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Little Foxes, The (1941) (1941)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 115 minutes), £15.00

Hollywood adaptation of Lillian Hellman’s play of avarice and cruely in a Southern family, starring Bette Davis.

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Our Town (1940) (1940)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 90 minutes), £6.00

This Hollywood version of Thornton Wilder theatrical celebration of small town life stars William Holden. NB This title is currently only available in America (on NTSC VHS and region 1 DVD) and can thus only...

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Souls at Sea (1937 Film)

Director

Henry Hathway

Producer

Henry Hatahway; Grover Jones; Adolph Zukor

Action adventure film, starring Gary Cooper, about the slave trade on the high seas in 1842. In The Great Hamlets, an educational video of interviews with famous actors and directors of Hamlet, made in 1985...

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Men Are Not Gods (1936 Film, Video)

Director

Walter Reisch

Producer

Alexander Korda

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 90 min.

Feature film. Ann, secretary to a theatre critic, is persuaded to alter a poor review of actor Edmond Davey’s performance as Othello at the behest of his actress wife, Barbara. Ann is sacked, then falls in...

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Master Will Shakespeare (1936 Film)

Director

Jacques Tourneur

Subject

Drama

Short. Biography of Shakespeare highlighting the various jobs he worked at in the theatre. Filmed as a promotion piece to the forthcoming MGM production ROMEO AND JULIET (1936) directed by Cukor.

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Here Comes Cookie (1935 Film)

aka: Plot Thickens

Director

Norman Z. McLeod

Producer

William LeBaron

Feature film farce. Gracie is the daughter of a wealthy business magnate. To prevent a gigolo (who is attempting to seduce his other daughter) from getting his fortune, the father gives all his money,...

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Man of Aran (1934)

Director

Robert J Flaherty

Subject

Anthropology; Film Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 73 minutes), £11.50

Robert Flaherty is one of the founding figures of the documentary film, and this portrait of the Herculean struggles of the Aran islanders for existence in the teeth of the untamed forces of nature also...

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For Abent Tappe (1911 Film)

aka: Desdemona

Director

August Blom

Producer

Ole Olsen

Subject

Drama

Fiction short. A modern reworking of Othello. Ejnar and Maria are husband and wife and both actors in a forthcoming production of Othello. The plot revolves around jealously, disguise and revenge when Ejnar...

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Taming of the Shrew, The (2005) (Television, Video)

aka: Shakespeare Re-Told Shakespeare Retold

Director

Dave Richards

Producer

Diederick Santer

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £19.99

A modern television version of Shakespeare’s play with contemporary dialogue. Katherine Minola is a talented, single, and quick-tempered, politician who is put under pressure to marry by her family and her...

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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (2005) (Television, Video)

aka: Shakespeare Re-Told Shakespeare Retold

Director

Ed Fraiman

Producer

Pier Wilkie

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes ), £19.99

A modern television version of Shakespeare’s play with contemporary dialogue. The comedy is transferred to the Dream Park holiday centre where Theo and Polly have come to celebrate their daughter’s...

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