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Also on release this month: Law and Disorder It Happened in Paris Noose for a Lady Piccadilly Incident The Chiltern Hundreds Autumn Crocus Banana Ridge Mister Cinders Nothing Barred Secret Lives Blossom Time The Door with Seven Locks Aren’t Men Beasts Josephine and Men Over the Garden Wall Operation Bullshine Rotten to the Core Everything is Rhythm A massive box-office hit, this romantic wartime drama is an emotional tour de force that marked the first screen pairing of Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding, who would become one of Britain’s best-loved film couples throughout the later 1940s. Directed by Herbert Wilcox, Neagle’s husband, Piccadilly Incident A riotously funny crime caper in the classic tradition of Two- is presented here in a brand-new digital transfer, in its Way Stretch and The Lavender Hill Mob, Rotten to the Core as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. boasts a top-notch cast with early roles for Anton Rodgers and Charlotte Rampling; produced, directed and co-scripted Alan Pearson, a Naval Intelligence Captain, and by the legendary Boulting brothers, this rare comedy gem WREN Diana Fraser meet by chance in Piccadilly earned a BAFTA Award nomination in 1966 for art director during an air raid. They fall in love, and after a brief Alex Vetchinsky. Rotten to the Core is presented here in a courtship, marry just hours before Diana is due to be brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its sent to Singapore; hers is one of many hasty wartime as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. romances. But their love story is cut short when Diana is reported missing, believed drowned... Lenny, Jelly and Scapa are the three loyal henchmen of “The Duke”. After 18 months in jail they are eager to SPECIAL FEATURES: rejoin their leader... and even more eager to receive a Image Gallery / Original Pressbook PDF share of the stash that sent them there. Having been told that the Duke has died and all the money was spent 1946 / 1.33:1 / Black and White/ 99 mins / on hospital bills, they eventually meet up with their boss Mono / English again; however, they find that his methods have become far more sophisticated, and before long they’re involved in an elaborate plan to carry out a daringly audacious heist.

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1965 / 2.35:1 / Black and White / 86 mins / Mono / English Based on a novel by British master of suspense Edgar Wallace, this murder mystery features Leslie Banks in brilliantly malevolent form alongside German-born star Lilli Palmer. Released in 1940 – a short time after A global byword for cinematic quality of a the British Board of Censors changed its guidelines on quintessentially British nature, Ealing Studios made films with supernatural and horror themes –The Door more than 150 films over a three decade period. with Seven Locks is made available here in a brand- A cherished and significant part of British film new transfer from the only-known existing 35mm film history, only selected films from both the Ealing and elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. This Associated Talking Pictures strands have previously 35mm transfer, however, has intermittent, decades-old been made available on home video format – film damage so an undamaged, 16mm-sourced transfer with some remaining unseen since their original is included as an alternate viewing experience. theatrical release. When the wealthy Lord Selford dies, he is entombed with The Ealing Rarities Collection redresses this a valuable collection of jewels. Seven keys are required imbalance – featuring new transfers from the best to unlock the tomb and release the treasure, but a available elements, in their correct aspect ratio, series of mysterious events cause them be scattered... this multi-volume collection showcases a range of scarce films from both Basil Dean’s and Michael SPECIAL FEATURES: Balcon’s tenure as studio head, making them Alternate 16mm-sourced version of the main feature / available once more to the general public. Image Gallery / Promotional Material PDF

1940 / 1.33:1 / Black and White / 86 mins / Mono / English IT HAPPENED IN PARIS Whilst looking for artistic inspiration in Paris, a millionaire’s son falls for a beautiful girl. Romantic complications arise when he feigns poverty in order to win her love. 1935 / 1.33:1 / Black and White / 66 mins / Mono / English

AUTUMN CROCUS In his final film role, Ivor Novello plays the married owner of a Tyrolean inn; Fay Compton is the holidaying schoolteacher who falls hopelessly in love with him. 1934 / 1.33:1 / Black and White / 80 mins / Mono / English

