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- DirectorHenry CassStarsGordon HarkerBetty BalfourJimmy HanleyA group of young people are having a good time, when their parents return home unexpectedly from holiday.
- DirectorBernard KnowlesStarsMargaret LockwoodJames MasonBarbara MullenAn 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.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsRex HarrisonConstance CummingsKay HammondA man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsCelia JohnsonTrevor HowardStanley HollowayMeeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.
- DirectorGabriel PascalStarsClaude RainsVivien LeighStewart GrangerAt the height of the Roman Civil War, a young Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) meets a middle-aged Julius Caesar (Claude Rains), who teaches her how to rule Egypt.
- DirectorAlberto CavalcantiCharles CrichtonBasil DeardenStarsMervyn JohnsMichael RedgraveRoland CulverGuests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsJackie HunterEddie GrayJoyce HeronTimid Don Chicago yearns to follow in the footsteps of his gangster mother, but is forced by the Mulligan Gang to leave America. In England, he tangles with a British police officer and high society.
- DirectorHerbert MasonStarsPat KirkwoodHugh SinclairSydney HowardAn unemployed dancer poses as a nurse and sets her sights on playboy composer Clinton Clay. After he is dumped by his Russian wife, the "nurse" finally gets her man.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsLeni LynnWill FyffeJackie HunterAn American girl takes charge of her scottish grandfather.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsEric PortmanFlora RobsonSheila SimAn impending Eleanor Roosevelt visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsGeorge FormbyRobertson HareElizabeth AllanOdd job man George Gribble (George Formby) causes problems for the local council he works for when he inadvertently helps two newspapermen expose corruption amongst the council leaders.
- DirectorJohn E. BlakeleyStarsFrank RandleNicolette RoegAnthony PendrellFrank's wife has quads, his lodger is in love with her boss's son. She runs away to be a nightclub singer. Frank and his friends rescue her from the clutches of the lounge lizard nightclub owner.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsGeorge FormbyBilly CaryllHilda MundyAspiring entertainer George Trotter (George Formby) comes down to London in search of fame and fortune, but soon must try to clear his name after being accused of a murder at his lodgings.
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsWendy HillerRoger LiveseyPamela BrownA young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts.
- DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsAnna NeagleRex HarrisonDean JaggerIn 1943 England, an American Army Air Force gunner falls in love with a corporal in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force who has long been expected to marry a British paratrooper Major, prompting him to go back to combat duty.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsMargaret LockwoodVic OliverMichael RennieIn turn-of-the-century London a young music publisher convinces both songwriters and a music hall singer with his new ideas to make business, while fighting both competitors and piracy in a time where author's royalties were still unprotected. A well crafted British musical with plenty of popular songs.
- DirectorCharles FrendStarsFrançoise RosayTom WallsPatricia RocThere exists an age-old rivalry between the Cornish and Breton fisherfolk, but harbormaster Nat Pomeroy holds a particular grudge - not just for the Bretons' incessant poaching, but for the harbor dues he loses in the process.
- DirectorJohn BoultingRoy BoultingStarsRichard AttenboroughJack WatlingDavid TomlinsonBritish propaganda film from WWII stressing the importance of the navigator on RAF's bomber crews.
- DirectorPaul L. SteinStarsPatricia MedinaJimmy HanleyMarie LohrJoan's (Patricia Medina) mother wants her to marry her pompous boss although she loves a soldier (Jimmy Handley).
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsDerrick De MarneyFrederick ValkBeresford EganA seance is held to discover the whereabouts, and the killer, of a sculptor's wife.
- DirectorArthur CrabtreeStarsPhyllis CalvertStewart GrangerPatricia RocA respectable, convent-raised woman is haunted by the memory of being raped as a teenager. But when her grown daughter returns from school, her life begins to unravel in monumentally surprising ways.
- DirectorJohn HarlowStarsDavid FarrarManning WhileyDennis ArundellFamous detective and his trusty side-kick Tinker are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man killed during an air raid.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsWilliam HartnellJimmy HanleyChili BouchierDock worker Tom Masterick is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to show that his alleged victim is still alive.
- DirectorOswald MitchellStarsArthur LucanKitty McShaneFreddie ForbesMother Riley tries to convince her daughter that her current boyfriend is up to no good.
