Ladies In Retirement (1941)
1h 31min. // Ellen Creed, the housekeeper to Miss Leonora Fiske, a retired actress, tries at the same time to look after her own sisters when she receives notice that their landlady in London threatens […]
Month: February 2025
September Affair (1950)
1h. 44min. // An industrialist (Joseph Cotten) and a pianist (Joan Fontaine) meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a crash though they weren’t […]
The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
1h. 56min. // A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12 year old charges with her over-romanticized world view. Directed by: Ronald Neame Writing […]
Pocketful Of Miracles (1961)
2h 16min. // When her daughter plans to visit, street beggar Apple Annie tries to fool her daughter, making her believe that she is a wealthy socialite with the help of a gangster and his […]
Since You Went Away (1944)
2h 57min. // With her husband away to fight in World War II, a housewife struggles to care for their two daughters – and a pair of lodgers who have moved in – alone. […]
This Above All (1942)
1h. 50min. // Although she comes from an aristocratic family, beautiful Prudence Cathaway defies convention by joining the WAAFs and becoming romantically involved with an AWOL soldier. Directed by: Anatole Litvak Writing Credits: Eric Knight (novel), R.C. Sherriff (screenplay) […]
The Notorious Landlady (1962)
2h. 3min. // William Gridley arrives from the US in London to take a job at the U.S. Embassy. He finds a perfect apartment, managed by Carly Hardwicke. Not knowing about her reputation, he decides […]
The Trouble With Harry (1955)
1h. 39mins. // The trouble with Harry is that he’s dead, and everyone seems to have a different idea of what should be done with his body. Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock Writing Credits: John […]
The Tamarind Seed (1974)
2h. 5min. // During a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian agent. Directed by: Blake Edwards Writing Credits: Blake Edwards (screenplay), Evelyn Anthony (novel) Starring: Julie Andrews (as Judith Farrow), Omar Sharif (as […]
Paris Underground (1945)
1h 37min. // World War II drama, based on a true story. Two women, one American, one English, are trapped in Paris in German concentration camps. Despite their situation, both proceed with their spying for the […]