Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage Read More »
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Prelude to Fame (1950) Fergus McDonell, Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron, Kathleen Ryan
While vacationing in Italy, Nick Morell, son of John Morell, a famous English philosopher and amateur musician Read More »
Portrait from Life (1949) Terence Fisher, Mai Zetterling, Robert Beatty, Guy Rolfe
A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. Read More »
Girls at Sea (1958) Gilbert Gunn, Guy Rolfe, Ronald Shiner, Michael Hordern
When HMS Scotia pays a visit to the French Riviera, the officers throw a lavish party to celebrate Read More »
The Spider and the Fly (1949) Robert Hamer, Eric Portman, Guy Rolfe, Nadia Gray
A clever and dedicated French police official, a cleverer master-thief whom he secretly admires Read More »
You Cant Escape (1957) Wilfred Eades, Noelle Middleton, Guy Rolfe, Robert Urquhart, Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Novelist Peter Darwin is engaged to heiress Kay March. When he accidentally kills Claire, his former mistress, during a quarrel Read More »
Dance Little Lady (1954) Val Guest, Terence Morgan, Mai Zetterling, Guy Rolfe, Drama
When a ballerina’s career is ended after she’s injured in a traffic accident, her husband decides to try and turn their young daughter into a ballet star. Read More »
Prelude to Fame (1950) Fergus McDonell, Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron, Kathleen Ryan, Drama
While vacationing in Italy, Nick Morell, son of John Morell, a famous English philosopher and amateur musician and his wife Catherine, becomes friendly with young Guido, and Morell discovers the boy has an extraordinary instinct for orchestration and a phenomenal music memory. A neighboring couple, Signor and Signora Boudini become aware of the boy’s talents, and she appeals to his parents to let her educate him musically. Torn by their love for their son and, they feel,the duty to let the world hear his talent, they consent. The boy is tutored by Dr. Lorenzo. Signora Bondini denies the boy all contact with his parents and everyone else except her. She also has neither sent his letters to his family, nor let him see the ones they’ve sent to him. He becomes phenomenally successful and makes the grand tour of Europe as Signora Bondini is enraptured by the acclaim given her through her “discovery” of the boy. She prepares to take him to America and also prepares adoption papers.
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