Thursday, July 2nd TV listings for Turner Classic Movies Canada HD
The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
Laughton won an Oscar for his portrayal of the 16th-century English monarch in Alexander Korda's biographical account.
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
Victorian poet Robert Browning (Fredric March) courts invalid poet Elizabeth Barrett (Norma Shearer) despite her stern father (Charles Laughton).
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
First mate Mr. Christian (Clark Gable) and his 18th-century shipmates overthrow cruel Capt. Bligh (Charles Laughton) and set him adrift in the Pacific.
Stand by for Action (1942)
An Ivy League reservist (Robert Taylor) and a bootstrap veteran (Brian Donlevy) save the convoy of an admiral (Charles Laughton) during World War II.
This Land Is Mine (1943)
A cowardly schoolmaster (Charles Laughton) finds courage to openly defy the Nazis in his European town.
Hobson's Choice (1954)
The daughter of a pompous bootmaker marries his best worker out of spite in the 1890s London.
Blood on the Moon (1948)
A Texas gunfighter (Robert Mitchum) helps an old friend (Robert Preston) stir up a feud between ranchers and settlers.
Vertigo (1958)
A former San Francisco detective (James Stewart) who dreads heights falls for a woman (Kim Novak) he is hired to protect.
I Remember Mama (1948)
A writer (Barbara Bel Geddes) recalls her Norwegian mother (Irene Dunne) and family in circa-1900 San Francisco.
Summertree (1971)
A guitar-player (Michael Douglas) faces his father (Jack Warden), mother and lover (Brenda Vaccaro), and a call to Vietnam.
The Long Night (1947)
Tragedy looms when a war veteran (Henry Fonda) and a magician (Vincent Price) vie for the love of the same woman (Barbara Bel Geddes).
Show Boat (1951)
The captain's daughter (Kathryn Grayson) marries a gambler (Howard Keel) who turns performer on a Mississippi riverboat.
Strike Up the Band (1940)
A drummer (Mickey Rooney) and his singer girlfriend (Judy Garland) form a high-school swing band for a radio contest.