"Director: Thomas Bentley"

• British Musicals Of The 1930s: Volume 6 | DVD | (15/08/2016) from £6.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (114.45%)   |  RRP £14.99

  From playful romantic comedies to variety extravaganzas, the pre-war British musical films offered audiences a source of much-needed escapism throughout the decade haunted by the Great Depression and the growing menace of war. Often adapting much-loved hits of the music hall as well as serving as vehicles for the era's composers, performers and band leaders, they showcased home-grown talent alongside some of Hollywood's most bankable stars. This ongoing, multi-volume collection makes available a wealth of rare gems from the very earliest days of the British talkies, many of which have remained unseen since their original release; each film is presented uncut, in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. SLEEPLESS NIGHTS (1932) A zesty musical comedy starring Stanley Lupino as an irresponsible reporter who finds himself tangling with both crooks and millionaires! Black and White / 69 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / English THE STUDENT'S ROMANCE (1935) In 1820s Heidelberg, the marriage of a student to a princess is nearly compromised when the landlady pays his debts from the kindness of her heart. Black and White / 75 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / English I GIVE MY HEART (1935) The sensational rags-to-riches story of Jeanne Becu, better known as Madame du Barry the Parisian milliner who won the heart of a French king. Black and White / 88 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / English A STAR FELL FROM HEAVEN (1936) Joseph Schmidt stars in the tale of a musical film star who loses his voice, and the opportunity it affords an aspiring young student looking for his big break. Black and White / 69 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / English

• The Scotland Yard Mystery | DVD | (31/08/2015) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A classic thriller with a brilliantly macabre twist, The Scotland Yard Mystery is the story of the battle between a resourceful detective and a skilful and sinister swindler. Sexton Blake star George Curzon plays a doctor who uses his unique medical knowledge to mastermind a lucrative life-insurance scam; in a rare film role, legendary thespian Gerald du Maurier stars as the Metropolitan Police Commissioner who sets out to uncover the secret of five empty coffins and catch the villainous swine responsible for such depravities. Directed with characteristic verve by Thomas Bentley, The Scotland Yard Mystery is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. SPECIAL FEATURE: Image Gallery

• British Musicals of the 1930s - Volume 1 | DVD | (11/11/2013) from £6.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (114.45%)   |  RRP £14.99

  From playful romantic comedies to variety extravaganzas, the British musical films of the 1930s offered audiences a source of much-needed escapism throughout the decade haunted by the Great Depression and the growing menace of war. Often adapting much-loved hits of the music hall as well as serving as vehicles for the era's composers, performers and band leaders, they showcased home-grown talent alongside some of Hollywood's most bankable stars. This ongoing, multi-volume collection makes av...

• Those Were The Days | DVD | (09/06/2014) from £6.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Adapted from Arthur Pinero's relentlessly popular stage farce The Magistrate Those Were the Days was a perfect early vehicle for the comedic brilliance of Will Hay. Hay's feature-length debut is a typically entertaining study of the upstanding but ineffectual magistrate Mr Poskett while a youthful John Mills is the 20-year-old stepson who must pretend to be 15 to preserve the secret of his mother's falsified age; Angela Baddeley and veteran character-comedians Claude Allister H.F. Maltby and George Graves are among an impressive supporting cast. Presented in a brand-new digital transfer from the original film elements this rare cinematic gem - directed by former variety star Thomas Bentley - notably includes a wonderful evocation of the atmosphere of a 1890s music hall with Lily Morris and Harry Bedford among a number of leading acts featured. Special Features: Image Gallery Original Script PDF

• British Comedies Of The 1930s: Volume 11 | DVD | (23/05/2016) from £10.98   |  Saving you £1.00 (11.12%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The ebullient comedy films of the 1930s brought escape and laughter to millions of British cinemagoers, enabling veteran stars of the music-hall and theatre to reach out to a wider audience making household names of performers like Leslie Fuller, Hal Gordon, Bobby Howes, Ernest Lotinga and Gene Gerrard. Although comedy would prove to be the decade's most successful film genre, many of these classic early talkies have remained unseen since their original release. From boisterous knockabout humour to polished adaptations of popular stage farces, this ongoing collection showcases a wealth of rare features, each presented uncut, in a brand-new transfer from the best available elements in their as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Housemaster (1938) The incoming headmaster of a venerable public school causes ructions when he unleashes a welter of red tape and puritanical 'reforms'. Black and White / 91 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / English Me And My Pal (1939) When Dave and Hal are stopped for speeding, Dave's remonstrations are overheard by a racketeer who thinks he's just the kind of mug he could put to use... Black and White / 71 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / English

