Kind Hearts and Coronets (Dir. Robert Hamer 1949): Sir Alec Guinness became an international star with his extraordinary performance as eight different characters in this 1949 Ealing Studios classic. Dennis Price (I'm All Right Jack Private Progress) co-stars as Edwardian gentleman Louis Mazzini who plots to avenge his mother's death by seizing the dukedom of the aristocratic d'Ascoyne family. But to gain this inheritance Mazzini must first murder the line of eccentric relatives who stand between him and the title including General d'Ascoyne Admiral d'Ascoyne... The Duke of Chalfont Lady Agatha d'Ascoyne and four more all brillantly portrayed by Guinness and leading to one of the most delicious final twists in comedy history. Passport To Pimlico (Dir. Henry Cornelius 1949): An ancient document reveals that London's Pimlico district really belongs to France. And the Pimlico community eager to abandon post-War constraints quickly establish their independence as a ration-free state with hilarious results. Nicholas Nickleby (Dir. Alberto Cavalcanti 1947): The classic Charles Dicken's tale of 'Nicholas Nickleby ' a man who is deprived of his inheritance and travels to seek his fortune with a group of gypsies. Went The Day Well? (Dir. Alberto Cavalcanti 1942): The residents of a British village during WWII welcome a platoon of soldiers only to discover that they're actually Germans! [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Made in the 1940s and 1950s the films in this set feature the best of British actors such as Alec Guinness Sid James Dennis Price Herbert Lom Peter Sellers Cecil Parker Frankie Howard James Fox Michael Redgrave and Joan Greenwood As well as the much-loved classic comedies this DEFINITIVE EALING COLLECTION includes less well known Ealing efforts such as spooky thriller Dead of Night and Dickens classic Nicholas Nickleby These English classics have hugely influenced filmmaking in the UK and around the world and have become an important part of world celluloid history
Four films from the legendary Ealing Studios. 'Kind Hearts and Coronets' (1942) is a period comedy set in the early twentieth century. Young Louis Mazzini (Dennis Price) vows to take revenge on his family, the D'Ascoynes, when he learns how they disinherited his mother. Working his way into their trust, Louis begins to bump off his distant relatives (all played by Alec Guinness) one by one, but complications set in when Edith D'Ascoyne (Valerie Hobson), the widow of his first victim, falls in love with him. In the classic comedy 'Passport to Pimlico' (1949), an unexploded bomb goes off in Pimlico, uncovering documents which reveal that this part of London in fact belongs to Burgundy in France. An autnomous state is set up in a spirit of optimism, but the petty squabbles of everyday life soon shatter the Utopian vision of a non-restrictive nation. Derek Bond stars in the title role in 'Nicholas Nickleby' (1946). Young Nicholas who is forced to become the head of the family after his father dies leaving them penniless. In desperation, he turns to his Uncle Ralph (Cedric Hardwycke) for help, but this only leads the family into even more of a mess. Wartime thriller 'Went the Day Well?' (1942) is based on a story by Graham Greene. During the Second World War, a platoon of German paratroopers infiltrate and take command of an English village disguised as British troops. The locals' attempts at resistance are hampered by a degree of collaboration with the enemy.
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