TCM Schedule for Wednesday, January 26: Life on the Farm

Daytime is devoted to a birthday tribute to actor Paul Newman.

And tonight we're surrounded by hay and animals.

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

12:30 am
The Good Earth (1937)
2h 18m | Epic | TV-PG
Epic adaptation of the Pearl Buck classic about Chinese farmers battling the elements.
Director
Sidney Franklin
Cast
Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly

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3:30 am
Cabaret (1972)
2h 4m | Musical | TV-14
In Berlin in 1931, a starry-eyed singer and the club's master of ceremonies offer decadent entertainment inside the Kit-Kat Club, even as ominous events are taking place in the outside world.
Director
Bob Fosse
Cast
Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem

6:00 am
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
2h 16m | Drama | TV-PG
A young lawyer from the wrong side of town tries to break into society.
Director
Vincent Sherman
Cast
Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, Alexis Smith



8:30 am
The Prize (1963)
2h 16m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
An American Nobel Prize-winner gets mixed up with spies when he travels to Stockholm.
Director
Mark Robson
Cast
Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer

11:00 am
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
1h 53m | Drama | TV-PG
True story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Director
Robert Wise
Cast
Joseph Buloff, Sal Mineo, Everett Sloane



1:15 pm
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
1h 48m | Drama | TV-PG
As the family of a wealthy Southern patriarch informs his children that he is dying of cancer, his alcoholic son and his daughter-in-law face turmoil of their own.
Director
Richard Brooks
Cast
Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives



3:30 pm
Harper (1966)
2h 1m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-14
A broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman's missing husband.
Director
Jack Smight
Cast
Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris

5:45 pm
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
2h 9m | Drama | TV-14
A brooding loner is sentenced to a prison chain-gang but stands up to the Nazi-like guards.
Director
Stuart Rosenberg
Cast
Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J. D. Cannon



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: LIFE ON THE FARM

8:00 pm
The Egg and I (1947)
1h 48m | Comedy | TV-G
Newlywed city slickers decide to give country life a try as chicken farmers.
Director
Chester Erskine
Cast
Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main



10:00 pm
The Southerner (1945)
1h 31m | Drama | TV-G
A sharecropper fights the elements to start his own farm.
Director
Jean Renoir
Cast
Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J. Carrol Naish

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12:00 am
Places In The Heart (1984)
1h 51m | Drama | TV-14
After her sheriff husband is killed, a Texas woman tires to make ends meet for her family.
Director
Robert Benton
Cast
Sally Field, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Danny Glover, John Malkovich



2:00 am
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-PG
A Norwegian farmer tries to raise two children in the Midwest.
Director
Roy Rowland
Cast
Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, James Craig



4:00 am
Our Daily Bread (1934)
1h 14m | Drama | TV-G
When he inherits a small farm, a Depression-weary man turns it into a collective operation.
Director
King Vidor
Cast
Karen Morley, Tom Keene, Barbara Pepper

5:30 am
MGM Parade Show #23 (1955)
25m | Documentary | TV-G
Gene Kelly and Jerry the Mouse perform in a clip from "Anchors Aweigh."
Director
No Director Available
Cast
No Cast Information Available.