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Classics from
Europe
Im Zeichen der Lilie
Bel-Ami, der Frauenheld von Paris
Die Küste der Piraten (1960)
Die schwarzen Piraten von Malaysia
Die Bruecke - 1959
Prima Della Rivoluzione
Die Jungfrauenbrücke
Der Ritter von Pardaillan
Hound of the Baskervilles - 1937
Mr. Arkadin - 1955
(available in French, German or English)
Grace Moore - Louise - 1939
Films of Italy
- 1959
Films of France
Anna - 1967
Antoine et Antoinette - 1947
Bébert et l'omnibus - 1963
Coeur Fidele - 1923
Deux Hommes dans Manhattan - 1959
Jean-Pierre Melville - L'aine des Ferchaux - 1963
Jour de Fete
La communale - 1965
La cuisine au beurre - 1963
La jument verte - 1959
La Maternellle
(Children of Montmartre with subtitles) - 1933
La ronde (1950) (with subs)
L'année dernière à Marienbad (with subs) - 1961
L'Auberge Rouge (Red Inn - 1951)
Le dejeuner sur l'herbe - 1959
Le Départ - 1967
Le Dernier Train du Katanga - 1968
Le Diable au Corps - 1947
Le Go–t de la Violence - 1961 (Robert Hossein)
Le grand chef (1955 Fernandel )
Le Petit Soldat (with subs)
Le testament d'Orphée,
ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi! with subs - 1960
Le triporteur - 1957
Les enfants du paradis
(Children of Paradise with subtitles) - 1945
Les vieux de la vieille - 1960
Nora inu - 1949
Robinson et le triporteur - 1960
Romy Schneider - Mado (1976)
Tartarin de Tarascon - 1934 (noir et blanc)
The Oldest Profession in the World - 1967
Thérèse Raquin (Adultress) - 1953
Greek Language (with subtitles)
The Counterfeit Coin - 1955
Alice in the Navy - 1961
Some new titles from the US and UK
10 Little Indians -1965
20 Questions Murder Mystery -1950
365 Nights in Hollywood -1934
A Run For Your Money -1949
Abraham Lincoln -1930
An Act of Violence -1948
At War with the Army -1950
Backlash -1947
Basketball Fix -1951
Blonde Ice-
Boarding House Blues -1948
Brothers in Law -1957
Caught -1949
Charles Marquis Warren's Trooper Hook -1957
Counterfeit Coin -1955
Curtain Falls -1934
Dance Hall -1941
Darker Than Amber -1970
David Lean's Blithe Spirit -1945
Death at Broadcasting House (Jack Hawkins) -1934
Death Drives Through -1935
Detective Kitty O'day
Devotion -1931
Double Confession -1950
Double Exposure-
Edgar Wallace The Missing Million-1942
Escape -1930
Everything Is Thunder -1936
Gamblers Choice-
Georgy Girl -1966
Harassed Hero -1954
Henry King's A Yank In The RAF -1941
House of Mystery -1961
House of the Seven Hawks -1959
I Married A Witch -1942
I Met a Murderer -1939
I'm a Stranger -1952
Incident -1948
Invasion Of The Bee Girls-
It Always Rains on Sunday -1947
John Grin's Christmas (network broadcast) -1986
John Paddy Carstairs' Jumping For Joy -1956
Killer Diller -1948
Lance Comfort's Devils of Darkness -1965
Loyalties -1933
Meet Mr Lucifer-1953
Miss MacTaggart Won't Lie Down -1966
Never Let Go -1960
Odd Man Out -1947
Of Human Bondage -1934
Oscar Wilde -1960
Peter Sellers A Show Called Fred-
Pimpernel Smith -1941
Pitfall -1948
Quiet Woman -1951
Quincannon Frontier scout -1956
Reserved For Ladies (Service For Ladies) -1932
Return To Yesterday -1940
Scotland Yard Inspector -1952
She Knows Y'Know -1962
Sleeping Car To Trieste -1948
Something In The City -1950
State Secret (The Great Manhunt) -1950
Strange Love of Martha Ivers -1946
Street of Shadows -1953
Sword and the Dragon-
Television Spy -1939
The Bridal Path -1959
The Burglar-
The Cool and the Crazy -1958
The Curtain Falls -1934
The Embezzler -1954
The Flaw -1955
The Harassed Hero -1954
The King Murder -1932
The Magic Box -1952
The Night America Trembled (kinescope) -1957
The Night Won't Talk -1952
The Quiet Woman -1951
The Ropin Fool -1922
The Silver Fleet -1943
The Stranger -1946
The T A M I Show -1964
The Time Of His Life -1955
The Trespasser -1929
The Underdog -1943
The Ware Case -1938
The Wild and Wicked AKA Flesh Merchant-
Theirs is the Glory -1946
They Are not Divided -1950
They Made Me a Fugitive -1947
Thunder Road -1958
Trespasser -1929
Underdog -1943
Uranium Boom -1956
Utopia (Atoll K) -1951
Where Are Your Children -1943
Will Any Gentleman ?
