
This a film version of the opera “The Tales of Hoffmann”, however it is NOT just a film of a staged performance. Read More »
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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

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 / 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 »