Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1971  G, 117 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Animation / Musical
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Roddy McDowall, David Tomlinson, Sam Jaffe, John Ericson, Bruce Forsyth, Reginald Owen, Tessie O'Shea, Arthur Gould-Porter, Cindy O'Callaghan, Roy Snart, Ian Weighill, Cyril Delevanti
This Disney film concerns a witch-in-training (Angela Lansbury) who becomes the guardian of three British children (Roy Snart, Ian Weighill and Cindy O'Callaghan) during World War II. With the help of an enchanted bedknob, they have some strange and wonderful adventures in animation and help stop a group of Nazis from invading the countryside.
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Calling Bulldog Drummond 1951  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Victor Saville
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Robert Beatty, Margaret Leighton, David Tomlinson, Peggy Evans, Charles Victor, Bernard Lee, James Hayter, Harold Lang, Patrick Doonan
Retired British military officer Bulldog Drummond (Walter Pidgeon) is called into service by Scotland Yard to help police Sergeant Helen Smith (Margaret Leighton) bring down a criminal gang working out of London.
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Dominique 1978  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Dominique Is Dead
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Cliff Robertson, Jean Simmons, Jenny Agutter, Ron Moody, Simon Ward, Judy Geeson, Michael Jayston, Flora Robson, David Tomlinson, Jack Warner
A greedy American businessman (Cliff Robertson) decides to scare his wealthy British wife (Jean Simmons) to death. He finally succeeds–or does he? She returns, it appears, as a ghost to even the score.
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Further Up the Creek 1958 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Val Guest
Cast: David Tomlinson, Frankie Howerd, Shirley Eaton, Thora Hird, Lionel Jeffries, Lionel Murton, Sam Kydd, David Lodge, Ian Whittaker, Esma Cannon, John Warren, Eric Pohlmann, Tom Gill, Max Day, Jack Le White
In this sequel, Lt. Fairweather (David Tomlinson) still commands the HMS Aristotle, which has now been sold to a foreign country, Algerrocco, in the Mediterranean. The crew will be delivering the frigate to Algerrocco, and Bosun Dibble (Frankie Howerd) sees this as a chance to make money by selling tickets to passengers for a Mediterranean cruise. This is a move that is definitely in violation of regulations, Fairweather has no idea of what Dibble has planned for his ship–and the fun begins.
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 The Love Bug 1968  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Dean Jones, Michele Lee, David Tomlinson, Buddy Hackett, Joe Flynn, Benson Fong, Iris Adrian, Joe E. Ross, Barry Kelley, Andy Granatelli, Ned Glass, Gil Lamb, Robert Foulk, Nicole Jaffe, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
The "Love Bug" is a Volkswagen Beetle car that seems to have a mind of its own considering where it will travel in this delightful Disney film. Race car driver Jim Douglas (Dean Jones) "rescues" Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle that seems to drive by itself, and follows Jim home. Now, Herbie enables Jim to win race after race, but watch out, that jealous racer Peter Thorndyke (David Tomlinson) is preparing to sabotage the next race.
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 Mary Poppins 1964  G, 139 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Ed Wynn, Elsa Lanchester, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Arthur Treacher, Hermione Baddeley, Reginald Owen, Reta Shaw, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Jane Darwell, Arthur Malet
English children Jane and Michael Banks (Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber) feel neglected by their parents. They receive a new "magical" nanny, Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) who takes them on exciting adventures and changes the lives of everyone in the family. Andrews won the Best Actress Oscar for her role, and "Chim Chim Cheree" won for Best Song. There were three other Academy awards as well as eight nominations, including Best Picture and Director. A delightful film that is filled with great songs.
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So Long at the Fair 1950 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Antony Darnborough, Terence Fisher
Cast: Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, David Tomlinson, Marcel Poncin, Cathleen Nesbitt, Honor Blackman, Betty Warren, Zena Marshall, Felix Aylmer, Eugene Deckers
Vicky (Jean Simmons) and Johnny (David Tomlinson) Barton arrive in Paris for the 1889 Exhibition, but Johnny suddenly disappears. Frantic, Vicky has trouble getting anyone to help–until she meets George Hathaway (Dirk Bogarde) who comes to the rescue and solves the mystery.
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Tom Jones 1963 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Romance
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood, Diane Cilento, Joyce Redman, David Tomlinson, George A. Cooper, Peter Bull
Raised as a foundling, Tom Jones (Albert Finney) falls in love with Sophie (Susannah York), but he is sent away so that she may marry another. Tom ends up in London where he engages in sexual merriment and is later reunited with Sophie. A rollicking fun flick. Oscars were won for Best Picture, Director, Writing, and Musical Score; nominations included Best Actor (Finney), Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith), and three for Supporting Actress (Diane Cilento, Edith Evans, and Joyce Redman).
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Up the Creek 1958 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Val Guest
Cast: David Tomlinson, Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Vera Day, Michael Goodliffe, Lionel Jeffries, Frank Pettingell, Reginald Beckwith, Sam Kydd, Lionel Murton, Tom Gill, John Warren, Donald Bisset, Peter Coke, Basil Dignam
Humor in United States Navy protocol is the subject of this slapstick film.
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The Water Babies 1978 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Musical
aka: Slip Slide Adventures
Director: Lionel Jeffries
Cast: James Mason, Billie Whitelaw, Bernard Cribbins, Joan Greenwood, David Tomlinson, Tommy Pender, Samantha Gates, Paul Luty, Jon Pertwee, Olive Gregg, Lance Percival, David Jason, Cass Allan, Liz Proud, Una Stubbs
In 1850s' England, twelve-year-old, chimney sweep apprentice Tom (Tommy Pender) escapes after being framed for a theft, and he leaps into Dead Man's Pool. Tom is sucked into the magical civilization of Water Babies that are held captive by an eel (voice of Bernard Cribbins) and a shark (voice of James Mason). Tom helps the Water Babies escape from the lake and gain freedom in the ocean. Now, Tom can return home where he finds the thieves, clears his name, and lives happily ever after. A cast of character actors provides the voices of the animated Water Babies that live under the sea in this film that mixes live-action with animation.
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The Wooden Horse 1950 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Lee
Cast: Leo Genn, David Tomlinson, Anthony Steel, David Greene, Peter Burton, Patrick Waddington, Michael Goodliffe, Anthony Dawson, Bryan Forbes, Dan Cunningham, Peter Finch, Hans Meyer, Jacques B. Brunius
During World War II, British soldiers find an way to escape from their German POW camp by digging a tunnel under a wooden vaulting horse used for exercising. After digging for months, they escape and now must find the way out of enemy territory on their way to freedom.
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| 1. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
2. Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951)
3. City Under the Sea (1965)
aka: War-Gods of the Deep
4. Dominique (1978)
aka: Dominique Is Dead
5. The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
6. Further Up the Creek (1958)
7. The Love Bug (1968)
8. Mary Poppins (1964)
9. So Long at the Fair (1950)
10. Tom Jones (1963)
11. Up the Creek (1958)
12. The Water Babies (1978)
aka: Slip Slide Adventures
13. The Wooden Horse (1950)
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