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Calling Bulldog Drummond   1951     2 and a half stars    N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Victor Saville  
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Robert Beatty, Margaret Leighton, David Tomlinson, Peggy Evans, Charles Victor, Bernard Lee, James Hayter, Harold Lang, Patrick Doonan

  Retired British military officer Bulldog Drummond (Walter Pidgeon) is called into service by Scotland Yard to help police Sergeant Helen Smith (Margaret Leighton) bring down a criminal gang working out of London.

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Conspirator   1949     2 stars    N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Saville  
Cast: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Flemyng, Harold Warrender, Honor Blackman, Helen Haye, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Marjorie Fielding, Thora Hird, Karel Stepanek

  This early Cold War story is about Major Michael Currah (Robert Taylor) who is caught selling information to Communists. His American wife, Melinda (Elizabeth Taylor), must deal with events as they close in around her.

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Dark Journey   1937     3 stars    N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Saville  
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Joan Gardner, Anthony Bushell, Ursula Jeans, Robert Newton, William Dewhurst, Cecil Parker, Austin Trevor, Eliot Makeham

  A meeting between spies–Von Marwitz (Conrad Veidt) and Madeleine (Vivien Leigh)–in Stockholm accelerates into a love affair, which complicates matters.


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Evensong   1934     3 stars  User Rating      N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Saville  
Cast: Evelyn Laye, Fritz Kortner, Emlyn Williams, Alec Guinness, Carl Esmond, Alice Delysia, Muriel Aked, Arthur Sinclair

  An opera diva (Evelyn Laye) forsakes love for her career and tragically dies of a broken heart when her career ends. A young Alec Guinness makes his screen debut as a soldier in the audience at a concert.    1 User Review




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geoff 03/10/2007 
  The cast list omits one imporant star - Conchita Supervia - a glorious Spanish mezzo soprano who died much too young, a couple of years after this film was made. This is the only film footage of her.

This film is based on a novel by Beverley Nicholls which is a thinly disguised portrait of Dame Nellie Melba. Supervia plays a young up-and-coming singer who exlipses the ageing prima donna. In real life Supervia was ten years older than Laye but the make-up was very effective.

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Evergreen   1934     3 stars    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Victor Saville  
Cast: Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Betty Balfour, Barry MacKay, Ivor MacLaren, Hartley Power

  This is the story of two generations of women. The first is music-hall star Harriet Green (Jessie Matthews), who retires from show business to marry a marquis. When blackmailed before her marriage, she leaves for South America. Years later, after Harriet's death, her daughter (also played by Jessie Matthews) poses as her own mother. Problems occur when she meets the marquis.


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Poster Art From art.comFriday the Thirteenth   1933     2 and a half stars    N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Friday the 13th

Director: Victor Saville  
Cast: Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Edmund Gwenn, Gordon Harker, Muriel Aked, Martita Hunt, Cyril Smith, Richard Hulton, Max Miller, Alfred Drayton, Hartley Power, Percy Parsons, Ursula Jeans, Eliot Makeham, Ralph Richardson

  At one minute before midnight on Friday the 13th, lightning strikes, and a crane falls onto a London bus. Now, Big Ben winds backwards, and the past lives and events of six of the passengers are shown in separate sequences. Two passengers are killed, and two are injured; but those who suffered are not revealed until the story's end.



Cast
Jessie Matthews Millie
Sonnie Hale Alf the Conductor
Edmund Gwenn Mr. Wakefield
Gordon Harker Hamilton Briggs
Muriel Aked Miss Twigg
Martita Hunt Agnes Lightfoot
Cyril Smith Fred the Driver
Richard Hulton Johnny
Max Miller Joe
Alfred Drayton The Detective
Hartley Power American Tourist
Percy Parsons American Tourist
Ursula Jeans Eileen Jackson
Eliot Makeham Henry Jackson
Ralph Richardson Horace Dawes

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Green Dolphin Street   1947     2 stars    N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Saville  
Cast: Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Donna Reed, Richard Hart, Frank Morgan, Edmund Gwenn, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Gladys Cooper, Linda Christian

  Set in 19th-century New Zealand, this is a weak epic tale about two sisters who desire the same man. Nevertheless, the film did win the Academy Award for "Best Special Effects" along with three nominations.

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The Green Years   1946     2 and a half stars    N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Saville  
Cast: Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler, Hume Cronyn, Gladys Cooper, Dean Stockwell, Jessica Tandy, Richard Haydn, Andy Clyde, Wallace Ford

  This is a saga of a boy growing into manhood. Following the death of his parents, Robert Shannon (Dean Stockwell and later Tom Drake) goes to Scotland where he lives with his great-grandfather (Charles Coburn). Of note in this film is the casting of Jessica Tandy as Kate Leckie, the daughter of Papa Leckie (Hume Cronyn).

