In a Prague shop, an assistant has been carrying on an affair with the dishonest, married manager. Read More »
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The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Moira Shearer, Robert Rounseville, Ludmilla Tchérina
This a film version of the opera “The Tales of Hoffmann”, however it is NOT just a film of a staged performance. Read More »
The Golden Madonna (1949) Luigi Carpentieri, Ladislao Vajda, Phyllis Calvert, Michael Rennie, Tullio Carminati
Patricia (Phyllis Calvert) throws away a painting members of her Italian village consider to be extremely lucky. Read More »
The Divorce of Lady X (1938) Tim Whelan, Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barnes
Laurence Olivier plays Logan, a barrister who falls in love with Leslie (played by Merle Oberon) Read More »
Fanny By Gaslight (1944) Anthony Asquith, Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Ann Stephens
Returning to 1870’s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny witnesses Read More »
Frieda (1947) Basil Dearden, David Farrar, Glynis Johns, Mai Zetterling
An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. Read More »
Encore (1951) Harold French, Pat Jackson, Nigel Patrick, Roland Culver, Alison Leggatt
The film is made from three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham. The first, “The Ant and the Grasshopper” concerns the trials Read More »
Down Among the Z Men (1952) Maclean Rogers, Harry Secombe, Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan
Professor Pure Heart absentmindedly loses the top secret formula in Harry Jones’ Grocery Shop. Read More »
Don’t Talk to Strange Men (1962) Pat Jackson, Christina Gregg, Janina Faye, Cyril Raymond
An innocent girl is “groomed” over the telephone and nearly becomes Read More »
The Leather Boys (1964) Sidney J. Furie, Rita Tushingham, Colin Campbell, Dudley Sutton
Reggie and Dot are a young South London couple who get married before they really get to know each other. Read More »
30 Door Key AKA Ferdydurke (1991) Jerzy Skolimowski, Iain Glen, Robert Stephens, Crispin Glover
A young writer in 1939 Warsaw faces the conflict of acting his age or relapsing Read More »
Summer in February (2013) Christopher Menaul, Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning, Dan Stevens
The Newlyn School of artists flourished at the beginning of the 20th Century and the film focuses Read More »
The Snorkel (1958) Guy Green, Peter van Eyck, Betta St. John, Mandy Miller
Paul Decker murders his wife in her Italian villa by drugging her milk and asphyxiating her by gas. Read More »
Bhaji on the Beach (1993) Gurinder Chadha, Kim Vithana, Jimmi Harkishin, Sarita Khajuria
A group of women of Indian descent take a trip together from their home in Birmingham, England to the beach resort of Blackpool. Read More »
The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1984) Elijah Moshinsky, Paul Jesson, Ray Roberts, Leon Lissek
A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city. Read More »