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Tag Archives: Brian Desmond Hurst
Prison Without Bars (1938) Brian Desmond Hurst, Corinne Luchaire, Edna Best, Barry K. Barnes
Suzanne, Renee, Nina and Marta all hate being in prison, being slapped and treated badly Read More »
Dangerous Moonlight (1941) Brian Desmond Hurst, Anton Walbrook, Sally Gray, Derrick De Marney
Prologue: in 1940, a shell shocked man fights to recall his past. Read More »
Trottie True (1949) Brian Desmond Hurst, Jean Kent, James Donald, Hugh Sinclair
In the 1890s, Trottie True moves from bit theatre parts to stardom, and from balloonist Sid Skinner to more prominent men. Read More »
Sensation (1936) Brian Desmond Hurst, John Lodge, Diana Churchill, Francis Lister
Future Connecticut governor John Lodge stars in the British crime drama Sensation. Read More »
Hungry Hill (1947) Brian Desmond Hurst, Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price, Cecil Parker
Much to the consternation of the local townsfolk, the very rich Copper John Brodrick begins to develop a copper mine on Hungry Hill. Read More »
Theirs Is the Glory (1946) Brian Desmond Hurst, Stanley Maxted, Thomas Scullion, Allan Wood
In 1944, British General Montgomery and his command were way north of the Allied line Read More »
Ourselves Alone (1936) Brian Desmond Hurst, Walter Summers, Antoinette Cellier, Niall MacGinnis, Maire O’Neill
One of the most significant films ever made about the Troubles in Ireland Read More »
The Mark of Cain (1947) Brian Desmond Hurst, Eric Portman, Sally Gray, Patrick Holt
An attractive young French girl instigates rivalry between two brothers when she becomes the bride of the younger one. Read More »
Dangerous Exile (1957) Brian Desmond Hurst, Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Keith Michell
During the French Revolution, a French nobleman saves the 10-year-old son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette from the guillotine with the help of an English woman. Read More »
Playboy of the Western World (1963) Brian Desmond Hurst, Siobhan McKenna, Gary Raymond, Elspeth March, Comedy
A quiet little village, and especially a pretty young woman, falls under the spell of a charming, somewhat roguish stranger who suddenly appears one day. Read More »
Malta Story (1953) Brian Desmond Hurst, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel, Drama, History, War
In 1942 Britain was clinging to the island of Malta since it was critical to keeping Allied supply lines open. Read More »
The Tenth Man (1936) Brian Desmond Hurst, John Lodge, Antoinette Cellier, Athole Stewart, Drama
George Winters is a self-made man, a wealthy unscrupulous businessman and M.P. for Middlepool who has married into the impoverished nobility for reasons of status. Read More »
Glamorous Night (1937) Brian Desmond Hurst, Mary Ellis, Otto Kruger, Victor Jory, Drama
The popular Ivor Novello musical play Glamorous Night was given a conservative film treatment in 1937–minus much of the Novello score that had made it famous. Opera singer Mary Ellis plays an opera singer (why not?) who falls in with a band of roguish but likeable gypsies. Mary manages to convince her Bohemian cohorts to rescue the King from the machinations of his ambitious prime minister. As “cast insurance” to make certain that Glamorous Night would get American bookings, Hollywood character actors Otto Kruger and Victor Jory are given leading roles. The US distributors also sliced the film down from 81 to 65 minutes, through the simple expedient of removing several songs.
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