Spring in Park Lane

One of several features pairing British screen sweetheart Anna Neagle with the ever-popular Michael Wilding, this jaunty 'upstairs-downstairs' romantic comedy could hardly have failed to triumph at the box-office, and Spring in Park Lane would indeed prove the most successful British film of 1948 its fairytale scenes and witty reversal of social roles offering cinemagoers a welcome antidote to post-war austerity. The film, which also marked another major success for Neagle's husband, director Herbert Wilcox, is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.When Judy Howard arrives at the door of her wealthy Uncle Joshua's residence, she is surprised to be met by Richard, an unfamiliar member of the staff. It is obvious to her that Richard is not what he claims to be; cultured, debonair and aristocratic in his manner, he is evidently not accustomed to taking orders 'below stairs'. Who, exactly, is he? And why is he working as a footman in her uncle's household? Her curiosity piqued, Judy sets out to discover...SPECIAL FEATURE[] Image Gallery

Wonderful Things

Set in a beautiful fishing village in Gibraltar, Wonderful Things! stars Frankie Vaughan as Carmello, a young fisherman who, unable to earn enough from fishing to marry his tempestuous fiancée, decides to come to England to seek his fortune and finds fortunes are not quite so easy to come by...An enchanting, humorous romance set to music which also gave an early role to Austrian-born actress Jocelyn (Jackie) Lane ( the British Bardo ), Wonderful Things! was among the series of light comedies starring Vaughan on which director Herbert Wilcox collaborated with wife Anna Neagle between 1949 and 1959. The film is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.SPECIAL FEATURES:[] Original Theatrical Trailer[] Image Gallery[] Promotional material PDF

Up Jumped a Swagman

This marvellously entertaining, tongue-in-cheek musical romp stars Frank Ifield as a talented young Australian singer who moves to London in search of his big break, tries to woo a top model while seemingly overlooking the beautiful publican's daughter who truly loves him and gets tangled up with a gang of thieves!Featuring Coventry-born Ifield's only feature-film appearance and made at the height of his international fame in 1965, Up Jumped a Swagman was inspired by the phenomenal success of Cliff Richard's musical films, interweaving vibrant scenes of London life with some of Ifield's best-loved hits, including his breakthrough chart-topper I Remember You. Also featuring Bond girl Suzy Kendall, noted character player Ronald Radd and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) star Annette Andre, the film is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.SPECIAL FEATURES[] Original Theatrical Trailers[] Image Gallery with Music

Counterspy

This fast-paced comedy thriller stars Dermot Walsh as a mild-mannered young accountant forced to go on the run after unwittingly coming into possession of coveted top-secret plans. Also featuring Bill Travers, Oscar-nominated Hermione Baddeley and an early role for horror queen Hazel Court, Counterspy is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.While perusing the books of an engineering company, fastidious auditor Frank Manning encounters rum goings on when he is approached by a woman who claiming she is being blackmailed. She begs him to find certain letters and he eventually agrees. Having obtained the letters, he takes them to a specified address where, to his horror, he finds a man, fully clothed, dead in the bath...SPECIAL FEATURES:[] Image Gallery

Dulcima

This acclaimed drama feature casts Cathy Come Home star Carol White as a young woman whose determined efforts to escape a life of rural poverty lead to complications and worse; Oscar winner John Mills is the lonely, ageing farmer with whom she finds work, accommodation and the promise of easy money. An earthy, sympathetic adaptation of H.E. Bates' novel, Dulcima earned director Frank Nesbitt a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 1971. This rare, much sought-after film is now presented in a brand-new transfer from the original elements.Dulcima, a pretty girl treated as a drudge by her family, lifts herself from her environment by becoming housekeeper to Parker, a curmudgeonly widower living in drunken disarray on a neighbouring farm. When she sees the amount of money he has stashed around the place, Dulcima is happy enough to indulge his growing desire for her, and a strange, yet mutually beneficial, relationship develops. But a handsome young gamekeeper, newly arrived on a nearby estate, also catches Dulcima's eye...SPECIAL FEATURES:[] Original Theatrical Trailers[] Image Gallery [] Original Pressbook PDF

