TCM Schedule for Sunday September 26, 2021 - Star of the Month: Paul Robeson

The final night of this month's Paul Robeson tribute.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 am Dinner at Eight (1933)
1h 53m | Comedy | TV-PG
A high-society dinner party masks a hotbed of scandal and intrigue.
Director: George Cukor. Cast: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery

8:00 am The Corn Is Green (1945)
1h 54m | Drama | TV-G
A dedicated teacher sacrifices everything to send a young miner to Oxford.
Director: Irving Rapper. Cast: Bette Davis, Nigel Bruce, Rhys Williams

10:00 am Hell Bound (1957)
1h 9m | Crime
A criminal gang plots the robbery of a ship carrying $2 million worth of surplus narcotics.
Director: William J. Hole Jr. Cast: John Russell, June Blair, Stuart Whitman

11:30 am Easy Living (1949)
1h 17m | Drama | TV-G
An aging football star risks his health when his greedy wife won't let him retire.
Director: Jacques Tourneur. Cast: Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Lizabeth Scott

1:00 pm I Married a Witch (1942)
1h 16m | Comedy | TV-G
A 300-year-old witch wreaks havoc when she falls in love with a young politician.
Director: Rene Clair. Cast: Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Robert Benchley

2:30 pm Pillow Talk (1959)
1h 45m | Comedy | TV-G
A man and woman carry their feud over the telephone line they share into their real lives.
Director: Michael Gordon. Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall

4:30pm What's Up, Doc? (1972)
1h 34m | Comedy | TV-PG
The accidental mix up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasigly wild and wacky situations.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich. Cast: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn

6:15 pm What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018)
Biography | TV-PG
The life and work of the controversial film critic.
Director: Rob Garver. Cast: Lili Anolik, Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin

8:00 pm The Proud Valley (1940)
1h 16m | Drama | TV-PG
In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.
Director: Pen Tennyson. Cast: Dilys Thomas, Paul Robeson, Simon Lack

9:30 pm The Tallest Tree in Our Forest (1977)
1h 30m | Documentary
Gil Noble profiles the black actor, singer and activist whose controversial politics jeopardized his career.
Director: Gil Noble. Cast: Paul Robeson, Harry Belafonte

12:00 am Where East Is East (1929)
1h 5m | Silent | TV-PG
An animal trapper in Indochina fights to keep his former mistress from destroying their daughter's life..
Director: Tod Browning. Cast: Lon Chaney, Lupe Velez, Estelle Taylor

2:00 am The Human Condition II (1959)
3h 1m | War
A Japanese pacifist struggles with his values when he's forced to serve during World War II.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi. Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Keiji Sada

5:15 am It's a Most Unusual Day (1956)
26m | Musical | TV-PG
A nightclub act prompts a married couple to review their past.
Director: Claude Binyon.