Tuesday, April 23rd TV listings for Turner Classic Movies USA
Playmates (1941)
A has-been actor (John Barrymore) coaches a corny bandleader (Kay Kyser) for a Shakespeare festival on Long Island.
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
Shakespeare's Renaissance lovers (Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard) tragically defy their feuding parents.
Hamlet (1948)
A young Danish prince wrestles with his conscience when he is confronted with questions of treachery and madness.
Master Will Shakespeare (1936)
A retelling of the life of the English poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare begins and ends in Stratford-upon- Avon.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Shakespeare's Puck (Mickey Rooney) and forest fairies prompt a triple mortal wedding, with entertainment by Bottom (James Cagney).
Henry V (1945)
Shakespeare's king (Laurence Olivier) attacks France in a drama that begins at the old Globe Theatre, becomes a movie and ends back on stage.
Throne of Blood (1957)
A Japanese version of "Macbeth" features a samurai (ToshirĂ´ Mifune), his scheming wife (Isuzu Yamada) and a flurry-of-arrows finale.
The Sundowners (1960)
Irish sheepherders (Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum) roam with their son and helper (Peter Ustinov), making a living in 1920s Australia.
All Mine to Give (1957)
An orphan (Rex Thompson) raised by Scottish pioneers (Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell) in Wisconsin seeks homes for his five younger siblings on Christmas.
The Card (1952)
A student who altered his school grades finds himself rising through the ranks of business and politics.
Vacation From Marriage (1945)
An unhappy British couple (Robert Donat, Deborah Kerr) serve in World War II and come out better, but wanting a divorce.
49th Parallel (1941)
A U-boat Nazi (Eric Portman) and his comrades raid a Canadian outpost, hijack a seaplane and kill to reach the United States.