The Man Who Loved Redheads

Titian-haired screen icon Moira Shearer takes centre-stage to play multiple roles in this ravishing romantic comedy, adapted by Terence Rattigan from his stage play Who Is Sylvia? and co-starring Roland Culver, Denholm Elliott and Harry Andrews. Featuring exquisitely choreographed dance sequences and stunning cinematography by Oscar winner Georges Périnal, The Man Who Loved Redheads looks more radiant than ever in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements.Mark St. Neots, a young peer and a junior member of the Foreign Office, is a man destined for a long and distinguished career in the Diplomatic Corps. Mark, however, is obsessed by a face: that of Sylvia, a 16-year-old redheaded girl whom, in his boyhood, he vowed he would love to eternity. Although many years have passed since he made the promise and he is now a respectably married man, Mark has never forgotten the face that symbolises his ideal woman…SPECIAL FEATURES:[] Original Theatrical Trailer[] Image Gallery [] Promotional Material PDFs

Times Square

Presented in a brand-new digital transfer, Allan Moyle's cult feature of 1980 is a paean to teenage rebellion, telling the story of two girls who meet in a New York psychiatric unit and, bonding through a shared sense of alienation, go on the run together in spectacular fashion!Volatile, streetwise Nicky (Robin Johnson) is an aspiring rocker, while Pamela (Trini Alvarado) is a timid, isolated girl whose wealthy father is currently campaigning to clean up the city's famous square; Johnny DeGuardia (Tim Curry) is the sympathetic late-night DJ who promotes their newly formed punk outfit 'The Sleez Sisters'.Times Square explores themes revisited in Moyles' Pump Up the Volume a decade later, and allusions to lesbian love have ensured repeat screenings at LGBT film festivals worldwide. In addition to gloriously gritty scenes of early-'80s New York and pre-cleanup Times Square, the film also boasts a now-legendary rock 'n' roll soundtrack featuring songs by The Ramones, Lou Reed, Roxy Music, The Cure, Talking Heads and others alongside specially composed numbers including XTC rarity Take This Town, and Flowers of the City, co-written by ex-New York Doll David Johansen.SPECIAL FEATURES[] Original Theatrical Trailer[] Image Gallery

Women Aren't Angels

Boasting a classic comedy cast, Women Aren t Angels reunites legendary Aldwych Theatre farceurs Robertson Hare and Alfred Drayton as a couple of music publishers who find themselves unwittingly embroiled in an espionage adventure. This exuberant wartime comedy, long unseen and never previously released in any format, is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Alfred Bandle and Wilmer Popday are partners in business and, somewhat timorously on Popday's part, in pleasure. When their wives join the A.T.S., the men are left unattended and dangerously bored. The trouble starts when Bandle is late for an end-of-leave party after giving a girlfriend a lift; Popday promises the wives he ll restrain his wayward friend when they return to duty, but Bandle evidently thinks otherwise...SPECIAL FEATURES:[] Image Gallery

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

An outstanding array of screen talent comes together in this compelling courtroom thriller from 1958. Helmed by pioneering producer-director Herbert Wilcox and co-written by legendary crime author and broadcaster Edgar Lustgarten, with a top-flight cast headed by Anthony Quayle and Wilcox s wife and film collaborator Anna Neagle, The Man Who Wouldn t Talk is a story of Cold War intrigue, and of one man s courageous refusal to reveal potentially devastating secret information. The film is presented here in a brand-new digital transfer, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Dr Frank Smith and Eve arrive from America, apparently on honeymoon. In fact, they have only just met, and their honeymoon is merely a cover for an assignation from Washington; Eve is a secret agent and Smith is a prominent American virologist. They have been instructed to rendezvous at Victoria station with a Hungarian scientist who has vital information about biological warfare which he refuses to disclose to anybody but an American scientist...SPECIAL FEATURES:[] Image Gallery

