Silver Screen Classics
Canada
Silver Screen Classics is a television channel available to viewers in Canada, focusing primarily on films from earlier decades of cinema history. Its programming typically draws from Hollywood’s golden age through the mid-20th century, featuring a range of genres including drama, comedy, film noir, and musicals. The channel also occasionally presents classic documentaries and vintage serials that align with its retro film library. Broadcasts are in English, and the schedule is organized around themed movie blocks rather than live news or talk segments. Silver Screen Classics can be accessed through standard cable and satellite television packages across the country.
Schedule
01:00 - 03:30
True Grit
Movie, Western
After hired hand Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey) murders the father of 14-year-old Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), she seeks vengeance and hires U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne), a man of true grit, to track Chaney into Indian territory. As the two begin their pursuit, a Texas Ranger,...
03:30 - 05:30
The Overlanders
Movie, Adventure
Inspired by a true tale, this film follows horseman Dan McAlpine as he guides a massive herd of cattle across the punishing terrain of northern Australia. At the outset of World War II, Dan is advised to kill the animals, lest they be used to feed Japanese troops. Instead, he...
05:30 - 07:30
Stagecoach
Movie, Western
John Ford's landmark Western revolves around an assorted group of colorful passengers aboard the Overland stagecoach bound for Lordsburg, New Mexico, in the 1880s. An alcoholic philosophizer (Thomas Mitchell), a lady of ill repute (Claire Trevor) and a timid liquor salesman...