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  1. Hair (1979 Film)

    Director
    Milos Forman
    Producer
    Michael Butler (2)

    Feature film derived from the stage rock musical Hair about a group of hippies whose beliefs run counter to the traditional American 1960s morality. Two songs make reference to Shakespeare’s plays - What a...

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  2. Theatre of Blood (1973 Film)

    Director
    Douglas Hickox
    Producer
    John Kahn; Stanley Mann
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 102 min), £12.99

    Feature film. Spoof horror picture in which a ham Shakespearean actor, Edward Lionheart, takes revenge on eight critics who have ridiculed his performances. He engineers a series of elaborate murders....

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  3. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask (1972 Film)

    Director
    Woody Allen
    Producer
    Charles H. Joffe
    Subject
    Drama

    Feature film comedy comprising seven sketches raised in the book of the same title by Dr David Reuben. In the first sketch ‘Do Aphrodisiacs Work?', Woody Allen plays a court jester; he recites a parody of...

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  4. Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971)

    Director
    John Schlesinger
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (105 minutes), £15.99

    Alex (Jackson) and Daniel (Peter Finch), both embark on an affair with Bob Elkin (Murray Head), a young artist. Bob plays fair, dividing his time between his two lovers, each of whom are aware of the...

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  5. Honey Pot, The (1967)

    Director
    Joseph L Mankiewicz
    Subject
    Drama; English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 126 minutes), £19.99

    The Honey Pot is based on ‘Volpone’, the play by Ben Jonson. Rex Harrison stars as international playboy Cecil Fox, who decides to pretend he’s dying in order to find out what his three old flames will...

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  6. McLintock! (1963 Film)

    Director
    Andrew V. McLaglen
    Producer
    Michael Wayne
    Subject
    Drama

    Western feature film. A cattle rancher (Wayne) finds himself wrangling with both incoming settlers and his headstrong wife, Katherine (Maureen O’Hara). In part a tribute to THE QUIET MAN but closer in...

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  7. Fugitive Kind, The (1961)

    Director
    Sidney Lumet
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 122 minutes + 110 minutes extras), $40.00

    This adaptation of the one-act Tennessee Williams play ‘Orpheus Descending’ stars Marlon Brando as the drifter in a small Southern town who provokes violence and lust in equal measure. Directed by Sydney...

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  8. Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) (1950)

    Director
    Michael Gordon
    Producer
    Stanley Kramer
    Subject
    Drama; French studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 113 minutes), £3.99

    Adaptation of the 19th-century play by Edmond Rostand based on the 17th-century Savinian Cyrano de Bergerac, who suffers when his love for cousin Roxanne remains unrequited. Music by Dimitri Tiomkin.

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  9. Mask of Nippon, The (1942 Video)

    Director
    Margaret Palmer
    Producer
    Stuart Legg
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 21 min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

    An anti-Japanese propaganda film produced during World War 2 in the wake of Pearl Harbor. Incorporates contemporary newsreel film.

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  10. To Be or Not to Be (1942) (1942 Film)

    Director
    Ernst Lubitsch
    Producer
    Ernst Lubitsch
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Feature film. A comedy drama set in German-occupied Warsaw in World War II. Stars Jack Benny as Joseph Tura, the principal actor in a Polish troupe performing Hamlet. The film was controversial, not least in...

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