Friday, May 3rd TV listings for Turner Classic Movies Canada
Living on Velvet (1935)
The shaken survivor (George Brent) of a family plane crash falls in love with his buddy's (Warren William) girlfriend (Kay Francis).
The Half-Naked Truth (1932)
A carnival barker passes off an exotic dancer as a Turkish princess, elevating her to fame at a price he hadn't anticipated.
Texas Carnival (1951)
The male half of a carnival-show dunking act (Esther Williams, Red Skelton) is mistaken for a rich Texan and plays along in luxury.
Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
A Brooklyn chorus-girl (Ann Sothern) sobers up the son (Lew Ayres) and advises the daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan) of a rich family.
Flamingo Road (1949)
A small-town Florida sheriff (Sydney Greenstreet) frames his political pawn's (Zachary Scott) dancer girlfriend (Joan Crawford) for prostitution.
The Unholy Three (1930)
A ventriloquist (Lon Chaney) works a pet-shop scam with a carnival pickpocket (Lila Lee), midget and strongman.
The Mind Reader (1933)
A carnival con man (Warren William) thrives as a fake swami, but his wife (Constance Cummings) wants him honest.
Lili (1953)
A French teen (Leslie Caron) joins a carnival and meets a lying magician (Jean-Pierre Aumont) and a loving puppeteer (Mel Ferrer).
The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
A carnival operator (Humphrey Bogart) tries to end his sister's fling with a rookie lion tamer (Eddie Albert).
Carnival Story (1954)
Willie (Anne Baxter), a German woman, joins an American carnival passing through Munich. While traveling town to town, she joins Frank in his high-dive act, but tragedy is only a slip away.
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
A gumshoe (Steve Martin) hunts a Nazi (Carl Reiner) for a svelte client (Rachel Ward) and meets rough characters clipped from 1940s films.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
An American con man (Steve Martin) and his British rival (Michael Caine) target a soap heiress (Glenne Headly) from Cleveland on the French Riviera.
Father of the Bride (1950)
An overwhelmed patriarch (Spencer Tracy) sums up his daughter's (Elizabeth Taylor) wedding, from engagement to reception.
Pennies From Heaven (1981)
A sheet-music salesman (Steve Martin) escapes his wife, girlfriend (Bernadette Peters) and the Depression through his songs.
Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964)
Robbo (Frank Sinatra), Little John (Dean Martin), Will (Sammy Davis Jr.) and company are charitable gangsters fighting for turf in 1928 Chicago.