The Beggar's Opera 1953  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Peter Brook
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Stanley Holloway, George Devine, Mary Clare, Hugh Griffith, Athene Seyler, Dorothy Tutin, Margot Grahame, Yvonne Furneaux, George Rose, Edward Pryor, Daphne Anderson, Eric Pohlmann, Stuart Burge, Gerald Lawson
Based on John Gay's 18th-century opera, this is the story of highwayman Captain MacHeath (Laurence Olivier) who loves the beggar king Peachum's (George Devine) daughter Polly (Dorothy Tutin) but is also interested in Lucy (Daphne Anderson) who is the daughter of the corrupt constable Mr. Lockit (Stanley Holloway). When Polly and Lucy join forces, they manage to have MacHeath sent to prison and condemned to a hanging. While in prison, The Beggar (Hugh Griffith) entertains MacHeath with an opera featuring MacHeath as a hero, and soon after MacHeath is rescued from his death sentence.
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Francis of Assisi 1961 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Bradford Dillman, Dolores Hart, Stuart Whitman, Pedro Armendariz, Cecil Kellaway, Eduard Franz, Finlay Currie, Athene Seyler, Mervyn Johns, John Welsh
Bradford Dillman plays the beloved13th-century Franciscan friar who achieves sainthood.
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The Mill on the Floss 1937  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Geraldine Fitzgerald, Frank Lawton, Victoria Hopper, Fay Compton, James Mason, Griffith Jones, Mary Clare, Martita Hunt, Felix Aylmer, Athene Seyler
This is the film adaptation of George Eliot's novel about two feuding families whose son and daughter fall in love with each other to the dismay of their relatives.
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Moscow Nights 1936 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: I Stand Condemned
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Harry Baur, Laurence Olivier, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Robert Cochran, Morton Selten, Athene Seyler, Walter Hudd, Charles Carson, Morland Graham, Hay Petrie
When a jealous suitor, Brioukov (Harry Baur), frames his rival, Ignatoff (Laurence Olivier), the result is a trial for treason.
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Night of the Demon 1957  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Curse of the Demon
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham, Athene Seyler, Liam Redmond, Reginald Beckwith, Ewan Roberts, Peter Elliott, Rosamund Greenwood
American psychologist Dr. John Holden (Dana Andrews) heads to London to attend a symposium aimed at exposing a witchcraft/devil-worshipping cult as a fraud. Upon arrival, he is advised that the symposium leader has died unexpectedly. The cult leader (Niall MacGinnis) is now out to get the good doctor who has his hands full since, indeed, a demon can be summoned.
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The Private Life of Don Juan 1934 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Alexander Korda
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Merle Oberon, Binnie Barnes, Joan Gardner, Benita Hume, Clifford Heatherley, Barry MacKay, Melville Cooper, Bruce Winston, Gina Malo, Claud Allister, Heather Thatcher, Diana Napier, Owen Nares, Athene Seyler
Returning to Seville following his exile, the aging Don Juan (Douglas Fairbanks) is now married to Dolores (Benita Hume). When he learns that Rodrigo (Barry MacKay) has been impersonating him, Don Juan seeks to reclaim his old reputation as the great lover by having an affair with Antonia (Merle Oberon). Adventures ensue, but when Dolores is finally able to make her point about his infidelities, a relieved Don Juan climbs the ladder to her balcony, and they are reunited forever.
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The Saint in London 1939 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Cast: George Sanders, Sally Gray, David Burns, Gordon McLeod, Henry Oscar, Ralph Truman, Charles Carson, Carl Jaffe, Athene Seyler, John Abbott
The Saint (George Sanders) is in London, where his talents are brought to bear on a counterfeiting plot. Socialite Penny Parker (Sally Gray) falls for the Saint, and, against his wishes, gets involved in the investigation. Fun.
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Satan Never Sleeps 1962  N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Devil Never Sleeps
Flight from Terror
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: William Holden, Clifton Webb, France Nuyen, Athene Seyler, Martin Benson, Edith Sharpe, Weaver Lee, Burt Kwouk, Andy Ho, Marie Yang
Set in China during Mao's Communist revolution, this is the story of Father O'Banion (William Holden), a missionary priest, to whom the problems of a Communist regime become all too apparent.
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Scrooge 1935 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Henry Edwards
Cast: Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Robert Cochran, Mary Glynne, Garry Marsh, Oscar Asche, Marie Ney, C.V. France, Athene Seyler, Maurice Evans, Barbara Everest, Philip Frost, Mary Lawson, Eve Gray, Morris Harvey
This British film of Charles Dickens' popular story is about greedy Ebenezer Scrooge (Seymour Hicks) whose heart is changed when Christmas spirits visit him on Christmas Eve. The Ghosts of Christmas Past (Marie Ney), Present (Oscar Asche), and Future (C.V. France) are all there, and Donald Calthorp performs well in his role of Bob Cratchit.
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Secret People 1952 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Cast: Valentina Cortese, Charles Goldner, Serge Reggiani, Audrey Hepburn, Megs Jenkins, Irene Worth, Sydney Tafler, Angela Foulds, Reginald Tate, Athene Seyler
After their father's political execution, two sisters take up where he left off in the underground movement of World War II.
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A Tale of Two Cities 1958 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Dorothy Tutin, Cecil Parker, Stephen Murray, Athene Seyler, Ian Bannen, Alfie Bass, Ernest Clark, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence
This film adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel stars Dirk Bogarde as Sydney Carton, the Englishman who adapts to determined Parisians' ideals during the French Revolution but,by story's end, gives his life for the woman he loves.
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Young Wives' Tale 1951 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Cass
Cast: Joan Greenwood, Audrey Hepburn, Nigel Patrick, Derek Farr, Guy Middleton, Athene Seyler, Helen Cherry, Irene Handl, Jack McNaughton
Two couples share a London home following World War II, and the ensuing problems are amusing.
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| 1. The Beggar's Opera (1953)
2. Francis of Assisi (1961)
3. I Thank a Fool (1962)
4. The Mill on the Floss (1937)
5. Moscow Nights (1936)
aka: I Stand Condemned
6. Night of the Demon (1957)
aka: Curse of the Demon
7. The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
8. The Saint in London (1939)
9. Satan Never Sleeps (1962)
aka: The Devil Never Sleeps
aka: Flight from Terror
10. Scrooge (1935)
11. Secret People (1952)
12. A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
13. Young Wives' Tale (1951)
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