TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 6: On Tap/Spotlight: Hollywood Biographies

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Director Yasujiro Ozu (continued)

12:15 AM The Only Son (1936)
A widow sends her only son away to receive a better education. When she visits him years later, she finds he is now a poor school teacher with a wife and son.
Dir: Yasujorō Ozu Cast: Chōko Iida, Shin'ichi Himori, Masao Hayama
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N


1:45 AM The Ozu Diaries (2025)
A documentary on the life and work of renowned Japanese director Yasujirō Ozu, told largely in his own words.
Dir: Daniel Raim Cast: Yasujirō Ozu, Kōgo Noda, Wim Wenders
Runtime: 137 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC:


4:15 AM A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
An actor's jealous mistress sets her sights on ruining his son.
Dir: Yasujirō Ozu Cast: Koji Mitsui, Choko Iida, Takeshi Sakamoto
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-PG CC: N

TCM Daytime: On Tap

6:00 AM Broadway Melody of 1936 (1936)
A Broadway columnist tries to use an innocent dancer to frame a producer.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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7:45 AM For Me and My Gal (1942)
Judy Garland and Gene Kelly star in the classic musical directed by Busby Berkeley--For Me and My Gal. Young vaudeville performers Harry Palmer and Jo Hayden (Kelly and Garland) dream of stardom, but the United States enters World War I and Harry receives his draft notice--trapping the two between their obligation to each other's dreams and their duty to their country.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Judy Garland, George Murphy, Gene Kelly
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y



9:45 AM Kiss Me Kate (1953)
An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew," but off-stage the production is rife with ex-lovers' quarrels and gangsters looking for kickbacks.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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11:45 AM Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
A socialite is bamboozled into producing a stage show in her home.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Stuart
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y



1:45 PM Born to Dance (1936)
A sailor on leave helps a young dancer make it to the top on Broadway.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y



4:00 PM Top Hat (1935)
A woman believes that an enamored dancer is her best friend's husband.
Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y



6:00 PM That's Dancing! (1985)
Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli and Mikhail Baryshnikov host this compilation of some of the greatest dance numbers in movie history.
Dir: Jack Haley Jr. Cast: Liza Minnelli, Gene Kelly, Ray Bolger
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y



TCM Primetime: Spotlight: Hollywood Biographies

8:00 PM Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
Chameleon-like actor Lon Chaney becomes a star while coping with his first wife's insanity.
Dir: Joseph Pevney Cast: James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-G CC:



10:15 PM Valentino (1977)
The famed silent screen star is torn between love and his career.
Dir: Ken Russell Cast: Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-MA CC:



12:30 AM The Perils of Pauline (1947)
The world's worst actress rises to stardom as serial queen Pearl White.
Dir: George Marshall Cast: Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC:

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2:15 AM The Jolson Story (1946)
The singer and star of the first "talkie" risks it all to become a star.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes, William Demarest
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: N



4:30 AM Jeanne Eagels (1957)
The famed actress fights drug addiction to build a career and find love.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Agnes Moorehead
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-PG CC: