Tuesday, May 21st TV listings for Turner Classic Movies Canada
Mr. Chump (1938)
Two bank officers wind up in jail using the stock-picking system of a trumpeter (Johnnie Davis) who never works.
Mr. Hex (1946)
Slip (Leo Gorcey) and the Bowery Boys raise money for a singer (Gale Robbins) by putting hypnotized Sach (Huntz Hall) in the boxing ring.
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)
A man's life is changed when he breaks into radio as a singer, but must undergo an operation that changes his voice.
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938)
College officials engineer on-field stunts to ensure that their wealthy benefactor's son becomes a football star.
Mr. Imperium (1951)
Lovers (Lana Turner, Ezio Pinza) meet in Italy as an actress and a prince, then 12 years later as a movie star and a king.
Mr. and Mrs. North (1942)
Married sleuths (Gracie Allen, William Post Jr.) find a corpse in their closet and round up suspects.
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Two world wars pass before a socialite (Bette Davis) appreciates the Wall Street tycoon (Claude Rains) she married but never loved.
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
A New York adman (Cary Grant) and his calm wife (Myrna Loy) buy a big old fixer-upper in rural Connecticut.
Mister Cinderella (1936)
A barber who dreams of upper-class life poses as a millionaire to rub elbows with the members of high society.
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
Little Bart (Tommy Rettig) has a bad dream about a piano teacher (Hans Conried) forcing 500 boys to play a huge keyboard.
The Red Shoes (1948)
A ballerina (Moira Shearer) loves a ballet composer (Marius Goring) but dances for an obsessive impresario (Anton Walbrook).
Donkey Skin (1970)
A princess (Catherine Deneuve) hides her beauty with a donkey skin to avoid her father (Jean Marais), cursed to be her husband.
The Glass Slipper (1955)
Mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, scullery maid Ella (Leslie Caron) finally meets her prince (Michael Wilding).
An American in Paris (1951)
An American soldier (Gene Kelly) stays in Paris after World War II to paint and falls in love with a French beauty (Leslie Caron).
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
A boy thief (Sabu) and a genie in a bottle help a blinded prince (John Justin) recover his kingdom from a grand vizier (Conrad Veidt).