TCM Schedule for Sunday, May 16, 2012 -- What's On Tonight: Mother's Day
6:15 AM
NOW PLAYING MAY (2012)
BW-23 mins, TV-PG, CC
6:45 AM
THE CATERED AFFAIR (1956)
A working-class mother fights to give her daughter a big wedding whether the girl wants it or not.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds.
BW-94 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
8:30 AM
THREE DARING DAUGHTERS (1948)
Three young girls try to help their widowed mother find the right husband.
Dir: Fred M. Wilcox Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, José Iturbi, Jane Powell.
C-115 mins, TV-G, CC
10:30 AM
SO BIG (1953)
A schoolteacher-turned-farmer fights to save the land and her son.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Jane Wyman, Sterling Hayden, Nancy Olson.
BW-102 mins, TV-PG, CC
12:30 PM
POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES (1961)
A good-hearted gangster turns an old apple seller into a society matron so she can impress her daughter.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange.
C-137 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
3:00 PM
MRS. MINIVER (1942)
A British family struggles to survive the first days of World War II.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright.
BW-134 mins, TV-G, CC
5:30 PM
I REMEMBER MAMA (1948)
Norwegian immigrants face the trials of family life in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar Homolka.
BW-134 mins, TV-G, CC
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: MOTHER'S DAY
8:00 PM
STELLA DALLAS (1937)
After divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley.
BW-106 mins, TV-G, CC
10:00 PM
MILDRED PIERCE (1945)
A woman turns herself into a business tycoon to win her selfish daughter a place in society.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott.
BW-111 mins, TV-PG, CC
12:00 AM
TORRENT (1926)
In this silent film, a Spanish country girl moves to Paris to become an opera star.
Dir: Monta Bell Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Greta Garbo, Gertrude Olmsted.
BW-88 mins, TV-PG
2:00 AM
AUTUMN SONATA (1978)
A concert pianist faces the daughters she's neglected for years.
Dir: Ingmar Bergman Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman.
C-93 mins, TV-14
4:00 AM
BERGMAN ISLAND (2006)
A look at the life of the famous director, including behind-the-scenes material from Bergman's private archive.
Dir: Marie Nyrerod
C-84 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
5:30 AM
MGM PARADE SHOW #10 (1955)
George Murphy introduces clips from "A Guy Named Joe" and "Guys and Dolls."
BW-26 mins, TV-G