Bhowani Junction 1956  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, Bill Travers, Abraham Sofaer, Francis Matthews, Marne Maitland, Lionel Jeffries, Peter Illing, Edward Chapman, Freda Jackson, Alan Tilvern, Ronald Adam, Raymond Francis, Vida St. Romaine, Les Tremayne
Filmed on location in India, this story takes place in 1947 when the British are preparing to leave India. Ava Gardner plays the part of English/Indian Victoria Jones who is in love with British Colonel Rodney Savage (Stewart Granger) and is torn between her fidelity to her husband Thomas (Edward Chapman) and desire for Savage.
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The Card 1952  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Promoter
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns, Valerie Hobson, Petula Clark, Edward Chapman, Gibb McLaughlin, Frank Pettingell, Veronica Turleigh, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Michael Hordern
Edward Henry Machin (Alec Guinness) rises from poverty through shady dealings and more than a little social climbing until he reaches his goal at the "top of the heap."
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The History of Mr. Polly 1949 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Pelissier
Cast: John Mills, Sally Ann Howes, Megs Jenkins, Finlay Currie, Betty Ann Davies, Gladys Henson, Diana Churchill, Edward Chapman, Shelagh Fraser, Dandy Nichols, Juliet Mills, Moore Marriott, David Horne, Edie Martin, Doris Hare
Based on H.G. Wells' novel, this story involves Alfred Polly's (John Mills) change of lifestyle after he leaves his domineering wife (Betty Ann Davies) and wanders the countryside. He finally takes a job as a handyman at a country inn and, at long last, finds true happiness.
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Juno and the Paycock 1930  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Sara Allgood, Sidney Morgan, John Laurie, John Longden, Edward Chapman, Maire O'Neill, Dennis Wyndham, Kathleen O'Regan, Dave Morris, Fred Schwartz, Donald Calthrop
Set during an uprising of the Dublin Civil War, this is a rendition of Sean O'Casey's play about the troubled members of an Irish family.
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Lisbon 1956 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ray Milland
Cast: Ray Milland, Maureen O'Hara, Claude Rains, Yvonne Furneaux, Francis Lederer, Percy Marmont, Jay Novello, Edward Chapman
When Lloyd Merrill (Percy Marmont) is captured and held behind the Iron Curtain, his wife, Sylvia Merrill (Maureen O'Hara), hires a smuggler (Ray Milland) to perform the rescue mission.
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Madeleine 1950 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Strange Case of Madeleine
Director: David Lean
Cast: Ann Todd, Norman Wooland, Ivan Desny, Leslie Banks, Elizabeth Sellars, Edward Chapman, Barbara Everest, Andre Morell, Barry Jones, Anthony Newley, Patricia Raine, Eugene Deckers, Susan Stranks, Ivor Barnard, John Laurie
Madeleine Smith (Ann Todd) was a 19th-century Scottish woman who was accused and put on trial for poisoning her French lover Emile L'Anglier (Ivan Desny) in 1857. The trial is reenacted in this interesting film that leaves the audience guessing. Based on a true story.
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Mandy 1952 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Crash of Silence
The Story of Mandy
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Terence Morgan, Godfrey Tearle, Mandy Miller, Marjorie Fielding, Edward Chapman, Eleanor Summerfield, Colin Gordon, Dorothy Alison
Mandy (Mandy Miller) is a deaf mute, but that does not stop her from dreaming. With help from a caring family, she succeeds. Miller plays herself in this film.
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Murder! 1930 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Herbert Marshall, Phyllis Konstam, Norah Baring, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander, Donald Calthrop, Una O'Connor, Esme Percy, Esme V. Chaplin, Amy Brandon Thomas
A jury member (Herbert Marshall) believes that the accused murderess (Norah Baring) is innocent, but he must identify the real murderer in order to prove her innocence.
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Night and the City 1950 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Richard Widmark, Googie Withers, Gene Tierney, Hugh Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan, Herbert Lom, Charles Farrell, Mike Mazurki, James Hayter, Edward Chapman
Fight promoter Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) unsuccessfully tries to stay ahead of his debtors by hustling in the wrestling world.
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Oscar Wilde 1960 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory Ratoff
Cast: Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert, John Neville, Ralph Richardson, Dennis Price, Alexander Knox, Edward Chapman, Martin Benson, Robert Harris, Henry Oscar
The famed libel trial of Oscar Wilde (Robert Morley) is depicted in this film, which was released at the same time as "The Trials of Oscar Wilde" with Peter Finch in the title role.
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The Proud Valley 1940 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Tunnel
Director: Pen Tennyson
Cast: Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman, Simon Lack, Rachel Thomas, Dilys Thomas, Edward Rigby, Janet Johnson, Charles Williams, Jack Jones, Dilys Davies, Clifford Evans, Allan Jeayes
Miners in a Wales village count on stoker David Goliath (Paul Robeson) and his baritone voice to help them win a national choir meet. But, a mine accident puts all dreams on hold–not only for the choir contest but for the financial future of the town as well.
