TCM Schedule for Monday January 3, 2022 - Star of the Month: Kay Francis

After a day filled with movies set in frigid climates, SOTM Kay Francis heats things up.

(all times Eastern)

6:30 am Letter from Siberia (1957)
1h 7m | Documentary | TV-PG
Life in Siberia.
Director: Chris Marker. Cast: Anatole Dauman, Chris Marker, Chris Marker

7:45 am Nanook of the North (1922)
50m | Silent | TV-G
This depicts the harsh life of an Eskimo and his family.
Director: Robert Flaherty. Cast: Nanook, Nyla, Al Lee

9:15 am The Gold Rush (1925)
2h | Silent | TV-G
In this silent film, a lost soul in the Yukon seeks love and wealth.
Director: Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Georgia Hale

11:00 am Ballad of Narayama (1961)
1h 38m | Drama | TV-PG
Honoring an ancient custom in an impoverished Japanese village, a son leads his aging mother up a mountain top to leave her there abandoned.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita. Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yuko Mochizuki

12:45 pm A Night to Remember (1958)
2h 3m | Drama | TV-PG
The crew and passengers of the Titanic fight to survive when the legendary ship strikes an iceberg.
Director: Roy Ward Baker. Cast: Anthony Bushell, Kenneth More, Honor Blackman

3:00 pm The Ascent (1977)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-PG
Two Soviet soldiers are captured in WWII Belarus.
Director: Larisa Sheptiko. Cast: Boris Plotkinov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Anatoly Solonitsin

5:00 pm Arctic Fury (1949)
1h 1m | Adventure | TV-G
A doctor lost in the frozen North fights his way back to civilization.
Director: Norman Dawn. Cast: Del Cambre, Eve Miller, Gloria Petroff

6:15 pm White Peril (1956)
7m | Documentary | TV-G
This short film shows members of a "snow patrol" at work in the Cascade Mountains of Washington state.
Director: Don Horter. Cast: Don Thomas, Earl W. Johnson, Peter Robert

6:30 pm The Thing from Another World (1951)
1h 27m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
The crew of a remote Arctic base fights off a murderous monster from outer space.
Director: Christian Nyby. Cast: Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite

8:00 pm Jewel Robbery (1932)
1h 10m | Romance | TV-G
A jewel thief falls for a tycoon's wife in Vienna.
Director: William Dieterle. Cast: William Powell, Kay Francis, Helen Vinson

9:30 pm Trouble in Paradise (1932)
1h 21m | Comedy | TV-G
A love triangle ignites trouble between two jewel thieves and their intended victims.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall

11:00 pm Raffles (1930)
1h 20m | Romance | TV-G
A distinguished British gentleman hides his true identity as a notorious jewel thief.
Director: Harry D'abbadie D'arrast. Cast: Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, Bramwell Fletcher

12:30 am First Lady (1937)
1h 22m | Comedy | TV-G
A U.S. president's granddaughter fights a femme fatale to groom her husband for the White House.
Director: Stanley Logan. Cast: Kay Francis, Preston Foster, Anita Louise

2:00 am It's a Date (1940)
1h 43m | Musical | TV-G
Mother-and-daughter singers vie for the same man and the same stage part.
Director: William A. Seiter. Cast: Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon

4:00 am Comet over Broadway (1938)
1h 9m | Drama | TV-G
A stage star's rampant ambition leads to murder.
Director: Busby Berkeley. Cast: Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, John Litel