"Director: Herbert Brenon"

• Edgar Wallace Presents: The Flying Squad | DVD | (14/04/2014) from £6.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Adapting a story by Edgar Wallace one of the twentieth century's most celebrated and prolific suspense writers this 1940 crime thriller centers on the attempts of Flying Squad officers to smash a London drug-smuggling ring. The final feature by leading silent-era director Herbert Brenon Flying Squad stars some of the era's most accomplished performers including Sebastian Shaw Jack Hawkins and Kathleen Harrison and is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements. Inspector Bradley is out to break a drug-smuggling gang which operates from an old house overhanging the Thames; the gang is headed by a murderer called Mark McGill. The disappearance of young Ron Perryman - whom McGill has shot and dumped in the river - gives the Inspector his ideal opportunity to begin asking questions... Special Features: Image Gallery Promotional Material PDF

• Someone at the Door | DVD | (02/02/2015) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When Sally inherits a country house, her young brother Ronald, an aspiring journalist, hits on a sensational way to make his first big scoop: Sally will 'disappear', and he will be arrested for her murder! At his trial she will reappear, his acquittal will follow, and he will be able to supply his paper with an exclusive story. Sally and her fiance, Bill, fall in with the scheme. However, there are complications which they had not foreseen...This humorous thriller was among several '30s films featuring Aileen Marson, a tragically short-lived British actress whose career briefly flourished on both sides of the Atlantic. Marson's co-stars include impeccable comedic actor and singer Billy Milton, and veteran screen villain Noah Beery; the film is directed by leading silent-era director/actor/writer Herbert Brenon nominated for Best Director at the very first Academy Awards ceremony in 1927. Someone at the Door is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

• Living Dangerously | DVD | (26/10/2015) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Matinee idol Otto Kruger stars in the dramatic story of a normal, intelligent man of good principles driven to contemplate thoughts of murder. This powerful suspense drama is featured in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Doctor Stanley Norton is struck off the medical register following an unfounded accusation of misconduct by his corrupt former partner, Henry Pryor. Emigrating to America under a new name, Norton begins life afresh with Helen, the woman he loves, and he eventually achieves great renown as a heart specialist. Then Pryor, ruined and fixated on revenge, tracks Norton down determined to benefit from his former partner's wealth... or destroy him utterly!SPECIAL FEATURES:Image galleryMemorabilia PDF

• British Comedies Of The 1930s: Volume 11 | DVD | (23/05/2016) from £10.98   |  Saving you £1.00 (11.12%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The ebullient comedy films of the 1930s brought escape and laughter to millions of British cinemagoers, enabling veteran stars of the music-hall and theatre to reach out to a wider audience making household names of performers like Leslie Fuller, Hal Gordon, Bobby Howes, Ernest Lotinga and Gene Gerrard. Although comedy would prove to be the decade's most successful film genre, many of these classic early talkies have remained unseen since their original release. From boisterous knockabout humour to polished adaptations of popular stage farces, this ongoing collection showcases a wealth of rare features, each presented uncut, in a brand-new transfer from the best available elements in their as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Housemaster (1938) The incoming headmaster of a venerable public school causes ructions when he unleashes a welter of red tape and puritanical 'reforms'. Black and White / 91 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / English Me And My Pal (1939) When Dave and Hal are stopped for speeding, Dave's remonstrations are overheard by a racketeer who thinks he's just the kind of mug he could put to use... Black and White / 71 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / English

• British Comedies of the 1930s Vol. 7 | DVD | (29/02/2016) from £5.45   |  Saving you £7.54 (138.35%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The ebullient comedy films of the 1930s brought escape and laughter to millions of British cinemagoers, enabling veteran stars of the music-hall and theatre to reach out to a wider audience making household names of performers like Leslie Fuller, Hal Gordon, Bobby Howes, Ernest Lotinga and Gene Gerrard.Although comedy would prove to be the decade's most successful film genre, many of these classic early talkies have remained unseen since their original release. From boisterous knockabout humour to polished adaptations of popular stage farces, this ongoing collection showcases a wealth of rare features, each presented uncut, in a brand-new transfer from the best available elements in their as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.LOST IN THE LEGION (1934)Two ship's cooks get lost in the desert, unwittingly enroll in the Foreign Legion and find two unfortunate English girls stuck in a harem!Black and White / 71 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / EnglishTHE DOMINANT SEX (1937)A loving but strained marriage is further tested when the inventor husband decides he wants to become a gentleman farmer!Black and White / 71 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / English

• Black Eyes | DVD | (15/02/2016) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Set in pre-Revolutionary Moscow, this touchingly emotional drama stars Otto Kruger as a doting father who leads a double life to conceal the reality of his job from his beloved daughter. Directed by Oscar nominee Herbert Brenon and released in the US as False Rapture, Black Eyes is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Ivan Petrov has one weakness in his life, and one love: his little black-eyed daughter, Tania. In fact, his entire career is devoted to her future happiness, though Tania remains ignorant as to his vocation. Petrov's all-consuming fear is that one day his lovely daughter will discover his true profession, and despise him for it...SPECIAL FEATURES:Image GalleryOriginal Script PDF

• Royal Cavalcade | DVD | (08/09/2014) from £7.09   |  Saving you £2.90 (40.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Made in commemoration and celebration of the Jubilee of King George V this is the story of the first twenty-five years of his reign told through the many travels of a penny that was minted in the year of his accession: 1910. Through a series of individual stories Royal Cavalcade covers a period of striking change in every area of life – from the suffragette movement to the trenches of World War One the effects of the Depression to single events such as the first ever Royal Command Performance featuring Anna Pavlova and George Robey. Combining newsreel footage and dramatised re-enactments and boasting some of the era's most popular stage and screen stars this little-seen documentary feature is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in it as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Special Features: Image Gallery Promotional Material PDF's