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Silent Films on TCM this May

Hello again my friends and fellow silent film lovers. Once again here is a list of the silent films on TCM this coming month.

Sunday May 3rd

Body and Soul (1925) Director: Oscar Micheaux. Staring Paul Robeson and Marshall Rodgers. 9:15pm Pacific. 12:15am Eastern.

Wednesday May 6th

The Dragon Painter (1919) Director: William Worthington. Staring Sessue Hayakawa and Toyo Fujita. 5pm Pacific. 8pm Eastern.

Piccadilly (1929) Director: D.A. Dupont. Staring Gilda Grey and Anna May Wong. 6pm Pacific. 9pm Eastern.

Sunday May 10th

Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) Director: Charles F. Riesner. Starring Buster Keaton and Ernest Torrence. 9:30pm Pacific, 12:30am Eastern.

The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018, documentary about silent film star Buster Keaton) Director: Peter Bogdonavich. 6:45pm Pacific. 9:45 Eastern.

Sunday, May 17th 
Shoes (1916) Director: Lois Webber. Starring Mary MacLaren and Harry Griffith. 9pm Pacific. 12am Eastern.

 Sunday, May 24th

Wings (1927) Director: William A. Wellman Starring Clara Bow and Charles "Buddy" Rogers. 9:30pm Pacific. 12:30am Eastern.

Sunday, May 31st

The Big Parade (1925) Director: King Vidor. Starring John Gilbert and Renee Adoree. 3am Pacific. 6am Eastern.

He Who Gets Slapped (1924) Director: Victor Seastrom. Starring Lon Chaney and Norma Shearer. 9pm Pacific. 12am Eastern.

-Michael J. Ruhland

Silent Films on TCM for May

Hello again my friends. As I am sure many of you like me are fans of silent movies and TCM, here is a list of every silent film to be on TCM this May.

Friday May 3rd

The Scarecrow (1920) Directors: Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline. Starring Buster Keaton and Luke the Dog. 4:30am Pacific, 7:30am Eastern.

Two Arabian Knights (1927) Director: Lewis Milestone. Starring William Boyd and Mary Astor. 5:00am Pacific, 8:00am Eastern.

Sunday May 5th

The Noise of Bombs (1914) Director: Mack Sennett (?). Starring Josef Swickard and Harry McCoy. 9:30pm Pacific. 12:30am Eastern.

Shot in the Excitement (1914) Director: Rube Miller (?). Starring Alice Howell and Al St. John. 9:40pm Pacific. 12:40am Eastern.

A Life in the Balance (1913) Director: Mack Sennett. Starring Ford Sterling and Dot Farley. 9:55pm Pacific. 12:55am Eastern.

His Bitter Pill (1916) Director: Fred Hibler. Starring Mack Sennett and Mack Swain. 10:05pm Pacific. 1:05am Eastern.

Comrades (1911) Director: Mack Sennett. Starring Mack Sennett and Del Henderson. 10:25pm Pacific. 1:25am Eastern.

The Great Toe Mystery (1914). Director: Charles Avery (?). Starring Charley Chase and Alice Howell. !0:36pm Pacific. 1:36am Eastern.

Tuesday May 7th

 Within Our Gates (1920). Director: Oscar Micheaux. Starring Evelyn Peer and Flo Clements. 1:00am Pacific. 4:00am Eastern.

Sunday May 12, 2019

Gribiche (1925). Director: Jacques Feyder. Starring Jean Forrest and Franoise Rosay. 9:30pm Pacific. 12:30am Eastern.

Sunday May 19th

Bobby Bumps Starts For School (1917) Director: Earl Hurd. 9:30 pm Pacific. 12:30am Eastern.

Bobby Bumps and Fido's Birthday Party (1917) Director: Earl Hurd. 9:35pm Pacific. 12:35am Eastern.

Bobby Bumps Adopts a Turtle (1917) Director: Earl Hurd. 9:41pm Pacific. 12:41am Eastern.

Bobby Bumps' Fly Swatter (1916) Director: Earl Hurd. 9:45pm Pacific. 12:45am Eastern.

Bobby Bumps in Their Master's Voice (1921) Director: Earl Hurd. 9:49pm Pacific. 12:49am Eastern.

Bobby Bumps Helps out a Book Agent (1916). Director: Earl Hurd. 9:55pm Pacific. 12:55am Eastern.

Bobby Bumps' Last Smoke (1919) Director: Earl Hurd. 10:02pm Pacific. 1:02am Eastern.

Bobby Bumps at the Dentist (1918) Director: Earl Hurd. 10:06pm Pacific. 1:06am Eastern.

Bobby Bumps Caught in the Jamb (1918) Director: Earl Hurd. 10:10pm Pacific. 1:10am Eastern.

Bobby Bumps Gets a Substitute (1916) Director: Earl Hurd. 10:15pm Pacific. 1:15am Eastern.

Bobby Bumps and His Pointer Pup (1916) Director: Earl Hurd. 10:21pm Pacific. 1:21am Eastern.

Bobby Bumps in Hunting and Fishing (1921) Director: Earl Hurd. 10:28pm Pacific. 1:28am Eastern.

Bobby Bumps, Surf Rider (1917) Director: Earl Hurd. 10:32pm Pacific. 1:32am Eastern.

Bobby Bumps, Chef (1917) Director: Earl Hurd. 10:36pm Pacific. 1:36am Eastern.


Monday May, 20th

The Trail of '98 (1928) Director: Clarence Brown. Starring Dolores Del Rio and Ralph Forbes. 11:45pm Pacific. 2:45am Eastern.

Sunday May 26th

A Bird's A Bird (1915) Director: Walter Wright. Starring Grover Ligon and Harry Ward. 9:00pm Pacific. 12:00am Eastern.

Gussle's Day of Rest (1915) Director: F. Richard Jones. Starring Slim Summerville and Cecile Arnold. 9:13pm Pacific. 12:13am Eastern.
 
Dirty Work in a Laundry (1915) Director: Ford Sterling. Starring Ford Sterling and Dan Albert. 9:35pm Pacific. 12:35am Eastern.

A Lover's Lost Control (1915) Director: Charles Avery. Starring Frank Alexander and Joy Lewis. 9:53pm Pacific. 12:53am Eastern.

Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts (1915) Director: Walter Wright. Starring Dave Anderson and Claire Anderson. 10:15pm Pacific. 1:15am Eastern.

Do-Re-Mi-Boom (1915) Director: Walter Wright. Starring Charles Larkin and Charles Arling. 10:36pm Pacific. 1:36am Eastern.

Monday May 27th

The Big Parade (1925) Director: King Vidor. Starring John Gilbert and Reene Adoree. 8:45pm Pacific. 11:45pm Eastern.

-Michael J. Ruhland.