David Lean brings to vivid emotional life Noël Coward’s epic chronicle of a working-class family Read More »
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A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) Carol Reed, Celia Johnson, Diana Dors, David Kossoff
In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers Read More »
All’s Well That Ends Well (1981) Elijah Moshinsky, Celia Johnson, Ian Charleson, Michael Hordern
Helena loves Bertram but he’s of noble birth, while she’s just a doctor’s daughter. Read More »
Romeo and Juliet (1978) Alvin Rakoff, Patrick Ryecart, Rebecca Saire, Celia Johnson
Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene Read More »
Brief Encounter (1945) David Lean, Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway
After a chance meeting on a train platform, a married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a suburban housewife (Celia Johnson) Read More »
I Believe in You (1952) Basil Dearden, Michael Relph, Celia Johnson, Cecil Parker, Godfrey Tearle
A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of The Blue Lamp (1950) Read More »
Staying On (1980) Silvio Narizzano, Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson, Saeed Jaffrey
A british colonel and his wife decide to remain in India after the departure of the British raj in the 1940s. Read More »
The Holly and the Ivy (1952) George More O’Ferrall, Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton
A heartwarming tale of an English minister and his family reunited at Christmas time. Read More »
The Captain’s Paradise (1953) Anthony Kimmins, Alec Guinness, Yvonne De Carlo, Celia Johnson, Comedy, Romance
Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized – a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather more hot-blooded Mistress, Nita in Tangiers. A perfect life. As long as neither woman decides to follow him to the other port.
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