This DVD bring together two films from 1940 starring horror icon Boris Karloff: Monogram Pictures' The Ape and the British Intelligence.Karloff plays one of his many mad scientists in The Ape directed by William Nigh who also helmed several of Karloff's Mr. Wong films. Curt Siodmak who wrote The Wolf Man and others for Universal gives Karloff plenty of fun dialogue. The crisp cinematography is by Harry Neumann who shot over 200 films covering everything from Buck Jones to
Operetta in three acts by Victor Leon and Leo Stein
This 1930 drama was an early field day for Alfred Hitchcock and his evolving ideas about the blurring of opposites: reality and illusion, guilt and innocence, observing and doing, men and women. A rare whodunit in the director's canon, the story of Murder finds a stage actress (Norah Baring) convicted of murdering a female friend. Herbert Marshall stars as a veteran theatre actor and, coincidentally, member of the jury who has grave doubts about the verdict and decides to investigate the crime on his own. His efforts lead him through a world with which he is sufficiently familiar--that of backstage intrigues--and toward what some critics have charged is an unfortunate link between villainy and a gay stereotype. But that limited critique completely misses the playful overlapping of faulty perceptions invited by this movie, in which Hitchcock deliberately confuses us at times about whether the action we're seeing is real or occurring on a stage. Even when the distinction is obvious, thematic echoes bounce wildly between the two, such as an early scene in which policemen observing a play don't realise the solution to the real murder is weirdly foretold in what they're watching. --Tom Keogh
It's the turn of the century in the deep South, and the Hubbard siblings are embroiled in their ownmoney-driven, power-hungry civil war. Most calculating of the group is Regina, who, along with her brothers, demands ownership of a cotton mill expected to yield millions. Proving that blood is not thicker than greed, the Hubbards will stop at nothing to push their unscrupulous deal through even ifit means destroying everyone around them! Oscar(r) winner* Bette Davis leads a perfectlybrilliant cast (The New York Times) in this major screen achievement (The New Yorker) that garnered nine Academy Award(r) nominations,** including Best Picture. 'splendid [and] timeless (Los Angeles Times), The Little Foxes is an enduring classic and a chilling indictment of corruption and greed. *1935: Actress, Dangerous; 1938: Actress, Jezebel **1941: Actress (Davis), Supporting Actress (Collinge), Supporting Actress (Wright), Directing, Art Directing, Editing, Score, Screenplay
The beautiful Kit Preston becomes disconcerted when she starts receiving crank calls claiming that her life is in jeopardy. Although She tells police about the messages her somewhat hysterical manner leaves them convinced that the danger is all in her imagination... or fakes in order to get attention from her neglectful husband. However two people know that the peril is very real indeed...
Eternally Yours
The Weapon
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and destroy eachother. A rich family the Hillcrests are fighting against the spectacular Hornblower who sends away poor farmers to build factories on their land. When mrs. Hillcrest finds out that Chloe Hornclower was a prostitute she uses the secret to blackmail the spectacular and force him to stop his business....
The inventor of a secret weapon and its prototype are abducted leaving the wartime Allies in dire need of assistance. Sherlock Holmes is called and begins to do battle with Professor Moriarty who will later become his arch-enemy...
This stunning new 4K restoration of 1955 Ealing comedy THE LADYKILLERS and the first from the original 3 strip technicolour negative, showcases Alexander Mackendrick's vision is its full glory. Considered by many as the finest British comedy ever made, THE LADYKILLERS follows the hilarious capers of a group of small-time crooks, taking on more than they can handle in the form of their sweet elderly landlord, Mrs. Wilberforce (BAFTA Award winning actress Katie Johnson; How To Murder A Rich Uncle). The criminal gang, posing as a string quartet, are unprepared for their landlord's meddling when one of the musicians' cases gets caught in a door, revealing the group's true identity. Featuring an impressive all-star lineup, with the finest comedy actors of the day; Alec Guinness (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Lavender Hill Mob) plays the gang's mastermind Professor Marcus', Cecil Parker (A French Mistress) is Claude otherwise known as Major Courtney', Peter Sellers (I'm Alright Jack) is Harry aka Mr. Robinson', Herbert Lom (The Pink Panther) is Louis aka Mr. Harvey' and Danny Green (A Kid For Two Farthings) plays One Round also known as Mr. Lawson'. A stunning new 4K restoration of Ealing Studios finest comedy Special Features: Lobby cards Gallery Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery
British film noir made in 1948 by the Gainsborough Studio, set in the Italian alps and full of post war intrigue and espionage. Engles (Robert Newton), a film director, offers his old friend and film extra Neil Blair (Dennis Price), an intriguing assignment. Blair is to travel to a remote Italian ski lodge and pose as a film script writer working on his next project. The real purpose of Blair s visit is to observe the visitors to the resort who include Wesson (Stanley Holloway) a photographer, and the mysterious Countess Forelli, who Blair quickly realises is travelling under an alias. The story begins to unfold with the arrival of Keramiko (Herbert Lom), a mysterious Greek gentleman, and when an attempt is made on Blair s life the real reason for his presence at the resort, and that of the other guests, soon becomes clear...
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