Nora Swinburne

A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place, but on this day Sir Graggart de Bombast arrives to sack the castle, and to get the lovely Lobelia Custard in the sack! Lurkalot must help Custard cream the knight in pining armour...

16세기의 영국 튜더 왕조의 국왕인 헨리 8세(King Henry VIII: 리차드 버튼 분)는 자신의 왕후인 앤 볼린(Anne Boleyn: 제네비에브 부졸드 분)을 처형하기 위해 재상 크롬웰(Thomas Cromwell: 존 콜리코스 분)이 가지고 온 문서에 서명을 하려고 한다. 영화는 서명을 하려는 헨리 8세가 자신이 앤과 결혼하기 위해 해왔던 일들을 회상하는데서 시작된다. 왕의 무도회. 프랑스에서 이제 막 돌아온 볼린가의 막내딸인 앤도 약혼자인 퍼쉬(Harry Percy: 테렌스 윌톤 분)와 무도회에 참석했다. 울지 추기경(Cardinal Wolsey: 안소니 쿼일 분)은 이 젊은 남녀의 결혼을 허락해 줄 것을 왕에게 간청하지만 아름다운 앤에게 이미 마음을 빼앗겨 버린 왕은 허락은 커녕 앤과 퍼쉬를 떨어뜨려 놓고 자신이 앤을 차지하려고 한다. 하지만 앤은 이미 왕에게 농락당해 아이를 가지고 있던 언니(Mary Boleyn: 발레리 거론 분)의 모습을 보곤 절대 왕의 여자가 되지 않겠다고 가족들에게까지 말하고 왕에게도 냉랭한 태도를 갖는다. 앤의 이런 싸늘한 태도에 왕은 더욱 더 매력을 느끼고 앤의 집에 머물며 그녀의 환심을 사려고 노력한다. 결국 앤의 안위를 걱정한 퍼쉬는 다른 아가씨와 결혼을 하고 앤은 괴로워한다. 앤의 계속되는 냉담한 반응에 왕은 캐서린 왕비의 시종으로 앤을 궁궐로 불러들이고 궁으로 옮긴 앤은 점점 권력과 사치의 맛을 배우게 된다. 하지만 왕의 애타는 사랑은 여전히 앤을 떠나지 않는다. 권력의 맛을 느끼게 된 앤은 왕에게 자신과 결혼하여 아들을 낳아주는 대신 자신이 영국의 왕비이여야 하며 자신의 아들이 왕위를 계승하게 해주어야 한다고 이야기한다.

A young female journalist in London falls in love with a married orchestra conductor.

Adaptation of the play Music at Midnight, set in the Iron Curtain.

In wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment camp. The Italian army officer in charge suspects what may be going on but deliberately turns a blind eye. When the Germans take over the camp security the nuns' activities become far more dangerous.

The thrilling, critically acclaimed account of Rudi Matt (James MacArthur), a young kitchen worker who is determined to conquer the Citadel -- the jagged, snowcapped peak that claimed his father's life.

Peter Chance (Lex Barker) suffers a blow to the head and wakes up with amnesia in a luxurious home, where a doctor and several women tell him he's a missing heir who's inherited millions. But Peter soon suspects something is not quite right with their story. He sets out to learn the truth before he's forced to sign a document that purportedly finalizes the transfer of the estate. This drama is based on Hugh Wheeler's novel Puzzle for Fiends.

Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war.

During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice's jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.

Screen superstars Clark Gable ("Gone With The Wind," "It Happened One Night") and sultry bombshell Lana Turner ("Peyton Place," "The Postman Always Rings Twice") team-up in this intriguing WWII drama. Suspected of being a Nazi spy, Dutch-resistance member Turner is given a last chance mission to redeem herself. Gable is an American colonel who falls in love with her. Co-starring Victor Mature ("My Darling Clementine") and Oscar-nominee Louis Calhern ("The Asphalt Jungle").

폭군 네로(Nero : 피터 유스티노브 분) 황제는 방탕하고 퇴폐적인 생활을 하면서 신흥 종교인 기독교에 대한 무자비한 탄압을 시작한다. 전투에 큰 승리를 거두고 부하들과 함께 로마로 행진하던 마커스 비니키우스(Marcus Vinicius : 로버트 테일러 분)는 네로 황제가 로마 시내에서 큰 잔치를 연다는 이유로 로마 시외곽에서 기다리게 되는데, 궁정의 타락한 축제에서 아름다운 리지아(Lygia : 데보라 커 분)를 만나 사랑에 빠진다. 네로의 황녀는 비니키우스의 남성다움에 반해 그를 사랑하나 그가 리지아와 사랑하는 사이임을 알고 네로에게 기독교도들을 잡아 처형하도록 사주한다. 로마에 대화재를 일으킨 네로는 그 죄를 기독교인들에게 씌어 많은 기독교인이 붙잡혀 사자의 밥이 된다. 리지아를 구하기 위해 원형 경기장에 뛰어든 비니키우스....

