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First a Girl (1935) Victor Saville, Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Anna Lee
Elizabeth, a delivery girl, dreams of being a music-hall singer but she is refused at the first casting she takes part in. Read More »
Green Dolphin Street (1947) Victor Saville, Van Heflin, Lana Turner, Donna Reed
Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Read More »
Tonight and Every Night (1945) Victor Saville, Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman, Janet Blair
A photographer for Life magazine comes to London to do a story on a local theater troupe which never missed a performance during World War II. Read More »
The Silver Chalice (1954) Victor Saville, Virginia Mayo, Pier Angeli, Jack Palance
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. Read More »
Kim (1950) Victor Saville, Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas
Kim, a young boy living on his own on the streets of India, is actually the son of a British officer. Read More »
My Gun Is Quick (1957) Victor Saville, George White, Robert Bray, Whitney Blake, Patricia Donahue, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A private detective helps a prostitute being assaulted, and notices that she is wearing a very unique ring. Read More »
The Long Wait (1954) Victor Saville, Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn, Gene Evans, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Hitchhiker Johnny McBride is badly hurt and loses his memory when the car he is riding in crashes. Read More »
Conspirator (1949) Victor Saville, Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Flemyng, Drama, Thriller
On a visit to London, 18 year-old American Melinda Greyton goes to her first party, a Regimental ball. Read More »
Dark Journey (1937) Victor Saville, Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Joan Gardner, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
World War I is raging, but Swedish store clerk Madeleine Goddard (Vivien Leigh) has not aligned herself with either side. Read More »
A Warm Corner (1930) Victor Saville, Leslie Henson, Heather Thatcher, Austin Melford, Comedy, Romance
This early Gainsborough flick is truly a lost treasure, and easily one of the most daring and risque films ever made. Read More »
The Good Companions (1933) Victor Saville, Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn, John Gielgud, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Film musical taken from JB Priestley’s novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
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The Earl of Chicago (1940) Richard Thorpe, Victor Saville, Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold, Reginald Owen, Drama
Silky has always moved booze. In prohibition, he smuggled it from Canada, but now that it is legal, he produces his own brand. Read More »
South Riding (1938) Victor Saville, Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, Edmund Gwenn, Drama, Romance
“Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but ‘the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, poverty and ignorance.’
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The Miniver Story (1950) H.C. Potter, Victor Saville, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Drama
The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in post-War Britain, among continuing shortages and growing tensions within the family.
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