"Director: Tim Whelan"

• Thief Of Baghdad | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £7.39   |  Saving you £2.60 (35.18%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This wondrous fantasy comes out of the pages of ""A Thousand and One Nights."" When the nefarious Jaffar usurps the Sultan's throne the princess's beloved suitor Ahmad and the strong and handsome thief Abu use magic to help the king regain power. To defeat them Jaffar causes Ahmad to go blind and turns Abu into a dog. But the heroes overcome these adversities and conquer many other mortal dangers before reclaiming the kingdom. The Thief of Bagdad made quite an impact on the

• The Divorce Of Lady X | DVD | (05/04/2010) from £8.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This light-hearted society comedy from the Alexander Korda Library features three great actors early in their careers: Korda's wife-to-be Merle Oberon Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson. Adapted by Lajos Bir'' from the 1933 stage play Counsel's Opinion The Divorce of Lady X is a solidly produced 'screwball whimsy' in which Korda used an early threestrip Technicolor technique masterfully to give the film its particular lustre. The beautiful Leslie (Merle Oberon) a costume party guest and handsome divorce lawyer Everard Logan (Laurence Olivier) find themselves stranded by fog in an already overcrowded hotel. Leslie's solution is to commandeer Logan's bedroom relegating him to the sofa eat his breakfast and sneak off leaving only a note: 'Goodbye Lady X'. The next day she overhears Logan making disparaging remarks about women in divorce cases and decides that with the aid of her friends Lord and Lady Mere (Ralph Richardson and Binnie Barnes) and an elaborate ruse she will teach the misogynist a lesson...

• Thief of Bagdad | DVD | (26/01/2015) from £9.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (87.61%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Alexander Korda's 1940 version of The Thief of Bagdad offers stirring proof that a strong story and vivid visual sense can still dazzle modern movie-goers without the aid of computer graphics or intricate special effects. Korda wrangled a virtual committee of directors (including a young Michael Powell and visionary designer and art director William Cameron Menzies) and orchestrated a still effective series of optical effects to give this Technicolor fable a striking look that mates cinematic energy with a painterly, storybook aesthetic. Even from a 21st century vantage point, this decidedly pre-digital production remains charming, distilling a familiar tale of genies, evil wizards and exotic adventures into an archetypal heroic quest. In remaking Douglas Fairbanks' hugely popular, technically ambitious 1926 silent production, Korda repositions the title character as a much younger figure with the casting of a teenaged Sabu as the youthful thief, Abu. That shift makes his enemy, the evil Jaffar (Conrad Veidt), much more threatening while giving the fable an innocence the swashbuckling Fairbanks could not supply. In Rex Ingram, the film supplies a genie with a winning contrast in his thundering voice and mischievous smile, while June Duprez provides the requisite beauty to the princess whose fate becomes Abu's test of courage. Fellow Hungarian émigré Miklós Rózsa adorns the movie with one of his earliest and most evocative music scores. It's one measure of this Thief's appeal that at least two more remakes followed, but none have trumped this adaptation. --Sam Sutherland

• Q Planes | DVD | (10/02/2014) from £6.19   |  Saving you £3.80 (61.39%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Starring alongside Ralph Richardson and Valerie Hobson, Laurence Olivier portrays a test pilot engaged in secret experimental missions in this witty, cleverly plotted World War Two spy drama. Briskly directed by Hollywood veteran Tim Whelan and featuring typically innovative art direction from Vincent Korda, Q Planes is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements. The frequent disappearance of new bombing planes on their trial flights - one off the coast of ...

