Thursday, April 16th TV listings for Silver Screen Classics
Images of the East Coast and Canadian Winters.
The best in short film from the 1930s to 1960s.
Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954)
A trader volunteers to help stop foreign spies from supplying guns to rebellious natives.
Love Me Tender (1956)
A singing Texan (Elvis Presley) marries the girlfriend (Debra Paget) of his brother (Richard Egan) who was supposedly killed in the Civil War.
Sinister Switch (2021)
Parents Kristen and Justin are thrilled when their kidnapped daughter, Olivia, returns home after being missing for six years. However, they soon realize that the girl is not their daughter, but another previously unknown captive named Natalie.
I Do, or Die: A Killer Arrangement (2020)
A community leader holds an 18-year-old Romani woman hostage until she agrees to an arranged marriage to his son.
Love Me Tender (1956)
A singing Texan (Elvis Presley) marries the girlfriend (Debra Paget) of his brother (Richard Egan) who was supposedly killed in the Civil War.
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
An adjutant (Dean Jagger) provides support for an Allied flight commander (Gary Merrill) and the latter's successor (Gregory Peck) who have to run daylight bombing raids out of England.
The High Command (1937)
Years after committing murder, the British general of a West African military post faces the consequences.
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
The 16th U.S. president (Walter Huston) is portrayed as a lawyer, orator, husband and Civil War commander.
The best in short film from the 1930s to 1960s.
Images of the East Coast and Canadian Winters.
Retrola: Canada's Time Machine
Images of Toronto transit and Christmas.
Classroom Classics Choosing for Happiness and Gossip
Vintage classroom films.
Lux Radio Theatre Beloved Enemy
In 1921, an Irish rebel and a beautiful aristocratic Englishwoman fall in love; starring Madeline Carroll.
Lux Radio Theatre Alice Adams
The misadventures of two social-climbing women in small town America.
Lux Radio Theatre Dark Victory
A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and tries to live what's left of her life with dignity; starring Barbara Stanwyck.
Lux Radio Theatre My Man Godfrey
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler, but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye; starring William Powell.
"How Do You Know It's Love?" and "Law and Social Controls."
Retrola: Canada's Time Machine
Images of family memories and Toronto transit.