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All in Good Faith - The Complete Series
In his first comedy series for ITV, Richard Briers stars as a beleaguered vicar who abandons the comforts of his affluent Oxfordshire parish for the more challenging climes of a run-down Midlands town. Co-starring Barbara Ferris, Irene Handl, Robert Dorning and Jan Ravens, among others, this hugely engaging sitcom was penned by noted screenwriter (and Me and My Girl creator) John Kane, and directed by multi-award winner John Howard Davies.Hoping for a fresh start and a renewed sense of purpose, the Rev. Philip Lambe has convinced his family to join him in the inaptly named town of Edendale, where he has taken up a new position. But ministering to his new urban flock brings many unforeseen problems: this second series sees the well-meaning but naïve clergyman coming into conflict with a local martial-arts club, finding a homeless couple on his doorstep, and coming face to face with a delusional, gun-toting stranger... -
King's Rhapsody
Adapting Ivor Novello's long-running musical play for the big screen, this enchanting Ruritanian romance marked the second pairing of Errol Flynn and British film heroine Anna Neagle under the direction of Herbert Wilcox.Blending sumptuous pageantry and richly varied music and choreography, King's Rhapsody echoed the abdication crises that enthralled pre-War Europe, with Flynn starring as the prince who falls for a commoner (Neagle), and his wife Patrice Wymore as the princess whom he is finally persuaded to marry. The film is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.For some years, Richard, carefree heir to the throne of Laurentia, has been contentedly living in exile with his love, Marta Karillos. On the death of his father, however, the Queen Mother persuades him to return to Laurentia to claim the throne, and accept marriage to Princess Cristiane of Norseland - the 'Snow Princess'...Special Features:Image GalleryOriginal Promotional PDF -
All the Way Up
Till Death Us Do Part's Warren Mitchell heads an outstanding cast as an ambitious but none-too-bright salesman in this sharply scripted comedy of workplace deviousness and one-upmanship. Based on BAFTA nominee David Turner's 1962 stage hit Semi-Detached, All the Way Up is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Fred Midway will do anything to climb to the top of the corporate tree, and he's equally keen to bump up his family's social status. When his aspirations suffer various setbacks, Fred even manages to turn a desperate situation to his advantage... only to be blackmailed by his son - a real chip off the old block!Special Features:Original Theatrical TrailerImage GalleryOriginal Pressbook PDF -
Hide and Seek
Ian Carmichael - one of British cinema's most accomplished character actors and immortalised in the television role of P.G. Wodehouse's genial upper-class bumbler Bertie Wooster - heads a strong cast in this comedy Cold War thriller. Directed by the BAFTA-nominated Cy Endfield, whose credits include Zulu and Hell Drivers, Hide and Seek also stars Oscar winner Hugh Griffith, Bond villain Curd Jürgens and Golden Globe-winning British actress Janet Munro; the film is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Whilst working on a top-secret missile project, research scientist David Garret runs into an old friend from behind the Iron Curtain - now a world chess champion working for mysterious businessman Hubert Marek. The hapless professor of astronomy is shortly to find himself at the centre of a kidnap plan designed to make it appear that he has in fact defected to the Soviet Union...Special Features:Image Gallery -
Dreaming
Phenomenally successful entertainers Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen team up with larger-than-life vaudevillian Teddy Brown and future horror queen Hazel Court for this 1944 comedy feature presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements. Directed by John Baxter, who collaborated with Flanagan and Allen on many of their wartime comedies, Dreaming sees the duo seemingly proving that no good deed goes unpunished...When a pretty Wren faints in a crowded train, Private Bud Flanagan and Captain Ches Allen are quick to render first aid. But over Bud's head, a heavy kitbag wobbles; it falls and scores a direct hit, knocking him unconscious. What follows is a dream sequence involving Ches, the Wren and Bud himself in a series of hilarious adventures as well as a magical medley of the duo's best-loved musical numbers!SPECIAL FEATURES[] Image Gallery[] Promotional Material PDF -
Dead Men Are Dangerous
