Emil and the Detectives 1935 N/R, 63 min. Genre: Family aka: Emil
Director: Milton Rosmer Cast: John(2) Williams, George Hayes, Mary Glynne, Clare Greet, George Merritt, Marion Foster, Donald Pittman, Robert Rietty, John Singer, Derek Blomfield
This German children's classic is about a boy who is drugged and robbed. He then gets support from other children in tracking down the criminal.
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Hobson's Choice 1954 N/R, 107 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: David Lean Cast: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie, Prunella Scales, Daphne Anderson, Richard Wattis, Helen Haye, Joseph Tomelty, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie, Derek Blomfield, Julien Mitchell, Gibb McLaughlin, Philip Stainton, Dorothy Gordon
Henry Horatio Hobson (Charles Laughton) is a shoemaker with three independently thinking daughters–Maggie, Alice, and Vicky (Brenda De Banzie, Daphne Anderson, and Prunella Scales). Maggie proves a match for her stubborn father when she decides to marry Willie Mossop (John Mills) who is one of his employees. Next, Maggie encourages Alice and Vicky to choose their own husbands and ignore the directives of their father to not marry.
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| 1. Emil and the Detectives (1935) aka: Emil
2. Hobson's Choice (1954)
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