"Director: Herbert Wilcox"

• Odette | Blu Ray | (10/06/2019) from £13.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A classic tale of bravery and courage during WWII, Odette tells the true story of female war hero Odette Hallowes. After volunteering her services to the Special Operations Executive, Odette is dispatched into Nazi occupied France and thrown into an intense world of espionage. Whilst on a deadly mission working for the French Resistance, her cover is blown and Odette is captured and interrogated by ruthless Gestapo officers. But, even after being brutally tortured and sentenced to death in a concentration camp, Odette still refuses to reveal any information concerning her original mission and her fellow spies. Extras: Those British Faces: Anna Neagle, New interview with Sebastian Faulks, Afternoon Plus with Mavis Nicholson - Interview with Odette Sansom (1980), Captain Peter Churchill And Odette Sanson Get Married In London (1947

• King's Rhapsody | DVD | (21/04/2014) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Adapting Ivor Novello's long-running musical play for the big screen this enchanting Ruritanian romance marked the second pairing of Errol Flynn and British film heroine Anna Neagle under the direction of Herbert Wilcox. Blending sumptuous pageantry and richly varied music and choreography King's Rhapsody echoed the abdication crises that enthralled pre-War Europe with Flynn starring as the prince who falls for a commoner (Neagle) and his wife Patrice Wymore as the princess whom he is finally persuaded to marry. The film is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. For some years Richard carefree heir to the throne of Laurentia has been contentedly living in exile with his love Marta Karillos. On the death of his father however the Queen Mother persuades him to return to Laurentia to claim the throne and accept marriage to Princess Cristiane of Norseland - the 'Snow Princess'... Special Features: Image Gallery Original Promotional PDF

• Wonderful Things | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Set in a beautiful fishing village in Gibraltar, Wonderful Things! stars Frankie Vaughan as Carmello, a young fisherman who, unable to earn enough from fishing to marry his tempestuous fianc e, decides to come to England to seek his fortune and finds fortunes are not quite so easy to come by. An enchanting, humorous romance set to music which also gave an early role to Austrian-born actress Jocelyn (Jackie) Lane ('the British Bardo'), Wonderful Things! was among the series of light comedie.

• I Live In Grosvenor Square | DVD | (03/01/2011) from £12.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (18.80%)   |  RRP £15.99

  One of the most popular films of all time at the British box office I Live In Grosvenor Square is an enchanting wartime romance and an enduring testament to Anglo-American relations of the era. Anna Neagle stars as Lady Patricia Fairfax fiance of Major David Bruce (Rex Harrison) and daughter of the Duke of Exmoor (Robert Morley) who has given over his Grosvenor Square residence for use by American G.Is. In her duties as a W.A.A.F. corporal Fairfax comes to meet and fall in love with U.S. Air Force sergeant John Patterson (Dean Jagger). So develops an emotionally charged love-triangle complicated further by the struggles of wartime life.

• I Live in Grosvenor Square | Blu Ray | (27/01/2020) from £8.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One the most successful British films ever made, this emotionally moving wartime romance was a popular hit on both sides of the Atlantic - where its idyllic imagery did much to influence the public perception of England's green and pleasant land. Starring Anna Neagle, Rex Harrison and Dean Jagger, I Live in Grosvenor Square is presented here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited aspect ratio. Billeted in a ducal mansion in Grosvenor Square, Staff Sgt. John Patterson - late of Flagstaff, Arizona - finds himself very much a fish out of water. Sharing digs with the aforementioned Duke has its ups as well as downs, but when John meets the Duke's lovely granddaughter he's hard-pushed to know which is which! Special Features: Image gallery PDF material

• Lilacs In The Spring | DVD | (08/02/2010) from £5.31   |  Saving you £7.68 (144.63%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Errol Flynn stars opposite Anna Neagle in this glorious British musical fantasy. London, 1944. As the Flying Bombs rain down on London, Carole Beaumont (Anna Neagle), a young ENSA dancer, is knocked unconscious and dreams of being Hell Gwyn, mistress to King Charles. Later, as her recovery from her injuries is set back by heartbreak, she slips once more into unconsciousness and finds herself dreaming she is Queen Victoria! Meanwhile, the true love of her life starts to make enquires about her family. He learns the story about her films star father Beau (Errol Flynn) and her stage star mother Lillian (Anna Neagle), and their romance in the British music hall. A star vehicle for Anne Neagle, Lilacs In The Spring provides a wonderful opportunity for the celebrated actress to reprise two of her most popular roles and to dance in a wide variety of styles, including an unforgettable duet with Errol Flynn on Lily of Laguna. With a host of other popular songs including Keep The Home Fires Burning, Well Gather Lilacs , Dance Little Lady and Lilacs Tango, Lilacs In The Spring is sure to surprise and delight fans of both Anna Neagle and Errol Flynn alike!

