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Meet a Body (Paperback): Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat Meet a Body (Paperback)
Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat
R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
British Musicals of the 1930s: Volume 6 (DVD): Stanley Lupino, Jose Collins, Nancy Brown, Nancy Burne, Doris Woodall, Lester... British Musicals of the 1930s: Volume 6 (DVD)
Stanley Lupino, Jose Collins, Nancy Brown, Nancy Burne, Doris Woodall, …
R239 Discovery Miles 2 390 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Collection of British musicals from the 1930s. In 'Facing the Music' (1933), directed by Harry Hughes, Stanley Lupino stars as Jack who has fallen head over heels in love with Nina (Nancy Burne). In his pursuit of her, Jack discovers that she is the niece of an opera singer looking to bolster her fame. When Jack proposes a fake jewel robbery to Nina during one of her aunt's shows she agrees, but when the jewels really do go missing Jack must recover them before the end of the performance. Thomas Bentley directs 'Sleepless Nights' (1932) in which Lupino stars as Guy Raynor, a reporter in Nice who pretends to be the wealthy husband of Marjorie Drew (Polly Walker) to stop her from running away with a crook. Paul Merzbach directs 'A Star Fell from Heaven' (1936) in which a musical film star suddenly loses his voice. An aspiring singer dubs over his performances and becomes unexpectedly famous in the process. In 'The Student's Romance' (1935), directed by Otto Kanturek, young student Max (Patric Knowles) and Princess Helene (Grete Natzler) fall in love, but must overcome the barrier of her royal status if they are to be together.

British Comedies of the 1930s: Volume 6 (DVD): Wee Georgie Wood, Viola Compton, Alfred Wood, Dolly Harmer, Leslie Fuller,... British Comedies of the 1930s: Volume 6 (DVD)
Wee Georgie Wood, Viola Compton, Alfred Wood, Dolly Harmer, Leslie Fuller, …
R243 Discovery Miles 2 430 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Double bill of British comedies from the 1930s. In 'The Black Hand Gang' (1930) Wee Georgie Wood stars as Georgie Robinson, the rich leader of a gang of young boys. When Georgie's home is invaded by burglars it is up to The Black Hand Gang to fight them off. 'Old Spanish Customers' (1932) follows Bill and Martha Smithers (Leslie Fuller and Drusilla Wills) on a hilarious voyage to Spain.

The Margaret Lockwood Collection (DVD): Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Griffith Jones, Patricia Roc, Michael Rennie, Enid... The Margaret Lockwood Collection (DVD)
Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Griffith Jones, Patricia Roc, Michael Rennie, …
R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Six classic movies starring Margaret Lockwood. 'The Wicked Lady' (1945) is set during the reign of King Charles II. Lockwood stars as Lady Skelton, an aristocrat who attempts to relieve the tedium of her day-to-day life by secretly acting as a highway robber. Lady Skelton soon finds herself caught up in a tangled web of romance, danger, and jealousy. In 'Love Story' (1944), Lissa (Lockwood) discovers she only has a short time to live, so travels to Cornwall for a final fling. While there, she falls in love with young mineral prospector, Kit (Stewart Granger). However, the course of true love does not run smoothly. In 'Bank Holiday' (1938), a group of people set off on an August bank holiday, including a raucous Cockney family, a would-be beauty queen, and two young lovers - whose relationship starts to come apart when one has to deal with a bereavement at the hospital where she works. In 'Give Us the Moon' (1944), a young man, Sascha (Vic Oliver), joins a group called 'The Elephants' whose principle is to abide by a complete disregard for work. However chaos ensues when the group decides to help run the hotel owned by Sascha's father. In 'Highly Dangerous' (1950), when British Intelligence discovers that an Iron Curtain country is developing insects as weapons, they dispatch entomologist Frances Gray (Lockwood) to get into the country and collect specimens. However her cover is almost immediately blown on her arrival and her contact is murdered. Finally, in 'The Lady Vanishes' (1938), when the elderly Miss Froy (Dame May Whitty) goes missing on a train bound for England, her friend Iris Henderson (Lockwood) sets out to find her. However, Iris' attempts are immediately frustrated by her fellow passengers, who question whether Miss Froy ever even existed. Only music scholar Gilbert Redman (Michael Redgrave) is prepared to believe Iris, and together they set about getting to the bottom of the mystery.

