Tag Archives: Anna Neagle

King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. Read More »

Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. Read More »

Sent by her employers on an errand to the home of the wealthy Mrs. Vincent, Irene O’Dare meets Don, a friend of Bob, Mrs. Vincent’s son. Read More »

Four generations of a British family live through their experiences in the Crimean War, Boer War, WWI and WWII. Read More »

Anna Neagle steps down from her expensive musical extravaganzas to play a recognizable human being in No Time for Tears. Read More »

In 1940 Sally Maitland is forced to leave England, ostracised as a Nazi sympathiser by everyone including her well-to-do family. Read More »

The story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Read More »

Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class Mayfair fashion salon. Read More »

Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms. Poor Anna just can’t seem to ‘straighten out’ her delinquent daughter. Her path eventually leads to crime, rebellion, death, and redemption. Her sleazy boryfriend leads her down a path of moral ineptitude. Good performance by Syms.
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This is the story of a brave woman who volunteered to join SOE (Special Operations Executive) during WWII. She was flown into occupied France where she fought with the French resistance. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo, she refused to identify her accomplices.
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