Classic Drama
Classic Drama is where you will find most of those great films you either grew up with or have heard of but never got round to seeing. Generally dramatic productions made between 1928 and 1965 fill this section. "Silents" and contempory "Drama" (post 1965) can be found under their respective headings..
Right: Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd gaze into one another's eyes in "Ben Hur"
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
La Bete Humaine (1938)
Director: Jean Renoir
Starring: Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Julien Carette
Based on the classic Emile Zola novel, Jean Renoir's "La Bete Humaine" was one of the legendary director's greatest popular successes - and earned sta... 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
Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)
8.3/10
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Beavers
Make Way for Tomorrow, by Leo McCarey, is one of the great unsung Hollywood masterpieces, an enormously moving Depression-era depiction of the frustra... Read more
The Vivien Leigh Anniversary Collection ( Fire Over England / Dark Journey / Storm in a Teacup / Sidewalks of London ) (1937)
Director: William Howard, Victor Saville, Ian Dalrymple, Tim Whelan
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Rex Harrison
Four classic Vivien Leigh films made prior to her legendary performance as Scarlett O'Hara in 'Gone With the Wind'. In celebration of the 100th annive... Read more
Angel (1937)
7.4/10
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Starring: Edward Everett Horton, Herbert Marshall, Marlene Dietrich, Melvyn Douglas
A woman and her husband take separate vacations, and she falls in love with another man. The theme of a potential marital infidelity of a disaffected... Read more
Classic John Mills: O.H.M.S. / The History of Mr Polly / The Singer Not the Song (1937)
Director: Raoul Walsh, Roy Ward Baker, Anthony Pelissier
Starring: Anna Lee, Dirk Bogarde, John Mills, Mylene Demongeot, Sally Ann Howes, Wallace F...
The career of John Mills spanned an amazing seven decades. He was the quintessential English hero and gentleman, exuding strength and authority but wi... 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