Millions Like Us (DVD): Eric Portman, Valentine Dunn, Anna Crawford, Moore Marriott, John Boxer, Gordon Jackson, Naunton Wayne,... Millions Like Us (DVD)
Eric Portman, Valentine Dunn, Anna Crawford, Moore Marriott, John Boxer, … 1
R308 R152 Discovery Miles 1 520 Save R156 (51%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Wartime drama starring Patricia Roc. When shy working-class girl Celia Crowson (Roc) is called up for war service during World War Two, she dreams of a glamorous job in one of the services. But as a young unmarried woman, she is given a position in a local factory manufacturing aircraft parts. There she makes friends with other girls from very different social backgrounds, and begins a tentative relationship with a young airman, Fred Blake (Gordon Jackson).

British Comedies of the 1930s: Volume 3 (DVD): Leslie Fuller, Binnie Barnes, Hal Gordon, Renee Gadd, Jack Hobbs, Jimmy Godden,... British Comedies of the 1930s: Volume 3 (DVD)
Leslie Fuller, Binnie Barnes, Hal Gordon, Renee Gadd, Jack Hobbs, … 1
R308 R159 Discovery Miles 1 590 Save R149 (48%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Collection of British comedies from the 1930s. In 'The Last Coupon' (1932) a miserly coal miner becomes a bit of a spendthrift after a big win on the football pools. In 'His Wife's Mother' (1932) a newly-married young man gets into trouble with his mother-in-law after being caught kissing another girl.

The Happiest Days of Your Life (Blu-ray disc): Joyce Grenfell, Muriel Aked, Richard Wattis, Guy Middleton, John Bentley, Gladys... The Happiest Days of Your Life (Blu-ray disc)
Joyce Grenfell, Muriel Aked, Richard Wattis, Guy Middleton, John Bentley, … 1
R433 R358 Discovery Miles 3 580 Save R75 (17%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Classic British comedy from 1950 starring Alastair Sim and Margaret Rutherford. Nutborne is an all-boys school and content to stay that way, but after an evacuation of local private all-girls school, St. Swithins, the two educational establishments must find a way to co-exist as a battle of the sexes commences. A power struggle between Nutborne's headmaster Wetherby Pond (Sim) and St Swithins' headmistress Muriel Whitchurch (Rutherford) inevitably takes place, leading to much silliness and mayhem.

The Belles of St Trinian's (Blu-ray disc): Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley, Beryl Reid,... The Belles of St Trinian's (Blu-ray disc)
Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley, Beryl Reid, … 1
R434 R359 Discovery Miles 3 590 Save R75 (17%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days

First in the series of films based on the cartoon creations of Ronald Searle. Miss Millicent Fritton (Alastair Sim), headmistress of St Trinian's School for Girls, attempts to stave off her creditors by 'looking after' the pocket money of a wealthy sheikh's daughter currently enrolled at the school, and investing it on the sheikh's horse, Arab Boy, in the local derby. Unfortunately, Miss Fritton's bookmaking brother Clarence (also Sim) has backed another horse, and kidnaps Arab Boy to ensure his own sizeable win. Miss Fritton enlists the help of disreputable boot boy Flash Harry (George Cole), the teaching staff and the Old Girls in rescuing Arab Boy and returning him to the race.

Geordie (DVD): Bill Travers, Alastair Sim, Norah Gorsen, Raymond Huntley, Brian Reece, Miles Malleson, Stanley Baxter, Duncan... Geordie (DVD)
Bill Travers, Alastair Sim, Norah Gorsen, Raymond Huntley, Brian Reece, …
R364 R299 Discovery Miles 2 990 Save R65 (18%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days

1950s comedy drama starring Bill Travers. Not content with being so small and slight in stature anymore, young Scots lad Geordie (Travers) sends away for a home body building kit in an effort to bulk himself up. As the months progress, Geordie becomes a muscley, toned athlete with a particular aptitude for hammer throwing. As he becomes a national champion, he finds himself being selected to represent the UK in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia.

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