Joyce Grenfell

Compilation of classic British comedy moments

Ambientada en los años 20. Un lujoso Rolls Royce Phantom II de color amarillo va pasando, a través de los años, por las manos de los más extraños personajes. Así, será testigo de las pintorescas historias de amor que protagonizan sus dueños, todos ellos orgullosos de poseer tan elegante vehículo: un aristócrata inglés engañado por su esposa francesa, un gángster de Chicago que pasa las vacaciones en Italia con su prometida, y una intrépida millonaria americana. (FILMAFFINITY)

Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Un rico y cobarde oficial de la Marina, que se mantiene alejado de la guerra en una base militar norteamericana, se enamora de una viuda inglesa. Esta historia de amor se ve amenazada cuando el oficial debe cumplir una peligrosa misión, previa al desembarco de Normandía.

Un turista que busca cobijo para pasar la noche va a parar a una tenebrosa mansión en la que vive una familia de seres espeluznantes.

The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s school! As the girls stand trial, the police breathe a sigh of relief, but miraculously the judge's infatuation with a student means the school is freed. For the authorities, it means a new reign of terror as the girls of St Trinian’s regroup with gleeful anticipation.

In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately this is the cue for everyone else to take over proceedings, to the dismay of the couple and the increasing despair of Janet's father.

With their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find themselves under the protection of the army. However, when the sixth form take a fancy to winning a trip to Italy through means fair or foul, the army discover this is one battle they can't win. Let loose in Europe, it is not long before St Trinian's have succeeded in endangering European relations.

The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.

The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when the arrival at the school of Princess Fatima of Makyad coincides with the return of recently expelled Arabella Fritton, who has the kidnap of a prize racehorse on her mind. The first film in the classic comedy series.

Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.

Dos hermanos millonarios de avanzada edad deciden hacer una apuesta: uno de ellos afirma que, si le regalan un talón de un millón de libras a un hombre sin recursos, con la única condición de no utilizarlo durante un mes, podrá salir adelante. El otro sostiene lo contrario. Eligen a un abogado americano que está arruinado y se encuentra en Londres solo y sin amigos. Al recibir el dinero su vida dará un vuelco.

Alan McKim, un joven abogado, decide participar en el Rally Anual de coches antiguos de Londres a Brighton con su Darraq de 1904 llamado Genoveva. Wendy, su esposa, opina que la carrera es una tontería y un símbolo de inmadurez. Ambrose Claverhouse, amigo del joven matrimonio, decide competir con Alan en el Rally: Rosalind Peters, antigua novia de Ambrose, será su acompañante. Una carrera llena de tropiezos y sorpresas está a punto de empezar...

The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find...

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.

When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something which goes completely against their nature. NB: This is the film which introduced Audrey Hepburn.

A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortunately the horse is useless on the flat, so they try entering him as a jumper.

Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it's an all-girls school that has been sent. The two head teachers are soon battling for the upper hand with each other and the Ministry. But a crisis (or two) forces them to work together.

Un hombre que es buscado por la policía, acusado de haber matado al marido de su amante, se refugia en casa de su amiga Eve, a la que confiesa que la verdadera asesina es su amante, la actriz Charlotte Inwood. Eve decide investigar por su cuenta, pero cuando conoce al detective encargado del caso comienza a enamorarse...

Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their escort. Instead, the brothers are launched into an adventure with some London riff-raff. It is up to the reporter to look out for the brothers, and what a job it turns out to be!

A loosely structured comedy allowing for a series of vignettes based around an ancient coaching inn. The story was adapted from the 1929 novel by Scottish writer Erik Linklater.

Filme que a través de escenas combinadas entre seres humanos y marionetas, revive la historia imaginada por Lewis Carroll de una niña atrapada en un mundo extraño y maravilloso por igual.

Part of BFI collection "Design for Today."

Part of BFI collection "Design for Today."

Lady Elisabeth Randall is an English Air Force corporal during World War II. She is on her way to marry her fiancé when she finds herself being romanced by two different men.

Homenaje a la importante labor de las enfermeras durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical, Ivan is both bemused and amused by them. He is blunt in his opinions about Britons and at first this puts off his hosts, including the lovely Ann Tisdall, whose grandfather runs the shipbuilding firm that will make use of Ivan's propeller. The longer Ivan stays, however, the more he comes to understand the humor, warmth, strength, and conviction of the British people, and the more they come to see him as a friend rather than merely a suspicious Russian. As a romantic bond grows between Ivan and Ann, a cultural bond begins to grow as well, particularly as the war begins and Russia is attacked by Germany.

Two evacuee children living in the United States receive a letter from their mother, Mrs Taylor, telling them of her life in Blitz-era London. Glimpses of the events of Mrs Taylor's typical day, including ration shopping and fire warden training, belie the letter's innocuous statements.

A BAFTA nominated documentary reviewing events from 1933.