TCM Schedule for Wednesday, January 21: Immigrant Stories/New York in the 1970s

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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Special Theme: The Working Class (continued)

12:15 AM Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
A widow dreaming of a singing career ends up waiting tables in Tucson, Arizona.
Dir: Martin Scorsese Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Diane Ladd
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


2:15 AM Alice Adams (1935)
A working-class girl is thwarted and embarrassed when she falls in love with someone from a wealthy family and tries to better herself.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:00 AM Black Fury (1935)
A coal worker gets mixed up in the mob's efforts to infiltrate his union.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Paul Muni, Karen Morley, William Gargan
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


5:45 AM The Valley of Decision (1945)
An Irish housemaid's romance with the boss's son is complicated by labor disputes in the Pittsburgh mills.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

TCM Daytime: Immigrant Stories

7:45 AM I Remember Mama (1948)
Norwegian immigrants face the trials of family life in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar Homolka
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:00 AM Man of the People (1937)
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Joseph Calleia, Florence Rice, Thomas Mitchell
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM His Family Tree (1935)
A small town race for mayor is thrown into comic disarray when the leading candidate's father arrives from Ireland, intending to learn why his son has stopped writing, to discover that his scion has married a snobbish wife, lost his accent and done everything he can to hide his Irish roots.
Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: James Barton, Margaret Callahan, Addison Randall
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


12:45 PM Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
The daughter of Irish immigrants patches up differences between her father and grandfather and rises to the top on Broadway.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Judy Garland, George Murphy, Charles Winninger
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

2:30 PM Going to Press (1942)
In this Our Gang short, the gang starts up a newspaper to find out who is the "boss" behind a new gang of tough kids.
Dir: Edward L. Cahn Cast: Darryl Hickman, Big Shot, George McFarland
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC:


2:45 PM An American Romance (1944)
A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Brian Donlevy, Ann Richards, Walter Abel
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

5:00 PM America America (1963)
In the late 1890s, a young Greek man stops at nothing to secure passage to America.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Harry Davis
Runtime: 177 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

TCM Primetime: New York in the 1970s

8:00 PM Song of My City (2025)
A cinematic montage that reconstructs 1970s New York as it exists in the movies that mythologized it. Featuring music by The Velvet Underground, Philip Glass, and Gene Krupa.
Dir: David C. Roberts Cast: null
Runtime: 17 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:30 PM The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Four ruthless terrorists take over a New York City subway train and hold the passengers for ransom. They threaten to shoot one each minute until a one million dollar ransom is fully paid.
Dir: Joseph Sargent Cast: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

10:30 PM Song of My City (2025)
A cinematic montage that reconstructs 1970s New York as it exists in the movies that mythologized it. Featuring music by The Velvet Underground, Philip Glass, and Gene Krupa.
Dir: David C. Roberts Cast: null
Runtime: 17 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


11:00 PM Mean Streets (1973)
A young hood in New York's Little Italy contends with saving the neck of his hotheaded best friend from the local loan shark and struggles with the religious guilt prompted by his lifestyle.
Dir: Martin Scorsese Cast: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

1:00 AM Shaft (1971)
A slick black detective enlists gangsters and African nationals to fight the mob.
Dir: Gordon Parks Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

3:00 AM The American Friend (1977)
A dying man reluctantly takes on a job as a hit man in order to have money to leave to his widow.
Dir: Wim Wenders Cast: Bruno Ganz, Dennis Hopper, Lisa Kreuzer
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

5:30 AM Song of My City (2025)
A cinematic montage that reconstructs 1970s New York as it exists in the movies that mythologized it. Featuring music by The Velvet Underground, Philip Glass, and Gene Krupa.
Dir: David C. Roberts Cast: null
Runtime: 17 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N