EALING RARITIES COLLECTION: VOLUME FOUR (U) £14.99
Fourth collection of classic features from the iconic British film
studio. ‘Secret of the Loch’ (1934) stars Seymour Hicks as an elderly
professor who sets out in search of the Loch Ness Monster. What will he
discover? ‘Birds of Prey’ (1930) follows a pair of criminals who set out
to exact revenge on the police commissioner who sent them to prison.
Robert Loraine, Warwick Ward and Frank Lawton star. ‘Davy’ (1957)
tracks the dilemma faced by the eponymous character (Harry Secombe) as
to whether he should continue touring with his family music hall act,
the Mad Morgans, or set out alone. Finally, ‘The Loves of Joanna Godden’
(1947) follows a young woman who determines to make her own way in
life.
By choosing to run the farm she has inherited and declining wealthy
suitors, Joanna (Googie Withers) upsets many in the local community, but
will she find happiness?
BEST OF BRITISH B MOVIES – THE CORSAIR COLLECTION: VOLUME 1(PG) 1954 £14.99
Double bill of 1950s British crime thrillers produced by Corsair
Pictures. In ‘The Harassed Hero’ (1954), based on the novel by Ernest
Dudley, Murray Selwyn (Guy Middleton) is suffering from a nervous
disorder and has been advised by his physicians to avoid stressful
situations. Unluckily for him, however, he inadvertantly becomes
involved in a crime plot when he comes into the possession of some
valuable equipment that a gang of counterfeiters are eager to get hold
of.
In ‘The Night Won’t Talk’ (1952), a model is strangled to death and
with her ex-husband, her new lover and an artist all suspects in the
case, the police enlist the help of a renowned sculptress in a plan to
catch the killer.
BEST OF BRITISH B MOVIES – THE CORSAIR COLLECTION: VOLUME 2 (PG) 1954 £14.99
Double bill of 1950s British crime thrillers produced by Corsair
Pictures. In ‘Meet Mr Malcolm’ (1954), mystery writer Colin Knowles
(Richard Gale) attempts to solve a real-life murder when his wife’s
employer is found dead. With the arrival of some disturbing letters, it
looks as though the killer is about to strike again…
In ‘I’m a Stranger’ (1952), George Westcott (Patric Doonan) travels
to London to collect a large inheritance but his grandfather’s will has
disappeared. He gets assistance from film star Greta Gynt (playing
herself), Police Inspector Craddock (Hector Ross) and window cleaner
Horatio Flowerdew (James Hayter) as he deals with members of the family
who have been cut out of the will. But it appears that George is not all
he seems…
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