(Jon Pertwee & William Hartnell)-1953
Witness In The Dark -1959 |
New Titles with a word or
two .....
Calling The Tune - 1936
the highlight of this little British drama is a walk-on, or what
they call a cameo, by Sir Cedric Hardwicke, one of the great
character of all time, you can also see him in the Winslow Boy,
Things to Come, Becky Sharp, The Ghoul, 9 Days a Queen, King
Solomon's Mines and 1 or 2 others we're able to offer.
Easy Money - 1948
Jack Warner, Marjorie Fielding, Petula Clark, and David
Tomlinson star in this comedy about the UK football pool.
The Gay Dog -
1954
Maurice Elvey's fun film
that has Jim Gay (who loves his racing greyhound) but, he finds a
dog with a better chance to win. His friends bet on his dog
while he bets against. Based on Joseph Colton's play; the film stars
Wilfred Pickles, Petula Clark & future Dr Who; Jon Pertwee.
The Flight That Disappeared - 1961
A flight from Los Angeles to DC, has 3 scientists on it as it
climbs 10 miles up. All the other passengers are unconscious, the
scientists are put on trial by folks from the future for their
potential involvement in the creation of "the ultimate weapon." -
wow!
I Believe In You - 1952
Director Basil Dearden's follow-up to his Blue Lamp (made two
years earlier); Dearden also wrote this little gem that features
Celia Johnson, Cecil Parker, Joan Collins and Laurence Harvey
The Foreman Went to France - 1942
the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman
sent to France to thwart the Nazis. Tommy Trinder stars and is well
supported by Constance Cummings, Robert Morley and John Williams.
Made in Heaven - 1952
David Tomlinson (The original Mr. Banks) teams up once again
with Petula Clark. This little comedy is seriously spiced up with
the addition of Sonja Ziemann as Marta (the sexy Maid).
Escape! - 1930
Director, screenwriter Basil Dean's adaptation of John
Galsworthy's play. A shar[. early crime drama with Gerald du Maurier,
Edna Best, Gordon Harker, Madeleine Carroll, Ian Hunter & Nigel
Bruce
Bachelor of Hearts - 1958
Barbara Steele received her fisrt screen credit as Fiona in this
romantic comedy set in Cambridge University. Quite a leap from the
mistress of horror she was to become (once she moved to Italy)
The Big Blockade - 1942
Charles Frend directs this Wartime propaganda piece telling of
the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years
of the war (yeah, how did that work out). Leslie Banks, Michael
Redgrave and Will Hay star.
Don't Ever
Leave Me - 1949
Two future giants of the
pop music scene; Petula Clark & Anthony Newley are featured in the
reworking of O. Henry's Ransom of Red Chief.
Alice in the Navy - 1961
actually "I Aliki sto Naftiko" presented in Greek with English
subtitles and featuring the amazing Aliki Vougiouklaki.
