Alive and Kicking 1958  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Cyril Frankel
Cast: Sybil Thorndike, Kathleen Harrison, Estelle Winwood, Stanley Holloway, Eric Pohlmann, John Salew, Liam Redmond, Marjorie Rhodes, Richard Harris, Olive McFarland
When Dora (Sybil Thorndike), Rosie (Kathleen Harrison), and Mabel (Estelle Winwood) learn they are going to be moved from their "old folks" home, they escape the premises and set off on an adventure.
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Major Barbara 1941  N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Gabriel Pascal
Cast: Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, Robert Newton, Deborah Kerr, Stanley Holloway, Emlyn Williams, Sybil Thorndike, Torin Thatcher, Miles Malleson, Marie Lohr, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Walter Hudd, David Tree, Donald Calthrop
This film rendition of the intuitive play by George Bernard Shaw features Salvation Army officer Major Barbara (Wendy Hiller) as the young woman who rebels against her wealthy upbringing and opts to help those less fortunate. Love enters the picture in the person of an intellectual (Rex Harrison).
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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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Shake Hands with the Devil 1959 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: James Cagney, Don Murray, Glynis Johns, Dana Wynter, Michael Redgrave, Richard Harris, Cyril Cusack, John Le Mesurier, Sybil Thorndike, Allan Cuthbertson
Taking place in 1921, this story is about the IRA struggle against British domination. An Irish-American student (Don Murray) unwittingly becomes involved in the conflict when he falls under the influence of an IRA leader (James Cagney).
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 Stage Fright 1950  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding, Richard Todd, Alastair Sim, Kay Walsh, Sybil Thorndike, Miles Malleson, Joyce Grenfell, Andre Morell, Patricia Hitchcock, Ballard Berkeley, Irene Handl, Alfie Bass
Drama student Eve Hill (Jane Wyman) has been told by her boyfriend (Richard Todd) that one of the stars, Charlotte Inwood (Marlene Dietrich), is a murderess. Now Eve spies on Charlotte hoping for proof of the murder.
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| 1. Alive and Kicking (1958)
2. Major Barbara (1941)
3. The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
4. Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
5. Stage Fright (1950)
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