"The Wizard of Oz" has charmed and thrilled audiences for seven decades with its timeless music and truly heart-warming story. The unforgettable songs and characters come to life in a sing-along extravaganza that all the family can enjoy time and again.
London's dockside is teeming with ships and sailors who have made their fortune in foreign lands. Sweeney Todd a Fleet Street barber awaits the arrival of men whose first port of call is for a good close shave. For most it will be the last time they are seen alive as Sweeney Todd robs them of their new found fortunes and chops their remains into small pieces. Meanwhile Mrs Lovett from next door is enjoying a roaring trade for her popular penny meat pies... In the gold fields of Australia Sir Percival Glyde is murdered by the hammering of a tent peg through his ear. Tod Slaughter assumes the identity of Sir Percival's estate in London. He schemes a marriage to Laurie Fairlie (Sylvia Marriott) the daughter of wealthy man and plans to murder his new wife and substitute her with the deranged and dying daughter of the real Sir Glyde. But will his double deception be uncovered? In Maria Marten Squire William Corder (Tod Slaughter) wins the affection of Maria Marten (Sophie Stewart) but their happiness is cut short when she falls pregnant and demands that Corder marry her. At first he agrees but his wicked mind is planning her murder in the Red Barn... Features:Superb triple feature from the grand master of British horror Tod Slaughter featuring his most famous role as Sweeney Todd - the Demon Butcher of Fleet Street plus his dastardly shenanigans in Crimes at the Dark House and as the murderous squire in Maria Marten - Murder in the Red Barn!
Susan Foster (Carla Lehmann) is cast into a web of international intrigue when she decides to hide fugitive British agent Alan Thurston (James Mason) from suave Nazi Dr. Muller (Walter Rilla). Thurston's mission is to travel to the Vichy colony of Algiers and recover a camera revealing the exact location of Allied General Mark Clark and his colleagues who are soon to rehearse signals for the invasion of North Africa.
First ever DVD release of this excellent value for money triple bill of nerve-jangling Wilkie Collins inspired suspense classics starring the first man of British horror - Tod Slaughter. Part of the Odeon series 'Best of British'' which showcases lost or unreleased films from the heyday of British cinema. Titles Include: The Face At The Window - A murdered uses his monstrous half-brother to distract his victims but is foiled when a dead man apparently incriminates him with the help of a scientific experiment. The Crimes Of Stephen Hawke - Slaughter is secretly the murderous fiend known as Spine Beaker! When the police come to suspect him he removes himself from London but has to come back to save his daughter from the villainous police chief. It''s Never Too Late To Mend - Evil Squire Slaughter schemes for the hand of farmer''s daughter Marjorie Taylor by sending her lover to prison. Unexpectedly it''s a friend of the boy who shoulders the blame.
A dark and powerful post-war thriller, Forbidden features a compelling performance by MGM star Douglass Montgomery as an unhappily married scientist who finds solace in the arms of another woman with devastating consequences. Also starring Patricia Burke and future horror icon Hazel Court, Forbidden is made available here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its original theatrical aspect ratio.Driven by the incessant demands of his unfaithful, luxury-addicted wife, analytical chemist Jim Harding sacrifices a brilliant but poorly paid career to sell patent medicines at a Blackpool fairground. While there he finds he has a chance at happiness until his vindictive harpy of a wife crushes it flat. At the end of his tether, Jim decides that there's only one way out his wife has to die...SPECIAL FEATURE:Image Gallery
First ever DVD box set release of the famous Victorian theatre and film actor - Tod Slaughter who died in 1956. Includes: 1. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2. Crimes at the Dark House 3. Maria Marten: The Murder in the Red Barn
Desius Heiss is the French-born owner of an antique Shop On Sly Corner who bears a grudge against society. His imprisonment and torture on Devil's Island has left the scars of repeated whippings down his back. With little care for the authorities Heiss has allowed his shop to become a centre of criminal activity and has a secret career as a receiver of stolen goods. His beloved daughter Margaret knows nothing of her father's criminal activities. But when the antique shop's assistant Archie Fellowes (Kenneth Griffith) discovers the trade in stolen goods he blackmails Heiss. Desperate to keep his criminal activities a secret from his daughter Heiss decides to silence his blackmailer.
Unsuspecting wealthy customers have their pockets picked and their throats slit in Sweeney Todd's barber chair. His accomplice Mrs. Lovatt grinds the victims into the meat pies she sells in her pastry shop. Meanwhile the mad barber has a romantic eye on a beautiful daughter of a business partner whom he is threatening to ruin financially. She however is in love with a handsome seaman who has embarked on a trip to earn the money he will need to wed her. When he returns as a wealthy man to his bride-to-be he first stops for a shave at Sweeney's chamber of horrors. The demented barber sharpens his razor to make the young man his next victim!
