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Oliver Twist (DVD, Restored)
Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, Francis L Sullivan, John Howard-Davies, Kay Walsh, …
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R307
R245
Discovery Miles 2 450
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David Lean's classic adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel. Oliver
(John Howard Davis) is a young orphan boy who is expelled from the
workhouse run by Mr Bumble (Francis L. Sullivan). After becoming an
apprentice to an undertaker Oliver decides to run away to London,
only to meet the Artful Dodger (Anthony Newley) and fall amongst
his gang of thieves, led by the scheming Fagin (Alec Guinness).
Jesse Hamilton loves deeply; she loves her husband Tommy, their
simple life on the island and their successful dive resort. She
wants nothing more than to ride out their lives in this tranquil
existence. Seth Warren loves nothing, his heart damaged and scarred
years ago. And he wants it all; women, wealth and a life free of
commitments and complications. When their lives collide, mysteries
of the past force the pair on a quest in search of ancient
treasure, self-forgiveness and the opportunity for a second chance.
Will she be able to protect herself from becoming another victim in
his wake?
Kit Baldwin is strong, stubborn and a little reckless, but she
knows what she wants. She wants the treasure, the one she believes
is resting beneath the waves off a tropical Caribbean island. Years
of research have led her to this defining moment in her life and
she won't allow anything or anyone to stand in her way, including
Mike Peterson, the attractive dive shop owner that immediately vies
for her attention. Surrounded by an intriguing cast of characters,
Kit begins the journey she has been planning for years. Her fate
has always been in her own hands, but now she is faced with the
reality that she may need to let down her guard and trust those
around her.
Collection of ten classic films from the award-winning British
director. In 'The Sound Barrier' (1952), Ralph Richardson stars as
an aircraft manufacturer whose all-consuming passion with making
the ultimate supersonic jet kills both his son and son-in-law and
almost destroys him and the rest of his family. In 'Hobson's
Choice' (1953), Lancashire bootmaker Henry Horatio Hobson (Charles
Laughton) keeps a tight rein on his three daughters until his
eldest, Maggie (Brenda De Banzie), marries his assistant, Willie
Mossop (John Mills), and sets him up in his own bootmaking firm. To
Hobson's consternation, Willie has soon become his father-in-law's
main business rival. In 'Blithe Spirit' (1945), cynical writer,
Charles Condomine (Rex Harrison), asks a medium (Margaret
Rutherford) to hold a seance in his house so he can collect
material for his latest book. No one is more surprised than the
medium when she inadvertently conjures up the ghost of Condomine's
first wife (Kay Hammond). The ghost refuses to go away, preferring
to taunt her less sophisticated replacement (Constance Cummings).
In 'Brief Encounter' (1945), a respectable, happily married doctor
(Trevor Howard) comes to the aid of an equally upstanding housewife
(Celia Johnson) when a passing train blows cinder into her eye.
Thus begins a tentative romance, conducted in the tearooms and
railway cafe of a small English town. In 'Great Expectations'
(1946), orphan, Pip (Anthony Wager), befriends an escaped convict
before being elevated to higher circles as the companion of Miss
Havisham and her niece, Estella (Jean Simmons), with whom the boy
quickly falls in love. When the adult Pip (Mills) discovers a
mysterious benefactor has paved the way for him to become a
gentleman, he assumes Miss Havisham is responsible. In 'Oliver
Twist' (1948), Oliver (John Howard Davis) is a young orphan boy who
is expelled from the workhouse run by Mr Bumbel (Francis L.
Sullivan). After becoming an apprentice to an undertaker, Oliver
decides to run away to London, only to meet the Artful Dodger
(Anthony Newley) and fall amongst his gang of thieves, led by the
scheming Fagin (Alec Guinness). In 'Madeleine' (1949), Madeleine
(Ann Todd) is the eldest daughter in a respectable Victorian
Glasgow family. She begins an affair with Frenchman, Emile
L'Anglier (Ivan Desny), without her father's knowledge. Meanwhile,
Madeleine's father insists on her seeing various suitors. When
Madeleine becomes engaged to William Minnoch (Norman Wooland),
Emile threatens to reveal their relationship. 'The Passionate
Friends' (1944) is an episodic tale of an average working class
family in the interwar years. The story traces the melodrama caused
by illicit affairs, family bereavement, the first ripples of
women's liberation and political instability in the country during
the General Strike. It highlights the fact that these internal
wranglings are all happening in one house in an average street, and
that each average house has its own dramatic stories to tell.