THE DICTATOR A drama depicting the stormy marriage of King Christian VII and his English consort, Caroline Matilda, and the Queen’s tragic affair with the royal physician, Struensee. 1935 / 1.33:1 / Black and White / 82 mins / Mono / English

SECRET LIVES A powerful World War I drama tracing the life of a German-born woman who is trained by the French as a spy, but pays a heavy price for her apparent freedom. 1937 / 1.33:1 / Black and White / 78 mins / Mono / English Master farceur Brian Rix joins fellow Whitehall Theatre stalwart Leo Franklyn and a host of famed character Few actors could be better suited than David Tomlinson comedians – including Naunton Wayne, Charles for the role of a doltish viscount unintentionally entangled Heslop, Irene Handl and Bernard Cribbins – for this in politics, and this brisk 1949 satire was a huge success hugely entertaining, quintessentially British romp. both for the accomplished character player and his Released in 1961, Nothing Barred (aka The Night similarly gifted co-stars, Cecil Parker and eighty-year-old We Sprang a Leak) is presented here in a brand-new film veteran A.E. Matthews.The Chiltern Hundreds is transfer from the original film elements, in its as- directed by John Paddy Carstairs and is presented here in exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. a brand-new transfer from the original film elements.

Penniless Lord Whitebait’s plan to save his sinking Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidate for a local public. But the public ignores his gesture, and his seat held by his family for generations. The request is a fortunes fade even further, with a stream of debts ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancee threatening to run into a deluge when his daughter’s while she’s still in England, but his masterplan backfires fiance demands a plush and costly wedding. Where when he finds himself swept into an election campaign! is the cash to come from? Whitebait and his servant Spankforth’s answer is a scam involving the theft of a SPECIAL FEATURES: valuable painting from the Manor... Image Gallery

1961 / 1.66:1 / Black and White / 79 mins / 1949 / 1.33:1 / Black and White / 83 mins / Mono / English Mono / English ‘Fall in for laughs’ is the order for the day in this colourful wartime-set comedy feature – a box-office hit in 1959 for Girls at Sea director Gilbert Gunn and boasting a top- From playful romantic comedies to variety extravaganzas, flight cast that includes Donald Sinden, Dora Bryan and the British musical films of the 1930s offered audiences Barbara Murray. a source of much-needed escapism throughout the decade haunted by the Great Depression and the Presented in a brand-new digital transfer, Operation growing menace of war. Often adapting much-loved Bullshine charts the misadventures of a group of hits of the music hall as well as serving as vehicles for Auxiliary Territorial Service girls stationed at an anti- the era’s composers, performers and band leaders, aircraft post on a remote stretch of the English coast they showcased home-grown talent alongside some of – along with the handsome lieutenant in charge of the Hollywood’s most bankable stars. battery, and his wife, a fellow-ATS girl who’s none too happy about her husband’s latest posting… particularly This ongoing, multi-volume collection makes available when regulations force them to conceal the fact that a wealth of rare gems from the very earliest days of the they are married! British talkies, many of which have remained unseen since their original release; each film is presented uncut, SPECIAL FEATURES: in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in Original Theatrical Trailer / Image Gallery / its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Promotional Material PDF

1959 / 1.66:1 / Colour / 81 mins / Mono / English

BLOSSOM TIME World-renowned tenor Richard Tauber features in a dramatisation of the life of Schubert, focusing on the composer’s unrequited love for a dance master’s daughter. 1934 / 1.33:1 / Black and White / 87 mins / Mono / English

OVER THE GARDEN WALL An aunt objects to the romance between her niece and a neighbour’s nephew, and steps in to put an end to the love affair – with comic consequences... 1934 / 1.33:1 / Black and White / 65 mins / Mono / English

