The Barbarian and the Lady 1939  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Adventure
Director: Alexis Granowsky
Cast: Harry Baur, Anthony Bushell, Roger Livesey, Patricia Roc, Joan Gardner, Frederick Culley, Joe Cunningham, Charles Farrell, Stafford Hilliard, Bernard Miles, Ann Wemyss, Leslie Guncler
Re-cut and shortened to 70 minutes, this film was made from "The Rebel Son," an English language version of the 1936 French film "Tarass Boulba." It tells the story that includes battles in the 1500s between the Polish and Cossacks. Harry Baur takes on the role of warrior Taras Bulba. The story was remade in 1962 as "Taras Bulba."
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The Battle of the River Plate 1956  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
aka: Pursuit of the Graf Spee
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast: John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch, Ian Hunter, Jack Gwillim, Bernard Lee, Lionel Murton, Anthony Bushell, Peter Illing, Michael Goodliffe, Christopher Lee, Peter Scott, Patrick Macnee, John Chandos, Douglas Wilmer
The Graf Spee, the Bismarck, the Scharnhorst, and the Gneissau were heavily armed German battleships that wreaked havoc on Atlantic shipping in the early stages of World War II. This is the story of outmanned British ships dealing with this threat, and the story is shown through both the German and the British perspectives. Good documentary-style film.
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Bitter Victory 1957 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Richard Burton, Curd Jurgens, Ruth Roman, Raymond Pellegrin, Anthony Bushell, Alfred Burke, Christopher Lee, Sean Kelly, Ramon de Larrocha, Nigel Green, Harry Landis, Andrew Crawford, Ronan O'Casey, Raoul Delfosse, Fred Matter
Captain Leith (Richard Burton) and Major Brand (Curd Jurgens) lead a commando squad in the African Campaign during World War II. There is one hitch: Leith has been having an affair with Brand's wife, Jane (Ruth Roman). While on the campaign, Brand kills Leith and earns a medal for his bravery during the campaign. But, Jane figures out what really happened, and Brand must now pay the price.
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The Black Knight 1954 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Alan Ladd, Patricia Medina, Peter Cushing, Harry Andrews, Andre Morell, Laurence Naismith, Anthony Bushell, Patrick Troughton, Ronald Adam, Bill Brandon, Basil Appleby, Jean Lodge, Tommy Moore, Pauline Jameson, John Kelly
John (Alan Ladd) is a young sword maker who wants to join the knights of the Round Table so that he can rise above his commoner status and marry the Earl of Yeonil's (Harry Andrews) daughter Linet (Patricia Medina). But, after being accused of cowardice, John is banished from the area. John then becomes the Black Knight by training himself, making himself a suit of armor, and protecting King Arthur (Anthony Bushell) from those who are plotting his demise.
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Dark Journey 1937  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Saville
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Joan Gardner, Anthony Bushell, Ursula Jeans, Robert Newton, William Dewhurst, Cecil Parker, Austin Trevor, Eliot Makeham
A meeting between spies–Von Marwitz (Conrad Veidt) and Madeleine (Vivien Leigh)–in Stockholm accelerates into a love affair, which complicates matters.
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Disraeli 1929 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: George Arliss, Joan Bennett, Florence Arliss, Anthony Bushell, David Torrence, Ivan F. Simpson, Doris Lloyd, Michael Visaroff
"Disraeli" was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Picture, and George Arliss won the Oscar for Best Actor in his role of the British prime minister who acquired rights to the Suez Canal, among many successes.
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Five Star Final 1931 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, George E. Stone, Ona Munson, Boris Karloff, Aline MacMahon, Anthony Bushell, David Torrence, Frances Starr, Oscar Apfel, Purnell Pratt, Robert Elliott, Gladys Lloyd, Evelyn Hall
This insightful offering examines the effects of yellow journalism in which the search for sensational news to sell newspapers ignores the responsibilities of the journalism profession.
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The Ghoul 1933 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: T. Hayes Hunter
Cast: Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger, Dorothy Hyson, Ralph Richardson, Anthony Bushell, Kathleen Harrison, Harold Huth, D.A. Clarke-Smith, George Relph, Jack Raine
An eccentric Egyptologist, Professor Morlant (Boris Karloff), was buried with a jewel that guaranteed immortality. After his grave is robbed, Morlant's corpse rises from the crypt during the next full moon. He sets out after the robbers, and murders ensue before Morlant retrieves the jewel and then returns to his crypt with it.
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Journey's End 1930 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: James Whale
Cast: Colin Clive, Ian Maclaren, David Manners, Robert Adair, Jack Pitcairn, Tom Whiteley, Anthony Bushell, Charles K. Gerrard, Werner Klingler, Billy Bevan, Gil Perkins, Leslie Sketchley
Based on R.C. Sheriff's play, this film concerns British military men encountering and adapting to stress inherent in World War I missions. Capt. Denis Stanhope (Colin Clive) is the commander of a military unit who is depressed by the situation and does not want to send his men into battle. He turns to alcohol as his solution. Lt. Raleigh (David Manners) is a young recruit serving under Stanhope's command and is the brother of the woman Stanhope loves. Stanhope fears that Manners does not approve of him–until he finds a letter in which Manners writes to his sister about how much Stanhope is loved by his men.