Canadian Pacific - 1949
Randolph Scott, Jane Wyatt, J. Carrol Naish, Victor Jory and
Nancy Olson star in the tale of the North, thr fur trappers & the
railroad.
Kill Baby, Kill - 1966
Mario Bava's "Operazione paura", the story of a small village
haunted by the spirit of a young girl.
The Moment of Truth - 1965
originally "Il momento della verità" Francesco Rosi's graphic
tale of Bullfighting - not for the faint of heart.
John and Julie - 1955
A real gem from the UK, similar to Escapade in Japan with two
kids out for an adventure, here - to see the new Queen - with Colin
Gibson, Lesley Dudley, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Sidney James, Constance
Cummings & Peter Sellers
Channel Crossing - 1933
smart little crime drama with Nigel Bruce, Constance Cummings
and Edmund Gwenn
Birds Of Prey - 1930
C. Aubrey Smith, Dorothy Boyd, Nigel Bruce and in his first
screen role; Jack Hawkins star in this early talkie from the UK (in
the US it was called "The Perfect Alibi")
Sailor Beware - 1956
Bond girl Shirley Eaton heads the cast in this great little
British comedy directed by Gordon Parry released in the US as Panic
in the Parlor
Maria Callas in Medea - 1969
The great Opera Diva's only feature film - and one in which she
does not sing
They Were So Young - 1954
English language version of "Mannequins für Rio" features two
great heavies (so to speak); Raymond Burr and Gert Fröbe (Goldfinger
mees Ironside). There's even a guest spot by Caterina Valente.
Folies-Bergère - 1956
Director Henri Decoin's
wonderful musical starring Eddie Constantine & Zizi Jeanmaire In
French without subtitles
Carnegie Hall - 1947
if you ever had doubts about Edgar Ulmer's talents as a director
- this one should elevate your thinking! Oh, and the cast....Marsha
Hunt, Frank McHugh, Martha O'Driscoll, Walter Damrosch, Bruno
Walter, Artur Rubinstein, Paitigorsky, Risë Stevens, Lily Pons, Jan
Peerce, Ezio Pinza, Jascha Heifetz, Leopold Stokowski, Harry James,
Vaughn Monroe, Vaughn Monroe and in her first screen role: Cloris
Leachman
Love's A Luxury - 1952
released in the US as The Caretaker's Daughter, A theatre
producer and an actor try and have a quiet week in a country
cottage. But an odd assortment of wives, girlfriends and
scoutmasters put a kibosh on things! Directed by Francis Searle with
Hugh Wakefield, Derek Bond & Michael Medwin
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Jigsaw - 1949
A NYC DA investigates a series of murders and uncovers an
extremist group with Franchot Tone & Jean Wallace
Take a Chance - 1937
Classic UK comedy Directed by Sinclair Hill with Claude Hulbert,
Binnie Hale & Henry Kendall
Somewhere On Leave - 1943
Ida's cousin Antoinette Lupino stars in this wartime comedy from
the UK.
Play Up The
Band! - 1935
A new addition to our
Stanley Holloway collection - this bright little comedy concerns a
band competition and features Betty Ann Davies and Leslie Bradley
Cheer Up! - 1936
Written, produced and starring Ida's father Stanley Lupino - a
diverting little musical co-starring Sally Gray.
Penny Paradise - 1938
A standard story of man who believes he's won the lottery
becomes a little gem with Edmund Gwenn under the direction of Carol
Reed.
Saloon Bar - 1940
Great little pre-war (or at least pre-blitz) murder mystery set
in and English Pub at Christmas Time - with Elizabeth Allen - nice!
Madame Louise - 1951
19 year old Petula Clark stars as Miss Penny, Release in the US
as "The Madame Gambles" as Employess of a dress shop battle with a
crooked gambler to get their jobs back.
Silent Passenger - 1935
John Loder stars in this great little murder mystery from the
ranks of the UK Quota Quickies.
