A collection of rare Ealing Studios' releases
Includes:; THREE MEN IN A BOAT LOYALTIES THE BAILIFFS & LABURNUM GROVE ...

A collection of classic & quintessentially British films including; CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE (1944) DEATH DRIVES THROUGH (1935) THE IMPASSIVE FOOTMAN (1932) & FRIEDA (1947) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three-decade period A cherished & significant part of British film history only selected films from both the Ealing & Associated Talking Pictures strands have previously been made available on home-video format
- with some remaining unseen since their original theatrical release The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection redresses this imbalance Featuring new transfers from the best available elements in their correct aspect ratio this multi-volume collection showcases a range of scarce films from both Basil Dean&s & Michael Balcon&s tenure as studio head making them available once more to the general public ESCAPE! (1930)A study of punitive justice the fate of a man who has been shut up in Dartmoor Prison & socially ruined What treatment awaits him when he turns fugitive?WEST OF ZANZIBAR (1954) An African tribe must seek new pastures Can game warden Bob Payton persuade them to choose fertile soil & peaceful living over the many temptations of the city?PENNY PARADISE (1938) Liverpool tugboat captain Joe spends a weekly sixpence on the pools When his first mate forgets to post the coupon as a winning line is drawn comic chaos is the result!CHEER UP! (1936) Countless comic situations & spectacular dance routines punctuate a tale of two struggling composers trying to gain backing for their musical comedy Actors Gerald du Maurier Anthony Steele Betty Driver & Stanley Lupino Director Basil Dean Harry Watt Carol Reed & Leo Mittler Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1930
- 1954 Screen 1331 Languages English Subtitles None listed Duration 5 hours & 7 minutes (approx)

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Ireland is flooded derelict It never stops raining The Kid in Yellow has stolen the babba from the Earlie King Why? Something to do with the King's daughter & a talking statue something godawful & from every wall the King's Eye watches & yet the city is full of hearts-defiant-sprayed in yellow the mark of the Kid It cannot end well Can it? Follow the Kid hear the tale Roll up! Roll up! ...

When the TARDIS materialises north of Stalingrad in 1942 the Doctor Jamie Ben & Polly are captured by the Night Witches an all-female unit of flyers tasked with disrupting the German forces nearing Moscow They suspect that the travellers are spies
- part of the Germans' Operation Barbarossa Despite their pleas they are locked up while it is decided what to do with them Polly however is receiving strange looks from the pilots & clearly unnerving them When the TARDIS crew discover why this is it becomes clear that they're about to get far more involved in the war than they could possibly have imagined CAST Anneke Wills (Polly Wright Narrator) Frazer Hines (Jamie Mc Crimmon The Doctor) Elliot Chapman (Ben Jackson) Anjella Mackintosh (Tatiana Kregki) Wanda Opalinska (Nadia Vasney) Kristina Buikaite (Lilya Grankin) Big Finish have been producing Doctor Who audios since 1999 starring Tom Baker Peter Davison Colin Baker Sylvester Mc Coy Paul Mc Gann David Tennant & John Hurt The Early Adventures are a range designed to tell stories in long gone Doctor Who eras with narration from some of the actors there at the time Here Anneke Wills reprises her 1966 role as the Doctor's assistant Polly Actor Frazer Hines not only plays his character from the time
- the Scottish Highlander Jamie Mc Crimmon but delivers a stunning impersonation of the Second Doctor as played by Patrick Troughton

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Classic farce from Norman Wisdom who plays a milkman caught up in a feud between the small traditional company that employs him & a large modern dairy planning a hostile takeover Will Norman in his typically inept fashion manage to save his company from the onset of modernity? ...

The Early Birds is the touching & funny follow-up to The Future Homemakers of America ' Wit & insight to match Nick Hornby & the entertainment value of Helen Fielding' Independent on The Future Homemakers of America' Why is Laurie Graham not carried on people's shoulders through cheering crowds? Her books are brilliant!' Marian Keyes Peggy the southern belle Kath the pragmatist with the only Norfolk accent in New York state Gayle the preacher with healing hands Mrs Colonel Audrey Rudman forever keeping up the standards of the Officers' Wives Club Lois who's never had a thought she didn't voice Loudly Their menfolk may be long retired but once a US Air Force wife always an Air Force wife & the bonds of friendship forged in base after military base are still going strong fifty years later Time is rendering its Accounts Payable for all of them now hip replacements eye problems forgetfulness & departures In this hymn to lifelong female friendship Peggy soldiers on through new upheavals including her ex-husband Vern's Alzheimer's diagnosis the death of one of her nearest & dearest a life-changing house move & the world-shattering events of 911 with the help of her sharp-tongued often eccentric but always loyal group of friends ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play History of the Avant-Garde THE EARLY FILMS OF PETER GREENAWAY 2 Vertical Features Remake The Falls He has other reputations as well as an academic as a maker of curious artefacts as a cataloguer of the bizarre & as a librarian of the absurd Greenaway might as well have been describing himself in this thumbnail sketch of Canton Remodell a character in an unmade project Before The Draughtsman&s Contract Greenaway had made a series of highly inventive films which established all the obsessions that run through his later work In Vertical Features Remake a playful parody of avant-garde theorising academics argue about the work of Tulse Luper Greenaway&s best-known fictional character The Falls is divided into 92 biographies of people who have all been affected by the VUE the Violent Unknown Event a phenomenon in some way connected with birds & flying Michael Nyman provided the score for both films DVD extras include a Galley of Artworks a Gallery of Archives filmed introductions to both films by Peter Greenaway plus hidden features UK 1978 1980 colour 224 minutes Ratio 1331 Region 2 DVD A series of video releases featuring the best of radical & innovative filmmaking from the first hundred years of cinema ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play History of the Avant-Garde THE EARLY FILMS OF PETER GREENAWAY 1A Walk Through H H is for House Windows Intervals Dear Phone Water Wrackets He has other reputations as well- as an academic as a maker of curious artefacts as a cataloguer of the bizarre & as a librarian of the absurd Greenaway might as well have been describing himself in this thumbnail sketch of Canton Remodell a character in an unmade project Before his international arthouse hit The Draughtsman&s Contract Greenaway had made a series of highly inventive & witty short films Their content varies widely the potted history of 37 people who have fallen to their deaths from windows (Windows) a sequence of 92 maps to guide a dead ornithologist on his way into the afterlife (A Walk Through H ) but all the films are immensely playful & take pleasure in outlandish detail fake erudition & corkscrew narratives Composer Michael Nyman started his career with Peter Greenaway & contributed a thrilling score to A Walk Through H ...

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 30 IGO license The Early Years analyzes the development of Latin American & Caribbean children & makes a compelling case for government intervention in what is instinctively a family affair Spending on effective programs for young children is an investment that if done well will have very high returns while failure to implement such programs will lower the returns on the hefty investments being made in primary secondary & higher education Policies for young children belong at the core of a country's development agenda alongside policies to develop infrastructure & strengthen institutions However if the services provided (or funded) by governments are to benefit children they must be substantially better than what is currently being delivered in the region This book offers suggestions for improving public policy in this critical area ...