The Battle of the Sexes 1960  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Crichton
Cast: Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings, Jameson Clark, Ernest Thesiger, Donald Pleasence, Moultrie Kelsall, Sam Wanamaker, Alex Mackenzie, Patricia Hayes
A British textile plant accountant (Peter Sellers) contemplates murder when an efficiency expert infringes on his space.
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The Bride of Frankenstein 1935  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Horror / Romance
Director: James Whale
Cast: Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Valerie Hobson, O.P. Heggie, Una O'Connor, E.E. Clive, Walter Brennan, John Carradine, Gavin Gordon, Douglas Walton, Lucien Prival, Dwight Frye
In Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," Dr. Frankenstein considers making a bride for his monster and then realizes the folly of his idea. But in this sequel, Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive) is coerced into creating a female companion (Elsa Lanchester) for his monster (Boris Karloff).
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Caesar and Cleopatra 1945  N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Gabriel Pascal
Cast: Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger, Anthony Harvey, Francis L. Sullivan, Flora Robson, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway, Leo Genn, Jean Simmons, Basil Sydney, Raymond Lovell, Anthony Eustrel, Ernest Thesiger, Michael Rennie
Adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play, this is the story of Julius Caesar (Claude Rains) and the help he gives Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) to attain her goal of ruling Egypt. They meet under the Sphinx in Egypt, and Caesar teaches Cleopatra about politics and how to behave like a queen. But, despite Caesar's attentions, Cleopatra yearns for Marc Antony who is far away in Rome.
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A Christmas Carol 1951 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Drama
aka: Scrooge
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
Cast: Alastair Sim, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Patrick Macnee, Peter Bull, Michael Hordern, Miles Malleson, Ernest Thesiger, George Cole, Francis De Wolff, Michael Dolan, C. Konarski, Glyn Dearman
This popular version of Charles Dickens' classic story "A Christmas Carol" stars Alastair Sim as the miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, whose life is turned around one Christmas Eve when he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future (Michael Dolan, Francis De Wolff, and C. Konarski). After their visit, Scrooge reassesses his treatment of Tiny Tim (Glyn Dearman) and his family. Sim is great and makes this film a must for everyone.
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Father Brown 1954 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Detective
Director: Robert Hamer
Cast: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch, Cecil Parker, Bernard Lee, Sid James, Ernest Thesiger, Gerard Oury, Ernest Clark, Austin Trevor
Father Brown (Alec Guinness) refuses the aid of Scotland Yard and takes charge of the delivery of a priceless cross.
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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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Henry V 1944 N/R, 153 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Laurence Olivier
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Renee Asherson, Esmond Knight, Leo Genn, Felix Aylmer, Ernest Thesiger, Robert Helpmann, Ralph Truman, Griffith Jones, Morland Graham, Nicholas Hannen, Roy Emerton, Freda Jackson
No one can beat Sir Laurence Olivier when it comes to directing and acting in Shakespearean plays. In this film, he does both and scores a brilliant production hit. This version of "Henry V" centers on the 1415 battle of Agincourt where the English defeated the French. The film was nominated for several Oscars, including Best Picture and Actor. Olivier received an honorary Oscar for his achievement as actor, producer, and director for the film.
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The Horse's Mouth 1958  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Renee Houston, Mike Morgan, Michael Gough, Ernest Thesiger, Robert Coote, Reginald Beckwith, Veronica Turleigh, Arthur Macrae, Gillian Vaughn, Peter Bull, Clive Revill, Richard Leech, Mary Davies
This insightful satire is about Gully Jimson (Alec Guinness), a weird artist who cannot adapt to the world around him. Gully has served time in jail for vagrancy, and is now released when, uninvited, he moves into Sir William and Lady Beeder's (Robert Coote and Veronica Turleigh) flat while they are out of town. Gully puts his latest art work on their walls, which is NOT what they want. Next, Gully paints a culmination of his artistry in a deserted church, but the church is slated for demolition, and his art work is destroyed. Finally, Gully boards his houseboat and sails off to another world.
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Last Holiday 1950 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Henry Cass
Cast: Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell, Kay Walsh, Gregoire Aslan, Bernard Lee, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ernest Thesiger, Helen Cherry, Brian Worth, Sid James, Jean Colin, Muriel George, Esma Cannon, Campbell Cotts, Moultrie Kelsall
Salesman George Bird (Alec Guinness) has been diagnosed with a terminal illness and has been told that he has less than one month to live. George decides on one last fling–pretending to be a wealthy man and spending all of his money. He buys new clothes and rents a room at an exclusive inn. He meets new business prospects at the inn and, because he now does not mind taking risks, doors are opening in his world as a salesman. Then, George learns that his diagnosis is wrong, and that he is no longer in danger of dying in less than a month. How will George handle the news?
