King and Country
In this stirring anti-war film set during WWI, a tough, no-nonsense British Army lawyer (Dirk Bogarde) is assigned to defend a lowly private (Tom Courtenay) at his court martial.
In this stirring anti-war film set during WWI, a tough, no-nonsense British Army lawyer (Dick Bogarde) is assigned to defend a lowly private (Tom Courtenay) at his court martial. The private has been accused of desertion during battle. The lawyer, Captain Hargreaves is convinced this young man should be executed. However, as the trial progresses and the strain of three horrible years endured at the Allied front is revealed, the more he is compelled to spare the youth from a firing squad.
1964 | 86 min | B&W | Optional English Subtitles | 1.66:1/16×9 | Dolby Digital | All Region | NR
Reviews:
“∗∗∗1/2 Vivid anti-war treatise beautifully acted by strong supporting cast.” – Leonard Maltin
“… outstanding performances… deserving of attention.” – Kathleen Carroll, New York Daily News
“… deadly tones of realism… A Shocker!” – Judith Crist, New York Herald Tribune
“Too important and too rewarding a film to be missed” – Guardian
Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtney, Leo McKern, Barry Foster, Peter Copley
Directed byJoseph Losey
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Dinah East
In 1950s Hollywood, a transvestite fools the world into believing he is a she – a glamorous movie diva. When he dies, the secret is out, and the film proceeds to tell this story of his relationships with friends and intimates, including a lesbian wardrobe designer, a gay matinee idol (whom he has an affair with), a protective lawyer and a washed up prize fighter who becomes her chauffeur! 1971|90 mins.|Color|1.85:1|Rated X
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Actor’s and Sin
Some of legendary writer Ben Hecht’s best work comes to the screen in a two-in-one show business-themed comedy-drama that reveals what goes on when the greasepaint comes off. In “Actors Blood,” washed-up stage star Edward G. Robinson assembles all the suspects in the murder of his actress-daughter (Marsha Hunt); and in “Woman of Sin,” a Hollywood agent discovers to his chagrin that a highly sought-after script was written by a nine-year-old girl (Ben’s daughter, Jenny Hecht)!
1951|82 min|B&W|1.37:1|NR
SPECIAL FEATURES:
• Interview with Marsha Hunt by Joel Blumberg• Original Theatrical Trailer
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Positively No Refunds Double Feature – Cuban Rebel Girls/Untamed Women
CUBAN REBEL GIRLS: High on “Worst Films” lists but low on the résumé of legendary swashbuckler Errol Flynn, this no-budget semi-documentary provided the actor with his humiliating screen epitaph. Playing himself, he is seen working as a correspondent arriving in Cuba to interview Fidel Castro. Go over-the-mountains with over-the-hill Flynn and see troop skirmishes, a raid and sugar cane field fires–and get an eyeful of his 16-year-old “protégé” Beverly Aadland as the American girlfriend of a Cuban mercenary. I don’t think we’re in Sherwood Forest any more, Toto! 1952|66 mins|B&W|1.33:1|NR
UNTAMED WOMEN: When an Air Force plane goes down in mid-ocean, its captain (Mikel Conrad) and his three-man crew wash ashore on an uncharted island of fur-clad cuties (descended from the Druids) led by high priestess Sandra (Doris Merrick). Cult rites, a hostile tribe of Neanderthal men and (of course) mucho giant-lizard footage from One Million B.C. put this near the top of the list of “island of lost women” disaster pieces. 1952|B&W|1.33:1|NR
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Summer Storm
It’s a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren (Linda Darnell), who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge (George Sanders), a decadent aristocrat (Edward Everett Horton) and an estate superintendent (Hugo Haas), with surprising results. Fine direction by master auteur Douglas Sirk and an Oscar-nominated score highlight this adaptation of the Anton Chekhov drama “The Shooting Party.” 1944 | 115 min* | B&W | 1.37:1 | NR
SPECIAL FEATURES: Interview with Author Bernard Dick on Director Douglas Sirk, interviewed by Joel Blumberg; Original Theatrical Trailer
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