Finally, 'In Which We Serve' (1942) is a World War II drama about a
destroyer, told through flashbacks and the reminiscences of the
surviving crew after their beloved ship is torpedoed.
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The Arthur Askey Collection (DVD)
Arthur Askey, Moore Marriott, Googie Withers, Vera Frances, Graham Moffatt, …
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R378
Discovery Miles 3 780
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Six classic Arthur Askey comedies. 'Back Room Boy' (1942) follows
the antics of Askey and a timid meterologist who are packed off to
an Orkney Island lighthouse. After a bit of mucking about they go
off hot on the trail of a band of Nazi spies. 'Band Waggon' (1940)
is a spin-off movie from Askey's popular BBC radio programme of the
same name. After being evicted from Broadcasting House, Arthur and
Richard 'Stinker' Murdoch move to a castle where they stumble upon
television equipment which they use to put on a show. The show is
of course the ideal vehicle for the variety acts from the radio
show. In 'Bees in Paradise' (1944), Askey plays a pilot who bales
out over Paradise Island, not knowing that he is about to land in a
bee-worshipping colony of women and that he is about to become a
drone for the queen bee. When he finds out that, as custom demands,
he is due to be sacrificed two months after the honeymoon, he soon
starts thinking about escape. The women of course have other ideas.
In 'King Arthur Was a Gentleman' (1942), Askey is a newly recruited
soldier who finds himself stationed in King Arthur County.
Naturally when he unexpectedly chances upon a sword he is convinced
it belonged to Arthur and that now he is indestructible. In 'Miss
London Ltd.' (1943), Askey stars as a man trying to save his
flagging escort agency. A new partner suggests getting some new
girls in, just in time for the soldiers' leave. The film features
English singing favourite of the 1940s, Anne Shelton. In 'I Thank
You' (1941), the perils, humiliations and humour of trying to run a
second-rate theatrical company are further compounded when
financial aid, given by the former famous music-hall star Lady
Randall (Lily Morris), is withdrawn. Not to be defeated, the stars
decide the show must go on and devise a plan to persuade her to
reinvest.
Three classic films adapted from novels by Charles Dickens. In 'A
Tale of Two Cities' (1958), Sydney Carton (Dirk Bogarde) is a
frivolous London barrister, hopelessly in love with Lucie (Dorothy
Tutin), even after she marries Charles Darnay (Paul Guers), who is
descended from an unpleasant French aristocrat. Darnay is lured
back to France as the Revolution gets into swing where he is
arrested and awaits execution. Sydney, seeing Lucie's despair, goes
to France, frees Charles and takes his place in the queue for the
guillotine. In 'Oliver Twist' (1948), Oliver (John Howard Davis) is
a young orphan boy who is expelled from the workhouse run by Mr
Bumble (Francis L. Sullivan). After becoming an apprentice to an
undertaker Oliver decides to run away to London, only to meet the
Artful Dodger (Anthony Newley) and fall amongst his gang of
thieves, led by the scheming Fagin (Alec Guinness). Finally, in
'Great Expectations' (1946), orphan Pip (Anthony Wager) befriends
an escaped convict before being elevated to higher circles as the
companion of mad Miss Havisham (Martita Hunt) and her niece,
Estella (Jean Simmons), with whom the boy quickly falls in love.
When the adult Pip (John Mills) discovers a mysterious benefactor
has paved the way for him to become a gentleman, he assumes Miss
Havisham is responsible.
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Landfall (DVD)
Michael Denison, Patricia Plunkett, Kathleen Harrison, Denis O'Dea, David Tomlinson, …
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R298
Discovery Miles 2 980
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Ships in 15 - 30 working days
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Ken Annakin directs this World War Two drama based on a novel by
Nevil Shute. Michael Denison stars as Rick, a young RAF pilot
patrolling the English Channel for U-Boats. When he sinks what he
believes to be a German submarine, it later turns out to be British
and he is charged with neglect. In order to clear his name and
prove his worth, he volunteers to lead a dangerous mission.
Meanwhile, his girlfriend Mona (Patricia Plunkett) fights to prove
that Rick is innocent of the charges made against him.
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