Muriel George

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• Movie7.1

  WarThriller

  The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.

  Went the Day Well?

  1942 · 79 votes

• Movie6.2

  ComedyDrama

  Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; "Winter Cruise", helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; "Gigolo and Gigolette", directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio.

  Encore

  1951 · 13 votes

• Movie6.1

  DramaRomance

  After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before he must give himself up— or let an innocent man go to the gallows.

  21 Days

  1940 · 28 votes

• Movie7.1

  ComedyDrama

  George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his savings on one last holiday.

  Last Holiday

  1950 · 57 votes

• Movie6.2

  DramaHistory

  In 1783 England, King George III appoints William Pitt only 24 years old, as PM. When members of Parliament refuse to take Pitt seriously, he calls for a general election and wins. Pitt works to reform England, focusing on rebuilding the navy while across the sea in France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his conquest of Europe.

  The Young Mr. Pitt

  1942 · 9 votes

• Movie4.8

  RomanceComedy

  In this opera-oriented musical, Riccardo Gatti, an Italian young tenor in Venice, meets a young woman who sneaks into the opera house to try and get her fiancé hired as the orchestra's pianist.

  My Song for You

  1934 · 4 votes

• Movie5.9

  Comedy

  A couple of bickering, married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show.

  Simon and Laura

  1955 · 14 votes

• Movie9.0

  ComedyMusic

  Garage owner Tommy and ventriloquist friend Eric join the army and go to France, where they are captured by the Nazis. However, Eric's voice-throwing skills come in handy in engineering their escape and obtaining top secret information.

  Pack Up Your Troubles

  1940 · 1 votes

• Movie6.7

  ThrillerMystery

  Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.

  Cottage to Let

  1941 · 23 votes

• Movie7.0

  Comedy

  Working class family win £5oo and move to the country. They quickly run into the snooty upper class establishment who resent the newcomers.

  Lancashire Luck

  1937 · 2 votes

• Movie5.4

  ComedyRomance

  Working-class girl Joan Dodd's plan to marry Jack Fowler is thwarted when her mother Gladys interferes. Hoping to improve her daughter's social status, Gladys arranges for Joan to wed her boss Adolphus Pickering while Jack is away at war. Jack arrives home to discover his love is engaged to another man. Who will Joan decide to marry?

  Kiss the Bride Goodbye

  1945 · 7 votes

• Movie6.5

  DramaWar

  Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.

  Unpublished Story

  1942 · 7 votes

• Movie6.8

  Drama

  The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.

  They Flew Alone

  1942 · 4 votes

• Movie7.2

  DramaWar

  Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.

  The Bells Go Down

  1943 · 13 votes

• Movie6.5

  Music

  In turn-of-the-century London a young music publisher fights both competitors and piracy in a time where author's royalties were still unprotected.

  I'll Be Your Sweetheart

  1945 · 2 votes

• Movie6.6

  DramaRomance

  After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion.

  Perfect Strangers

  1945 · 28 votes

• Movie6.8

  Drama

  The bewildered wife of a bigamist allows her child to be adopted and then regrets it.

  When The Bough Breaks

  1947 · 4 votes

• Movie7.0

  Drama

  After the Local council he works for decides to replace its horse-drawn services with motor vehicles, one of the drivers spends his savings to buy the horse. Together they search the countryside looking for work, and meeting an assorted group of characters on the way.

  Song of the Road

  1937 · 2 votes

• Movie5.9

  Drama

  Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally charged performance as Hardcastle, one of the cotton workers trying to make life better. Interlaced with humour that brings a ray of sunshine to the pervasive bleakness, this remains a powerful social study of life between the wars, and was a rare problem picture to come out of Britain at the time.

  Love on the Dole

  1941 · 16 votes

• Movie5.8

  DramaHorror

  An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of another girl, a wealthy woman who had once lived in the house but who had been murdered there.

  A Place of One's Own

  1945 · 20 votes

• Movie9.0

  Humorously using the arrogant and bumbling Mr. Proudfoot, this film serves a dual purpose of emphasizing the importance of obeying blackout hours, as well as easing the stress of the time period by encouraging laughter.

  Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light

  1941 · 1 votes

• Movie5.8

  DramaHistory

  The story of Mozart and his wife Constance, set against a background of court intrigue and professional jealousy, with music conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.

  Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife

  1936 · 6 votes

• Movie6.7

  History

  King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. Nell becomes his most loyal subject, while ever-ready to take the Duchess down a peg. But the actress can never hope to be fully accepted by the King's circle despite his constant attentions.

  Nell Gwyn

  1934 · 6 votes

• Movie9.0

  Comedy

  Tony Pumpford takes a job selling vacuum cleaners, and in doing so tangles with a chorus girl. He then accidentally ends up in the show whilst demonstrating the cleaner.

  Cleaning Up

  1933 · 1 votes