• Smash and Grab | DVD | (19/10/2015) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Forming a hugely popular screen partnership during the inter-war years, dapper comic player Jack Buchanan and musical star Elsie Randolph bring a characteristic elan to this stylish and entertaining crime caper from the late 1930s. Directed by Q Planes' Tim Whelan, Smash and Grab (released in the US as Larceny Street) is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements and in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.John Forrest, an insurance investigator with a weakness for model railways, is on the trail of a gang of smash-and-grab thieves targeting Europe's most prestigious jewellers. As the chase leads him to Ireland, Forrest finds he needs help and who better to call upon than his impossibly elegant, highly capable wife, Alice?SPECIAL FEATURE:Image GalleryOriginal Pressbook PDF

• Q Planes | DVD | (18/05/2009) from £6.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (150.38%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Major Hammond of Scotland Yard (Ralph Richardson) is called to investigate the mysterious disappearance of prototype British aeroplanes when on their test flights. At first Hammond is seen as an outsider at the factory, but he soon finds a friend in star pilot Tony McVane (Laurence Olivier) who helps him try to unravel the case. Hammond becomes convinced that the company secretary at the factory, Jenkins (George Curzon) is a foreign agent and follows him to London. Meanwhile, the mystery still remains unsolved when Tony returns to the aircraft factory, determined to make the next test flight.

• Screen Legends - Starring Frank Sinatra | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £17.53   |  Saving you £7.46 (42.56%)   |  RRP £24.99

  From Here To Eternity: Director Fred Zinnemann's 1953 Oscar-winning best picture 'From Here To Eternity' is a powerful portrait of a peacetime military camp stationed in Hawaii just before the attack on Pearl Harbour. Montgomery Clift is superlative in the major role of Robert Prewitt while Frank Sinatra delivers an electrifying Academy Award-winning (1953 Best Supporting Actor) performance as Clift's buddy. Deborah Kerr's love scene in the Hawaiian surf with Burt Lancaster is enshrined as one of the most famous moments in cinema history. (Dir. Fred Zinnermann 1953) Pal Joey: A cabaret entertainer lands in San Francisco determined to make it big but scores his biggest hits with a wealthy socialite and a chorus line cutie! Features a classic Rogers and Hart score including 'The Lady Is A Tramp' 'There's A Small Hotel' 'I Could Write A Book' and 'My Funny Valentine.' (Dir. George Sidney 1957) Young At Heart: Barney Sloan (Frank Sinatra) is a cynical down-on-his-luck musician who reluctantly agrees to help his composer friend Alex Burke (Gig Young) with a new comedy he is working on. However Barney gains a new perspective on life and love when he meets Alex's irrepressibly perky fiancee Laurie (Doris Day) - and promptly falls in love with her! A musical remake of the 1938 film 'Four Daughters' with Sinatra offering definitively gloomy renditions of 'Someone to Watch Over Me' and 'One More for My Baby' before Day manages to put a smile on his face featuring a superb score written by Cole Porter and George and Ira Gershwin (Dir. Gordon Douglas 1954) Higher And Higher: Formerly rich Mr. Drake is broke...with his household staff's wages seven months in arrears. Conniving valet Mike O'Brien hatches a scheme to pass off scullery maid Millie as Drake's debutante daughter and net a rich husband for the benefit of all. But all kinds of complications romantic and otherwise intervene... (Dir. Tim Whelan 1943)

• Rage At Dawn | DVD | (19/05/2007) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Reno brothers are wanted men! After years of murder robbery and terrorising the inhabitants of a small western town the citizens have had enough and send for outside help. It arrives in the shape of James Barlow a law-enforcement officer sent to infiltrate the Reno gang and bring them to justice. Barlow poses as an outlaw to gain the confidence of the crooked town officials and the Reno gang. Events soon turn nasty when Barlow sets up the gang in a dawn train robbery but all doesn't go to plan.