• Nell Gwyn | DVD | (14/06/2004) from £4.31   |  Saving you £8.68 (201.39%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Anna Neagle stars as the humble orange seller Nell Gwyn who captures the heart of a king in this bawdy and controversial British historical drama. In a 17th century England revelling in its freedom after years of Puritan domination King Charles II (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) promises to restore to the nation ""its old good nature its old good manners and its old good humour"". Wild and free Nell Gwyn captures his imagination like no other woman. She becomes his mistress and in effect th

• Spies on Film 1 | DVD | (05/11/2018) from £14.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  COUNTERSPY Fastidious auditor Frank Manning encounters rum goings on when he is approached by a woman who claims she is being blackmailed. Of course, he agrees to help but even he could not have foreseen that he'd end up finding a man, fully clothed, dead in a bath... LITTLE RED MONKEY A mysterious assassin targets eminent British atomic scientists, leading to fears for the safety of Leon Dushenko a Russian defector and missile expert who is passing through London en route to the United States. Will he be the assassin's next victim? THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T TALK Dr Frank Smith and Eve arrive from America, apparently on honeymoon but actually on an undercover assignment from Washington. They are instructed to rendezvous with a Hungarian scientist who has vital information about biological warfare! RING OF SPIES A bookseller and his wife; a disgruntled naval clerk; an undercover Soviet agent with a false identity... all members of a secret spy cell working from a bungalow in suburban Ruislip, hidden for years from unsuspecting neighbours and British spycatchers!

• Victoria The Great | DVD | (03/01/2011) from £12.48   |  Saving you £6.50 (68.49%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Victoria The Great was made to capitalise on the royal fever of the Coronation Summer 1937. Neagle stars as Queen Victoria opposite Anton Walbrook (The Red Shoes The Life & Death Of Colonel Blimp) as Prince Albert. At the time it was one of the most expensive films ever produced in Britain and proved to have been worth every penny becoming a huge hit not only at home but also in the USA the success there spawning the sequel Sixty Glorious Years.

• 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!

• The Anna Neagle Collection | DVD | (07/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Set Comprises: Derby Day: 1952 I Live In Grosvenor Square: 1945 The Lady Is A Square: 1959 The Lady With The Lamp: 1951 Sixty Glorious Years: 1938 Victoria The Great: 1937

• Sixty Glorious Years | DVD | (03/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Alongside Victoria The Great the film to which this is the sequel Sixty Glorious Years is a fine early example of the kind of lavish sweeping romance on which Anna Neagle built her career. Although it was the years during and after the war in which she truly sealed her position as the brightest star of the day her magisterial performance as a monarch who was in 1938 still very much part of collective living memory drew great acclaim and undoubtedly paved the way for successes to come.

• Lady Is A Square, The | DVD | (03/01/2011) from £11.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (25.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Lady Is A Square marked Anna Neagle's last big screen appearance and a fine conclusion to a hugely successful career. Neagle stars as Frances Baring a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband's symphony orchestra going. Reluctantly she enlists the help of a young pop singer (Frankie Vaughan in a rare starring role) who has fallen for Baring's daughter Joanna played by a young Janette Scott.

• Derby Day | DVD | (03/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Another successful example of Anna Neagle's collaborations with director husband Herbert Wilcox Derby Day (1952) is a clever ensemble piece blending seamlessly the tales of several characters on their way to the races in Epsom. Among them are a taxi driver a French maid a murderer and Neagle's Lady Helen Forbes. The allstar cast includes Ealing Studios favourite Googie Withers and Neagle's regular co-star Michael Wilding.

• Women Of Courage - Nurse Edith Cavell / Carve Her Name With Pride / A Town Like Alice | DVD | (12/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Nurse Edith Cavell: Starring Anna Neagle and directed by Herbert Wilcox this is the gripping true story of an English nurse caught up in the horrors of the First World War. Working tirelessly to save lives in a Brussels hospital Edith Cavell makes no distinction between the civilian casualties Allied troops and the German soldiers brought in for treatment. However her sympathy for the plight of the Belgians and the rapacious behavior of their German conquerors soon leads her to become involved with a secret underground resistance movement. Carve Her Name With Pride The moving and dramatic story of Violette Szabo (McKenna) a courageous WW2 secret agent who was captured in northern France... Carve Her Name With Pride is the inspiring true life story of Violette Szabo. During World War II Violette (Virgina McKenna) volunteers to parachute into France as a secret agent to aid a Resistance group. Her mission successful she joins the Resistance where she stays until captured by the Germans. Tortured by the Gestapo for information she refuses to betray her comrades... Directed by Lewis Gilbert Carve Her Name With Pride is a moving tale about the endurance of the human spirit in even the most adverse circumstances. A Town Like Alice Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch star in this moving story about a party of women compelled to trek through the Malayan jungle during World War II as no Japanese office will take responsibility for their care. Based on Nevil Shute's best selling novel the film tells how the women come to terms with their hardships and how they are befriended by a tough Australian prisoner of war who dreams of returning to his home town of Alice Springs...

• Trevor Howard: Collection | DVD | (23/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.00

  Episodes Comprise: Brief Encounter The Third Man Odette Outcast of the Islands Heart of the Manner

• Limelight | DVD | (19/04/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

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• Odette | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This is the story of a brave woman who volunteered to join SOE (Special Operations Executive) during WWII.

• Trent's Last Case | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A