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Double bill of musical films starring Jessie Matthews. In
'Evergreen' (1934), directed by Victor Saville, Matthews is Harriet
Green, a famous music hall star with a secret - she has a child,
born out of wedlock. To avoid scandal, Harriet leaves for South
Africa to raise her daughter there. A dead ringer for her mother
and music hall hopeful, the young Harriet Hawkes (also Matthews)
returns to London to seek fame. Cunning talent manager Tommy (Barry
Mackay) markets the young Harriet as a 'well-preserved' version of
her mother, convincing the public. Can Harriet maintain the
pretence? Albert de Courville directs 'There Goes the Bride' (1932)
which stars Matthews as Annette Marquand, a reluctant bride who
flees on the morning of her wedding by boarding a train to Paris.
When Annette's purse is stolen at the train station, she elicits
the sympathy of the gentleman sharing her carriage, Max (Owen
Nares), who invites her to stay with him. With detectives hot on
her heels, the last thing Annette needs is to fall in love with a
stranger...
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The Million Pound Note (DVD)
Gregory Peck, Jane Griffith, Joyce Grenfell, Ronald Squire, A.E. Matthews, …
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Gregory Peck stars in this classic adaptation of Mark Twain's short
story of the same name. When American sailor Henry Adams (Peck)
comes across two wealthy brothers who have, with the help of the
Bank of England, developed a single note with a value of one
million pounds, he finds himself part of an unusual wager.
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Audrey Hepburn Collection (DVD)
Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert, Harcourt Williams, Hartley Power, …
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Box-set collection of five of Audrey Hepburn's most famous films.
In her Hollywood debut 'Roman Holiday' (1953), Hepburn won an
Academy Award as Princess Anne, the bored royal who absconds from
her duties and meets up with Gregory Peck's American ex-pat
journalist. Billy Wilder directs her in 'Sabrina Fair' (1954) as
the shy daughter of a wealthy family's chauffeur, who returns from
two years in Paris as a sophisticated young woman. The musical
romantic comedy 'Funny Face' (1957) sees Hepburn playing alongside
Fred Astaire to the music of Gershwin as a young bookshop clerk
transformed into an international fashion model. Adapted from the
Truman Capote novella, 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' (1961) sees Hepburn
in her archetypal role as dizzy call-girl Holly Golightly, trying
not to fall for George Peppard's failed writer in New York. In
'Paris When it Sizzles' (1964), Hepburn plays a secretary hired to
help alcoholic writer Richard Benson (William Holden) finish up a
screenplay for a Hollywood producer, with only two days until the
end of his deadline.
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Roman Holiday (DVD, Special Edition)
Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert, Harcourt Williams, Hartley Power, …
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Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck star in this classic romantic drama
from director William Wyler. Bored with royal protocol while in
Rome for an official engagement, Princess Anne (Hepburn) escapes
her claustrophobic entourage in order to see what life beyond the
castle is like. Down-at-heel American reporter Joe Bradley (Peck)
is just one of many journalists vying for an interview, but he
realises he has a major scoop on his hands when he meets the
princess and initially pretends not to know who she is. Roping in a
photographer friend, Bradley takes her on a tour of the city over
24 hours, all the while falling more in love with her. The film,
which was shot on location in Rome, was nominated for ten Academy
Awards, with Hepburn's performance winning her an Oscar, a BAFTA
and a Golden Globe.
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