• Classic Westerns Collection | DVD | (20/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Hanged Man: Infamous gunslinger James Devlin is hanged for murder but survives his own execution coming back to life on the undertaker's table. He believes he has been given a second life a chance to redeem himself and make amends for his earlier failings. Opportunity for redemption comes his way in the form of a widow and her young son who are victims of a local businessman Lew Halleck eager to own their mine by whatever means necessary. Halleck is about to learn that a professional gunslinger is an unenviable foe but a gunslinger that can't be killed is unstoppable. The Deadly Companions: Brian Keith stars as Yellowleg a scarred civil war veteran who with two companions the grizzled Turk and cocky gunslinger Billy Keplinger ride to Gila City with the intention of heisting a bank. Before they can execute their plan they are involved in a shoot-out and a stray bullet from Yellowleg's gun kills the son of cabaret dancer Kit Tilden (Maureen O'Hara). Already an outcast in the city Kit decides to leave and bury her son alongside his father in the town of Siringo a ghost town which can only be reached through Apache territory. The Gunfighters: Matt Cole and Dutch Everett are a hard working family struggling to make an honest living during tough times in the Old West. Deke Turner is the reason for the trouble a ruthless landowner determined to have the Everetts' ranch by whatever means necessary. When the youngest member of the family Matt kills one of Deke's men in self-defence Turner seizes the opportunity to frame him for murder. Dubbed the Kansas Kid Matt is rescued from custody by Cole and Dutch but now all three are wanted men each with a price on their head. The Proud And Damned: Will Hansen and his men are rowdy Confederate veterans who stumble into a local revolution in South America during 1870. General Martinez hires them to check out the defences in the rebellious town of San Carlo a small and peaceful community coveted by the General. Greeted warmly by the quiet town the men quickly discover they are working for the wrong side and decide to stand and fight in support of San Carlo in a bloody battle that they may not survive. Rage At Dawn: The Reno brothers are wanted men! After years of murder robbery and terrorising the inhabitants of a small western town the citizens have had enough and send for outside help. It arrives in the shape of James Barlow a law-enforcement officer sent to infiltrate the Reno gang and bring them to justice. Barlow poses as an outlaw to gain the confidence of the crooked town officials and the Reno gang. Events soon turn nasty when Barlow sets up the gang in a dawn train robbery but all doesn't go to plan. High Lonesome: The residents of an isolated cattle ranch have their quiet and peaceful lives turned upside down when a young drifter is found on their property in the dead of night. The boy claims a local merchant stolen money from him and so with the help of two strangers he killed the alleged thief. A mysterious and unsettling drama unfolds as upon describing his accomplices the locals realise he's talking about two men they know... but who died 15 years ago. Did the young man really carry out the crime or can the ghosts of two dead cowboys be guilty of murder?

• Step Lively/Higher And Higher | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £12.13   |  Saving you £0.86 (6.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Higher And Higher (Dir. Tim Whelan 1943): Formerly rich Mr. Drake is broke...with his household staff's wages seven months in arrears. Conniving valet Mike O'Brien hatches a scheme to pass off scullery maid Millie as Drake's debutante daughter and net a rich husband for the benefit of all. But all kinds of complications romantic and otherwise intervene... Step Lively (Dir. Tim Whelan 1944): Gordon Miller is rehearsing a musical comedy in the penthouse suite of Gribble's hotel...on credit. The mounting bill is driving Gribble frantic. Chaos increases when playwright Glen Russell whose dramatic play he thinks Miller is producing arrives. But it turns out Russell can sing like Sinatra and Miller has leading lady Christine turn on the charm. Can Miller's crazed machinations save the show?

• British Comedies of the 1930s: Volume 8 | DVD | (21/03/2016) from £8.04   |  Saving you £4.95 (61.57%)   |  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.THE CAMELS ARE COMING (1934)A British squadron leader is tasked with uncovering a desert dope-smuggling operation, but unwittingly becomes a Sheik's drugs mule!Black and White / 77 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / EnglishME AND MARLBOROUGH (1935)1710: a feisty young woman disguises herself as a man, joins the Duke of Marlborough's army and sets off to try to rescue her press-ganged husband.Black and White / 80 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / English

• St Martin's Lane | DVD | (04/12/2006) from £16.18   |  Saving you £-3.19 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  On the pavements of the London theater district the buskers earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles who recites dramatic monologues sees that young pickpocket Libby also has a talent for dancing and adds her to his act. Harley the theater patron who never knew Libby took his gold cigarette case is impressed by the dancing and invites her to bring Charles and the other buskers in his group to an after-the-play party. Yet when Libby comes alone a theatrical career is launched....

