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  Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman light up the screen in one of the most enduring romances in movie history. At his Moroccan nightclub, cynic Rick Blaine (Bogart) turns a blind eye to the misery of WWII until his former lover, Ilsa Lund (Bergman), walks through the door, forcing Rick to choose between a life with the woman he loves or becoming the hero she needs. Product Features 3-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition Includes: Steelbook Rigid Slipcase 32-Page Vintage Pressbook 2-Sided Poster 7 Art Card Reproductions: 3 Lobby Cards, 3 Location/Blueprint Sketches, Letter of Transit Custom Envelope Special Features: Introduction by Lauren Bacall Two Separate Commentaries: Roger Ebert and Film Historian Rudy Behlmer Also on Blu-ray: Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic Warner Night at the Movies Great Performances: Bacall on Bogart You Must Remember This: A Tribute to Casablanca As Time Goes By: The Children Remember Deleted Scenes Outtakes Cartoons Audio-Only Scoring Stage Sessions 19/11/47 Vox Pop Radio Broadcast Theatrical Trailers Added Bonus Disc: You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story The Brothers Warner Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul Documentary And More

• Fascination | DVD | (12/01/2015) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The closest British film ever got to having its own Garbo, Madeleine Carroll continues to fascinate viewers nearly ninety years after her cinematic debut. Lazy journalism has reinforced and perpetuated the cinematic myth that she was purely a Hitchcock creation (springing fully formed into the limelight courtesy of smash-hit drama The 39 Steps), but nothing is further from the truth. By the time she worked with Hitchcock, Carroll had been successfully acting in films for seven years, her early body of work coinciding with an incredibly exciting period in film history the transition from silent film to sound. Though she had notable successes both in Britain (Atlantic, The Dictator) and Hollywood (The General Died at Dawn, The Prisoner of Zenda), her idiosyncratic entry into films (via a beauty competition), peripatetic body of work and all-but-abandonment of her career following her sister's death during the Blitz have ensured that her career is reduced time and again to just a namecheck for The 39 Steps, which while certainly a worthy epitaph is a disservice nonetheless. By 1931, Carroll had successfully made the transition from support player to lead actor, and her role in Fascination as Gwenda Farrell a jaded actress on the rebound is arguably one of her best. Ostensibly the bad girl in a tale of marital infidelity, her warm, vulnerable performance especially so in her scenes with Dorothy Bartlam (as good girl Vera) shows just how good she could be with the right material. A significant degree of the credit for this successful character interplay can be laid at the door of director Miles Mander. Acting in British films since 1920, within a decade Mander had expanded his activities and had become an accomplished playwright, scriptwriter, dialogue polisher and director. He had scored a major hit in 1928, writing, directing and starring in The First Born based on his own play and starring opposite Madeleine Carroll. He followed this up with an adaptation of another of his plays The Woman Between, trade-shown in January 1931 and then went straight into Fascination, which was shot at BIP's Elstree studios for Regina Films and trade-shown a few months later, in July 1931. Mander's obvious skill is in coaxing appealing performances out of all his actors from the three leads, through supporting actors (special mention for Kay Hammond as Gwenda's airhead girlfriend) and even down to the walk-ons the grievously disappointed drunken toff, for instance, is a classic bit of comedy business. Unfortunately, Mander directed only three more films before concentrating wholly on acting, carving out a lucrative niche during his final working years as an in-demand character actor. From a technical point of view the film is rough around the edges, but there's a noticeable Warhol/Factory-style energy inherent in both the direction and performances which carries things through. Its script (courtesy of BIP stalwart Victor Kendall) tries gamely to transcend its theatrical origins, creating a film which gives a good kicking to the cherished prejudice that all pre-war British films are either low-rent quota fodder or high-minded, middle-class frippery. It also presents a final act so devastatingly modern in its interpersonal relationships that it beggars belief that this film is actually just over fifteen years shy of celebrating its centenary. Despite going on general release across the country, only one copy of Fascination is known to exist a 35mm print held at the bfi in its original nitrate format. Being an original exhibition print, continuous cinema projection during its theatrical run has resulted in missing frames, tears and general film damage throughout. The soundtrack is in a similar condition and, though restored as much as possible, subtitles have been created specifically for this DVD release as an aid to the viewing experience. Transferred in 2014 courtesy of a grant from the bfi's Unlocking Film Heritage fund, Fascination is one of those joyous (re)discoveries which definitively fills a gap in our knowledge of early British talkies whilst opening our eyes to how daring such films could be in the right hands. Despite its technical shortcomings, this is a film worth watching. Directed by multi-talented writer, director and actor Miles Mander, Fascination stars a luminous Madeleine Carroll heading up a strong cast in this light-hearted, emotionally engaging drama from the early 1930s. Childhood sweethearts Vera and Larry Maitland have been happily married for several years. When Larry encounters vampish actress Gwenda Farrell, however, he lets himself be led astray... and when Vera finds out the truth, her solution is a novel one! Fascination is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the only remaining copy of the film known to exist - a nitrate print. Though it has gone through a restoration process viewers will notice a drop in quality compared to other films in this range.