MISTER CINDERS The Cinderella story is reversed in this light- hearted adaptation, with Cinders a young man who eventually wins the ‘princess’ – in this case, an oil millionaire’s daughter! 1934 / 1.33:1 / Black and White / 69 mins / Mono / English

EVERYTHING IS RHYTHM Based on the spectacular rise of bandleader Harry Roy, this is the comic tale of a Ruritanian princess who elopes with a dance-band leader. 1936 / 1.33:1 / Black and White / 69 mins / Mono / English Michael Redgrave and Robert Morley head a stellar A taut, complex whodunit with a brilliantly nerve-racking cast in this marvellous comedy of skulduggery and climax, Noose for a Lady marked the directorial debut deception from Ealing Studios lynchpin Charles of German-born writer, producer and director Wolf Rilla. Crichton and Oscar-winning screenwriter T.E.B. This rare and compelling feature, released in 1953, is Clarke – best known as the team behind The presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original Lavender Hill Mob. Law and Disorder is presented film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. here in a brand-new transfer from the original elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Simon Gale returns from Uganda to find his cousin, Margaret, has been convicted of poisoning her husband, Percy Brand’s son, Colin, thinks his father is a and her execution is only seven days away. Refusing to clergyman, when Percy’s real vocation is that of believe in her guilt, Simon and Margaret’s stepdaughter confidence trickster. When a grown-up Colin studies Jill set out to find the real killer, questioning everyone law and eventually becomes a judge’s marshal, his remotely connected with the dead man. As far as Simon father feels bound to retire to a fishing village. But is concerned, everyone is a suspect, and then the man his life of crime is not one he can easily forego... who had promised him vital information is poisoned... SPECIAL FEATURES: SPECIAL FEATURES: Image Gallery / Original Theatrical Trailers / Image gallery / Original theatrical trailer / Script and Promotional PDFs Promotional Materials PDFs 1958 / 1.66:1 / Black and White / 73 mins / 1953/ 1.33:1 / Black and White / 70 mins / Mono / English Mono / English Glynis Johns heads an impeccable cast in this sparkling Boulting Brothers comedy feature of 1955. Charting the romantic complications of a Aldwych Theatre farceur Robertson Hare and kindhearted young woman who simply cannot resist character comedian Alfred Drayton reprise an underdog, Josephine and Men is adapted by their original stage roles in two classic screen BAFTA-Award winning screenwriter and author Nigel comedies. Both films are brand-new transfers from Balchin from his own story, and presented here in a the original film elements, in their as-exhibited brand-new transfer from the original film elements theatrical aspect ratio. in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. A screen adaptation of Ben Travers’ celebrated Josephine Luton is about to be married to her and enduring farce – a wonderfully mischievous fiancee, wealthy businessman Alan Hartley. All this comedy of disputed paternity and caddishness. looks set to change, however, when she falls for Two businessmen have the shock of their lives Alan’s friend, struggling playwright David Hewer... when one of them may be the father to a 23-year- old son! SPECIAL FEATURES: Full-frame version of main feature / SPECIAL FEATURES: Original Theatrical Trailer / Image Gallery / Image Gallery / Theatrical Material PDFs Promotional Material PDF 1941 / 1.33:1 / Black and White / 84 mins / 1955 / 1.66:1 / Colour / 94 mins / Mono / English Mono / English

Only one copy of Aren’t Men Beasts is known to exist and its soundtrack is incomplete – for these two mute sections we have included English subtitles.

On the morning of his son Roger’s wedding, mild- mannered dentist Herbert Holly is visited by a dark, beautiful girl. She disarranges her dress, tears off her garter and screams for the police; as a result, the bewildered and protesting Holly is taken to the police station. He escapes to Roger’s flat, and Roger begins to suspect that the mystery lady may have been an old flame who is determined to ensure that he remains a bachelor…

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1937 / 1.33:1 / Black and White / 65 mins / Mono / English This month at the Essoldo, Cheam High Street’s luxurious cinema club:

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