"Actor: Alfred Drayton"

• The Halfway House | DVD | (20/06/2011) from £11.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A group of troubled people gather at the Halfway House Inn in rural Wales. As they stay there the innkeeper Rhys and his daughter Gwyneth come to have a strange effect over them bringing out and offering clarity to their problems. But the group soon comes to realize that there is something very strange about the inn... The Halfway House is one of Ealing's war propaganda films and is an adaptation from a play by Dennis Ogden.

• Radio Parade of 1935 | Blu Ray | (12/10/2020) from £6.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Comedy legend Will Hay leads an all-star cast in this whimsical critique of the highbrow state of then-contemporary BBC radio programming. Co-starring Hollywood's Helen Chandler, light comedian Clifford Mollison and noted farceur Alfred Drayton, Radio Parade of 1935 also features celebrated music hall acts Western Brothers, Lilly Morris, Nellie Wallace and Clapham & Dwyer. It is presented here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements and features two sequences in their original Dufaycolor. William Garland, Director General of the NBG, is in a quandary. Complaints about his radio station's programming are on the increase and he needs to stem the tide. His solution: promote the Head of Complaints to Head of Programmes! SPECIAL FEATURE: Image gallery

• Nicholas Nickleby | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £10.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (15.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and leaves his family destitute his uncle the greedy moneylender Ralph Nickleby finds Nicholas a job teaching in a repulsive school in Yorkshire. Nicholas flees the school taking with him one of the persecuted boys Smike and they join a troop of actors. Nicholas then has to protect Smike while trying to stop his Uncle Ralph taking advantage of his sister Kate and later his sweetheart Madeline Bray whose father is in debtor's prison.... A glorious Ealing Studios adaptation of Charles Dickens' celebrated novel!

• Aldywch Farces vol. 4 | DVD | (01/02/2016) from £8.05   |  Saving you £4.94 (61.37%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A series of now-legendary stage comedies from the 1920s and '30s, the Aldwych Farces broke theatre box-office records and made the transition to celluloid with a run of hit films making stars of Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn and Robertson Hare. Most were penned by leading comic playwright Ben Travers and peopled by a regular cast of silly-ass aristocrats, battleaxe wives and put-upon husbands; nimble wordplay and finely crafted buffoonery were their hallmarks and the public loved them.Though only ten adaptations were made on film, the influence of these enduringly popular films was great and can be seen in some of the key British comedies from the first half of the 20th century. This ongoing range will include not only the Aldwych Farces themselves but those films that they influenced. They are presented here as brand-new transfers from original film elements in their original aspect ratio.LADY IN DANGER (1934)A businessman is compelled to help the queen of a strife-torn country leaving his fiancée distinctly unimpressed.Black and White / 65 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / EnglishPOT LUCK (1936)A retired Scotland Yard inspector meets mayhem on the trail of a gang of thieves who have purloined a priceless antique vase.Black and White / 69 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / English

• Nicholas Nickleby | DVD | (27/02/2012) from £6.33   |  Saving you £9.66 (152.61%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Special Features: Interview with Dickens expert Sally Ann Howes BFI retrospective with curator Michael Eton Restoration comparison Stills gallery Cast : Cedric Hardwicke, Stanley Holloway, Alfred Dayton

• Banana Ridge/Aren't Men Beasts | DVD | (26/05/2014) from £10.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (44.49%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Aldwych Theatre farceur Robertson Hare and character comedian Alfred Drayton reprise their original stage roles in two classic screen comedies. Both films are brand-new transfers from the original film elements in their as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Only one copy of Aren't Men Beasts! is known to exist and its soundtrack is incomplete - for these two mute sections we have included English subtitles. Banana RidgeA screen adaptation of Ben Travers' celebrated and enduring farce - a wonderfully mischievous comedy of disputed paternity and caddishness. On the morning of his son's wedding a mild-mannered dentist is visited by a dark beautiful girl who disarranges her dress and screams for the police! Aren't Men Beasts!Hollywood star June Clyde co-stars in this boisterous comedy caper. two businessmen have the shock of their lives when a woman appears out of their past bearing a 23 year old son - and one of them may be the father!

• Things Happen At Night | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £5.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (225.56%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Adapted from a classic West End farce Things Happen at Night features a classic cast of British comedy stars trying to banish a mischievous poltergeist spirit from a stately home. Wilfred Prescott (Alfred Drayton) enlists the help of an eccentric psychic researcher (Garry Marsh) to purge the spirit from his possessed daughter so that she can marry the son of wealthy businessman Vincent Ebury (Robertson Hare). When a shifty cockney insurance salesman (Gordon Harker) visits the house the spirit erupts into a frenzy of poltergeist activity leaving a trail of comic encounters in its wake.

• Women Aren't Angels | DVD | (21/07/2014) from £4.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (100.20%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Boasting a classic comedy cast Women Aren t Angels reunites legendary Aldwych Theatre farceurs Robertson Hare and Alfred Drayton as a couple of music publishers who find themselves unwittingly embroiled in an espionage adventure. This exuberant wartime comedy long unseen and never previously released in any format is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Alfred Bandle and Wilmer Popday are partners in business and somewhat timorously on Popday's part in pleasure. When their wives join the A.T.S. the men are left unattended and dangerously bored. The trouble starts when Bandle is late for an end-of-leave party after giving a girlfriend a lift; Popday promises the wives he ll restrain his wayward friend when they return to duty but Bandle evidently thinks otherwise... SPECIAL FEATURES: [] Image Gallery

• Queen Of Hearts / Look Up And Laugh | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Titles Comprise: Queen Of Hearts: Grace Perkins (Gracie Fields) an ordinary working class seamstress is mistaken for a rich patron of the arts. When she's asked to back a new show Grace plays along with the charade hoping that she can become the production's leading lady. When the show opens Grace is a huge hit and becomes a glamorous star. A riotous musical comedy made at the absolute height of Fields' popularity Queen Of Hearts once again pairs Fields with leading man John Loder (Sing As We Go Love Life and Laughter). The film was directed by Monty Banks - who would later go on to be Gracie Fields' second husband - and its story apes Fields' own path from working-class girl to megastar. A feel-good gem. Look Up And Laugh: In what is widely regarded as her finest performance Gracie Fields plays Gracie Pearson - a singer-comedienne who is determined to save her local market from being demolished to make way for a department store. As time runs out Gracie rallies the stall-keepers together through a series of ever-more-hilarious schemes to save their livelihoods. Like Sing As You Go Look Up And Laugh was written by renowned novelist J. B. Priestley and directed by Basil Dean. Featuring an early performance from Vivien Leigh (Gone With The Wind) the film is also the big screen debut of much-loved actor Kenneth More (The 39 Steps). Packed with gags songs and showstopping set-pieces Look Up And Laugh is Gracie Fields at her very best.