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The Passionate Stranger (1957) Muriel Box, Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Patricia Dainton

Novelist Judith Wynter gets inspiration for her new book when her wheelchair-bound Read More »
Crooks and Coronets (1969) Jim O’Connolly, Telly Savalas, Edith Evans, Warren Oates

Recently paroled convicts Herbie Haseler and Marty Miller realizing they’re broke decide Read More »
Ninety Degrees in the Shade (1965) Jirí Weiss, Anne Heywood

In a Prague shop, an assistant has been carrying on an affair with the dishonest, married manager. Read More »
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 »