Breaking the Sound Barrier 1952  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: The Sound Barrier
Director: David Lean
Cast: Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick, John Justin, Denholm Elliott, Dinah Sheridan, Joseph Tomelty, Ralph Michael, Leslie Phillips, Jack Allen, Donald Harron, Vincent Holman, Anthony Snell, Leslie Phillips, Douglas Muir
This distinguished British offering is filmed in documentary style and relates the story of the early British jet planes, their courageous pilots, and attaining the dream of breaking the sound barrier. Ace RAF fighter pilot Tony Garthwaite (Nigel Patrick) is married to Sue (Ann Todd) whose father, J.R. Ridgefield (Ralph Richardson), designs airplanes and is determined to build a jet that will break the sound barrier. Tony volunteers to pilot the jet, but Sue's concerns for his safety lead to many problems in the family.
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Madeleine 1950  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Strange Case of Madeleine
Director: David Lean
Cast: Ann Todd, Norman Wooland, Ivan Desny, Leslie Banks, Elizabeth Sellars, Edward Chapman, Barbara Everest, Andre Morell, Barry Jones, Anthony Newley, Patricia Raine, Eugene Deckers, Susan Stranks, Ivor Barnard, John Laurie
Madeleine Smith (Ann Todd) was a 19th-century Scottish woman who was accused and put on trial for poisoning her French lover Emile L'Anglier (Ivan Desny) in 1857. The trial is reenacted in this interesting film that leaves the audience guessing. Based on a true story.
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The Paradine Case 1947 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Alida Valli, Leo G. Carroll, Ethel Barrymore, Louis Jourdan, Joan Tetzel, Isobel Elsom, Edgar Norton, John Goldsworthy, Lester Matthews, Lumsden Hare, Patrick Aherne
This courtroom drama involves the case of Maddelena Anna Paradine (Alida Valli) who is on trial for murdering her wealthy husband. Defense attorney Anthony Keane (Gregory Peck), although married to Gay (Ann Todd), falls in love with his beautiful client, fails to see the blatant facts of the case, and believes that she is innocent. Meanwhile, Judge Lord Thomas Horfield (Charles Laughton) sees through Anna's facade, and the prosecuting attorney, Sir Joseph (Leo G. Carroll), is determined to find her guilty. Despite Anna's protests, Keane calls her lover, stableman Andre Latour (Louis Jourdan), to the stand and tries to prove that he is the murderer. After being disgraced, Latour commits suicide. Finally, Anna admits that she killed her husband and blames Keane for Latour's death. The story ends with a stunned Keane leaving the courtroom. Ethel Barrymore received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in her role as Lady Sophie Horfield, the judge's loony wife.
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The Passionate Friends 1949 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: One Woman's Story
Director: David Lean
Cast: Ann Todd, Trevor Howard, Claude Rains, Betty Ann Davies, Isabel Dean, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Arthur Howard, Marcel Poncin, Guido Lorraine, Natasha Sokolova, Helene Burls, Jean Serret, Frances Waring, Wanda Rogerson, Helen Piers
Based on H.G. Wells' novel, this is the story of Mary (Ann Todd) who is married to wealthy Howard Justin (Claude Rains) but cannot find the love with her husband that she knew with Professor Steven Stratton (Trevor Howard) who she loved before her marriage.
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The Seventh Veil 1945 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Compton Bennett
Cast: James Mason, Ann Todd, Herbert Lom, Hugh McDermott, Albert Lieven, Yvonne Owen, David Horne, Manning Whiley, Beatrice Varley, Margaret Withers, Grace Allardyce, John Slater, Ernest Davies, Arnold Goldsborough, Muir Mathieson
Hypnosis is the method of treatment attempted by Dr. Larsen (Herbert Lom) for pianist Francesca Cunningham (Ann Todd), and her induced memories reveal a troubled past. She remembers that crippled musician Nicholas (James Mason) had trained her to become a top musician but then turned on her when she became interested in other men. During her flashbacks, Francesca realizes that her true love is Nicholas, and she makes the decision to find love with him.
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Ships with Wings 1942  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sergei Nolbandov
Cast: John Clements, Leslie Banks, Jane Baxter, Ann Todd, Basil Sydney, Edward Chapman, Hugh Williams, Frank Pettingell, Michael Wilding, Michael Rennie, Cecil Parker, John Stuart, Morland Graham, Charles Victor, Hugh Burden
During World War II, R.A.F. pilot Lt. Dick Stacey (John Clements) has fallen in love with Celia (Jane Baxter) who is the daughter of Adm. Wetherby (Leslie Banks). Stacey takes a plane without permission and crashes it leaving Celia's brother Lt. Wetherby (Hugh Burden) dead. His romance with Celia ends. After his court-martial, Stacey serves aboard the H.M.S. Ark Royal–the ship with wings–where he becomes a mercenary charter pilot in the Mediterranean. Stacey regains his patriotism when he goes on a suicide mission, crashes his plane into a German dam site, and floods a German post. He has redeemed himself and dies a hero.
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So Evil My Love 1948 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Allen
Cast: Ray Milland, Ann Todd, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Leo G. Carroll, Raymond Huntley, Martita Hunt, Hugh Griffith, Moira Lister, Raymond Lovell, Finlay Currie, Roderick Lovell, Muriel Aked, Ivor Barnard, Maureen Delaney, Ernest Jay
While aboard a ship to England in the 1890s, an evil artist, Mark Bellis (Ray Milland), finagles his way into widow Olivia Harwood's (Ann Todd) confidence. Mark contracts malaria, and, when they arrive in London, Mark moves into Olivia's lodging house where she nurses him back to health. In the process, she becomes his victim of theft and blackmail. Olivia, who has finally had enough, kills Mark and then goes to the police with her confession.
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Taste of Fear 1961 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror / Thriller
aka: Scream of Fear
Director: Seth Holt
Cast: Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd, Christopher Lee, John Serret, Leonard Sachs, Anne Blake, Fred Johnson, Bernard Browne, Richard Klee, Frederick Schrecker, Rodney Burke, Heinz Bernard, Gordon Sterne, Frederick Rawlings
Penny (Susan Strasberg) is confined to a wheelchair and returns to her father's Riviera home after surviving a near-drowning accident. Stepmother Jane (Ann Todd), whom she had not previously met, states that Penny's father is on a trip. But, when Penny starts seeing her father's corpse in various places at night, she must find out what's going on. A well-made film that keeps your attention, with many story twists. Also, you probably will not figure out the ending.
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Things to Come 1936 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: William Cameron Menzies
Cast: Raymond Massey, Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Richardson, Edward Chapman, Margaretta Scott, Maurice Braddell, Derrick DeMarney, Ann Todd, George Sanders, Abraham Sofaer
Based on H.G. Wells' book, this is the story involving the aftermath of nuclear war and the survivors' battle with inhabitants of the moon. Good.
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| 1. Breaking the Sound Barrier (1952)
aka: The Sound Barrier
2. The Human Factor (1980)
3. Madeleine (1950)
aka: The Strange Case of Madeleine
4. The Paradine Case (1947)
5. The Passionate Friends (1949)
aka: One Woman's Story
6. The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934)
7. The Seventh Veil (1945)
8. Ships with Wings (1942)
9. So Evil My Love (1948)
10. Taste of Fear (1961)
aka: Scream of Fear
11. Things to Come (1936)
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