• Old Curiosity Shop | DVD | (14/05/2012) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.12%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When an elderly shop keeper and his daughter are threatened by the local mean spirited dwarf they run away to avoid having to pay him their debts. However he soon catches up with them and pursues them across England.

• The Middle Watch | DVD | (03/11/2014) from £6.79   |  Saving you £3.20 (47.13%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Debonair screen veteran Jack Buchanan Norwegian beauty Greta Gynt and monocled character player Fred Emney are among the many stars of this riotous comedy adapting a play by writer and Naval officer Stephen King-Hall and noted novelist playwright and historian Ian Hay. The Middle Watch is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Through a series of unforeseen events two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon where they have been attending a ‘bon voyage’ reception. At first it seems that Captain Randall will be able to keep them concealed but then the Admiral unexpectedly arrives on board and orders the ship to sea. The result is maritime mayhem! Special Features Image Gallery Original Script PDF

• The Last Chance | DVD | (08/09/2014) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A suspenseful tale of murder and wrongful accusation The Last Chance features leading roles for Australian-born actors Frank Leighton and Judy Kelly with typically polished performances from stage and screen star Billy Milton and veteran character player Laurence Hanray. The film is presented here in a brand-new digital transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Alan Burmister leaves Devon on a secret gun-running expedition immediately after his engagement to Mary Perrin is announced; he returns at Christmas to find himself accused of the murder of Ivor Connel a moneylender. Mary's father had always hoped that his daughter would marry John Worrall a rising barrister. Worrall is briefed for the defence but when he loses the case and Alan is condemned to penal servitude for life no one but the judge realises that he has not made use of the best piece of defence evidence...

• Laugher at Sea | DVD | (26/11/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  WE JOINED THE NAVY Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has the bad habit of saying the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away... THE MIDDLE WATCH Through a series of unforeseen events, two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon, where they have been attending a party. But then the ship is ordered out to sea and maritime mayhem ensues! PETTICOAT PIRATES A company of Wrens set out to prove equality with their male counterparts by taking over a warship with breathtaking efficiency, sailing it out to sea and into a NATO naval exercise! While Charlie is all at sea for the first time in his humble career with Her Majesty's Navy! WHY SAILORS LEAVE HOME Given shore leave at an Arabian port, Bill Biggles visits his friend the sheik. The polygamous ruler, however, who has abducted a damsel, decides to appoint Bill as his deputy and then scarpers. Bill thinks he's quids in... until the wives decide to go on strike!

• British Comedies of the 1930s 10 | DVD | (25/04/2016) from £6.39   |  Saving you £6.60 (50.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The ebullient comedy films of the 1930s brought escape and laughter to millions of British cinemagoers, enabling veteran stars of the music-hall and theatre to reach out to a wider audience making household names of performers like Leslie Fuller, Hal Gordon, Bobby Howes, Ernest Lotinga and Gene Gerrard.Although comedy would prove to be the decade's most successful film genre, many of these classic early talkies have remained unseen since their original release. From boisterous knockabout humour to polished adaptations of popular stage farces, this ongoing collection showcases a wealth of rare features, each presented uncut, in a brand-new transfer from the best available elements in their as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.LETTING IN THE SUNSHINE (1933)A window cleaner bumps into an old flame, and the pair turn detective in an attempt to foil a gang of burglars.Black and White / 70 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / EnglishLUCKY TO ME (1939)A solicitor's clerk secretly marries the office secretary, but a business matter threatens to cut their one-night honeymoon shorter still!Black and White / 66 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / English

