"Director: Archie Mayo"

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  • Classic Musical Box SetClassic Musical Box Set | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £31.95   |  Saving you £18.04 (56.46%)   |  RRP £49.99

    An unmissable compendium of 8 classic musicals in one bumper DVD box set! Includes: 1. On The Avenue (Dir. Roy Del Ruth 1937) 2. Sun Valley Serenade (Dir. H. Bruce Humberstone 1941) 3. Daddy Long Legs (Dir. Jean Negulesco 1955) 4. The Gang's All Here (Dir. Busby Berkeley 1943) 5. Second Fiddle (Dir. Sidney Lanfield 1939) 6. Orchestra Wives (Dir. Archie Mayo 1952) 7. Dolly Sisters (Dir. Irvin Cummings 1945) 8. Pin Up Girl (Dir. H. Bruce Humberstone 1944)

  • Orchestra Wives [DVD] [1942]Orchestra Wives | DVD | (09/04/2012) from £11.46   |  Saving you £-1.47 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

    While Gene Morrison's band (the Glenn Miller Band) is on tour, trumpet player Bill Abbot (George Montgomery) falls for a girl in the audience, Connie Ward (Ann Rutherford). When they elope, no one's more surprised than Abbot's girlfriend, Jaynie Stevens (Lynn Bari). As the musicians blow hot on the bandstand, their wives are engulfed in enough flammable jealousy and dirty tricks to break up the band. Now, Connie must prove her love for Bill, as well as try to get the band back together.o

  • Crash Dive [DVD] [1943]Crash Dive | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £8.35   |  Saving you £1.64 (19.64%)   |  RRP £9.99

    In this thrilling, Academy Award-winning drama (Best Special Effects, 1943), Tyrone Power plays Navy Lieutenant Ward Stewart, a crewmember aboard a sub responsible for investigating a suspicious tanker in the Atlantic. Initially Stewart takes a liking to his Commander - Dewey Connors (Dana Andrews) - until he realises that the woman he has fallen in love with is actually Connors' fiancee. Not only that, but, once the crew tracks the tanker to an island, they discover that it is really a German Q-boat and the island is a Nazi supply base! Tension explodes as the two men must work together to defeat the enemy - and come to terms with their rivalry!

  • Orchestra Wives [1942]Orchestra Wives | DVD | (26/02/2007) from £6.43   |  Saving you £6.56 (102.02%)   |  RRP £12.99

    It's Hep! It's Hot! It's Hilarious! Fabulous swing music and memorable tunes infuse this Oscar nominated film about the lives of the women behind the musicians in a famous big band. While Gene Morrison's band (the Glenn Miller Band) is on tour trumpet player Bill Abbot (George Montgomery) falls for a girl in the audience Connie Ward (Ann Rutherford). When they elope no one's more surprised than Abbot's girlfriend Jaynie Stevens (Lynn Bari). As the musicians blow hot on the bandstand their wives are engulfed in enough flammable jealousy and dirty tricks to break up the band. now Connie must prove her love for Bill as well as try to get the band back together.

  • Crash Dive [1996]Crash Dive | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £6.22   |  Saving you £6.77 (108.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

    In this thrilling Academy Award-winning drama (Best Special Effects 1943) Tyrone Power plays Navy Lieutenant Ward Stewart a crewmember aboard a sub responsible for investigating a suspicious tanker in the Atlantic. Initially Stewart takes a liking to his Commander - Dewey Connors (Dana Andrews) - until he realises that the woman he has fallen in love with is actually Connors' fiancee. Not only that but once the crew tracks the tanker to an island they discover that it is reall

  • John Barrymore CollectionJohn Barrymore Collection | DVD | (14/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

    The John Barrymore Collection (3 Discs)

  • Angel On My Shoulder [1946]Angel On My Shoulder | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

    Murdered gangster Eddie Kagle is given the opportunity of returning to life this time in the body of Judge Frederick Parker a deal arranged by the Devil himself. But whilst the Devil believes Eddie will carry on the dishonest work everything Eddie does only enhances the judge's reputation.

  • Svengali [DVD]Svengali | DVD | (10/11/2014) from £9.43   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  • The Petrified ForestThe Petrified Forest | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

    The Petrified Forest was the first film in which Humphrey Bogart received widespread acclaim for his performance as Duke Mantee in Archie Mayo's adaptation of Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer prize-winning play. Leslie Howard plays Alan Squier the perfect gentleman in search of meaning in his life. When he lands in a deserted caf'' he finds what he's looking for in the form of Gabby Maple (a young Bette Davis) whose character yearns for the artistic climate of gay Paris. But both Alan and Gabby are in for a bumpy ride when a dangerous gangster Duke Mantee (Bogart) takes over holding up the place at gunpoint. The small group of hostages take turns telling their tales while Duke plots to reunite with his gang and his girl.

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