• Farewell Again | DVD | (18/01/2016) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Starring Flora Robson and Leslie Banks and featuring an early performance from Robert Newton Farewell Again joins a regiment of the 23rd Royal Lancers on the happy occasion of a long-awaited reunion with loved ones back in Southampton and charts the consequences of an unexpected order which sees them forced to return to duty in the Near East just hours later.By turns humorous, poignant and dramatic, this exceptionally popular film was made with the assistance of the War Office and proved a box-office hit on its original 1937 release. Re-released twice more during wartime, it is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.SPECIAL FEATURES:Image galleryPromotional materials PDFs

• 3 Classic Westerns Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 5 | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £4.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.20%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Hurricane Express: John Wayne stars as pilot Larry Baker who makes an unscheduled landing in a vain attempt to prevent a railway collision that kills his father and is fired for disobeying orders. Larry must find out the truth behind the wreck of the Hurricane Express! Rage At Dawn: A Special Agent is sent way out west to round up the norotious Reno gang. He stages a fake train robbery in order to attract the evil Reno brothers and their gang in this gritty and force

• Rage At Dawn | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £8.96   |  Saving you £1.03 (10.30%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A Special Agent is sent way out west to round up the norotious Reno gang. He stages a fake train robbery in order to attract the evil Reno brothers and their gang in this gritty and forceful western....

• Classic Western Collection | DVD | (18/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Rage At Dawn (1955): Detectives Stage A Fake Train Robbery To Attract The Evil Reno Brothers And Their Outlaw Gang In This Gritty And Forceful Western. Randolph Scott Takes Time Out To Romance Their Pretty Sister Played By Mala Powers Before Bringing The Gang To Justice. Judge Priest (1934): Classic John Ford Directed Americana This Movie Is Based On The Stories Of Irvin Cobb. A Small-Town Judge In The Old South Stirs Up The Place With Stinging Humour And Common-Sense Observations As He Tackles Prejudices And Civil Injustices In This Warm Affectionate And Funny Look At A Slice Of American Life. Tulsa (1949): In This Classic Western The Daughter Of A Cattle Owner Builds An Oil Empire Susan Hayward Portrays An Oil Women Who Whilst Fighting For Her Property And Staging Wildcat Drilling Strikes.

• The Laurel And Hardy Collection - Utopia | DVD | (27/09/1999) from £8.17   |  Saving you £7.81 (150.77%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In this their last film together Stan and Ollie fly to London for the reading of a Stan’s late uncle’s will. After all Stan’s uncle’s cash is used to pay the solicitors death duties and tax the only thing left are a yacht and South Sea Island! At the docks they take receipt if their yacht and also a displaced seaman and a stowaway. Together the four set sail but are shipwrecked on an atoll during a storm. There they meet singer Cherie L’amour who is es

• Rage at Dawn | DVD | (12/02/2008) from £5.72   |  Saving you £-2.73 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

• Laurel And Hardy - Utopia / Memories | DVD | (09/10/2000) from £13.09   |  Saving you £1.90 (14.51%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Stan and Ollie inherit a South Pacific Island rich in uranium and fall foul of crooked lawyers. Also features the acclaimed documentary 'Memories' incorporating a 1954 edition of 'This is Your Life' and rare footage of their 1932 UK tour.

• Classic British Movies Collection Vol.2 | DVD | (04/07/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Titles Comprise: 1984: In a futuristic state-run society controlled by Big Brother in which love is banned employee of the state Winston Smith falls for Julia and is tortured and brainwashed for his crimes. The Leather Boys: Dot and Reggie are forced to keep their romance a secret so decide to marry. But they are unable to remain faithful to each other and the relationship soon turns destructive. The Grass Is Greener: Hollywood legends Cary Grant Deborah Kerr Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons team up for this lush romantic comedy that proves that variety is the spice of love. 1984-An army deserter rescues a girl from a group of criminals but is killed in the process. Blockhouse: Searching for shelter during World War II a group of Frenchmen become trapped in a tomb for six long years... The Yellow Rolls Royce: In this drama from director Anthony Asquith the lives and stories of three different people are linked together by their possession of an unusual car a yellow Rolls Royce Phantom II. St Martin's Lane: A heart-stirring drama of buskers in London's theatre district Charles and Libby.