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• The Gang's All Here | DVD | (11/08/2014) from £7.22   |  Saving you £2.77 (38.37%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In one of his most popular film roles multi-talented Scottish star Jack Buchanan plays a retired insurance investigator brought back into action by an audacious heist; Googie Withers is his glamorous wife who joins him on an underworld mission to ensnare the gang responsible. A sequel to Buchanan's earlier hit Smash and Grab The Gang's All Here (a.k.a. The Amazing Mr Forrest) is a blend of exciting crime drama and brilliant comedy presented here in a brand new transfer from the original film elements. John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a foreign potentate Prince Homouska has just vanished from the safekeeping of the Stamford Assurance Company. Aided by his butler his Cockney assistant and his (initially) unwilling wife Forrest sets out on the trail of the thieves. Special Features: Image Gallery Promotional Material PDFs

• The Fred And Ginger Collection | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  This beautifully presented box set contains four of the best musicals from the Hollywood phenomenon that is Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The Gay Divorcee: A lively adaptation of the stage musical which featured Astaire and his sister Adele and the first film in which Astaire and Rogers actually received star billing. While vacationing at an English seaside resort a soon-to-be-divorced woman mistakes a lovestruck song-and-dance man for her paid co-respondent. As usual th

• British Musicals of the 1930s 4 | DVD | (07/09/2015) from £6.50   |  Saving you £8.49 (130.62%)   |  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. DANCE BAND (1935) Life gets complicated for bandleader Buddy when he falls for his greatest rival the leader of an all-girl dance band! KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN (1937) A hugely popular, much-adapted comedy in which a Liverpool lass visits family in rural Ireland and finds she has several rivals for her affections. HOLD MY HAND (1938)Eddie Marston is wealthy and kind, but his affairs are rapidly descending into chaos. Who can help him? YES, MADAM? (1938) The hilarious tale of two cousins who must complete a period in domestic service in order to receive an inheritance.

• Fred And Ginger | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £82.23   |  Saving you £-32.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  This mammoth of a box set contains eight discs and eight of the finest Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers features. Contains: 1. Top Hat 2. Shall We dance 3. Follow The Fleet 4. Carefree 5. The Gay Divorcee 6. Swing Time 7. Flying Down To Rio 8. The Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle For individual synopses please refer to the individual box sets.

• Flying Down to Rio | DVD | (14/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In 1933, RKO Pictures had the bright idea of pairing Dolores Del Rio and Gene Raymond for their new musical blockbuster, Flying Down to Rio. The film was a smash, but not for the reasons anyone expected. The fourth and fifth-billed stars were an RKO bit player and a Broadway man breaking into Hollywood. Their names were Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, and their pairing in this and eight subsequent RKO films would help to rewrite cinematic history. Most of Rio's screen time is spent on a humdrum romantic triangle involving Del Rio, Raymond and Raul Roulien, but Fred (as Fred Ayres) and Ginger (as Honey Hayes) are still able to establish many of the trademarks of their later films. Ginger fronts the band (with Fred on accordion) in the saucy "Music Makes Me", and Fred does some solo tap then sings and leads the band for the spectacular airborne finale featuring chorus girls perched on the wings of biplanes. The heart of the film is "The Carioca", a company dance extravaganza that would be imitated by "The Continental" and "The Piccolino" in later films. Here Fred and Ginger take the floor together for the first time; their eyes meet and their foreheads touch. Their dance lasts only a few minutes, but it was the highlight of the film and audiences wanted more. A prophetic moment occurs toward the beginning of the dance, when, after watching for a while, Fred grabs Ginger and tells her, "I want to try this. Come on, Honey". She declares, "We'll show 'em a thing or three". They did indeed. It was magic, and it was only the beginning. --David Horiuchi, Amazon.com

• The Brass Monkey | DVD | (22/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Carroll Levis stars as himself in this intriguing whodunit. He inadvertently becomes embroiled in a caper involving the smuggling of a priceless brass monkey into England. The potential buyer is Mr. Ryder-Harris (Ernest Thesiger). This eccentric gentleman claims the ancient artifact is ""beyond human value to any follower of Buddhism."" Levis has been given the monkey by his friend Kay Sheldon who is a former talent discovery. She obtained the relic from her fiance who happens to be one of Londons most disreputable fences of stolen goods. The monkey lands in the clutter of Levis office and is promptly mislaid. Then chaos follows as several unscrupulous parties try to steal the monkey resulting in murder and mayhem. Amid all of this ""monkey business "" an array of musical and comedy performers audition for and appear on ""The Levis Hour "" our heros weekly radio program. Outstanding among the entertainers is gap-toothed farceur Terry-Thomas in a very comical early film appearance.

• Jericho | DVD | (30/01/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  All Corporal Jericho Jackson (Paul Robeson) wants to do is fight for his country but on his way to the battlefields of Europe, he accidentally kills a man and is sentenced to the firing squad. But Jericho won't obey this unjust verdict.Making his escape, he flees to Africa and finds a new life leading a desert tribe, defending them against violent brigands. However, Jericho's past is pursuing him: a former friend has vowed revenge and is catching up fast...Paul Robeson was the first African-American movie star and Jericho was one of his greatest films. Blending the songs - and the action - his fans had come to expect, it shows this amazing talent at the height of his powers.

• Best Of British Mystery | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  None of these British films have ever been released before on video or DVD since their original cinema run. All are re-mastered from the negatives. Featuring British thriller film stars Patrick McGoohan Sylvia Syms Tom Bell Susan Hampshire Herbert Lom Carole Landis Ed Begley and many other British stars. Includes: 1. Brass Monkey 2. The Quare Fellow 3. Violent Enemy