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Green Dolphin StreetGreen Dolphin Street (1947)
Dir. Victor Saville
Feat. Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Donna Reed
One of the biggest box office hits of its time, this sweeping colonial melodrama of unrequited lovers who migrate to Aotearoa in the 1850s has dated…
Caesar and CleopatraCaesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Dir. Gabriel Pascal
Feat. Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger, Claude Rains
The oft–told tale of the First Roman Emperor and the Queen of Egpyt, here adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play. Stagey filming is offset by…
An American RomanceAn American Romance (1944)
Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Brian Donlevy, Ann Richards, Walter Abel
Ambitious technicolour drama from director King Vidor about a European immigrant to the USA, who builds his fortune in the automobile industry, and…
Ivan the Terrible Pts. 1 & 2Ivan the Terrible Pts. 1 & 2 (1943) Recommended
Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Nikolai Cherkassov, Serafima Birman, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
Spectacularly staged chronicle of the life of Czar Ivan IV, and his struggle to consolidate the Russian empire in the 16th Century. One of the…
Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, TheLife and Death of Colonel Blimp, The (1943) Recommended
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook
The numerous off–beat adventures of a British soldier are chronicled over a period of three wars, with Deborah Kerr playing all three of the…
Munchhausen (1943) Recommended
Dir. Josef von Baky
Feat. Hans Albers
This adaptation of the Rudolph Raspe novel about the extraordinary tall–tales of a German baron is a genuine oddity, both historically and…
Arabian Nights Arabian Nights (1942)
Dir. John Rawlins
Feat. Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Sabu
Lavish sets and costumes distinguish this story of two brothers competing for the throne of Turkey and the hand of the fiery dancing girl played by…
Loyal 47 Ronin, TheLoyal 47 Ronin, The (47 Ronin) (1941)
Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Yoshizaburo Arashi
Sombre rendition of a famous Japanese legend that's both quietly dignified and overtly nationalistic, tooled as propaganda during the height of…
Howards Of Virginia, TheHowards Of Virginia, The (1940)
Dir. Frank Lloyd
Feat. Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Cary Grant rather bumbles through this melodrama set during the American Revolution, playing a rugged surveyor who marries aristocrat and royalist…
Beau GesteBeau Geste (1939) Recommended
Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston
Classic Hollywood gallantry with, Gary Cooper as the eldest of three brothers who run away to join the French Foreign Legion, only to clash bayonets…

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