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If Winter Comes   1947     1 and a half stars    N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Saville  
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Deborah Kerr, Angela Lansbury, Binnie Barnes, Janet Leigh, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Rhys Williams, Halliwell Hobbes

  Mark Sabre (Walter Pidgeon) takes unwed, pregnant Nona Tybar (Deborah Kerr) as a goodwill effort, but tragedy results.

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Kim   1950     2 and a half stars    N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: Victor Saville  
Cast: Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas, Robert Douglas, Thomas Gomez, Cecil Kellaway, Reginald Owen, Arnold Moss, Richard Hale, Hayden Rorke, Laurette Luez, Roman Toporow, Ivan Triesault, Olaf Hytten, Hamilton Camp

  Based on the Rudyard Kipling story, this plot revolves around an orphaned boy, Kim (Dean Stockwell), who is recruited by the Secret Service in India and trained by Mahbub Ali (Errol Flynn) to become an espionage agent for the British. Kim's mission: work with Mahbub Ali and help rid India of the Czarist Russians who are causing trouble in India.



Cast
Errol Flynn Mahbub Ali, the Red Beard
Dean Stockwell Kim
Paul Lukas Lama
Robert Douglas Colonel Creighton
Thomas Gomez Emissary
Cecil Kellaway Hurree Chunder
Reginald Owen Father Victor
Arnold Moss Lurgan Sahib
Richard Hale Hassan Bey, the Narrator
Hayden Rorke Major Ainsley
Laurette Luez Laluli
Roman Toporow Russian
Ivan Triesault Russian
Olaf Hytten Mr. Hairlee
Hamilton Camp Thorpe
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The Long Wait   1954     1 and a half stars    N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Saville  
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn, Gene Evans, Peggie Castle, Mary Ellen Kay, Dolores Donlon

  A trial for robbery and murder awaits an amnesia victim IF he returns to the scene of the crime.

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The Silver Chalice   1954     1 and a half stars    N/R, 142 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Victor Saville  
Cast: Virginia Mayo, Jack Palance, Pier Angeli, Paul Newman, Walter Hampden, Joseph Wiseman, Alexander Scourby, Lorne Greene, E.G. Marshall, Natalie Wood, David J. Stewart, Herbert Rudley, Jacques Aubuchon, Michael Pate, Donald Randolph

  This is the story of the cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper. Greek sculptor Basil (Paul Newman) is sold into Roman slavery, marries slave Deborra (Pier Angeli), and dallies with Helena (Virginia Mayo). Basil is commissioned to design the silver chalice with Jesus and his disciples sculpted around the rim. The cup is coveted by many, but Nero (Jacques Aubuchon) wants the cup destroyed. After much conniving, the cup is lost, but the apostle Peter (Lorne Greene) predicts that it will be found in the future and will help lead the people back to Christ. Although Paul Newman debuted in this film, he later apologized in a Hollywood trade ad for his performance in this movie.



Cast
Virginia Mayo Helena
Jack Palance Simon the Magician
Pier Angeli Deborra
Paul Newman Basil
Walter Hampden Joseph of Arimathea
Joseph Wiseman Mijamin
Alexander Scourby Saint Luke
Lorne Greene Saint Peter
E.G. Marshall Ignatius
Natalie Wood Helena as a child
David J. Stewart Adam
Herbert Rudley Linus
Jacques Aubuchon Nero
Michael Pate Aaron Ben Joseph
Donald Randolph Selech
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Storm in a Teacup   1937     3 stars    N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Victor Saville  
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Cecil Parker, Sara Allgood, Ursula Jeans, Gus McNaughton, Eliot Makeham, Ivor Barnard, Cyril Smith, Edgar K. Bruce

  When reporter Frank Burdon (Rex Harrison) takes on the cause of Mrs. Hegarty (Sara Allgood) who refuses to pay for a dog license, the result is mayhem.


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Tonight and Every Night   1945     3 stars    N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Victor Saville  
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Janet Blair, Lee Bowman, Marc Platt, Leslie Brooks, Florence Bates, Ernest Cossart, Philip Merivale, Patrick O'Moore, Shelley Winters

  This wartime film is about London showgirls who valiantly provided entertainment during the days of the bombing of London by Nazis. Check out Shelley Winters in the chorus.

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Movie Quick Pick
1. Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951)
2. Conspirator (1949)
3. Dark Journey (1937)
4. Evensong (1934)
5. Evergreen (1934)
6. Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
   aka: Friday the 13th
7. Green Dolphin Street (1947)
8. The Green Years (1946)
9. If Winter Comes (1947)
10. Kim (1950)
11. The Long Wait (1954)
12. The Silver Chalice (1954)
13. Storm in a Teacup (1937)
14. Tonight and Every Night (1945)


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