• The White Countess - Box Set | DVD | (21/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The White Countess: Set in Shanghai in the late 1930s this is the story of the relationship between a blind former US diplomat and a refugee Countess (Richardson) reduced to a sordid life in the city's bars. Todd Jackson (Fiennes) once an American diplomat filled with idealism now bitterly disillusioned by realpolitik and the seemingly unavoidable nature of war finds his life enriched by the beautiful spirited Sofia.... Remains Of The Day: Stevens is the perfect English butler. Now employed by Mr Lewis the new American owner of Darlington Hall Stevens has spent the best part of his working life serving Lord Darlington the host of many prestigious international conferences in the 1930s. It was only when war broke out in 1939 that Lord Darlington's involvement with the Nazi party was uncovered. Now twenty years later Stevens realizes that his unquestioning faith and dedication to duty were misplaced and cost him dearly in his own personal life. Over several years he carried on an intense relationship with the Estate's attractive young housekeeper Miss Kenton. But his unwavering sense of duty led Stevens to deny his emotions - and eventually drive away the one woman he loved. Now he wants to make amends... An extraordinary story of blind emotion and repressed love The Remains Of The Day achieved an astounding 8 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture Best Actor and Best Actress. Anthony Hopkins received the BAFTA Award for the Best Performance by an actor in a leading role. Howards End: ""Only Connect"". This famous command is the catalyst which brings together two very different Edwardian families - the one passionate and progressive the other hidebound by wealth and social status - with irreversible and devastating consequences. A dying woman's impulsive wish marks a turning point in the relationship between the cosmopolitan Schlegel sisters Margaret and Helen and the wealthy Wilcox family when Ruth Wilcox bequeaths her idyllic country house Howards End to Margaret (Emma Thompson). Convinced that he is acting in the best interests of his family the patriarcal Henry Wilcox destroys his wife's ""unofficial"" will. But as the lonely repressed Henry falls in love with Margaret and Helen's willful attacks on class and convention strike at the very heart of the Wilcox family fate decrees that Henry must pay dearly for his deceit.

• The Bostonians | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Vanessa Redgrave (in an Oscar-nominated performance) and Christopher Reeve are the stars of THE BOSTONIANS Merchant Ivory Productions' acclaimed 1984 screen adaptation of the Henry James classic which charts the struggle between two charismatic forces - feminist and a chauvinist - to gain control over the destiny of a spirited young woman.The story takes place in Boston in the aftermath of the American Civil War - a time of political and social turmoil. Verena Tarrant (Madeleine Potter Slaves Of New York) a gifted young orator has attracted the attention of Olive Chancellor (Redgrave) who wished to nurture Verena as an inspirational force for the Woman's Movement But ranged against her is Basil Ransom (Reeve) a handsome male chauvinist who wants Verena as his wife. Against a backdrop of luminous New England landscapes battle is joined and for Olive the struggle will prove an odyssey that forces her to acknowledge her true nature.

• Bloodhounds Of Broadway | DVD | (20/12/2004) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-0.74 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Available for the first time on DVD! New Year's Eve New York City 1928. The streets of Broadway are swinging. High society dame Harriet Mackyle (Julie Hagarty) is throwing a party and everyone who is anyne will be there. Among New York's most fashionable socialites are the luckless but handsome pony player Regret (Matt Dillon) powerful gambling operator The Brain (Rutger Hauer) the honourable but penniless Feet Samuels (Randy Quaid) and Broadway's most desirable showgirl Horte

