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Portrait of a Lady, The (1967)

Director

James Cellan Jones

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 233 minutes), £19.99

In this version of the Henry James novel adapted for the screen by Jack Pulman, Suzanne Neve stars as the young Isabel Archer. On the death of her father, she refuses the hand of Mr. Goodwood and leaves her...

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Golden Bowl, The (1972)

Director

James Cellan Jones

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 257 minutes), £19.99

Daniel Massey and Jill Townsend star in the BBC’s 1972 adaptation of the Henry James novel in which a cracked golden bowl plays a key role in exposing the artifice within a wealthy family.

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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)

Director

Joseph L Mankiewicz; Sidney Lumet

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 185 minutes), $349.00

This landmark documentary chronicles the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, and culminating with his assassination in...

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Midsummer Day’s Work, A (1939 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 13 min.

During the ominously perfect summer that preceded the outbreak of the World War 2 men are laying an underground telephone cable in the Chilterns from Amersham to Aylesbury, about 18 miles. Along the route...

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Score: A Film Music Documentary (2017)

Director

Matt Schrader

Subject

Film studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 94 minutes), £9.99

What makes a film score unforgettable? This film brings Hollywood’s elite composers together to give viewers a privileged look inside the musical challenges and creative secrecy of one of the world’s...

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King: Montgomery to Memphis (1970 Film, Video)

aka: Montgomery to Memphis

Director

Ely Landau

Producer

Richard Kaplan; Ely Landau

Subject

History; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 103 minutes), £50.00

Documents the activities of Dr Martin Luther King Jr in the American civil rights movement of the 1960s and discusses his philosophy of non-violence. Newsreel and television footage recall the civil rights...

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Out of the Unknown (2014)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1323 mins), £69.99

A 7-disc box set of the classic anthology BBC science fiction series from 1965-1971. The series drew from writers of the calibre of Frederick Pohl, E.M. Forster, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury and John Wyndham....

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Shakespeare Audiotapes, Series

The pre-recorded programmes in this series combine academic criticism and actors’ rehearsals of key scenes and speeches. The scenes rehearsed on the second side of the tapes are directed by John Russell...

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George Bernard Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra (2008)

Director

James Cellan Jones

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 73 minutes), £14.99

Highly acclaimed 1976 US television adaptation of one of George Bernard Shaw’s best-loved works, broadcast in the "Hall of Fame" series. Starring Alec Guinness as Julius Caesar and Genevieve Bujold as...

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Little Dorrit (2008)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 480 minutes), £34.99

A television version of the novel by Charles Dickens adapted into fourteen episodes by Andrew Davies. When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, his curiosity is piqued by the presence...

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