The Blue Lagoon 1949 N/R, 101 min. Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Frank Launder Cast: Jean Simmons, Susan Stranks, Donald Houston, Peter Rudolph Jones, Noel Purcell, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, James Hayter, Nora Nicholson, Philip Stainton, Patrick Barr, Lyn Evans
Based on Henry De Vere Stacpoole's novel, this is the story of two young people, Michael Reynolds (Donald Houston) and Emmeline Foster (Jean Simmons), who are marooned on a deserted island, fall in love, and become parents.
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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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| 1. The Blue Lagoon (1949)
2. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
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