• White Cradle Inn | DVD | (08/06/2015) from £5.40   |  Saving you £4.59 (85.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Madeleine Carroll – internationally famous for her role in The 39 Steps and the first of Hitchcock's glacial blonde heroines – stars with Ian Hunter and Michael Rennie in this rare and deeply moving post-war drama. Also known as High Fury White Cradle Inn is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Beneath the towering peaks of the Swiss Alps in peaceful White Cradle Valley stands an inn owned by Magda and her philandering husband Rudolf. During the war many small French children are evacuated to the valley. One of these refugees a boy named Roger who has lost both parents is billeted with Rudolf and Magda. When the time comes for the children to return to France Magda very much wishes to adopt Roger but her husband has taken a dislike to the boy... Special Features: Image gallery

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• The Essential War Collection | DVD | (08/06/2009) from £34.97   |  Saving you £-9.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Set Comprises: Battle of the Bulge (1965): For this epic recreation of one of World War II's most crucial confrontations director Ken Annakin (The Longest Day) captures the explosive action of massive forces squaring off as well as the brave individual ingenuity of weary GIs trying to survive a cruel European winter. The cast is a juggernaut of stars: Henry Fonda Robert Shaw Robert Ryan Charles Bronson Telly Savalas and more. Full Metal Jacket (1987): Full Metal Jacket begins by following the trials and tribulations of a platoon of fresh Marine Corps recruits focusing on the relationship between Gunnery Sergeant Hartman and Privates Pyle and Joker. We see Pyle grow into an instrument of death as Hartman has foreseen of all of his recruits. Through Pyle's torment and Joker's unwillingness to stand up against it the climax of part one is achieved with all three main characters deciding their fates by their action or inaction. The second chapter of Full Metal Jacket delves into Joker's psyche and the repeated referral to the fact that he joined the Corps to become a killer. When his mostly behind the scenes job as a combat correspondent is interfered with by the Tet offensive he is thrust into real combat and ultimately must choose if he really is a killer. Memphis Belle (1990): Matthew Modine and Eric Stoltz head the dynamic cast of Memphis Belle an adventure inspired by true World War II heroics. During spring 1943 they took to the war-torn skies for the most dangerous mission in defence of freedom. If the ten-man crew of the bomber Memphis Belle returned they would receive a hero's welcome and renew flagging public morale. But the odds were stacked heavily against them in the true courageous story of the brave fly-boys who each fought mortal fear while fighting the enemy together. Where Eagles Dare (1968): Commandos posing as German soldiers parachute into a small mountainside town to rescue a supposed allied general from a Nazi hideaway fortress that can only be reached by cable car. Escape to Victory (1981) This is no ordinary soccer match: this is war! The battlefield: a stadium in occupied Paris. The armies: German all-stars vs. ragtag Allied POWs. The objective: demonstrate another proof of Aryan superiority. Guess who wins? Better yet guess who cleverly uses the match as a means of escape? Sylvester Stallone Michael Caine and Max von Sydow star in this rouser directed by the legendary John Huston. The climatic match is a heart-in-the-throat hat-in-the-air exhibition of brute force and balletic grace featuring soccer legends Pele Bobby Moore Osvaldo Ardiles Co Prins Mike Summerbee and more. Score a splendid entertainment goal for 'Victory'! Kelly's Heroes (1970): In this less-than-serious look at World War II Lieutenant Kelly (Clint Eastwood) learns about a German gold shipment destined for France. With his ragtag fellow soldiers he is determined to slip behind enemy lines and retrieve it. The Dirty Dozen (1967): Atten-hut! Twelve jailbirds will earn their freedom... if they survive a suicide mission against the Nazi brass. Tough-as-nails Lee Marvin leads a nothing-to-lose convict squad in this all-time action trendsetter.

• Marked For Death / Rising Sun / Unlawful Entry | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Marked For Death: Just retired from the Drug Enforcement agency John Hatcher (Seagal) returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighbourhood. Determined to drive the dealers out Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican druglord who vows that Hatcher and his family are now marked for death... Rising Sun: Special liaison officer (Snipes) is called to investigate the murder of a call-girl in the boardroom of a Japanese corporation. Accompanied by a detective with unusual knowledge of the Japanese culture (Connery) the two men must unravel the mystery behind the murder by entering an underground shadow world of futuristic technology ancient ways and confusing loyalties... Unlawful Entry: After an armed robbery attempt on their suburban home a young couple (Kurt Russell and Madeleine Stowe) do what anyone would do - they call the police. That's when they meet Los Angeles Policeman Pete Davis (Ray Liotta) and immediately warm up to his caring and sensitive attitude. He makes the couple's safety his personal concern and begins frequent patrols of their property. But this friendship turns into a twisted obsession as Davis's relationship with the couple develops and forces his way into their lives. Plunged into a nightmare where protector becomes predator the couple must somehow escape from the web of security that has become their ultimate enemy...