Ring of Spies

There have always been spies men and women who have pried for patriotism, for religion, for love... or for money. This intriguing drama is based on the true story of the Portland spy ring an unlikely Soviet operation active in southern England from the late 1950s until January 1961 when the core members were arrested. Directed by TV drama veteran Robert Tronson, Ring of Spies stars Bernard Lee (best known as Ian Fleming s M ) William Sylvester, Thorley Walters and BAFTA winners Margaret Tyzack and David Kossoff. It is presented here in a brand-new digital transfer.An antiquarian bookseller and his wife; a disgruntled, hard-drinking naval clerk and the lonely secretary he recruits; a polished Soviet agent who assumes the identity of a dead Canadian citizen: the players in a familiar Cold War story of hidden cameras, dead-letter drops and a long-range radio calling Moscow Central. A duel between Soviet intelligence and British counter-espionage, and a trade in deadly secrets directed from a bungalow in suburban Ruislip, hidden for years from unsuspecting neighbours and British spycatchers...SPECIAL FEATURES:[] Image Gallery[] Promotional material PDF

Pride of the Force

This lively comedy of 1933 provided an early film role for Leslie Fuller, and sees the wildly popular, rubber-faced actor and entertainer once touted as Elstree s own Clark Gable playing identical twins with very different ambitions: one is a policeman who longs to join a circus, the other a farm hand who wants to be a policeman!The Pride of the Force also marked the first and only screen pairing of Fuller and his future wife Nan Bates, with the couple meeting on-set for the first time. This long-unseen feature is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. SPECIAL FEATURES:[] Image Gallery

Just for You

This ultra-rare musical film of 1966 tells the story of a rock and roll hopeful searching for his big break. Following the young singer as he goes from studio to studio with his girlfriend and attempts to convince radio and TV executives to play his song, Just for You becomes a showcase for a host of Sixties musical talent, including Freddie and The Dreamers, The Applejacks, Millie, The Bachelors, Peter and Gordon, The Merseybeats and many more.Known in the US as Disk-O-Tek Holiday, the film is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.SPECIAL FEATURES:[] Original Theatrical Trailer[] Image Gallery[] Promotional Material PDF

Wild Affair

This lively romantic comedy stars Golden Globe winner Nancy Kwan as a girl who s determined to establish a notorious past with which to face a respectable future! Made in 1963 and featuring an array of British comedy talent including Terry-Thomas, Victor Spinetti and music-hall veterans Bud Flanagan and Gladys Morgan The Wild Affair is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. As her wedding day approaches, secretary Marjorie begins to panic. Afraid that she will sink into the obscurity of marriage without ever having proved herself as a free-spirited woman, she sees the office party as her last chance to flirt with intent. She sets off to work wearing a frilly, plunging dress and, as the day wears on, garners a number of interesting offers and propositions both from her lecherous boss, Godfrey, and a tall, dark, handsome stranger...SPECIAL FEATURES:[] Image Gallery

House of Darkness

A family riddled with resentment, avarice and fear; a house haunted by the victim of a cold-blooded murder...Featuring the cinema debut of Oscar nominee Laurence Harvey and boasting a haunting score by George Melachrino, House of Darkness is a rare, atmospheric chiller presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Hatred is always close to the surface in an old country house in Dorset at the beginning of the century as Elaine Merrimer soon discovers when she goes to live there with her husband, Francis. Sharing the house with his stepbrothers, Noel and John, Francis is resentful that his dead mother did not leave him her property. John, considering Francis a wastrel, resents having to support him and his wife. Noel, meanwhile, nurtures a neurotic hatred and fear of his stepbrother...SPECIAL FEATURE:Original Paperwork PDF

Josser in the Army

Sunderland-born music hall star Ernest Lotinga was one of the most accomplished variety artists of the early 20th century, proving massively popular throughout the 1930s with his comic creation 'Josser' introduced to British audiences in a series of short films during the early part of the decade. Owing to the scarcity of archive material, the fast-talking, charismatic performer admired by T.S. Eliot as 'the greatest living British histrionic Artist' is now all but forgotten; however, this rare full-length feature, presented here in a brand-new digital transfer from original film elements, easily demonstrates why Lotinga's sparky and often irreverent humour was cherished by a generation.Charting the military escapades of serial bungler Tommy Josser, Josser in the Army sees the hapless hero in France during wartime, where he masquerades as a German general, unmasks a spy, gets captured and then makes a spectacular airborne escape!SPECIAL FEATURES[] Image gallery[] Archive Ernest Lotinga interview PDF

