Quick Preview of TCM in May

Here's a quick peek at the upcoming May schedule on Turner Classic Movies!

The May Star of the Month is Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa, whose film career ran from 1914 to 1967. His films will be shown on Monday evenings.

Hayakawa's films will be followed by movies featuring other Asian actors, including Anna May Wong, James Shigeta, and Toshiro Mifune. (Note: The above is an update to my original post thanks to additional information shared directly by TCM.)

The TCM Spotlight, "A Single Name," will focus on movies with one-word "name" titles. The films will include ROBERTA (1953), NINOTCHKA (1939), HARVEY (1950), LILI (1953), and GIGI (1958).

Director Frank Borzage's work will be one of the month's "Special Themes," with three evenings of his movies. The films shown will include STRANDED (1935), HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT (1937), THE MORTAL STORM (1940), and SEVEN SWEETHEARTS (1942).

The May Noir Alley films are DARK PASSAGE (1947), FOLLOW ME QUIETLY (1949), and the TCM premiere of TAKE AIM AT THE POLICE VAN (1960).

It has not yet been announced if a Noir Alley film will be shown during the annual Memorial Day Weekend marathon. That marathon will take place from Friday evening, May 24th, through Memorial Day on May 27th.  (Update: The Noir Alley film that weekend will be 1953's BAD FOR EACH OTHER.)

Filmmakers receiving multifilm tributes in May include Theodore Bikel, Steve Martin, David O. Selznick, Clark Gable, Dalton Trumbo, Clarence Brown, and Betty Garrett.

May programming themes will include flowers, the Gulf states, spies, "international incidents," carnivals, and movies with "Mr." in the title.

I'll have much more information on TCM's May schedule posted here around May 1st. In the meantime, April is right around the corner, with Marlon Brando as the Star of the Month.

Update: For more on TCM in May 2024, please visit TCM in May: Highlights.

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