乞丐歌劇不是現代的歌劇，而是約翰˙蓋伊所寫的敘事劇，一七二年於倫敦首演，以對抗韓德爾的義大利歌劇，劇情係用諷諭的手法呈現當時倫敦下層階級的生活，並對腐敗的政治極盡諷刺之能事，是敘事歌劇中最為成功的作品。所讲述的是在18世纪的伦敦，一个被囚禁的强盗，决定把自己的职业生涯以歌剧来流芳于世。彼得布鲁克用强烈，旺盛而独白的色彩将之于1952年搬上大银幕。

She created one of the most indelible images ever brought to the big screen as the wily Southern survivor Scarlett O'Hara. Vivien Leigh's rise to fame and subsequent faltered steps are detailed in Hollywood Remembers: Vivien Leigh -- Scarlett and Beyond. Leigh began her career with the role that earned her an Academy award. Competing with such names as Bette Davis and Tallulah Bankhead, the British starlet rose quickly through the ranks to become a much-respected actress. She married fellow legend Laurence Oliver in a partnership that lasted 20 years. Throughout her career, Leigh assumed role after role that garnered her much praise. She became Anna Karenina in 1948 and Blanche Dubois from A Streetcar Named Desire three years later. Despite her successes, Leigh battled tuberculosis and mental illness constantly. She suffered miscarriages and underwent electric shock therapy. In the end, the viewer is left with an impression of talent and distinction contained in one of the most luminous careers of all time.

Romanticized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 classic. Count Dracula is a subject of fatal attraction to more than one English maiden lady, as he seeks an immortal bride.

Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence Olivier, illuminate documentary footage of England during its defense against the Nazi blitz in World War II. This short film serves as both propaganda and as a rallying cry to the British people.

一个军情六处的间谍人员，被苏联克格勃成功策反，并带着英国的绝密文件出逃。

格雷厄姆威爾是一位酗酒的學校老師，因爲二戰期間拒絕服役而被記錄在案，這也影響了他的職業發展。他的校長、妻子和學生都很看不起他。唯一仰慕他的腼腆和熱心的是他的一位學生——雪莉泰勒。自從威爾給泰勒免費單獨輔導功課之後，雪莉就慢慢愛上了這位老師。雪莉的迷戀無法滿足，出于絕望和天真，她向老師主動示愛。威爾婉轉地拒絕了她，想讓此事盡快過去。然而，威爾接下來遭遇了人生中的一個新麻煩——泰勒控告他對她進行非禮。

Ruthless patriarch Loren hires racecar driver Angelo to build a more efficient vehicle against the wishes of his grandson. But things get even messier when Angelo romances two women in Loren's life -- his great-granddaughter and his grandson's mistress.

Experimental aircraft of several countries are mysteriously vanishing during test flights over the sea. The latest is British, and Hammond of the Secret Service, comical but competent, investigates undercover. Also interested is waitress Kay, a disguised reporter...and Hammond's sister. The government and plane manufacturer Barrett think the whole business is just coincidence, but the 'Viking,' ostensible salvage ship controlled by a Foreign Power, has much to do with it...

Before creating the beloved courtroom drama Rumpole of the Bailey (1978), writer John Mortimer found inspiration in his own life for this portrait of a difficult but enduring love between father and son in mid twentieth century Britain. Screen legend Sir Laurence Olivier stars as the eccentric patriarch, a blind barrister so stubborn and cantankerous that he refuses to acknowledge his sightlessness. Sir Alan Bates (Gosford Park (2001)) portrays his devoted son, who follows his father's footsteps in the law while longing to become a writer, with Jane Asher (Brideshead Revisited (1981)) as his wife. Adapted for the screen by Mortimer and filmed largely on-location at his family estate in bucolic Oxfordshire, this production garnered multiple awards, including an International Emmy for best drama. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, it captures the special bond between father and son, which at times seems unbearable, but ultimately unbreakable.

Sir John Mills' life told through his own colour home movies!
'Moving Memories' is a unique opportunity to experience the life of a film legend through his own 16mm home movies. Sir John started shooting in 1948 before home movie making became widely accessable. He shot on the then groundbreaking colour reversal film which means that many of his colour clips are behind the scenes on movies released in black and white, such as 'Ice Cold in Alex' and 'Dunkirk'. The cast list for these never before seen home movies is extraordinary. Sir John recorded personal moments with unforgettable stars.
Moving Memories features interviews with Sir John , Hayley, Juliet, Jonathan Mills, & Lord Attenborough. It features classic movie clips, plus never before seen personal home movie footage, and amazing behind the scenes shots. A truly unique film (60 minutes).
Following the discovery of 12000 feet of personal 16mm home movies in Sir John Mills' attic, Marcus Dillistone directed and edited 'Moving Memories', a 60 minute film which tells the extraordinary life and career of Sir John Mills, uniquely told through Sir John's own behind-the-scenes footage!
The 'cast' of these unique home movies reads like a cinema who's who: Rex Harrison, David Niven, Stewart Grainger, Jean Simmons , Dickie Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde, Ernest Borgnine and Angela Lansbury... to name but a few!

Delbert Mann's TV movie of David Copperfield is unique among film adaptations in that it tells the entire story from a series of flashbacks rather than an ongoing narrative. It works extremely well, adds to the emotional punch of the entire story, further illuminates Dickens' wonderful characters and is aided by a haunting musical score by composer Malcolm Arnold.
When David's father dies, his mother remarries. His new stepfather Murdstone has a mean and cruel view on how to raise a child. When David's mother dies from grief, Murdstone sends David to London to work for a living. When David escapes to his Aunt Betsey his life starts to get better.

Set in a futuristic vision of the late 1980's, Ukrainian Archbishop Kiril Lakota is set free after two decades as a political prisoner in Siberia. He is brought to Rome by Fr. David Telemond, a troubled young priest who befriends him. Once at the Vatican, he is immediately given an audience with the Pope, who elevates him to Cardinal Priest. The world is on the brink of war due to a Chinese-Soviet feud made worse by a famine caused by trade restrictions brought against China by the U.S. When the Pontiff suddenly dies, Lakota's genuine character and unique life experience move the College of Cardinals to elect him as the new Pope. But Pope Kiril I must now deal with his own self-doubt, the struggle of his friend Fr. Telemond who is under scrutiny for his beliefs, and find a solution to the crisis in China.

Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.

An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed barrister Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones is assigned to represent Jessica in the lawsuit, and he also happens to be an old suitor of hers from decades earlier. While Jessica claims not to remember him, and Arthur still smarts from her earlier rejection, the two form a close bond during the case.

A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.