A ventriloquist is murdered, leaving a show to be done. So, a midget goes undercover as the dummy. Read More »
Tag Archives: UK
The Maids (1975) Christopher Miles, Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant
A film version of Genet’s play. Two maids, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and Read More »
The Haunting Passion (1983) John Korty, Jane Seymour, Gerald McRaney, Millie Perkins
Dan was a successful football player, but when his contract expired recently, it wasn’t renewed due to his age. Read More »
I, Claudius (1976) Herbert Wise, Derek Jacobi, John Hurt, Siân Phillips
This mini-series follows the history of the Roman Empire, from approximately the death of Marcellus (24/23 B.C.) Read More »
Calling the Tune (1936) Reginald Denham, Thorold Dickinson, Adele Dixon, Sally Gray, Sam Livesey
Calling the Tune offers a fascinating look at the fledgeling gramophone industry as it tries to solve the problems of reliable recording and production methods. Read More »
Let’s Make a Night of It (1937) Graham Cutts, Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, June Clyde, Claire Luce
The exclusive Boydell family, members of the “400” set, suddenly became owners of two nightclubs Read More »
Dance Hall (1950) Charles Crichton, Natasha Parry, Jane Hylton, Diana Dors
Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Read More »
Juggernaut (1936) Henry Edwards, Boris Karloff, Joan Wyndham, Arthur Margetson
Dr. Victor Sartorius, a dedicated but dying medical researcher working in Morocco Read More »
Laughing Anne (1953) Herbert Wilcox, Wendell Corey, Margaret Lockwood, Forrest Tucker
Based on Conrad’s short story of a red-headed beauty of the eighteen-eighties who was a singer Read More »
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) Gabriel Pascal, Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger
Cleopatra hasn’t been on the throne of the pharoahs of Egypt very long when Julius Caesar pays a visit. Read More »