Whilst the Germans scour a French town for saboteurs the Mayor (Godfrey Tearle) and his daughter Marie (Greta Gynt) collaborate with the German Occupation. But unknown to both the Germans and the French villagers they are leaders of the resistance organisation. When a young French idealist (John Clements) arrives without papers Marie shields him from the Germans and enlists him in their cause to disrupt the German war effort and smuggle Allied airmen back to England.
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory With a golden ticket young Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) wins a tour of the factory of wily mogul Wonka (Gene Wilder) and run by his Oompa-Loompa crew. There Charlie his Grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson) and others discover a kind heart is a finer possession than a sweet tooth. Don't let the tour leave without you! Wizard Of Oz We click our heels in anticipation. There's no place like home and no movie like this one. From generation to generation The Wizard Of Oz brings us together - kids grown-ups families friends. The dazzling land of Oz a dream-come--true world of enchanted forests dancing scarecrows and singing lions wraps us in its magic with one great song-filled adventure after another. Black Beauty When a girl is given the horse of her dreams the pair form a bond of love and trust that will last forever. Polly and her Black Beauty share wondrous adventures and face hardship and danger with brother Bertie Merry Legs the pony and the other residents of their lush country estate. All of the splendor and excitement of Anna Sewell's classic novel are thrilling to boys and girls.
Previously thought lost this George King thriller is Hitchcockian in its script and film-noir photography. Set in Blackpools Golden Mile just after the war it tells the story of Jim Harding (Douglass Montgomery) who is living in an unhappy marriage with his adulterous and avaricious wife Diana (Patricia Burke). Harding falls in love with candyfloss seller Hazel Court and decides to murder his wife after she refuses to divorce him. The twists in the film are unexpected and the thrilling finale is set on the top of the Blackpool Tower.
Tod Slaughter stars as a Fleet Street barber who amasses a tidy fortune by cutting sailors' throats and disposing of their bodies in...homemade meat pies. All goes well until he falls in love with a young woman and excites the jealousy of his elderly female accomplice.
Percival Glyde is murdered in his sleep with a wooden spike that is hammered into his skull. His killer (Tod Slaughter) steals his identity and moves into Glyde's London mansion. The family lawyer who has not seen the real Percival since he was a boy informs the madman of Glyde's arranged marriage to the beautiful heiress Laurie Fairlie. Greed and perversion drive this lunatic to the brutal killing of anyone who attempts to unravel his secret identity...
The pack contains Candlelight in Algeria with James Mason; First of the Few with Leslie Howard and David Niven; and for the first ever time on DVD Tomorrow We Live with Greta Gynt. Tomorrow We Live was based on the true story of SS hostage-taking and shootings of innocent civilians. Part of the successful 'Best of British' series which showcases lost or unreleased films from the heyday of British cinema.
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers: When rugged frontiersman Adam (Howard Keel) sweeps local beauty Milly (Jane Powell) off her feet the whole town is turned upside-down. But no one's more shocked than Milly who discovers that she's now expected to cook and clean not only for Adam but for his six rowdy brothers too! Well Milly's no pushover and soon she has those boisterous boys whipped into groomhood and dancing for joy over six brides of their own! Wizard Of Oz: We click our heels in anticipation. There's no place like home and no movie like this one. From generation to generation The Wizard Of Oz brings us together - kids grown-ups families friends. The dazzling land of Oz a dream-come--true world of enchanted forests dancing scarecrows and singing lions wraps us in its magic with one great song-filled adventure after another. Annie Get Your Gun: Betty Hutton (as Annie Oakley) and Howard Keel (as Frank Butler) star in this sharpshootin' funfest based on the 1 147-performance Broadway smash boasting Irving Berlin's beloved score including Doin' What Comes Natur'lly I Got the Sun in the Morning and the anthemic There's No Business like Show Business. As produced by Arthur Freed directed by George Sidney and seen and heard in a new digital transfer from restored elements. This lavish spirited production showcases songs and performances with bull's-eye precision earning an Oscar for adaptation scoring. The story is brawling boy-meets-girl-meets-buckshot rivalry. But love finally triumphs when Annie proves that yes you can get a man with a gun!
Matinee idol Richard Greene stars in this spectacular musical romance based on the true-life story of London's first theatrical impresario George Edwardes. The dashing entrepreneur buys a run-down music hall in the capital and fills it with musical comedies much to the delight of his audiences. But after George marries a beautiful young chorus girl played by Ann Todd a vindictive theatre critic attempts to destroy his career...
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