The Brain 1962  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Vengeance
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Peter van Eyck, Anne Heywood, Cecil Parker, Bernard Lee, Maxine Audley, Ellen Schwiers, Jeremy Spenser, Siegfried Lowitz, Hans Nielsen, Miles Malleson, Jack MacGowran, George A. Cooper
After a bomb explodes on a rich financier's plane, Dr. Peter Corrie (Peter van Eyck) notes that the dead man's brain is still alive, and he removes it. As the brain gains power, it takes charge of Peter's mind and orders Peter to find the killer. This is the third–and weakest– film based on Curt Siodmak's novel. The previous films were "The Lady and the Monster" (1944) and "Donovan's Brain" (1953).
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 Fahrenheit 451 1967  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spenser, Bee Duffell, Gillian Lewis, Alex Scott, Michael Balfour
In Ray Bradbury's look into the future, owning books is a crime and "firemen" are on a search and destroy mission for any books that may still be in existence; 451 degrees Fahrenheit just happens to be the temperature at which books are demolished.
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Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert Hamer
Cast: Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson, Miles Malleson, Clive Morton, Hugh Griffith, Jeremy Spenser, Arthur Lowe, Audrey Fildes, John Penrose, Cecil Ramage, John Salew, Lyn Evans, Laurence Naismith
Alec Guinness plays all of the family members of the d'Ascoyne family in this satire on the aristocratic lifestyle. Louis (Dennis Price) has been spurned by the wealthy d'Ascoyne family since his mother eloped with his commoner father. Now, Louis sets out to murder eight members of the family in order to get his hands on the inheritance and obtain the status of Duke. Great Guinness!
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 The Prince and the Showgirl 1957 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Laurence Olivier
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike, Richard Wattis, Jeremy Spenser, Esmond Knight, Maxine Audley, Paul Hardwick, Rosamund Greenwood, Andreas Malandrinos
While in London for the 1912 coronation of George V, a Balkan prince (Laurence Olivier) falls for an American showgirl (Marilyn Monroe) who aids his reconciliation with his son.
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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone 1961 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jose Quintero
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Coral Browne, Jill St. John, Lotte Lenya, Jeremy Spenser, Bessie Love, Carl Jaffe, Stella Bonheur, Warren Mitchell
Aging actress Karen Stone (Vivien Leigh) travels to Rome where she finds adventure in a love affair with the greedy Paolo (Warren Beatty). Lotte Lenya was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress.
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Summertime 1955 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Lean
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda, Darren McGavin, Mari Aldon, Jane Rose, Andre Morell, Jeremy Spenser, MacDonald Parke, Gaitano Andiero
With Venice for its setting, this beautiful David Lean film involves a middle-aged spinster (Katharine Hepburn) who, while on vacation, falls in love with a married antique-dealer (Rossano Brazzi). Academy Award nominations were received for Actress and Director.
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| 1. The Brain (1962)
aka: Vengeance
2. Fahrenheit 451 (1967)
3. Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)
4. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
5. The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
6. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
7. Summertime (1955)
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