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Classic Cinema

The Eagle (1925)

7.4/10
Director: Clarence Brown
Starring: Gary Cooper, Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Banky

Based on a Pushkin novel, 'The Eagle' stars Rudolph Valentino as a Russian cossack who is the special favourite of the formidable Catherine the Great... Read more

King Solomon's Mines (1937)

6.4/10
Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Cedric Hardwicke, Anna Lee, John Loder, Paul Robeson, Roland Young, Arthur Sincl...

A ripping adventure with singing sensation Paul Robeson as the imperturbable African guide, Umbopa and Cedric Hardwicke as explorer Alan Quartermain.... Read more

The Mystery of Mr Wong (1939)

6.4/10
Director: William Nigh
Starring: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Dorothy Tree

In the second instalment of the Mr Wong series Boris Karloff stars as the inscrutable detective, enlisted to solve another mystery. The largest star s... Read more

The Flame Of New Orleans (1941)

6.6/10
Director: Rene Clair
Starring: Bruce Cabot, Marlene Dietrich, Roland Young

In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing sea captain. Director René Clair stated he and scree... Read more

The Circus (Blu-ray) (1928)

8.2/10
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Allan Garcia, Henry Bergman

When we first meet Chaplin's Tramp in this comic gem, he's in typical straits: broke, hungry, destined to fall in love and just as sure to lose the gi... Read more

This Sporting Life (Blu-ray) (1963)

7.7/10
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Starring: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel

Powerful British "class drama" marked Lindsay Anderson's feature directorial debut. Richard Harris is a coal miner who finds success as a violent rugb... Read more

Distant Drums (1951)

6.5/10
Director: Raoul Walsh
Starring: Gary Cooper

After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to re... Read more

The Geisha Boy (1958)

6.5/10
Director: Frank Tashlin
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Marie McDonald, Sessue Hayakawa

One of Jerry Lewis' funniest romps has him as a third rate magician on a tour of the Orient where he falls for a Japanese widow, befriends her young s... Read more

Victim (Blu-ray) (1962)

7.7/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Dennis Price, Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms

Dirk Bogarde, Britain's most popular matinee idol, risked his career to portray Melville Farr, a closeted gay lawyer, at a time when homosexual acts w... Read more

The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 5 (1936)

7.6/10

A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three-decade period. A cher... Read more