Tag Archives: Laurence Olivier

After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover’s blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. Read More »

Sir William Hamilton, a widower of mature years, is British ambassador to the Court of Naples. Read More »

Before creating the beloved courtroom drama Rumpole of the Bailey, writer John Mortimer found inspiration in his own life Read More »

A film with no spoken dialogue, just follows the music and lyrics of Benjamin Britten’s Read More »

Authentic rendering of John Gay’s 18th century musical, filmed in Technicolor, about Captain MacHeath, a highwayman, and his love for too many beautiful women. Read More »

Graham Weir is an alcoholic schoolteacher whose criminal record for refusing to fight during World War II Read More »

In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon Read More »

In the early years of World War II, a German U-boat (U-37) sinks Allied shipping in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Read More »

Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. Read More »

Ann Lake has recently settled in England with her daughter, Bunny. When she goes to retrieve her daughter after the girl’s first day at school Read More »

Queen Elizabeth is running this show. The men in her court should be thinking about how to add to the glory of the Elizabethan Age Read More »

A candid, comprehensive interview with Sir Laurence Olivier – the only such profile the actor/director ever allowed – offers an intimate visit with the legendary star of stage and screen. Read More »

In the motivated Olivier notion, Shakespeare’s drama begins as a function at the Globe Theatre Read More »

Desdemona defies her father to marry the Moor of Venice, the mighty warrior, Othello. Read More »

A duke usurps his brother’s land and power, banishing him and his retinue into the forest of Arden. Read More »