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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A Canterbury Tale 1944  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, Sergeant John Sweet, Esmond Knight, Charles Hawtrey, Hay Petrie, George Merritt, Edward Rigby, Freda Jackson, Betty Jardine, Eliot Makeham
Along the road to Canterbury, "Land Girl" Alison Smith (Sheila Sim), U.S. Army Sgt. Bob Johnson (Sergeant John Sweet), and British soldier Peter Gibbs (Dennis Price) become involved with a local prankster, "Glue Man," when he dumps glue on Alison's hair. The mysterious local magistrate (Eric Portman) helps as the trio tries to track down "Glue Man." In the process, they learn about the past and present English countryside, which ultimately leads to answers to their own personal troubles.
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Contraband 1940 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Powell
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Hay Petrie, Joss Ambler, Raymond Lovell, Esmond Knight, Charles Victor, Phoebe Kershaw, Harold Warrender, John Longden, Eric Maturin, Leo Genn, Peter Bull
During the World War II blackout in London, Capt. Andersen's (Conrad Veidt) Danish freighter is delayed in port by British customs agents. Two passengers–Mrs. Sorensen (Valerie Hobson) and Mr. Pidgeon (Esmond Knight)–manage to sneak off the ship, and Andersen rows to shore in search of them. He roams through London's dark streets, finally finds them, and learns that they are both secret agents. Pidgeon escapes, but Andersen stays with Mrs. Sorensen and figures out that she is trying to uncover a Nazi spy ring operating out of a Soho nightclub basement. They are captured by the spies, but Andersen escapes–determined to recruit help and to return and perform a rescue while capturing the spies.
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 Great Expectations 1946  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Lean
Cast: John Mills, Bernard Miles, Finlay Currie, Martita Hunt, Valerie Hobson, Alec Guinness, Jean Simmons, Francis L. Sullivan, Freda Jackson, Torin Thatcher, Tony Wager, Ivor Barnard, George Hayes, Hay Petrie, John Forrest
Charles Dickens' classic–in the hands of Director David Lean–is a "must see." The story is about poor orphan boy Pip (Tony Wager as young Pip and John Mills as older Pip) who is raised by blacksmith Joe Gargery (Bernard Miles) and his wife (Freda Jackson). As a young lad, Pip rescues and becomes a friend of escaped prisoner Magwitch (Finlay Currie). Pip falls in love with his playmate Estelle (Jean Simmons) who is being raised by bitter Miss Haversham (Martita Hunt) to have higher expectations in life than those of Pip. Later, Pip gains wealth through the help of a mysterious benefactor who, it turns out, is Magwitch repaying Pip for his friendship. Now, Pip can attain "gentleman" status and do well in the Victorian world of the social elite.
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Jamaica Inn 1939  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Charles Laughton, Leslie Banks, Emlyn Williams, Robert Newton, Maureen O'Hara, Horace Hodges, Hay Petrie, Frederick Piper, Mervyn Johns, Wylie Watson
Sir Humphrey Pengalian (Charles Laughton) is a smuggler in Victorian England, and problems arise when Mary (Maureen O'Hara) discovers that her relatives are involved in shipwrecks.
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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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On Approval 1944 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Clive Brook
Cast: Clive Brook, Beatrice Lillie, Googie Withers, Roland Culver, O.B. Clarence, Laurence Hanray, Elliott Mason, Hay Petrie, Mollie Munks, Marjorie Rhodes
Based on Frederick Lonsdale's 1926 play, this comedy of manners revolves around a 30-day trial marriage between a titled, but poor, duke (Clive Brook) and an American heiress (Beatrice Lillie) who spend the month at a secluded castle in Scotland where the fun really begins–especially when they are joined by another couple.
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing 1942 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast: Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman, Hugh Williams, Bernard Miles, Peter Ustinov, Robert Helpmann, Googie Withers, Pamela Brown, Hugh Burden, Hay Petrie, Emrys Jones, Joyce Redman, Selma Vaz Dias, Arnold Marle, Alec Clunes
This British film uses World War II as its theme. It is the story of the crash landing of an RAF bomber whose crew manages to bail out over Nazi-occupied Holland, and now they are faced with finding the means of escaping to England. Help comes in the form of an underground network of Dutch patriots that helps them reach the shores of Britain.
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Q Planes 1939 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Adventure / Thriller
aka: Clouds Over Europe
Director: Tim Whelan, Arthur B. Woods
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson, George Curzon, George Merritt, David Tree, Gus McNaughton, Hay Petrie, John Laurie, John Longden
This is a fine suspense film about espionage after Britain's entry into the war involving Scotland Yard's attempt to recover secret military plans stolen by the Nazis. Clever.
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 The Thief of Bagdad 1940  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan
Cast: Sabu, John Justin, June Duprez, Conrad Veidt, Rex Ingram, Miles Malleson, Mary Morris, Hay Petrie, Allan Jeayes, Morton Selten, Bruce Winston, Adelaide Hall, Roy Emerton
Abu (Sabu) is a young boy who is tossed into a Bagdad dungeon for stealing. He is joined by Prince Ahmad (John Justin) who the evil Grand Vizier Jaffar (Conrad Veidt) has deposed as ruler of the realm. Together, Abu and Ahmad manage to escape to Bazra where Ahmad falls in love with a beautiful princess (June Duprez). But, the wicked Jaffar appears on the scene with intentions of marrying the princess and sails off with her as his prisoner. Ahmad and Abu follow them, and along the way Ahmad opens a bottle containing a genie (Rex Ingram). Abu outwits the genie, but will his powers be enough to help Ahmad get to the magical Land of Legend where he can regain the crown?
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| 1. 21 Days (1940)
aka: 21 Days Together
2. A Canterbury Tale (1944)
3. Contraband (1940)
4. Great Expectations (1946)
5. Jamaica Inn (1939)
6. Moscow Nights (1936)
aka: I Stand Condemned
7. On Approval (1944)
8. One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
9. Q Planes (1939)
aka: Clouds Over Europe
10. The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
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