Michael Redgrave
4) Pygmalion
Author
Language
English
Description
One of George Bernard Shaw's best-known plays, Pygmalion is based on ancient Greek mythology. Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life. The general idea of that myth was a popular subject for Victorian era British playwrights.
Shaw's updated and revised version of this ancient Greek legend was first presented in England in 1914. Poking fun of the antiquated British class system, it introduces Henry Higgins, a professor...
6) Hedda Gabler
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
1962.
Language
English
Description
Hedda has just come back from her honeymoon, married to boring but reliable academic George. Banking on George being granted a professorship to secure a better life, things go awry when a cleaned-up ex-lover threatens to destroy everything.
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
David Copperfield's idyllic life changes when his mother marries Mr. Murdstone. When she dies, David's stepfather takes David from school and forces him to do back-breaking work in his winery. David runs away to his eccentric Aunt Betsy's home, where he grows into a respected young man and finds the love he never had as a child.
8) Heidi
Publisher
Key DVD
Pub. Date
[2004?]
Language
English
Description
The classic story of a young poor orphan girl abandoned by her aunt and banished to live with her isolated old grandfather high in the Swiss Alps.
Series
Criterion collection ; 158
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A witty, delightful story about a lovestruck suitor named Jack whose fiancee can only love a man named Ernest.
10) Young Cassidy
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Based on the life of Irish playwright Sean O'Casey. John Cassidy is a driven man who works manual labor by day, and trains with revolutionaries or enjoys the company of a lovely Dublin lass by night. But his real dream is to become a writer, and he must make that happen at any cost."--
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Travelers on a trans-European train are put up in a hotel for the night due to bad weather. Shortly after the journey begins in the morning, people begin to disappear. Bonus features include commentary; documentary; essays; and more.
Series
Criterion collection ; 294
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A moving drama about an aging English schoolmaster who comes to grips with his personal and professional failures.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The freighter Mary Dear is adrift in stormy seas. All have abandoned ship except for one man-- exhausted first officer Gideon Patch who has taken command. Appearances indicate he's a madman, but Patch isn't a man who relies on appearances.
17) The Hill
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Set in the Libyan Desert during World War II, British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up "The Hill," a manmade instrument of torture--a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun, in this military prison drama.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A nice, tweedy old English woman disappears from her compartment on a European train. A young woman who wonders why becomes frantic when everyone tells her there never was such a person. A young man comes to her aid and they solve a criss-cross puzzle of espoinage, counter-espionage and attempted assassination.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"This film re-creates the greatest air battle in history, when the outnumbered British Royal Airforce battled and fought off the powerful German Luftwaffe at the beginning of World War II. For this film more than 100 vintage aircraft were assembled to re-enact the historic battle in the skies over England." --
Series
Language
English
Description
"A shy British school master named Mr. Chipping devotes his life to teaching 'his boys' after the death of his lovely, energetic American wife Katherine. Told via flashbacks, the film features an aged Mr. Chipping looking back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who've touched his life over the years." --