In an early lead role, Robert Newton stars in a compelling murder melodrama charting a struggling novelist's desperate bid to start life anew - in a dead man's clothes...Released in 1939, Dead Men Are Dangerous captures the richly talented British stage star at a point of transition, as West End acclaim gave way to burgeoning film success; Newton's pre-War achievements would be consolidated with iconic portrayals of Bill Sikes and Long John Silver in the 1940s and '50s. This rare, London-set thriller is presented here in a brand-new digital transfer from the original film elements.Aylmer Franklyn, an unsuccessful writer saddled with debts, seizes the chance to change his identity after discovering a corpse under a fallen branch. Faking his own death, he swaps his clothes for those of the dead man, and even attends his own inquest. But the events that result make him only too happy to resume his own identity...Special Features:Image Gallery -
Murder in Soho
This cracking, Brit-noir crime thriller features relatively early roles for Googie Withers, James Hayter, future Bond star Bernard Lee and Broadway veteran Jack La Rue, who would become familiar to cinemagoers as one of Hollywood's most dependable screen gangsters. Released in Britain in 1939, Murder in Soho is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.One of the brightest spots in Soho was the Cotton Club, run by American Steve Marco. Steve was proud of his club's reputation; it was an excellent 'blind' for more important activities. So when double-crossing Joe Lane threatened to tell the police of Steve's past, Joe had to be murdered. Steve was not going to have anyone destroy what had taken years to build...Special Features:Image GalleryOriginal Script PDF -
Death is a Woman
Making a spectacular change from teen pop sensation to actress, Logie-Award-winning Australian singer Patsy Ann Noble is the scene-stealing, bikini-clad femme fatale in this stylish, cleverly plotted murder mystery. Giving Noble one of her earliest film roles and also starring Mark Burns, Wanda Ventham and Shaun Curry, Death Is a Woman is presented here in a brand-new digital transfer in its original theatrical aspect ratio.An undercover agent is sent to investigate narcotics smuggling on a sun-drenched Mediterranean island. However, when both of his principal subjects die in mysterious circumstances, he soon finds that he is also involved in a murder investigation...Special Features:Original Theatrical TrailerAlternate Scene [Mute]Image GalleryOriginal Pressbook PDF -
Mr Ten Per Cent
Pre-dating Mel Brooks' The Producers by a year, this 1967 comedy stars the inimitable Charlie Drake as a budding playwright whose magnum opus seems a cast-iron guarantee of box-office disaster. Featuring support from an array of British film and television stars - including George Baker, John Le Mesurier, Ronald Radd and Wanda Ventham - Mister Ten Per Cent is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Percy Pointer may work on a building site, but his passion is the theatre, and all his spare time is devoted to the play he is writing. It means everything to him: he lives in the fictional world he is creating, acting out to the full every emotion and situation that he pens. When Percy's play is finished, it arrives on the desk of Jocelyn Macauley, London's leading impresario, at a time when he is particularly anxious to stage a resounding flop and so incur an impressive tax loss. To Macauley, Oh, My Lord! is made to order...Special Features:Original Theatrical TrailerImage GalleryOriginal Pressbook PDF -
Noose for a Lady
A taut, complex whodunit with a brilliantly nerve-racking climax, Noose for a Lady marked the directorial debut of German-born writer, producer and director Wolf Rilla - best known for 1960's Village of the Damned, his masterly adaptation of John Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos. This rare and compelling feature, released in 1953, is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Simon Gale returns from Uganda to find his cousin, Margaret, has been convicted of poisoning her husband, and her execution is only seven days away. Refusing to believe in her guilt, Simon and Margaret's stepdaughter Jill set out to find the real killer, questioning everyone remotely connected with the dead man. As far as Simon is concerned, everyone is a suspect, and when the man who had promised him vital information is found poisoned, he believes he has solved the mystery...Special Features:Original Theatrical TrailerImage GalleryPromotional Materials PDF -
Nothing Barred