• British Comedies of the 1930s Volume 3 | DVD | (27/07/2015) from £5.45   |  Saving you £7.54 (138.35%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The ebullient comedy films of the 1930s brought escape and laughter to millions of British cinemagoers enabling veteran stars of the music-hall and theatre to reach out to a wider audience – making household names of performers like Leslie Fuller Hal Gordon Bobby Howes Ernest Lotinga and Gene Gerrard. Although comedy would prove to be the decade's most successful film genre many of these classic early talkies have remained unseen since their original release. This ongoing collection showcases a wealth of rare features each presented uncut in a brand-new transfer from the best available elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. HIS WIFE'S MOTHER (1932) A newlywed has a trying time proving his innocence when his mother-in-law catches him kissing another girl! Black and White / 67 mins / 1.33:1 / Mono / English THE LAST COUPON (1932) A frugal coal miner turns into a spendthrift when he wins £20 000 on the football pools! Black and White / 82 mins / 1.19:1 / Mono / English

• The Great Defender | DVD | (18/08/2014) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A skilfully constructed melodrama with a genuinely thrilling dénouement The Great Defender tells the story of an artist wrongly accused of murdering his model and of the efforts of an eminent KC to clear him. Featuring a characteristically powerful performance from Matheson Lang the classical actor who became one of Britain's most successful screen stars during the twenties this superb feature is presented here in a brand-new digital transfer from original film elements. Sir Douglas Rolls is a highly respected defence lawyer of many years' experience. Now in rapidly failing health he is advised to retreat from the courtroom and pursue more pleasurable activities. But it is just at this point in his life that his great lost love - a woman his own strong sense of duty led him to give up twenty years ago and whom he still loves deeply - walks into his chambers to ask that he defend her adulterous husband now to stand trial for murder. Reluctantly agreeing to take on the case Sir Douglas soon finds there is more to the story than meets the eye... Special Features: Promotional Material PDF

• Three Silent Men/Inquest | DVD | (16/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Three Silent MenAn inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of the inventors plot. The next day the inventor is found dead. Could it be the surgeon? A 1940 Butchers production stars Derrick De Marney and Patricia Roc. InquestDirected by Roy Boulting this Charter production was made in 1939. It was Boultings second film on the way to; Twisted Nerve The Family Way and Seagulls Over Sorrento. Inquest is a whodunit played out through the coroners inquest. Filmed at Highbury Studios and starring Elizabeth Allan and Herbert Lomas.

• Night Alone | DVD | (06/07/2015) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Charles and Barbara are a devoted couple who in seven years' marriage have never spent a night apart. When they come up to town for a family engagement an urgent business appointment obliges Charles to let Barbara go on without him. Left alone and bored in the hotel Charles agrees to accompany a man-about-town friend to a nightclub. He gets helplessly drunk among dubious company and come the morning finds that a hangover is the least of his problems..! Noted actor-dramatist Emlyn Williams is the errant husband in this highly engaging pre-war marital comedy also featuring popular leading lady Lesley Brook and Constant Nymph star Leonora Corbett. Night Alone is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Bonus Features: Image Gallery

• The Classic Sherlock Holmes - Vol. 2 | DVD | (06/06/2006) from £10.78   |  Saving you £-0.79 (-7.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Consisting of 9 Classic Sherlock Holmes films spread over 3 discs with performances from some of the best actors to have ever played the super sleuth. Titles included are: Disc 1: Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon (Rathbone) / Terror By Night (Rathbone) / Dressed To Kill (Rathbone) Disc 2: Woman In Green (Rathbone) / The Speckled Band (Massey) / A Study In Scarlet (Owen) Disc 3: Silver Blaze (Wontner) / The Sign Of Four (Wontner) / The Triumph Of Sherlock

• Classic Sherlock Holmes | DVD | (04/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  3 Classic Sherlock Holmes movies of the silver screen starring Basil Rathbone and 8 classic TV episodes starring Ronald Howard.

• 3 Classic Sherlock Holmes Films Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 3 | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £4.03   |  Saving you £0.96 (23.82%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Silver Blaze (Dir. Thomas Bentley 1937): Over-worked and tired Sherlock Holmes agrees to accept an invitation to stay with Sir Henry Baskerville at his estate. Once Holmes and Watson arrive they are informed that at a nearby stable Sliver Blaze a racehorse favored to win an upcoming track event has been stolen and his trainer killed. When Baskerville's future son-in-law falls under suspicion Holmes takes the case. Believing that his archenemy Moriarty lies behind the c