Hand in Hand

A triumph for British director Philip Leacock, this profoundly moving film recounts a universal story of friendship between two children, and the testing of that friendship by religious differences and entrenched prejudice. With captivating performances from its two young leads, the drama won 14 international awards including a Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding, and saw Leacock nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in 1962. Hand in Hand is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements.Life is a great adventure for best friends Rachel and Michael. Fortunately, they are too young to know that Rachel, being Jewish, and Michael, being Catholic, are on opposite sides of a steep fence of intolerance. The first shadow falls across their world when Rachel tells Michael her parents are moving away. Appalled at the idea of separation, they become blood brothers , and decide to celebrate by making a trip to London to see the Queen. It is just the beginning of their adventures...SPECIAL FEATURES:[] Original Theatrical Trailer

Three Sisters

Directed by Laurence Olivier and featuring a specially commissioned score by composer William Walton, this filmed production of Anton Chekhov's classic play by London's world-renowned National Theatre Company is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.The action takes place in a Russian provincial town at the turn of the century. It tells the story of Olga, Masha and Irina daughters of a dead general, who with their brother Andrei live out their days bound together by feelings of melancholy, endless yearning and disappointment. The themes of troubled, unrequited love, provincial boredom and the imagined glamour of the capital to which the sisters long to return are brilliantly conveyed in outstanding performances by some of the twentieth century's greatest theatrical players.SPECIAL FEATURES[] Original Theatrical Trailer [] Image Gallery[] Promotional Material PDF

A Man About the House

Creator of some of Gainsborough Pictures' best-known melodramas, Leslie Arliss was well chosen to helm this atmospheric thriller, made in 1947. Boasting cinematography by Oscar winner Georges Perinal and an early film role for Kieron Moore, A Man About the House is adapted from the novel of the same name by noted English writer and composer Francis Brett Young. It is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Two English sisters, Ellen and Agnes Isit, inherit a Neopolitan villa from their uncle and move to Italy in order to sell the property. Once there, they fall under the spell of the villa's handsome and charismatic caretaker, Salvatore. The villa was once owned by Salvatore's family, and he longs to regain ownership of the property; when he marries Agnes, his dream moves a step closer. But Agnes begins to suffer from a debilitating illness, and her sister's suspicions are aroused...Special Feature:Image Gallery

Black Limelight

This gripping, atmospheric crime thriller from Austrian-born director Paul Stein stars Oscar nominee Raymond Massey as a man at the centre of a multiple murder investigation a case that sparks a sensationalist press frenzy when it becomes clear that the killer only strikes when there is a full moon. Black Limelight (also known as Footsteps in the Sand) is presented in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. A house stands full in the ugly glare of publicity, with a police cordon round it and morbidly curious crowds at the gates. Inside, Mary Charrington waits in horror and bewilderment for the next act in the tragedy. Her husband Peter is wanted for murder; the murder of a girl at a seaside bungalow. Following a series of killings, the popular press has dubbed them the work of a Moon Maniac ... and now Peter is somewhere in the countryside, hiding and haunted by terror... SPECIAL FEATURES [] Image gallery [] Original script PDF

Ransom

Sean Connery gives another powerful and charismatic performance as a Scandinavian security chief battling to thwart the deadly plans of a terrorist leader, played by Ian McShane. Beautifully photographed by double Oscar-winning Swedish cinematographer Sven Nykvist and complemented by Jerry Goldsmith's memorably haunting score, Ransom takes us through a tightly plotted, relentless race against time. Presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, this intelligent, atmospheric thriller has never looked better.Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to the ficititious state of 'Scandinavia'. With the ambassador now a hostage in his residence, another group hijacks an airliner at the capital's airport, announcing that the passengers will not be freed until their demands are met.Colonel Nils Tahlvik, Scandinavia's resourceful and ruthless head of security, seeks to take an uncompromising stance against the terrorists – yet his attempts meet resistance from unknown forces at every turn...Special Features:Original theatrical teaser and trailerImage GalleryPromotional material PDF