. Cast: William Holden, Edmond O'brien, Alexis Smith

11:45 am Rhapsody (1954)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-PG
A wealthy socialite is torn between the classical violinist who excites her and the pianist who needs her.
Director: Charles Vidor. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Vittorio Gassman, John Ericson

2:00 pm It Happened One Night (1934)
1h 45m | Comedy | TV-PG
A newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country.
Director: Frank Capra. Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly

4:00 pm Woman of the Year (1942)
1h 52m | Comedy | TV-PG
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter.
Director: George Stevens. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter

6:00 pm Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
1h 51m | Comedy | TV-G
A drama critic and his family try to adjust to life in the country.
Director: Charles Walters. Cast: Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige

8:00 pm Lilies of the Field (1963)
1h 34m | Comedy | TV-PG
An itinerant handyman in the Southwest gets a new outlook on life when he helps a group of German nuns build a chapel.
Director: Ralph Nelson. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann

10:00 pm Freedom on My Mind (1994)
1h 45m | Documentary | TV-PG
Interviews and archival footage tell the story of the drive to register African-American voters in 1960s Mississippi.
Director: Connie Field. Cast: Endesha Ida Mae Holland, Pam Chude Allen, Marshall Ganz.

12:15 am Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926)
1h 3m | Drama | TV-G
In the small town of Cederville, Joe Morgan loses his gin mill and other property to Simon Slade, who then becomes a vice lord. Morgan becomes a drunkard as a result.
Director: Roy Calnek. Cast: Charles Gilpin, Myra Burwell, Lawrence Chenault

2:00 am Chungking Express (1994)
1h 43m | Comedy | TV-14
Two cops deal with romantic break-ups.
Director: Wong Kar Wai. Cast: Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung, Faye Wang

4:00 am In the Mood for Love (2000)
1h 37m | Romance | TV-PG
Suspicions that their spouses are cheating draw a man and woman closer together.
Director: Wong Kar Wai. Cast: Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Siu Ping-lam