The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones 1976  R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Cliff Owen
Cast: Nicky Henson, Trevor Howard, Joan Collins, Terry-Thomas, Arthur Lowe, Georgia Brown, William Mervyn, Murray Melvin, Madeline Smith, Geraldine McEwan, John Forrest
Tom Jones (Nicky Henson) and Black Bess (Trevor Howard) frolic in this musical based on Henry Fielding's novel.
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If... 1968  R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan, Rupert Webster, Peter Jeffrey, Mona Washbourne, Arthur Lowe, Graham Crowden, Charles Lloyd Pack
This excellent drama/black comedy takes a student revolt to extremes and, in the process, reveals how their actions parallel those of the world of adults. It is often violent as the students rebel against the "establishment."
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Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert Hamer
Cast: Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson, Miles Malleson, Clive Morton, Hugh Griffith, Jeremy Spenser, Arthur Lowe, Audrey Fildes, John Penrose, Cecil Ramage, John Salew, Lyn Evans, Laurence Naismith
Alec Guinness plays all of the family members of the d'Ascoyne family in this satire on the aristocratic lifestyle. Louis (Dennis Price) has been spurned by the wealthy d'Ascoyne family since his mother eloped with his commoner father. Now, Louis sets out to murder eight members of the family in order to get his hands on the inheritance and obtain the status of Duke. Great Guinness!
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The Lady Vanishes 1979 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery / Action / Comedy / Romance / Thriller
Director: Anthony Page
Cast: Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom, Arthur Lowe, Ian Carmichael, Gerald Harper, Jenny Runacre, Jean Anderson, Rosalind Knight, Vladek Sheybal, Wolf Kahler, Dan van Husen, Madlena Nedeva, Madge Ryan
While riding an express train through pre-World War II Germany, Amanda (Cybill Shepherd) meets and makes friends with Miss Froy (Angela Lansbury). But, Miss Froy disappears, and, when Amanda can't find her, she gets help from American photographer Robert (Elliott Gould). Their efforts lead to the discovery that there is more to Miss Froy than meets the eye.
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O Lucky Man! 1973 R, 186 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts, Arthur Lowe, Helen Mirren, Dandy Nichols, Mona Washbourne, Graham Crowden, Peter Jeffrey, Michael Medwin, Alan Price, Philip Stone, Mary MacLeod, Michael Bangerter, Wallas Eaton
This allegory, with the politics of Capitalism as its subject, is told through a young coffee salesman's–Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell)–experiences as he climbs up and falls down the ladder of success. Alan Price adds to the fast-paced story with several songs that reflect Mick's rise and fall: "Someone has to win in the human race, if it isn't you, then it has to be me."
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The Ruling Class 1972  PG, 154 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Harry Andrews, Coral Browne, Nigel Green, William Mervyn, Michael Bryant, James Villiers, Kay Walsh, Carolyn Seymour, Hugh Burden, Graham Crowden, Patsy Byrne, Joan Cooper
There are lots of wild happenings in this black comedy as the crazy son Jack Gurney (Peter O'Toole)–who thinks he is Jesus Christ– inherits an estate from his nobleman father. Thus begins the mayhem as family members try to retrieve the estate from our "hero." Peter O'Toole was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor.
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Spring and Port Wine 1970 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Hammond
Cast: James Mason, Susan George, Diana Coupland, Rodney Bewes, Arthur Lowe, Marjorie Rhodes, Hannah Gordon, Keith Buckley, Avril Elgar, Bernard Bresslaw, Len Jones, Adrienne Posta, Frank Windsor, Ken Parry, Joseph Greig
The generation gap of the Crompton family in Lancashire is presented through the eyes of both parents and children when young Hilda (Susan George) refuses to eat her herring and her father Rafe (James Mason) becomes irate. Because of Hilda's behavior, Rafe begins to serve her herring every day at tea time. Rafe's wife Daisy (Diana Coupland) is so upset with his behavior that she tries to get money for Hilda to move away to London. Rafe is also upset when his daughter Florence (Hannah Gordon) falls in love. And the problems continue as Rafe is determined to rule his household.
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This Sporting Life 1963  N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely, Vanda Godsell, Arthur Lowe, Anne Cunningham, Jack Watson, Harry Markham, George Sewell, Leonard Rossiter, Wallas Eaton
Frank Machin (Richard Harris) is a former Yorkshire coal miner who gains fame and fortune as a rugby player. Frank has it all–except love, and now he pursues a romance with his landlady, the widowed Mrs. Hammond (Rachel Roberts). All goes well for a short time, but when Mrs. Hammond grows tired of Frank, their doomed romance leads to tragedy.
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Wagner 1983  N/R, 300 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Palmer
Cast: Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Craven, Laslo Galffi, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Arthur Lowe, Franco Nero
Even in its cut version (the original was a nine hour British series), this film is a too-long, and dull, biography of composer Richard Wagner. Richard Burton is Wagner,
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| 1. The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)
2. If... (1968)
3. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
4. The Lady Vanishes (1979)
5. O Lucky Man! (1973)
6. The Ruling Class (1972)
7. Spring and Port Wine (1970)
8. This Sporting Life (1963)
9. Wagner (1983)
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