A Night To Remember: On April 10th 1912 RMS Titanic sailed from Southampton on her maiden voyage. On her fourth night at sea she struck and iceberg and sank with the loss of 1 500 passengers and crew. The film faithfully depicts the drama heroism and horror of the night the unsinkable sank. The Red Shoes: The tragic and romantic story of Vicky Page the brilliant young dancer who must give up everything if she is to become a great ballerina is one of Powell and Pressburger's most famous films. Creators of classics such as Black Narcissus A Matter of Life And Death and... The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp they were renowned for their use of brilliant colour and wonderful costumes and with the exhilarating cinematography of Jack Cardiff were among the most influential film makers of their time. The Red Shoes is one of the finest examples of their work and has become an inspiration to artists film makers and musicians all over the world. Caesar And Cleopatra: Vivien Leigh is the young Cleopatra and Claude Rains is Julius Caesar in the spectacular 1945 version of George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra. As Rome invades Egypt Julius Caesar (Rains) stumbles across the young and unrefined princess Cleopatra (Leigh) sheltering in the Sphinx. Impressed by her spirit and intelligence seduced by her charm he determines to make her Queen. Cleopatra learns about power and politics at the feet of a master but her downfall begins when she is seduced by Mark Antony. This witty brilliantly designed movie features a memorable cast including Stewart Granger Flora Robson Stanley Holloway and a very young Jean Simmons as a harpist. Caesar and Cleopatra was the most expensive movie made in Britain at the time with director Gabriel Pascal even using sand from Egypt to get the right cinematic colour. [show more]
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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER is a version of the tale of the doomed maiden voyage of the Titanic. Told in a semi-documentary style through the eyes of the ship's second officer, Herbert Lightoller, whose duties provided him with a unique perspective of the everyday goings-on aboard the huge ocean liner. THE RED SHOES is an acclaimed adaption of the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale in which an impresario takes a ballerina under his wing, deftly combining interpretive dance with drama. CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA is a film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play, alleged to be one of the most lavish spectacles of it's time. Brilliant cast, headed by Rains, whom the critics lauded as 'the best Caesar portrayal of our time'.
Triple bill of classic film dramas. 'A Night to Remember' (1958) is based on Walter Lord's book about the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Made in a semi-documentary style, this film offers an honest account of the terrible disaster, and features cameos by stars including Kenneth More, Honor Blackman and David McCallum. In 'The Red Shoes' (1948), ballet impresario Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook) hires up-and-coming ballerina Victoria Page (Moira Shearer) and talented young composer Julian Craster (Marius Goring) to work with him on a new ballet, an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story 'The Red Shoes'. The show is a great success and Victoria and Julian fall in love. But Boris is jealous and makes moves to spoil their happiness. In 'Caesar and Cleopatra' (1945), Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains star in a lavish technicolour production based on George Bernard Shaw's play about the Queen of the Nile's love affair with Roman emperor Julius Caesar.
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