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A German submarine appears from the ocean deeps in the Gulf of St Lawrence, its leader Lieutenant Hirth (Eric Portman) and his six men arrive on land to find supplies. But two RAF bombs sink the […]
The charismatic Charles Laughton’s expertly judged, delightfully quirky and magnetically larger-than-life performance as 19th-century shop owner Henry Hobson is a greatly loved, career-peak for this admired actor. It is the heart and soul and central […]
Noël Coward’s 1941 comedy Blithe Spirit is one of his finest plays. In 1945 Coward told film director David Lean: ‘Just photograph it, dear boy’, but Lean made changes, including a new ending ‘ruining my […]
‘You’ve been a long way away.’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Thank you for coming back to me.’ David Lean’s superb 1945 film of Noël Coward’s famous tearjerker is a much loved, much admired, much enjoyed classic. Taking the […]
Director David Lean’s richly entertaining 1948 movie adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist is still by far the best attempt to put the book on screen. Though he was accused of anti-Semitism in […]
Costing a then record $13 million in 1962, director David Lean’s highly distinguished, monumental classic is surely the epic to end all epics, even more than Cleopatra the next year. Beautifully restored in 2012 for […]