Drama
The denotative aspects of drama from Aristotle's "Poetics" include a story development with a beginning, middle and an end. In the more conventional sense, dramatic presentations include the portrayal of characters, settings, life situations and stories in the course of a theatrical performance. In theatre, drama usually takes on the scope of dealing with matters of a serious nature.
Drama is Alice's largest section and a treasure trove of great drama catering for every taste. The bulk of the "Drama" section (generally made since 1965 and include psychological dramas) is listed below, however you may also choose from the "Classic Drama" sub-section (generally made before 1965), in blue on left. Also helpful may be "Alices Playhouse", "True Stories" and "Shakespeare" features.
Right: Scene from Kubrick's beautifully mounted "Barry Lyndon"
Le Quai Des Brumes ( Port of Shadows ) (1938)
7.7/10
Director: Marcel Carne
Starring: Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michele Morgan
Deserter Jean arrives in Le Havre and looks for a shelter before leaving the French territory. Housed in a shed on the docks, he meets the mysterious... Read more
Hitchcock Collection: Secret Agent / The Farmer's Wife / Rich and Strange / Juno and the Paycock / The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Barry Fitzgerald, Margaret...
A collection of 5 classic Hitchcock films. 'Secret Agent' (1935) - Hitchcock's realistic, darkly funny thriller stars John Gielgud as the British agen... Read more
Mr Wong, Detective (1938)
6.2/10
Director: William Nigh
Starring: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Evelyn Brent
Following in the inscrutable footsteps of Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto, Boris Karloff portrayed Chinese-born crimefighter Mr Wong in a series of classic... Read more
In Old Chicago (1938)
6.9/10
Director: Henry King
Starring: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady
A sprawling epic that mixes fiction and fact to tell the story of life in 19th-century Chicago. The focus is on the O'Leary family's roguish son Tyron... Read more
Jezebel (1938)
7.6/10
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent
On the eve of the Civil War, Julie Marston (Bette Davis), a wilful Southern Belle, does everything in her considerable spiteful power to goad her fian... Read more
The Adventures Of Robin Hood (1938)
8/10
Director: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Eugene Pallette
One of cinema's greatest adventure films sees Errol Flynn at his swashbuckling best in a role originally slated for James Cagney. Claude Rains is the... Read more
The High Command (1937)
5.9/10
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Starring: Lionel Atwill, Lucie Mannheim, James Mason
A general of the old school, who believes strongly in his own honour and sense of duty, must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier, dur... Read more
The Hurricane (1937)
7.3/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, C Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mitchell, Raymond M...
In the colonial era, island native Terangi (Jon Hall) spends a blissful honeymoon with his bride, Marama (Dorothy Lamour). Soon after, however, their... Read more
Elephant Boy (1937)
6.6/10
Director: Robert Flaherty, Zoltan Korda
Starring: Sabu, W E Holloway, Walter Hudd
Sabu ("Jungle Book", "The Thief of Bagdad") made his film debut here as a young Indian boy who dreams of reuniting with his family's beloved elephant... Read more
Classic Adventure Collection: North West Frontier (1959) / Ferry To Hong Kong (1959) / King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Director: J Lee Thompson, Lewis Gilbert, Robert Stevenson
Starring: Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom, Orson Welles, Curt Jurgens, Sylvia Sym...
'North West Frontier' - It's got good guys and bad guys, Indians and a wild frontier, but this is no cowboy flick. Moslems have attacked a British co... Read more