Master farceur Brian Rix joins fellow Whitehall Theatre stalwart Leo Franklyn and a host of famed character comedians - including Naunton Wayne, Charles Heslop, Irene Handl and Bernard Cribbins - for this hugely entertaining, quintessentially English romp. Released in 1961, Nothing Barred (aka The Night We Sprang a Leak) is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and his fortunes fade even further, with a stream of debts threatening to run into a deluge when his daughter's fiancé demands a plush and costly wedding. Where is the cash to come from? Whitebait and his servant Spankforth's answer is a scam involving the theft of a valuable painting from the Manor. How could such a cunningly original ruse fail? -
The Chiltern Hundreds
Few actors could be better suited than David Tomlinson for the role of a doltish viscount unintentionally entangled in politics, and this brisk 1949 satire was a huge success both for the accomplished character player and his similarly gifted co-stars, Cecil Parker and eighty-year-old film veteran A.E. Matthews. The Chiltern Hundreds is directed by John Paddy Carstairs - whose later career encompassed a string of box-office hits with the likes of Frankie Howerd, Norman Wisdom and Tommy Steele - and is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements.Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidate for a local seat held by his family for generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancée while she's still in England, but his masterplan backfires when he finds himself swept into an election campaign and beaten by Labour's Mr Cleghorn - who is then made a peer. In an attempt to save face, Pym decides to stand again - as a socialist. It all proves too much for the Pyms' loyal, true-blue butler, Mr Beecham...Special Features:Image Gallery -
Josephine and Men
Glynis Johns heads an impeccable cast in this sparkling comedy feature of 1955. Charting the romantic complications of a kind-hearted young woman who simply cannot resist an underdog, Josephine and Men is adapted by BAFTA-Award winning screenwriter and author Nigel Balchin from his own story, and presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Josephine Luton is about to be married to her fiancé, wealthy businessman Alan Hartley. All this looks set to change, however, when she falls for Alan's friend, struggling playwright David Hewer; the trouble is that Josephine's ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men - and David most clearly falls into the latter category. But for just how long is he like to remain the underdog?Special Features:Full-frame version of main featureOriginal Theatrical TrailerImage GalleryOriginal Promotional PDF -
Ballad in Blue
Making his only major film appearance, legendary soul singer, musician and composer Ray Charles helps transform the lives of a blind boy and his widowed mother in this poignant, uplifting film drama set in mid-1960s London. Presented in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio, Ballad in Blue sees Charles - who had lost his sight completely by the age of eight - performing some of his best-loved songs, including I Got a Woman, Hit the Road, Jack and Busted.During a performance for blind children, global star Ray Charles befriends David, a young boy who has recently lost his sight, and tries to help him come to terms with his condition. Then, during a world tour, Charles finds himself in Paris, where a surgeon is pioneering a radical procedure that could restore David's sight; he sets out not only to convince David's over-protective mother to allow her son to undergo the surgery, but also to reconcile her with her boyfriend, a struggling composer who seeks solace in alcohol.Special Features:Image gallery -
Jimmy Clitheroe: That's My Boy
Diminutive variety star Jimmy Clitheroe was the perpetual schoolboy whose abundant Northern humour charmed and entertained a generation of British audiences. Employing his four-foot, three-inch stature and mischievous persona to brilliant comic effect, he proved phenomenally popular in every medium from theatre to film and records, with The Clitheroe Kid, one of Britain's longest-running radio sitcoms, drawing a peak audience of 10 million and spawning numerous catchphrases!In 1963 Clitheroe's roguish creation hit television screens, causing further mischief for his fictional family in this ABC sitcom co-starring ITMA veteran (and future Please Sir! star) Deryck Guyler, and airing in the Midlands and northern England only. Presenting all seven half-hour episodes of That's My Boy, along with the last remaining episode of sequel series Just Jimmy (also starring Mollie Sugden), this set celebrates a uniquely talented yet now largely forgotten star, and introduces The Kid Himself to a new generation of classic comedy fans. -
Rotten to the Core