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A Night to Remember 1958  N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith, Michael Goodliffe, Frank Lawton, David McCallum, Jill Dixon, Honor Blackman, Alec McCowen, Ronald Allen, Anthony Bushell, Robert Ayres, John Cairney, Jane Downs, Kenneth Griffith, Ralph Michael
Based on Walter Lord's book, this is an excellent recreation of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. The account was previously filmed five years earlier as "Titanic." While both films are good, this one is considered better with its attention to details of the disaster, using about 200 actors. Then, there is the 1997 Academy Award winner, which is great but not as historically accurate.
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The Purple Plain 1954 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Gregory Peck, Win Min Than, Bernard Lee, Maurice Denham, Brenda De Banzie, Lyndon Brook, Anthony Bushell, Jack McNaughton, Peter Arne, Dorothy Alison, Josephine Griffin, Ram Gopal, Harold Siddons, Mya Mya Spencer, Lane Meddick
Captain Bill Forrester (Gregory Peck) is a World War II Royal Air Force pilot who suffers nightmares after losing his bride on their wedding night during a London air raid. Now, his plane crashes in Burma with fellow officer Blore (Maurice Denham) and navigator Carrington (Lyndon Brook) on board. The Japanese are surrounding them, but they escape on a dangerous trek through the jungle, and Forrester meets Anna (Win Min Than) who just might be able to help him out of his problems.
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Quatermass and the Pit 1958 TV, 180 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi
Director: Rudolph Cartier
Cast: Andre Morell, Cec Linder, Anthony Bushell, John Stratton, Christine Finn, Richard Shaw, Holly Bane, Harold Goodwin, Michael Guest, Brian Gimar, Michael Ripper, Harold Goodwin, Clifford Cox, Alexander Moyes, Brian Worth
While digging in London, a skull is uncovered. This leads to an archeological dig, resulting not only in finding more skulls, but dead insect-like creatures and a cylinder. Professor Quatermass is brought in, and his theory is that the insect-like creatures are aliens from Mars that had landed on Earth several million years ago in the cylinder. Unfortunately, the government doesn't heed his evaluation and horror follows. Originally a made-for-UK TV miniseries and remade in 1967.
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The Rebel Son 1939 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Alexis Granowsky
Cast: Harry Baur, Anthony Bushell, Roger Livesey, Patricia Roc, Joan Gardner, Frederick Culley, Joe Cunningham, Charles Farrell, Stafford Hilliard, Bernard Miles, Ann Wemyss, Leslie Guncler
This is the English-language version of the French "Tarass Boulba" and tells the story and battles in the 1500s between the Polish and Cossacks. Harry Baur takes on the role of warrior Taras Bulba. The film was later re-edited and renamed "The Barbarian and the Lady" and was remade in 1962 as "Taras Bulba."
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The Red Beret 1953  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
aka: Paratrooper
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Alan Ladd, Leo Genn, Susan Stephen, Harry Andrews, Donald Houston, Anthony Bushell, Stanley Baker, Anton Diffring, Patric Doonan, Lana Morris, Tim Turner, Michael Kelly, Thomas Heathcote, Carl Duering, John Boxer
This wartime adventure film involves the trials and tribulations of British paratroopers as they train for an upcoming invasion of North Africa.
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The Royal Bed 1931 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Queen's Husband
Director: Lowell Sherman
Cast: Lowell Sherman, Mary Astor, Nance O'Neil, Anthony Bushell, Hugh Trevor, Robert Warwick, Gilbert Emery, Alan Roscoe, J. Carrol Naish, Frederick Burt, Nancy Lee Blaine, Desmond Roberts
Eric VIII (Lowell Sherman) has allowed his Queen (Nance O'Neil) to control the kingdom. But he now has problems: the country is in the throes of a revolution, his daughter (Mary Astor) wants to marry a commoner, AND the Queen is out of the country. Can the wimpy King take control of the situation?
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The Scarlet Pimpernel 1935 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy
Director: Harold Young
Cast: Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Nigel Bruce, Anthony Bushell, Melville Cooper, O.B. Clarence, Bramwell Fletcher, Joan Gardner, Edmund Breon, Melville Cooper, Walter Rilla, Mabel Terry-Lewis, Ernest Milton, Edmund Breon
Sir Percy Blakeney (Leslie Howard) comes to the aid of French aristocrats who Robespierre has imprisoned and sentenced to be executed at the guillotine during the French Revolution. Blakeney disguises himself and, unbeknownst to his wife Lady Marguerite (Merle Oberon), rescues innocent victims. He leaves behind him a small red pimpernel flower for which he is named. When Chauvelin (Raymond Massey) closes in on the case, he uses Marguerite as bait to capture Pimpernel.
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| 1. The Barbarian and the Lady (1939)
2. The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
aka: Pursuit of the Graf Spee
3. Bitter Victory (1957)
4. The Black Knight (1954)
5. Dark Journey (1937)
6. Disraeli (1929)
7. Five Star Final (1931)
8. The Ghoul (1933)
9. Journey's End (1930)
10. A Night to Remember (1958)
11. The Purple Plain (1954)
12. Quatermass and the Pit (1958)
13. The Rebel Son (1939)
14. The Red Beret (1953)
aka: Paratrooper
15. Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1938)
16. The Royal Bed (1931)
aka: The Queen's Husband
17. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935)
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