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Review ITV DVD / Trouble In Store / Up In The World [1953]
Actors & Directors
  • Norman Wisdom
  • Megs Jenkins
  • Jerry Desmonde
  • Moira Lister
  • John Paddy Carstairs
  • Margaret Rutherford
Release date: 2003-05-12
Run time: 168 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.14

Review Trouble In Store / Up In The World [1953] / ITV DVD:

Norman Wisdom became an instant movie star with the release of Trouble in Store in 1953. Playing a character called Norman, he brought his familiar stage and television personality to the big screen as a young man with the ambition to become a window dresser in a major department store. Ever lovable victim of his own clumsiness, all Norman's efforts to improve himself result in chaos. That is, until he meets Sally (Lana Morris), the girl of his dreams. Then things turn disastrous. Costarring Margaret Rutherford, Trouble in Store introduced Wisdom's self-penned song which would become his theme, "Don't laugh at Me ('cause I'm a Fool)". The film became a massive box-office hit and won Wisdom a BAFTA Award. Very much of its time, admittedly, it's still highly entertaining. In 1956 the title of his latest film, Up in the World accurately described Norman Wisdom's career. This was the great British comedian's fourth hit in as many years, this time finding himself employed as window cleaner to Lady Banderville (Ambrosine Phillpotts). [+]
Apart from having hundreds of windows to polish, things would be going fine for Norman if it weren't for the endless practical jokes played by Lady Banderville's son, Sir Reginald (Michael Caridia). However, when the irritating Reggie is kidnapped, Norman has the chance to prove himself a hero, and it just might impress his beautiful costar Maureen Swanson. By now Wisdom was set on a winning formula, working with much the same team as on his three previous smashes, including Jerry Desmonde as Major Willoughby, who had starred in both Trouble in Store (1953) and Man of the Moment (1955). -Gary S Dalkin.

Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Charlie Chaplin - The Kid / The Idle Class [1921]
Actors & Directors
  • Jackie Coogan
  • Edna Purviance
  • Charlie Chaplin
  • Charlie Chaplin
Release date: 1992-10-12
Run time: 82 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £9.79

Review Charlie Chaplin - The Kid / The Idle Class [1921] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review A&E Home Video / Benny Hill: Complete & Unadulterated: Set 2 (1972-1974) [1969] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Fiona Sloman
  • Samantha Stevens (III)
  • Suzy Mandel
  • Penny Meredith
  • Benny Hill
  • Corinne Russell (II)
  • John Robins
Release date: 2005-01-25
Run time: 500 min.
Price: £7.01

Review Benny Hill: Complete & Unadulterated: Set 2 (1972-1974) [1969] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / A&E Home Video:


Review Anchor Bay / Till Death Us Do Part [1968] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Warren Mitchell
  • Norman Cohen
  • Dandy Nichols
  • Liam Redmond
  • Anthony Booth
  • Una Stubbs
Release date: 2003-07-08
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £7.48

Review Till Death Us Do Part [1968] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Anchor Bay:


Review Image Entertainment / 365 Nights in Hollywood [1934] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • George Marshall
  • John Bradford
  • James Dunn
  • Alice Faye
  • Frank Mitchell
  • Jack Durant
Release date: 2003-07-15
Run time: 86 min.
Price: £8.33

Review 365 Nights in Hollywood [1934] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Image Entertainment:


Actors & Directors
  • Edith Evans
  • Susannah York
  • Hugh Griffith
  • Tony Richardson
  • Albert Finney
  • Joan Greenwood
Release date: 1993-04-19
Run time: 117 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £9.99

Review Tom Jones [1963] / 4 Front Video:

Winner of four Academy Awards including best picture, director, screenplay, and music, this 1963 adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic novel is a rousing, bawdy comedy about a young man's ribald adventures in 18th-century England. Albert Finney is splendidly hilarious in the title role of a charming womanizer who was discovered as an abandoned infant in the bed of Squire Allworthy, a wealthy landowner who named the child Tom Jones and raised him as his own. As a young man, Tom yearns for the comely daughter (Susannah York) of a neighboring squire, but his amorous adventures (including an extended food orgy that becomes the film's funniest scene) lead him to London and to a duel with a jealous husband. He's sentenced to hang, but fate intervenes. A hit around the world, the film was expertly written by noted playwright John Osborne, and director Tony Richardson uses a variety of old-style movie techniques to heighten the lusty, good-natured fun. Don't miss this one! -Jeff Shannon.

Review Criterion / The Two of Us [1968] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Michel Simon
  • Claude Berri
  • Luce Fabiole
  • Alain Cohen
  • Charles Denner
  • Roger Carel
Release date: 2007-06-12
Run time: 87 min.
Price: £15.93

Review The Two of Us [1968] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Criterion:


Review Sony Pictures / Don't Knock the Twist/Twist Around the Clock (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Linda Scott (XXI)
  • The Dovells
  • Oscar Rudolph
  • Vic Dana
  • Chubby Checker
  • Gene Chandler
Release date: 2007-01-23
Run time: 169 min.
Price: £7.99

Review Don't Knock the Twist/Twist Around the Clock (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Sony Pictures:


Review Warner Home Video / Mister Roberts [1955] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Betsy Palmer
  • Jack Lemmon
  • James Cagney
  • William Powell
  • Henry Fonda
  • Joshua Logan
  • Mervyn LeRoy
Release date: 2006-09-19
Run time: 122 min.
Price: £7.15

Review Mister Roberts [1955] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:

Henry Fonda recreated his Broadway hit for this 1955 film that was mostly directed by Fonda's frequent collaborator, John Ford (Young Mr Lincoln, My Darling Clementine)-an ailing Ford was replaced at some point by Mervyn LeRoy-and the results are exceptionally fine. A perfect cast, including James Cagney's irascible captain, William Powell's thoughtful physician and Jack Lemmon's Oscar-winning Ensign Pulver, give Fonda the right boost to portray his ennui-burdened officer with dignity, self-effacing humour, and not a trace of self-pity. Mister Roberts is a wonderful film. -Tom Keogh.

