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• Blithe Spirit | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £5.49   |  Saving you £7.50 (136.61%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Struggling to find material for his next novel writer Charles Condomine invites a local mystic Madame Arcati to hold a sance at his house in the presence of his wife Ruth and two guests. Sceptical of Arcati's powers Charles does not expect for anything to happen so it is much to his surprise when the ghost of his dead wife Elvira appears to him. Desperate to be rid of his dead wife as he fears she may kill him to have his company forever he pleads with Arcati to send her back to where she came...

• Blithe Spirit | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £6.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Noel Coward's favourite play, Blithe Spirit, was certainly a departure for David Lean, best known at the time for adapting Dickens. While it's the director's only comedy, the result is a delightful gem. Rex Harrison is an acerbic author haunted by the ghost of first wife Elvira (Kay Hammond), who tries to seduce him all over again. This throws his second wife (Constance Cummings) into a panic, second-guessing her lack of passion. It's a celestial sex romp that hasn't lost its bite. Margaret Rutherford, as always, steals the show as the sardonic medium. --Bill Desowitz

• Foreman Went To France/Fiddlers Three | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Foreman Went To France / Fiddlers Three

• Long Day's Journey Into Night | DVD | (19/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The world's foremost actor Laurence Olivier and one of America's greatest playwrights Eugene O'Neill are brought together in this acclaimed stage production by the National Theatre Company of O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece. Long Day s Journey into Night gives an autobiographical account of Eugene O'Neill s claustrophobic and explosive home life fused by a drug-addicted mother a father who wallows in drink after realising he is no longer a famous actor and an older brother who is an emotionally unstable misfit. Laurence Olivier won an Emmy Award and a BAFTA nomination for his performance in this production which also marks one of his rare appearances on television.

• The Battle of the Sexes (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (20/04/2020) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When American businesswoman Angela Barrows (Constance Cummings) is sent by her company to Edinburgh to look into potential export markets, she meets Robert MacPherson (Robert Morley), a company manager who has just inherited his father's textile business and wants her advice on updating it to modern standards. Before long Angela is introducing all sorts of newfangled ideas and the employees, scandalised that they have to work under a female boss, turn to Mr Martin (Peter Sellers), who promises to lead the fight against the interloper. Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition ***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits Extras TBC

• The Criminal Code (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (22/03/2021) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Howard Hawks (Twentieth Century) made his first film for Columbia Pictures with this pre-Code prison movie. The great Walter Huston (Dragonwyck) stars as a district attorney-turned-prison warden who gets to witness first-hand the effects of his convictions, especially Phillip Holmes (An American Tragedy), imprisoned after killing a man in a drunken brawl. Co-starring Boris Karloff (Frankenstein), The Criminal Code is tough, no-nonsense, quintessential Hawks. Extras High definition remaster Original mono soundtrack Audio commentary with film historian Nora Fiore (2021) The Howard Hawks Masterclass with John Carpenter (1997): archival audio recording of an event from the British Film Institute's 1997 Howard Hawks retrospective at the National Film Theatre, London Kim Newman on Boris Karloff (2021): the author and critic discusses the non-horror roles of the iconic actor Codes and Convictions (2021): video essay comparing The Criminal Code with its 1950 film noir remake, Convicted Lux Radio Theatre: ˜The Criminal Code' (1937): radio adaptation starring Edward G Robinson Image gallery: publicity and promotional material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Philip Kemp, extracts from interviews with Howard Hawks, Henri Langlois on the early sound films of Howard Hawks, overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits World premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies All extras subject to change

• The Criminal Code (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/06/2023) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Howard Hawks (Twentieth Century) made his first film for Columbia Pictures with this pre-Code prison movie. The great Walter Huston (Dragonwyck) stars as a district attorney-turned-prison warden who gets to witness first-hand the effects of his convictions, especially Phillips Holmes (An American Tragedy), imprisoned after killing a man in a drunken brawl. Co-starring Boris Karloff (Frankenstein), The Criminal Code is tough, no-nonsense, quintessential Hawks.Product FeaturesHigh Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with film historian Nora Fiore (2021)Behind the Mask (2021, 26 mins): author and critic Kim Newman discusses the non-horror career of actor Boris KarloffCodes and Convictions (2021, 30 mins): video essay by Jonathan Bygraves on the many adaptations of Marvin Flavin's The Criminal CodeThe Howard Hawks Masterclass with John Carpenter (1997, 36 mins): archival audio recording of a presentation by the cult filmmaker from the British Film Institute's 1997 Howard Hawks retrospective at the National Film Theatre, LondonLux Radio Theatre: 'The Criminal Code' (1939, 59 mins): radio adaptation starring Edward G Robinson, Beverly Roberts and Paul GuilfoyleImage galleries: on-set and promotional photography from The Criminal Code and its lost Spanish-language version, El código penalNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Battle Of The Sexes | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £14.95   |  Saving you £-11.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Comic genius Peter Sellers is joined by Robert Morley Constance Cummings and Donald Pleasence in this delightful satire on sexual politics based on a short story by James Thurber (The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty) and directed by Charles Crichton (A Fish Called Wanda). It is the 1950's and the post war business world is being rocked by a shocking phenomenon: The New Woman. A supreme example is Angela Barrows a man eating American consultant who takes the sex war into one of the last bastions of male supremecy: Scotland. But has she met her match in Mr Martin a grey haired tee total bachelor? He seems an unlikely 'Superman' to take on this Amazonian predator but beneath Mr Martin's modest facade lies that extra 'something' which other me simply do not have.

• Seven Sinners | DVD | (09/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Harwood an American detective meets a man called Wagner in Nice. Later that night Wagner is found dead. His body disappears only to be found in the wreckage of a train in which Harwood and insurance investigator Caryl Fenton are travelling.

• British Comedies Of The 1930s: Volume 9 | DVD | (04/04/2016) from £12.98   |  Saving you £2.00 (18.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Add a splash of colour to your outfit with these gorgeous high heeled court shoes from Principles by Ben de Lisi. Simple yet stylish, they come in red patent with a round toe.

• Into The Blue | DVD | (15/06/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A mysterious stowaway opens the door to adventure for two unsuspecting holidaymakers in this comedy feature from Herbert Wilcox. Produced by and starring Michael Wilding at the peak of his fame, with an early role for French actress Odile Versois and strong support from Jack Hulbert and Constance Cummings, Into the Blue is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Enjoying a holiday in the sun, Mr and Mrs Fergusson are relaxing on board a chartered yacht off the coast of France - their only crew, the skipper-owner and his adopted daughter. On taking a turn around the deck, Mr Fergusson is rather put-out to discover a stowaway helping himself to the comforts of their dinghy. Though very charming, the stranger refuses to give any explanation for his presence - and the Fergussons soon find themselves involved in a rather more eventful sailing trip than they had expected!

• Battle Of The Sexes | DVD | (21/07/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Angela Barrows (Constance Cummings) is a man-eating businesswoman who is sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson (Robert Morley) a businessman who asks for help to bring his company into the 20th century. The staff led by Mr Martin (Peter Sellers) has other ideas however and a comic battle between the old and new business methods soon breaks out. A vintage Peter Sellers comedy that ranks amongst his funniest!