Black Narcissus 1947  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Sabu, Kathleen Byron, Esmond Knight, Judith Furse, Jenny Laird, May Hallatt, Shaun Noble, Eddie Whaley Jr., Nancy(2) Roberts
When five nuns, led by Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr), set up a mission in the Himalayas, they are beset with the problems of isolation and inclement weather. Hoping to lessen their problems, they enlist the aid of a British agent, Mr. Dean (David Farrar). Photography is excellent. Oscars were received for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration and Cinematography.
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The Browning Version 1951 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Nigel Patrick, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Brian Smith, Bill Travers, Ronald Howard, Peter Jones, Judith Furse
In this first (of two, so far) film based on Terence Rattigan's 1948 play, Michael Redgrave is great as the schoolteacher who has many failings and has an unfaithful wife, to boot.
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1939  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills, Paul Henreid, Judith Furse, Edmund Breon, Milton Rosmer, Frederick Leister, Austin Trevor, Lyn Harding, Louise Hampton, David Tree, Jill Furse, Scott Sunderland
Mr. Chips (Robert Donat) is the Latin teacher at a London boys' school. This is his story–from young teacher, through the tragic death of his wife Katherine (Greer Garson) in childbirth, to beloved teacher at the end of his career. Robert Donat won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in this film. The movie received several other important nominations, including Best Picture, Actress (Greer Garson), and Director.
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Man in the Wilderness 1971  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Richard Harris, Henry Wilcoxon, John Huston, Percy Herbert, Dennis Waterman, Norman Rossington, James Doohan, Judith Furse, Prunella Ransome, Sheila Raynor, Bryan Marshall, Ben Carruthers, Robert Russell, John Bindon
After he is attacked by a grizzly bear in the early 1800s, Zachary Bass (Richard Harris) is left by his fellow fur trappers and Indian traders to die. He recuperates and sets out on his own form of revenge.
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Mother Riley Meets the Vampire 1952  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: My Son, the Vampire
Vampire over London
Director: John Gilling
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Arthur Lucan, Dora Bryan, Richard Wattis, Judith Furse, Philip Leaver, Maria Mercedes, Roderick Lovell, David Hurst, Charles Lloyd Pack
This is the last in the long-running UK series of Old Mother Riley tales, all of which starred Arthur Lucan in drag as the Irish scrub woman, Mother Riley. Mother Riley is always getting herself in all sorts of tough spots, and this time she comes across mad scientist Baron Von Housen (Bela Lugosi) who is in search of uranium to fuel his monster robot so he can rule the world.
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| 1. Black Narcissus (1947)
2. The Browning Version (1951)
3. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
4. Man in the Wilderness (1971)
5. Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
aka: My Son, the Vampire
aka: Vampire over London
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