‘A Double Life’

In this acclaimed 1947 film, a Shakespearean actor finds the role of Othello--the madness, the jealousy, the murderous rage--infiltrating his private life. It offers very canny evocations of life backstage by writers Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin and director George Cukor; and an Oscar-winning performance by Ronald Colman (pictured) as the modern Manhattan Moor. With Shelley Winters and Signe Hasso (pictured) (AMC early Monday at 3 a.m.).

Other four-star films airing this week:

The Day the Earth Stood Still / TMC, Sunday, 10:45 a.m. and Friday, 9:10 a.m.

Laura / AMC, Sunday, 7:15 p.m.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / TMC, Monday, 6:40 a.m. and 5:05 p.m.; Thursday, 4 p.m.; early Friday, 5:35 a.m.

Terms of Endearment / TBS, Tuesday, 7:35 p.m.

Little Big Man / TBS, Wednesday, 8:05 p.m.

The Pride of the Yankees / AMC, Thursday, 6 and 11 p.m.