Thursday, November 27th TV listings for Turner Classic Movies Canada
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
The German brothers' (Laurence Harvey, Karl Boehm) story bridges fairy tales: "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves," "The Singing Bone."
The Secret Garden (1949)
An English orphan (Margaret O'Brien) finds the key to her bitter uncle's (Herbert Marshall) magic garden, seen in color.
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 Absent Minded Professor (1961)
The professor's (Fred MacMurray) latest lab explosion creates "flubber," glop that makes things bounce sky-high.
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
A veterinarian (Rex Harrison) who talks with his patients sails off to find the great pink sea snail and giant luna moth.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
An inventor (Dick Van Dyke) takes his kids and a candy tycoon's daughter (Sally Ann Howes) for a musical ride in a flying car.
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
A singing-and-dancing orphan (Shirley Temple) shows broke vaudevillians how to put on a show.
Top Hat (1935)
A woman (Ginger Rogers) believes that an enamored dancer (Fred Astaire) is her best friend's husband.
Show Boat (1951)
The captain's daughter (Kathryn Grayson) marries a gambler (Howard Keel) who turns performer on a Mississippi riverboat.
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Lilli (Kathryn Grayson) and Fred (Howard Keel) act the same way offstage as they do in The Taming of the Shrew.
Lovely to Look At (1952)
A U.S. comic (Red Skelton) who owns half of a Paris salon arrives with buddies and meets two women who own the other half.
Goldie Gets Along (1933)
A New Jersey girl (Lili Damita) leaves her boyfriend (Charles Morton) and hitchhikes to Hollywood to become a star.
Born to Be Bad (1950)
A woman (Joan Fontaine) milks an affair with a writer (Robert Ryan) and marriage to a rich businessman (Zachary Scott).
Torch Song (1953)
A hardened Broadway comedy star (Joan Crawford) becomes attracted to a blind pianist (Michael Wilding).