• The Attendant | DVD | (24/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  On April 12 1972 four young campers were found dead near Sweetwater Oregon in what appeared to be a horrific mass murder. The FBI investigation that followed concluded that it was a drug induced mass suicide. The residents of the local town never agreed. They knew of the dark forces that return to the area every few decades. On March 13 2002 the six campers who planned to spend a relaxing weekend in those mountains had no idea of the horrible fate that awaited them. This is their s

• Her Bridal Night | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Brigitte Bardot plays Chouchou a successful model infatuated with Michel the editor of a fashion magazine but Michel seems unaware of her interest in him. The harder Chouchou tries to make herself noticed the less Michel seems to understand until she takes drastic measures by making him chase her through the woods while she wears sheer lingerie which leaves little to the imagination.

• Rounder Records 40th Anniversa | DVD | (24/05/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

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• Casablanca - 4K UHD: 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray + Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (30/03/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The 39 Steps | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Hitchcock's first great romantic thriller is a prime example of the "macguffin" principle in action. Robert Donat is Richard Hannay, an affable Canadian tourist in London who becomes embroiled in a deadly conspiracy when a mysterious spy winds up murdered in Hannay's rented flat--and both the police and a secret organisation wind up hot on his trail. With only a seemingly meaningless phrase ("the 39 steps"), a small Scottish town circled on a map, and a criminal mastermind identified by a missing finger as clues, quick-witted Hannay eludes police and spies alike as he works his way across the countryside to reveal the mystery and clear his name. At one point he finds himself making his escape manacled to blonde beauty Pamela (Madeleine Carroll), whose initial antagonism is smoothed by Hannay's charm. It's classic Hitchcock all the way, a seemingly effortless balance of romance and adventure set against a picturesque landscape populated by eccentrics and social-register smoothies, none of whom is what he or she appears to be. Hitchcock would play similar games of innocents plunged into deadly conspiracies, most delightfully in North by Northwest, but in this breezy 1935 classic, Hitch proves that, as in any quest, the object of the search isn't nearly as satisfying as the journey. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• The Bostonians (the Merchant Ivory Collection) | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £17.97   |  Saving you £-4.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The daughter of a faith healer is forced to choose between her mother's religious activities and her desire to use her speaking ability to further the women's suffragette movement. To complicate matters more the man she loves is strongly opposed to the feminist cause.

• Melies The Magician | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This collection features the documentary The Magic of Melies and Melies` Magic Show which includes 15 of his short films lovingly restored. The Magic of Melies: Magician and entrepreneur Georges Melies paved the way for Disney Spielberg George Lucas and countless other filmmakers. A Producer director actor and designer who created over 500 films Melies is one of the most influential filmmakers of all time. In this extraordinary film witnesses and hist

• Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill | DVD | (03/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Ute Lemper sings Kurt Weill live at the Bouffes du Nord Paris and Ute Lemper sings Michael Nyman at the Musikhalle Hamburg. Tracks include: Le Grand Lustucru Train Du Ciel I'm A Stranger Here Myself Bilbao Song Die Rote Rosa Complainte De La Seine Barbara Song Moritat Vom Mackie Messer Surabaya-Johnny Alabama Song Denn Wie Man Sich Bettet Youkali / Tango Habanera Je Ne T'aime Pas J'attends Un Navire The Saga Of Jenny September Song Tchaikovsky Trouble Man My Ship

• Criterion Collection: Earrings of Madame De | Blu Ray | (06/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Blockade | DVD | (13/02/2006) from £7.18   |  Saving you £5.81 (80.92%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An explosive tale of bravery and passion in a land ripped apart by war. The screen explodes with action and romance in this war-torn drama. Henry Fonda stars as the passionate courageous Marco a peasant farmer determined to protect his land from invading soldiers. The gorgeous Madeline Carroll is Norma the daredevil spy whose heart he captures. With gunfire thundering around them they struggle against a powerful enemy blockade that is preventing the delivery of desperately