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The Man in the White Suit 1951 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough, Vida Hope, Ernest Thesiger, Howard Marion-Crawford, Duncan Lamont, Miles Malleson, Harold Goodwin, Henry Mollison, Patric Doohan, Colin Gordon, Arthur Howard
When Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness) invents a textile, which will not get dirty or wear out, the world beats a path to his door–to prevent him from producing his new cloth! Textile workers and owners of mills see their livelihoods in jeopardy.
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The Million Pound Note 1954 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Man with a Million
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Gregory Peck, Jane Griffith, Ronald Squire, Joyce Grenfell, Reginald Beckwith, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ernest Thesiger, A.E. Matthews, Maurice Denham, Bryan Forbes
Based on the Mark Twain fable, this is the story of a poor American in London who receives a million pound note and the problems he encounters during the month he is to keep it in his possession.
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 The Old Dark House 1932 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
Director: James Whale
Cast: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Gloria Stuart, Raymond Massey, Lilian Bond, Ernest Thesiger, Elspeth Dudgeon, Eva Moore, Brember Wills
Coming in from the cold was not necessarily good for a group of travelers–Philip and Margaret Waverton (Raymond Massey and Gloria Stuart) and their friend Penderel (Melvyn Douglas)–who seek shelter in a spooky old house. After banging on the door, they are coldly greeted by butler Morgan (Boris Karloff) and the Fenn family–Horace (Ernest Thesiger) and his deaf sister Rebecca (Eva Moore). Wind-blown travelers Sir William Porterhouse (Charles Laughton) and chorus girl Gladys (Lilian Bond) also seek refuge at the house. Matters deteriorate when Morgan gets drunk and releases psychotic pyromaniac Saul Fenn (Brember Wills) who tries to kill Penderel and set the house on fire.
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A Place of One's Own 1945  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Bernard Knowles
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Barbara Mullen, Dennis Price, Helen Haye, Ernest Thesiger, Michael Shepley, Dulcie Gray, Moore Marriott, Gus McNaughton
Annette (Margaret Lockwood) works for the Smedhursts (James Mason and Barbara Mullen) at their haunted home and becomes possessed by the spirit of a former owner who was murdered.
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The Robe 1953 N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Jay Robinson, Michael Rennie, Richard Boone, Dawn Addams, Dean Jagger, Torin Thatcher, Betta St. John, Jeff Morrow, Ernest Thesiger, Leon Askin, Michael Ansara, Cameron Mitchell
This grand-scale film is the story of a Roman tribune, Marcellus (Richard Burton), whose duty is to ensure the crucifixion of Jesus. Later, he wins Christ's robe, and the ownership of the robe affects his course in life. In addition to Academy Awards for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration and Costume Design, nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor (Burton), and Cinematography. First CinemaScope film.
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Sons and Lovers 1960 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Cardiff
Cast: Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Heather Sears, Mary Ure, Donald Pleasence, Ernest Thesiger, William Lucas, Conrad Phillips, Rosalie Crutchley, Elizabeth Begley, Edna Morris
Paul Morel (Dean Stockwell) was encouraged by his well-bred mother (Wendy Hiller) to escape the dreary life of his youth and not follow in the footsteps of his coal miner father (Trevor Howard). The film won an Oscar for Best Cinematography and was nominated for six others including Best Picture, Actor (Howard), Supporting Actress (Mary Ure), and Director.
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Who Done It? 1956  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Basil Dearden
Cast: Benny Hill, Belinda Lee, David Kossoff, Garry Marsh, George Margo, Ernest Thesiger, Denis Shaw, Frederick Schiller, Thorley Walters, Nicholas Phipps, Gibb McLaughlin, Ernest Jay
Popular British TV comedian Benny Hill makes his screen debut playing the role of Hugo, an ice-rink sweeper, who wins money in a contest. His ambition to become a detective is fulfilled when he uses the money to open a detective agency. But he gets more than he bargained for when he quickly gets involved in an assassination plot. For Benny Hill fans only.
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The Winslow Boy 1948 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Robert Donat, Margaret Leighton, Cedric Hardwicke, Marie Lohr, Frank Lawton, Ernest Thesiger, Kathleen Harrison, Jack Watling, Basil Radford, Wilfrid Hyde-White
When a young naval cadet is accused of stealing, his father stands behind him offering the best legal protection in the land. A great courtroom drama.
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| 1. The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
2. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
3. Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
4. A Christmas Carol (1951)
aka: Scrooge
5. Father Brown (1954)
aka: The Detective
6. The Ghoul (1933)
7. Henry V (1944)
8. The Horse's Mouth (1958)
9. Last Holiday (1950)
10. The Man in the White Suit (1951)
11. The Million Pound Note (1954)
aka: Man with a Million
12. The Old Dark House (1932)
13. A Place of One's Own (1945)
14. The Robe (1953)
15. Sons and Lovers (1960)
16. Who Done It? (1956)
17. The Winslow Boy (1948)
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