A film with no spoken dialogue, just follows the music and lyrics of Benjamin Britten’s Read More »
Tag Archives: Laurence Olivier
Term of Trial (1962) Peter Glenville, Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret, Sarah Miles
Graham Weir is an alcoholic schoolteacher whose criminal record for refusing to fight during World War II Read More »
The Devil’s Disciple (1959) Guy Hamilton, Alexander Mackendrick, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier
In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon Read More »
49th Parallel (1941) Michael Powell, Leslie Howard
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 »
Pride and Prejudice (1940) Robert Z. Leonard, Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Edward Ashley
Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. Read More »
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) Otto Preminger, Keir Dullea, Carol Lynley, Laurence Olivier
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 »
Fire Over England (1937) William K. Howard, Laurence Olivier, Flora Robson, Vivien Leigh
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 »
Henry V (1944) Laurence Olivier, Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks
In the motivated Olivier notion, Shakespeare’s drama begins as a function at the Globe Theatre Read More »
Othello (1965) Stuart Burge, Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Robert Lang, Drama
Desdemona defies her father to marry the Moor of Venice, the mighty warrior, Othello. Read More »
As You Like It (1936) Paul Czinner, Elisabeth Bergner, Laurence Olivier, Sophie Stewart, Drama, Comedy, Romance
A duke usurps his brother’s land and power, banishing him and his retinue into the forest of Arden. Read More »