A selection of classic movies I like!
Just how tough is life for the men and women of the Navy? It’s time to
find out as we follow the recruits through their training and to full
fighting force.
A classic film that offers a unique insight into
the life of sailors. Produced at the height of World War II, this film
uses real Navy sailors, ships and planes. A must see.
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The classic film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s famous novel.
Lt.
Henry is an ambulance driver in World War One who falls madly in love
with Nurse Catherine Barkley. As the war rages on, the two will stop at
nothing to see each other.
Much more than a Wartime love story, this story investigates the futility of war.
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An epic classic movie based on real events. The story unfolds of a
mutiny aboard the battleship Potemkin when they are given rotten meat
for dinner. A small protest erupts into a full scale riot. At port they
raise the red flag and attempt to spark a revolution. The rest is
history.
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Angela Lansbury (Murder She Wrote) stars in this tense thriller. He’s an
architect, but he’s out of work. One day a business woman gives him an
opportunity, but things don’t seem quite right. He soon suspects that
she wants more than he realizes and it may in fact be deadly.
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Lynn Hollister is a country lawyer sent to the big city to investigate
the murder of a friend. It all revolves around a nightclub called The
Inferno and a gambling ring. Run by corrupt politician Tom Cemeron who
uses it to get votes. Hollister’s friend was murdered because he was
going to expose the operation. It gets complicated when he falls in love
with Cameron’s daughter.
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Starring Frank Morgan (Wizard of Oz), this is a great movie. Bill Adams
is trying desperately to break up a group of corrupt officials by
running for mayor! All the odds are against him until a hunter turns up
in town and starts to help him. The townsfolk get behind him and victory
appears to be in sight! But the crooks won’t stand by and watch...
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Mike Malone is a US war correspondent in Libya. He discovers a Nazi plan
to create an Arab uprising and takes refuge with Nancy Brooks of
British Intelligence. He makes his report to the British consul who
already know and have their own plans in place. When he returns to Nancy
with the consul she denies ever having met Mike. What’s happening? A
series of twists and turns with Nazis, Arab spies and intelligence
officers all make this a must see for WWII fans!
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The original and definitive movie epic of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln.
We
follow from his birth, first employment and his affair with Ann
Rutledge to his courting of Mary Todd and then his presidency and of
course, the Civil War. This is an epic film, with in-depth battle scenes
and the ultimate sorrowful demise of the most famous American President
to date.
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Two of Hollywood’s biggest comedy stars come together again in this hilarious caper.
Abbott
and Costello have had another brain wave. They’re gonna go hunting for
precious diamonds in the jungles of Africa. They run into ferocious
animals, tribes of man-eating cannibals and a visually impaired gunner!
Not to be missed.
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In this classic original, Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson play two mad cap
zany characters with their hearts set on fame. They decide to put on a
show at a theater that is well-known to everybody else for being jinxed.
Can they pull it off?
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Paul is a European. He served in the army in the Great War. He emigrated
to the USA. One day he returns to Europe and talks of freedom and
liberty. The authorities (Nazi, but unnamed) come down on him. It is
their duty to spread racism and religious hatred. Problem is, Paul’s son
wants to marry the daughter of the chief hater!
A harrowing
Hollywood propaganda film from before World War Two as the globe feared
the rise of the evil Nazis and what may come.
Paul gives the
speech of a lifetime set against an epic series of films spread across
the history of mankind and his terrible hatred towards one another.
“Mankind will never be truly civilised until all races become one in spirit, understanding and brotherly love.”
A few short years later and the world was at war.
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World War II is raging and in Britain, an American sculptress manages to
get herself mixed up with both a British agent and a Nazi spy who knows
about a top secret meeting about to take place in Algeria of top
military leaders. Deep in the thick of trouble, she has to find a way of
exposing the spy to the authorities without getting herself killed.
A great WWII espionage film starring the wonderful, James Mason.
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