A riotously funny crime caper in the classic tradition of Two-Way Stretch and The Lavender Hill Mob, Rotten to the Core boasts a top-notch cast with early roles for Anton Rodgers and Charlotte Rampling; produced, directed and co-scripted by the legendary Boulting brothers, this rare comedy gem earned a BAFTA Award nomination in 1966 for art director Alex Vetchinsky. Rotten to the Core is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Lenny, Jelly and Scapa are the three loyal henchmen of The Duke . After 18 months in jail they are eager to rejoin their leader... and even more eager to receive a share of the stash that sent them there. Having been told that the Duke has died and all the money was spent on hospital bills, the they eventually meet up with their boss again; however, they find that his methods have become far more sophisticated, and before long they're involved in an elaborate plan to carry out a daringly audacious heist.Special Features:Image GalleryOriginal Pressbook PDF -
Operation Bullshine
Innamorarsi per ridere è l'ordine del giorno in questa colorata commedia ambientata in tempo di guerra - un successo al botteghino nel 1959 per il regista di Girls at Sea Gilbert Gunn e che vanta un cast di prim'ordine che include Donald Sinden, Dora Bryan e Barbara Murray, con un ruolo notevole per la medaglia d'oro olimpica del 1956 Judy Grinham.Presentato in un nuovissimo trasferimento digitale, Operation Bullshine racconta le disavventure di un gruppo di ragazze dell'Auxiliary Territorial Service di stanza in una postazione antiaerea su un tratto remoto della costa inglese - insieme al bel tenente a capo della batteria e a sua moglie, una collega dell'ATS che non è troppo felice dell'ultimo incarico di suo marito... soprattutto quando i regolamenti le costringono a nascondere il fatto che sono sposate!Caratteristiche speciali:Trailer teatrale originaleGalleria di immaginiMateriale promozionale PDF -
Banana Ridge / Aren't Men Beasts
Aldwych Theatre farceur Robertson Hare and character comedian Alfred Drayton reprise their original stage roles in two classic screen comedies. Both films are brand-new transfers from the original film elements, in their as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Only one copy of Aren't Men Beasts! is known to exist and its soundtrack is incomplete - for these two mute sections we have included English subtitles.Banana RidgeA screen adaptation of Ben Travers' celebrated and enduring farce - a wonderfully mischievous comedy of disputed paternity and caddishness. On the morning of his son's wedding, a mild-mannered dentist is visited by a dark, beautiful girl who disarranges her dress and screams for the police!Aren't Men Beasts!Hollywood star June Clyde co-stars in this boisterous comedy caper. two businessmen have the shock of their lives when a woman appears out of their past bearing a 23 year old son - and one of them may be the father! -
Piccadilly Incident
A massive box-office hit, this romantic drama set in World War Two and its aftermath is an emotional tour de force that marked the first screen pairing of Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding, who would become one of Britain's best-loved film couples throughout the later 1940s. Directed by Herbert Wilcox, Neagle's then husband, and featuring inventive dance sequences by renowned choreographer Wendy Toye, Piccadilly Incident is presented here in a brand-new digital transfer, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Alan Pearson, a Naval Intelligence Captain, and WREN Diana Fraser meet by chance in Piccadilly during an air raid. They fall in love, and after a brief courtship, marry just hours before Diana is due to be sent to Singapore; theirs is one of many hasty wartime romances. But their love story is cut short when Diana is reported missing, believed drowned, after the fall of Singapore. In time, Alan finds love again, and remarries. But Fate is to bring about an impossible situation, which can only be resolved by considerable self-sacrifice...Special Features:Image GalleryOriginal Pressbook PDF -
Edgar Wallace Presents: The Door With Seven Locks
Based on a novel by British master of suspense Edgar Wallace, this murder mystery features Leslie Banks in brilliantly malevolent form alongside German-born star Lili Palmer. Released in 1940 - a short time after the British Board of Censors changed its guidelines on films with supernatural and horror themes - The Door with Seven Locks is made available here in a brand-new transfer from the only existing 35mm film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.When the wealthy Lord Selford dies, he is entombed with a valuable collection of jewels. Seven keys are required to unlock the tomb and release the treasure, but a series of mysterious events cause them be scattered; the Canadian heiress to the Selford fortune attempts to unravel the circumstances, but she and her fellow investigators find themselves caught in a terrifying web of deceit, torture, and murder...Special Features:Image galleryPromotional Material PDF