Silver Screen Classics

Silver Screen Classics
Silver Screen Classics logo
CountryCanada
Broadcast areaNational
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada
Programming
Picture format480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerChannel Zero
(1490525 Ontario Inc.)
Sister channelsCHCH-DT
Rewind
Halla Bol! Kids TV
History
LaunchedSeptember 2, 2003 (2003-09-02)
Links
Websitewww.silverscreenclassics.com
Availability
Streaming media
RiverTVOver-the-top TV

Silver Screen Classics is a Canadian English language discretionary service (formerly Category B) specialty channel owned by Channel Zero Inc. The channel is the only Canadian television channel dedicated exclusively to classic films, broadcasting movies primarily from Hollywood's Golden Age, spanning the 1930s to the 1960s. Its programming includes feature films, silent films, serials, and short subjects.

The channel uses the tagline "The Faces You Remember in the Films You Can't Forget!" and features performances by classic Hollywood stars including John Wayne, Elizabeth Taylor, Humphrey Bogart, Fred Astaire, Marilyn Monroe, Ginger Rogers, Charlie Chaplin, Sophia Loren, Kirk Douglas, Spencer Tracy, Marlon Brando, Carole Lombard, and Barbara Stanwyck, as well as films by directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, Michael Curtiz, John Ford, and John Sturges.