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Rembrandt 1936 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alexander Korda
Cast: Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester, Edward Chapman, Walter Hudd, Roger Livesey, John Bryning, Allan Jeayes, Raymond Huntley, John Clements, Sam Livesey, Austin Trevor, Abraham Sofaer, Laurence Hanray
Charles Laughton is excellent in his role of the famed Dutch painter, Rembrandt. The film covers the last three decades of the painter's life during which he had three wives. After his first wife dies, Rembrandt marries his housekeeper Geertje (Gertrude Lawrence) but that doesn't work when he turns to his maid Hendrickje (Elsa Lanchester), and Geertje leaves him. Hendrickje becomes pregnant, and they marry, but she dies. However, during the decades covered in the story, Rembrandt paints some of his most creative work.
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School for Scoundrels 1960 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Hamer
Cast: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, Janette Scott, Dennis Price, Peter Jones, Edward Chapman, John Le Mesurier, Irene Handl, Kynaston Reeves, Hattie Jacques, Hugh Paddick, Barbara Roscoe, Gerald Campion, Monte Landis
Based on Stephen Potter's books, the plot for this film involves a training school–Lifeman College–that teaches how to succeed in life's games. Henry Palfrey (Ian Carmichael) is a loser who enrolls in the school and under the guidance of Professor Potter (Alastair Sim) learns the art of playing those games that will help him succeed.
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Ships with Wings 1942 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sergei Nolbandov
Cast: John Clements, Leslie Banks, Jane Baxter, Ann Todd, Basil Sydney, Edward Chapman, Hugh Williams, Frank Pettingell, Michael Wilding, Michael Rennie, Cecil Parker, John Stuart, Morland Graham, Charles Victor, Hugh Burden
During World War II, R.A.F. pilot Lt. Dick Stacey (John Clements) has fallen in love with Celia (Jane Baxter) who is the daughter of Adm. Wetherby (Leslie Banks). Stacey takes a plane without permission and crashes it leaving Celia's brother Lt. Wetherby (Hugh Burden) dead. His romance with Celia ends. After his court-martial, Stacey serves aboard the H.M.S. Ark Royal–the ship with wings–where he becomes a mercenary charter pilot in the Mediterranean. Stacey regains his patriotism when he goes on a suicide mission, crashes his plane into a German dam site, and floods a German post. He has redeemed himself and dies a hero.
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The Skin Game 1931  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Edmund Gwenn, Jill Esmond, John Longden, C.V. France, Helen Haye, Phyllis Konstam, Frank Lawton, George Bancroft, Dora Gregory, Herbert Ross, Edward Chapman, Ronald Frankau, R.E. Jeffrey
Based on John Galworthy's play, this is the story of neighbors who cannot seem to get along. The Hillcrest family (C.V. France and Helen Haye) fight the speculator, Mr. Hornblower (Edmund Gwenn), who wants to build factories on land in the neighborhood. When Mrs. Hillcrest discovers that Chloe Hornblower (Phyllis Konstram) was a prostitute, balckmail becomes her weapon to rid the neighborhood of Hornblower.
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Things to Come 1936 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: William Cameron Menzies
Cast: Raymond Massey, Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Richardson, Edward Chapman, Margaretta Scott, Maurice Braddell, Derrick DeMarney, Ann Todd, George Sanders, Abraham Sofaer
Based on H.G. Wells' book, this is the story involving the aftermath of nuclear war and the survivors' battle with inhabitants of the moon. Good.
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X the Unknown 1956 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Mystery / Horror
Director: Leslie Norman
Cast: Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, Leo McKern, Marianne Brauns, William Lucas, Peter Hammond, Anthony Newley, Jameson Clark, Ian MacNaughton, John Harvey, Edwin Richfield, Jane Aird, Michael Ripper, Norman Macowan, Neil Hallett
A blob rises from a crack in the Earth's crust, feeds on radioactivity, gets larger, raises havoc, then disappears until it is hungry again. Dr. Adam Royston (Dean Jagger) sets out to destroy this high-energy creature. A well-made film.
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| 1. Bhowani Junction (1956)
2. The Card (1952)
aka: The Promoter
3. The History of Mr. Polly (1949)
4. Juno and the Paycock (1930)
5. Lisbon (1956)
6. Madeleine (1950)
aka: The Strange Case of Madeleine
7. Mandy (1952)
aka: Crash of Silence
aka: The Story of Mandy
8. Murder! (1930)
9. Night and the City (1950)
10. Oscar Wilde (1960)
11. The Proud Valley (1940)
aka: The Tunnel
12. Rembrandt (1936)
13. School for Scoundrels (1960)
14. Ships with Wings (1942)
15. The Skin Game (1931)
16. Things to Come (1936)
17. X the Unknown (1956)
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