Secret Of The Loch - 1934
Not a new release, but a remaster of one of our classic early
"tapes". the legendary Seymour Hicks stars as a daffy professor who
is bend on finding Nessy!
Cheer Boys Cheer - 1939
Nova Pilbeam, Edmund Gwenn & Alexander Knox star in this comic
retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story.
The Bat - 1960
Actually the pilot episode of the Dow Hour of Great Mysteries -
a Live Television broadcast with Helen Hayes, Jason Robards &
Margaret Hamilton.
The Rise of Catharine The Great - 1934
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Grand Duke Peter, Elisabeth Bergner as
Catherine and Flora Robson as Empress Elisabeth in this story of
Catharine of Russia. Grand entertainment!
Vice Versa - 1948
written and directed by Peter Ustinov is this clever cross
between Turnabout and Freaky Friday with Roger Livesey, Petula Clark
and Anthony Newley.
Lost - 1956
released in the US as
Tears for Simon this is a crime thriller concerning An 18 month old
baby who dissapears in London. Guy Green directs Janet Green's
script, with David Farrar & Julia Arnall
A Honeymoon Adventure - 1931
released in the US as Footsteps in the Night this is director
Maurice Elvey's neat little mystery starring Benita Hume & Peter
Hannen
Stock Car - 1955
British quickie directed by Wolf Rilla with Paul Carpenter, Rona
Anderson, Susan Shaw and (in her first film) 19 year old Sabrina
Lisa e il diavolo - 1973
Mario Bava's classic, before it was re-edited into The House of
Exorcism (1975) for US release with Telly Savalas & Elke Sommer
The Feminine Touch - 1956
released in the US as The Gentle Touch, this is one of those
typical, well made, slice of life films the UK was so good at. And
plays very well with the Doctor at Large series. Here we follow the
public and private lives of 5 girls, who start out as student nurses
in the UK's National Health service during the 1950's. George Baker,
Belinda Lee, Delphi Lawrence star under the direction of Pat Jackson
(based on Sheila Mackay Russell's book)
The History of Mr Polly - 1949
often filmed (though usually for Television) story penned by
H.G.Wells (but don't look for things to come, or The time Machine).
A great cast, in a simple story... John Mills, Finlay Currie, Sally
Ann Howes and Juliet Mills
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery - 1939
Leonard Reginald Gribble came up with the story, Thorold
Dickinson & Alan Hyman adapted for the screen and Patrick Kirwan &
Donald Bull wrote the screen play.
Thorold Dickinson put on his director's cap and with the stars
Leslie Banks, Greta Gynt and Ian McLean put together one of the best
of the quota quickies, that stands up well with the out put of
Hollywood during the legendary year 1939. A neat little who-done-it,
that will keep you guessing.
The Impassive Footman - 1932
Released in the US as
Woman in Bondage; Basil Dean directs Betty Stockfeld & Allan Jeayes
in this superior Quota-quickie (though some may say over-the-top,
hypo-chondriacs, love triangle and a bit of a twist ending. released
in the US as "Woman in Bondage"
Tahiti Honey - 1943
Director John H. Auer's fun war-time film with the stunning
Simone Simon, as one of The "Eleven Brooklyn Bombshells," a band led
by Dennis O'Keefe, stranded in Tahiti
The Wild Blue Yonder - 1951
Legendary Director Allan Dwan's tribute to Henry E. Erwin and
the actions that earned him the Medal of Honor. Writers: Andrew
Geer (story), with Wendell Corey, Vera Ralston, Forrest Tucker, Phil
Harris, Walter Brennan, & Ruth Donnelly
The Divided Heart - 1954
just after WWII, A 3 year old orphan is adopted by a German
couple. when he turns 10, he learns his mother, a Yugoslav refugee,
is alive and wants him back. Directed by Charles Crichton with
Cornell Borchers, Alexander Knox and
Theodore Bikel
Guinguette - 1959
Director Jean Delannoy's brilliant little comedy with Zizi
Jeanmaire & Jean-Claude Pascal. In French without subtitles
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