해리엣(Harriet: 패트리시아 월터스 분)은 인도 뱅골지방에 살고 있는 사춘기의 영국인 소녀다. 강변 마을의 황마공장 책임자인 아버지는 2차대전에서 눈을 다친 사람으로, 지혜로운 아내와 맏딸 해리엣을 합쳐 모두 여섯 남매를 거느린 낙천적인 가장이다. 옆집에 사는 또 다른 영국인 존(Mr John: 아서 실즈 분) 아저씨는 아름다운 인도연인과 결혼하여 멜라니(Melanie: 라드하 분)라는 예쁜 딸을 두고 얼마안돼 아내를 먼저 떠나보낸 사람이다. 그들의 생활은 인도 현지인들과 잘 동화되어, 흐르는 강물처럼 순탄하다. 어느날 존 아저씨의 사촌이 미국에서 온다. 전쟁에서 다리 하나를 잃은 그 젊은 퇴역 대위의 이름 역시 존(Captain John: 토마스 E. 브린 분)이어서 사람들은 그를 존 대위라 부른다. 존 대위의 출현으로 해리엣과 멜라니, 그리고 해리 엣 네집에 매일 놀러오는 또 다른 영국처녀 발레리(Valerie: 안드리느 코리 분)는 갑자기 사랑의 소용돌이에 경쟁적으로 휘말린다. 그러나 자신의 불구의 몸을 추스르기도 벅찬 존 대위는 풋내 나는 소녀들의 연정에 쉽게 반응 하지 않고.

A financier plots to become the richest man in the world by marrying off his daughter to the son of an Arab sheik.

Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.

A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to live with his actions, he volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent.

The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.

Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.

Howes plays Pamela Dickson, an impulsive young bride-to-be, while Guy Rolfe portrays her long-lost father Paul. Ostensibly a cad and bounder, Paul turns out to be just the opposite when he arrives for Pamela's wedding.

Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."

Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a lord, Hugh Williams, accused by his secretary Michael Dennison of having diverted public funds for his own use.

Good Time Girl stars Jean Kent as incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen Rawlings. Sent to a home for "problem" girls, Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.

In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling threaten the very ownership of the house. Despite her humble origins as a servant girl, Jassy must try to use her talents to climb the social ladder and save Mordelaine for the man whom she loves.

After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing friendship leads to the Knights selling their home to the Blakes when they move back to London. All looks rosy for the Blakes as share prices in Mr Knight's new business venture soar, but is their confidence misplaced?

Returning to 1870's London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling in love with his young advisor Harry Somerford leads to a life of ups and downs and conflict between the classes. Periodically the scoundrel of a Lord crosses her path, always to tragic effect.

Three generations of a family gather together to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary, while the family secretary has the unenviable task of smoothing out all the deep-set hostilities and jealousies.

After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school enters an affair with her husband.

The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.

Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent era by Alfred Hitchcock. The 1940 talkie version was directed by Leslie Arliss, son of stage star George Arliss. The story remained the same: A middle-aged widower attempts to select a wife from his rural district's eligible females (Basil Sydney). Three unsuccessful dalliances later, the farmer settles for his housekeeper, whom the audience has been rooting for all along. The Farmer's Wife is a prime example of the sort of fare that struck a proper chord with British filmgoers, but whose appeal would be lost to any other nationality.

A film directed by Paul L. Stein.

젊고 열정적인 스코틀랜드인 앤드류는 이제 막 의사가 되어 웨일스의 광산 마을에서 진료를 시작한다. 앤드류는 광부들이 계속해서 기침을 하는 증상에 의문을 갖고, 헌신적으로 폐결핵에 대해 연구한다. 그러나 그의 숭고한 의학적 연구 의지는 대도시 런던의 물질주의에 점차 흔들린다. A. J. 크로닌의 동명소설을 각색했다. 신참 의사 앤드류를 통해 당대 영국의 의료 시스템이 가진 결함과 변화를 원하지 않는 기득권층의 모습을 들여다보고, 나아가 쇄신과 혁신에의 의지를 호소한다.

The daughter of a murdered financier works as a jewelry salesperson while she tracks her father's colleagues who plotted against him.

Commander Stevenson, suffering from unrequited love drives to the coast while very drunk and interrupts some smugglers and informs Scotland Yard.

'Foreman of Old Bailey jury refuses to accept circumstantial evidence and helps solve murder case.' (British Film Catalogue)

A dapper Englishman has an affair with his wife’s best friend. A risque and very British marital farce.

A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.

A British comedy film directed by Norman Walker

A doctor becomes a blackmailer and a jewel thief in order to raise funds for a hospital in East London but is uncovered by an ambitious reporter.

A British crime film directed by William C. McGann

'A good-looking chauffeur, employed by an aristocratic married lady is tempted to misconduct. His indifference arouses her wrath and he is charged with assault at the Assizes. ' (British Film Institute)

'Lord poses as workman to win dancer who works as waitress in her mother's tea garden.' (British Film Catalogue)

A drama film directed by Louis Mercanton

The daughter of a Cockney drunkard marries a young aristocrat who is presumed killed in action in WWI. When she gets the news she goes to stay with her aristocratic in-laws.

Eddie, a modern man, suddenly finds himself in the palace in an ancient, mythical kingdom. This does not change his attitude or habits and, while pursuing a fair maid in the castle, he catches the attention of the Queen and forces him to make love to her. He slaps the King on the rump, thinking he is the Queen, and is sentenced to be beheaded.

A soldier discovers a button made from Aladdin's lamp grants wishes when rubbed.

A butler inherits a dukedom but stays in service to save a Lord's daughter from eloping with a married man.

A colonel's bastard son pretends his cowardly brother died a hero.

Colonialist adventure film with wild animals.

A man buys a farm to stop his rich father from evicting the farmer's daughter.

An engaged to marry duke causes an infatuated heiress to return to her soldier sweetheart.