Quick Preview of TCM in May

Here's a quick advance peek at some of the programming coming to Turner Classic Movies in May 2025!

Mae West will, fittingly, be the May Star of the Month. Her films will be featured on the first three Sunday evenings of the month.  The titles are still being finalized.

The May Noir Alley titles are RIFFRAFF (1947), THE KILLERS (1946), TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI (1954), CORNERED (1945), and THE BIG STEAL (1949).  

CORNERED was chosen to fit with the theme of the annual Memorial Day Weekend war movies marathon will begin on Friday evening, May 23rd, and run through prime time on Monday, May 26th.

I'm especially happy that Westerns will be featured in prime time every Tuesday and Thursday evening in May.  The schedule begins with silent Westerns and runs through the 1970s.

Additional May programming themes will include New York apartments, airplanes, biographies, horror, mysteries, and Iowa.

Cinco de Mayo will be celebrated on May 5th with a lineup which includes several Mexican Spitfire films starring Lupe Velez. Mother's Day, on May 11th, will also featured themed viewing including I REMEMBER MAMA (1948) and MILDRED PIERCE (1945).

Gene Hackman will be honored with a memorial tribute on May 12th. 

Additional filmmakers celebrated with multifilm tributes in May are Stanley Kramer, Norman Lloyd, Alexis Smith, Katharine Hepburn, Keiko Kishi, Margaret Sullavan, John Cromwell, Leslie Caron, Howard Hawks, Louis Armstrong, and Robert Montgomery.

I'll have much more on the May schedule posted here around the first of that month. In the meantime, Barbara Stanwyck continues as the March Star of the Month, with Red Skelton coming in April.

Related post: Book Review: The Mae West Films. The book was written by James L. Neibaur, and it makes an excellent companion to the upcoming Mae West viewing schedule.

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