21 Days 1940  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: 21 Days Together
Director: Basil Dean
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks, Laurence Olivier, Francis L. Sullivan, Hay Petrie, Robert Newton, Laurence Hanray, David Horne, Esme Percy, William Dewhurst
A couple (Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh) has just three weeks together before he plans to confess to a murder he committed in self-defense.
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Accused 1936 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thornton Freeland
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dolores del Rio, Florence Desmond, Roland Culver, Moore Marriott, Cecil Humphreys, Cyril Raymond, Basil Sydney, Googie Withers, J.H. Roberts, Esme Percy, Edward Rigby, Leo Genn
Set in a Paris nightclub, this is the story of dancing team Tony and Gaby Seymour (Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Dolores del Rio) and the murder of Yvette Delange (Florence Desmond) who has been making a play for Tony. Yvette is accused as a murderess, and the real solution to the crime is revealed during the court scenes.
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Murder! 1930  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Herbert Marshall, Phyllis Konstam, Norah Baring, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander, Donald Calthrop, Una O'Connor, Esme Percy, Esme V. Chaplin, Amy Brandon Thomas
A jury member (Herbert Marshall) believes that the accused murderess (Norah Baring) is innocent, but he must identify the real murderer in order to prove her innocence.
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Pygmalion 1938  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard
Cast: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Scott Sunderland, Marie Lohr, David Tree, Jean Cadell, Everley Gregg, Anthony Quayle, Irene Browne, Leueen MacGrath, Esme Percy, Iris Hoey, Patrick Macnee, Leo Genn
While nominated for five Academy Awards–including Best Actor (Lesley Howard), Actress (Wendy Hiller), and Picture–this film won the Oscar for Best Screenplay. George Bernard Shaw was the author of this classic story about the Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle (Hiller), and her mentor, Professor Henry Higgins (Howard), who bets that he can fool society and pass Eliza off as a "Lady." Later remade as the top musical "My Fair Lady."
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Song of Freedom 1936 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Elder Wills
Cast: Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Esme Percy, George Mozart, Arthur Williams, Ronald Simpson, Jenny Dean, Bernard Ansell, Sydney Benson, Cornelia Smith
Paul Robeson plays a former dockworker/now singer who heads to Africa with his wife seeking his roots as the rightful heir to the throne of the country of Casangas. His efforts to rid the people of superstitions and bring modern medicine to fight the rampant diseases are fought by the powerful witch doctors. He wins out, and sings several songs in the process.
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| 1. 21 Days (1940)
aka: 21 Days Together
2. Accused (1936)
3. Murder! (1930)
4. Pygmalion (1938)
5. Song of Freedom (1936)
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