EAST OF EDEN
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
Usually, when 1955’s East of Eden is discussed, it’s to focus on the performance by James Dean – one of his few film roles, all of which were extremely noteworthy. But today on TCM, it’s Raymond Massey day on “Summer Under the Stars” – so it’s his performance on which to focus. And that’s especially true of tonight’s other prime-time movie offering (at 10:15 p.m. ET), in which Massey has the title role in 1940’s Abe Lincoln in Illinois.