11 Harrowhouse 1974  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Anything for Love
Fast Fortune
Director: Aram Avakian
Cast: Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, James Mason, Helen Cherry, Peter Vaughan, Jack Watson, Leon Greene, Jack Watling, Cyril Shaps, Clive Morton, Larry Cross, Glynn Edwards, John Bindon
In this spoof on heist films, millionaire Clyde Massey (Trevor Howard) hires a dealer in diamonds, Howard R. Chesser (Charles Grodin), to rob a London diamond exchange owned by Meecham (John Gielgud). Chesser, his girlfriend Maren Shirell (Candice Bergen), and Charles D. Watts (James Mason) suck the diamonds through the wiring system and perform a successful heist. When Massey, who wants the diamonds for himself, sends his henchmen to retrieve the diamonds, a chase ensues, but the robbers manage to escape.
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The Demi-Paradise 1943 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
aka: Adventure for Two
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Marjorie Fielding, Margaret Rutherford, Leslie Henson, Guy Middleton, Felix Aylmer, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Miles Malleson, Joyce Grenfell, George Thorpe, Michael Shepley, Edie Martin, Everley Gregg, Jack Watling
When Russian inventor Ivan Dimitrievitch Kouzneisoff (Laurence Olivier) travels to England prior to World War II to work on the production of his new propeller device, he finds that the British do not trust him. Lady Ann (Penelope Ward), the granddaughter of shipping magnate Mr. Runalow (Felix Aylmer), is charmed by Ivan and tries to impress him with British culture. Romance blooms, but then Ivan returns to Russia. One year later, war has begun, and Ivan returns to England to help with technical work on his propeller design. He sees Britain in a new light when Russia and England are allies against the Nazis and learns to adjust to a new way of life.
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The Nanny 1965  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Seth Holt
Cast: Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett, James Villiers, William Dix, Pamela Franklin, Jack Watling, Alfred Burke, Maurice Denham, Harry Fowler, Angarad Aubrey, Sandra Power, Nora Gordon
Ten-year-old Joey (William Dix) returns home after two years of mental treatment for killing his sister. He is then under the charge of the real killer–his psychotic Nanny (Bette Davis). Only Joey recognizes the Nanny for what she really is. Joey's mother (Wendy Craig) is poisoned and nearly dies from food prepared by the Nanny, but still no one–except Joey's neighbor friend Bobbie (Pamela Franklin)–believes that the nanny is responsible. Matters come to a head when the Nanny tries to smother Joey with a pillow, is discovered by Joey's Aunt Pen (Jill Bennett), and the Nanny leaves the house forever.
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Quartet 1948  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Smart, Harold French, Arthur Crabtree, Ken Annakin
Cast: W. Somerset Maugham, Jack Watling, Mai Zetterling, Dirk Bogarde, Honor Blackman, George Cole, Angela Baddeley, Susan Shaw, Nora Swinburne, Cecil Parker, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Ian Fleming, Jack Raine, Mai Zetterling
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's stories are presented in this film, with each being introduced by the author. The stories are: "The Facts of Life," "Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady." All are excellent, and due to the success of this omnibus, three others were produced the following year in "Trio."
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Sink the Bismarck! 1960 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Mohner, Laurence Naismith, Karel Stepanek, Geoffrey Keen, Michael Hordern, Maurice Denham, Michael Goodliffe, Esmond Knight, Jack Watling, Jack Gwillim, Mark Dignam, Ernest Clark, John Horsley
This film is based on the true World War II assignment of the British Navy to locate and sink the German battleship Bismarck. Using newsreel footage, the film follows the Bismarck from its launching, through many battles, and its sinking in 1941. British intelligence Captain Shepard (Kenneth More) works on the mission and receives love and support for his efforts from a fellow naval officer Anne Davis (Dana Wynter). The story is filled with intrigue and excitement as the British zero in on their target.
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Under Capricorn 1949  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding, Margaret Leighton, Cecil Parker, Denis O'Dea, Jack Watling, Harcourt Williams, Francis De Wolff, Ronald Adam
The Huskys, a 19th-century family, live in Australia. Honorable Charles Adare (Michael Wilding) becomes attracted to Lady Henrietta Husky (Ingrid Bergman) and begins to unravel a family secret. Not one of Hitchcock's best.
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We Dive at Dawn 1943 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: John Mills, Louis Bradfield, Eric Portman, Ronald Millar, Jack Watling, Reginald Purdell, Niall MacGinnis, Caven Watson, Leslie Weston, Norman Williams, Lionel Grose, David Peel, Robb Wilton, Philip Godfrey, Walter Gotell
The crew of the British submarine Sea Tiger is on leave after a lengthy war patrol when it is recalled to conduct a secret mission after the Sea Tiger captain, Lt. Freddie Taylor (John Mills), receives orders to locate and destroy a new German battleship. The adventures are many in this rousing tale–including seaman James Hobson's (Eric Portman) plot to put on a German soldier's uniform and search for a tanker from which the Sea Tiger can refuel.
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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. 11 Harrowhouse (1974)
aka: Anything for Love
aka: Fast Fortune
2. The Demi-Paradise (1943)
aka: Adventure for Two
3. The Nanny (1965)
4. Quartet (1948)
5. Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
6. Under Capricorn (1949)
7. We Dive at Dawn (1943)
8. The Winslow Boy (1948)
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