Review Cinema Club / Will Hay - Windbag The Sailor [1936]
Actors & Directors
  • William Beaudine
  • Will Hay
  • Moore Marriott
Release date: 1998-07-06
Run time: 82 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.80

Review Will Hay - Windbag The Sailor [1936] / Cinema Club:


Review Warner Home Video / The West Point Story [1951] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Doris Day
  • Virginia Mayo
  • James Cagney
  • Gordon MacRae
  • Roy Del Ruth
  • Gene Nelson
Release date: 2007-04-24
Run time: 107 min.
Price: £7.47

Review The West Point Story [1951] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Breakfast At Tiffany's (Special Edition) [1961]
Release date: 2004-10-04
Run time: 115 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.22

Review Breakfast At Tiffany's (Special Edition) [1961] / Paramount Home Entertainment:


Actors & Directors
  • Oliver Hardy
  • Stan Laurel
  • Thelma Todd
  • Harry Bernard
  • James Parrott
  • Gertrude Sutton
Run time: 55 min.
Price: £10.99

Review Laurel And Hardy - No. 24 - The Music Box / Another Fine Mess [1930] / Vision Video Ltd.:


Review Criterion / If... [1968] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • David Wood
  • Richard Warwick
  • Malcolm McDowell
  • Rupert Webster
  • Christine Noonan
Release date: 2007-06-19
Run time: 112 min.
Price: £16.36

Review If... [1968] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Criterion:


Review 20th Century Fox / What a Way to Go! [1964] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Robert Mitchum
  • Paul Newman
  • Gene Kelly
  • J. Lee Thompson
  • Dean Martin
  • Shirley MacLaine
Release date: 2005-01-11
Run time: 111 min.
Price: £3.29

Review What a Way to Go! [1964] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / 20th Century Fox:


Review GT Media / Royal Wedding [1951] (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Sarah Churchill
  • Fred Astaire
  • Keenan Wynn
  • Stanley Donen
  • Jane Powell
  • Peter Lawford
Release date: 2001-05-15
Run time: 93 min.
Price: £1.19

Review Royal Wedding [1951] (NTSC) / GT Media:

Fred Astaire dances on the ceiling in this 1951 Alan Jay Lerner musical for MGM, directed by Stanley Donen (Singin' in the Rain). The appealing story finds Astaire as part of a brother-and-sister act (along with Jane Powell) that travels to London at the time of Queen Elizabeth II's wedding. Astaire and Powell each find romances that threaten to break up the act, but that's mostly fun window dressing in a movie better known for some truly creative sequences made vivid by Donen, including Astaire's famous dance with a hat rack and his duet with Powell, "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You (When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life)?" -Tom Keogh, Amazon. com.

Review Warner Home Video / Les Girls [1957] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Tex Avery
  • Taina Elg
  • Kay Kendall
  • Jacques Bergerac
  • Mitzi Gaynor
  • Gene Kelly
  • George Cukor
Release date: 2003-04-22
Run time: 114 min.
Price: £8.12

Review Les Girls [1957] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review Westlake Entertainment Group / The Great Rupert [1950] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Candy Candido
  • Don Beddoe
  • Frank Cady
  • Jimmy Conlin
  • Chick Chandler
Release date: 2004-10-05
Run time: 87 min.
Creator: Fred Spielman
Price: £0.66

Review The Great Rupert [1950] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Westlake Entertainment Group:


Review Elstree Hill Entertainment / Flying Deuces [1939]
Actors & Directors
  • Reginald Gardiner
  • Edward Sutherland
  • Oliver Hardy
  • Stan Laurel
  • Charles Middleton
  • Clem Wilenchick
Release date: 2003-08-11
Run time: 70 min.
RRP: £2.99
Price: £0.88

Review Flying Deuces [1939] / Elstree Hill Entertainment:


Review Bfi Video / Charlie Chaplin - The Mutual Films - Vol. 1 [1916]
Actors & Directors
  • Eric Campbell
  • Edna Purviance
  • Charlie Chaplin
Release date: 2003-11-17
Run time: 141 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £16.97

Review Charlie Chaplin - The Mutual Films - Vol. 1 [1916] / Bfi Video:


Models & Brands:
Trouble In Store / Up In The World [1953], Charlie Chaplin - The Kid / The Idle Class [1921], Benny Hill: Complete & Unadulterated: Set 2 (1972-1974) [1969] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Till Death Us Do Part [1968] (REGION 1) (NTSC), 365 Nights in Hollywood [1934] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Tom Jones [1963], The Two of Us [1968] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Don't Knock the Twist/Twist Around the Clock (REGION 1) (NTSC), Mister Roberts [1955] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Will Hay - Windbag The Sailor [1936], The West Point Story [1951] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Breakfast At Tiffany's (Special Edition) [1961], Laurel And Hardy - No. 24 - The Music Box / Another Fine Mess [1930], If... [1968] (REGION 1) (NTSC), What a Way to Go! [1964] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Royal Wedding [1951] (NTSC), Les Girls [1957] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Great Rupert [1950] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Flying Deuces [1939], Charlie Chaplin - The Mutual Films - Vol. 1 [1916]

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