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsJenny LairdBill BlewittMay HallattDrama following the lives of two families living on the colourfully painted canal boats of Britain.
- DirectorAlexander KordaStarsRobert DonatDeborah KerrGlynis JohnsA dull married couple, separated by their enlistment during World War II, reunite after three years to find that they have become very different people.
- DirectorRobert HamerStarsMervyn JohnsMary MerrallGordon JacksonA drunken, abusive tavern-keeper's adulterous wife uses the backward son of a rigid, puritanical pharmacist who makes his entire family miserable.
- DirectorJohn HarlowStarsWilliam HartnellMary MorrisJohn LaurieA socialist inherits the ownership of a major firm and begins wrestling with his beliefs.
- DirectorJohn HarlowStarsDavid FarrarDennis PricePamela StirlingThe police are investigating the suspicious death of a mine owner when they stumble upon a strange Nazi plot to invade England.
- DirectorMutz GreenbaumStarsAnton WalbrookMargaretta ScottMary MorrisA story of war, mystery, love and adventure following a group of members of the International Brigade and their artist captain fighting in the Spanish Civil War who undergo internment in a French camp, forced work in the Sahara, carrying vital information to England and fighting a Nazi espionage web which will eventually take the captain back to Morocco, while searching for his loved one.
- DirectorRonald HainesStarsRobert C. BradfieldHenry NormanJoan CarterInspectors hope to learn the identity of a master spy by interrogating a man convicted of stealing the designs for a top secret super-weapon in this British "quota quickie". An obscure title, which is presently considered "potentially lost".
- DirectorSidney GilliatStarsRex HarrisonLilli PalmerGodfrey TearleVivian Kenway (Sir Rex Harrison), a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goal of, apparently, making dissipation his career. His derelictions include seduction, betrayals of sweethearts, family and friends, and marriage for money. All this with no signs of remorse or redemption, since his life as a completely unprincipled rake is quite enjoyable, for him, at least. Then, World War II breaks out and he is given a chance to die a heroic death for flag and country. Maybe.
- DirectorCompton BennettStarsJames MasonAnn ToddHerbert LomA concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsMichael RedgraveJohn MillsRosamund JohnThe wartime daily routine on a British bomber base in southeastern England is revealed through the eyes of newly arrived Flying Officer Peter Penrose (Sir John Mills).
- DirectorLeslie ArlissStarsMargaret LockwoodJames MasonPatricia RocA noblewoman begins to lead a dangerous double life in order to alleviate her boredom.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsDavid FarrarJudy CampbellSonia DresdelA pilot loses his memory after a plane crash. A good friend helps him to remember his past by talking about a transport plane they built together.
- DirectorArthur CrabtreeStarsPhyllis CalvertJames MasonHugh SinclairThe story of three sisters and the men they marry. One is happily married but childless; the second promiscuously escapes an unhappy, loveless marriage; the third is tortured by the mental cruelties inflicted by a domineering husband.
- DirectorPaul L. SteinStarsMervyn JohnsBasil RadfordMarie LohrJohn Smith, Lord Chetwood's head gardener, is an enigma. He is an artist and a philosopher. Lord Chetwood treats him as a friend and Michael Chetwood confides in him. One day a diamond brooch is stolen and John Smith finds himself in the dock, accused of theft.
- DirectorPaul L. SteinStarsCarol RayePeter GravesPatricia MedinaOld Vienna, at a time when the waltz was considered an immoral dance. Maria promises her dying father, the Emperor, that she will follow the wishes of the Council of Ministers when she assumes the reign. Empress Maria wishes to marry the dashing Count Franz von Hofer, but the old fashioned Council advises against it due to his philandering reputation. The Prime Minister's daughter, Cenci Prohaska, asks Maria to help her marry her beloved Lieutenant Stefan Ravenne, because her father has plans for her to marry the rich, but boring, Ferdinand Hohenlohe. Cenci tells her that she wore a mask to waltz at the Golden Lantern and that von Hofer flirted with her there. So Maria hatches a plan to also visit the Golden Lantern in disguise.
- DirectorSidney GilliatStarsJohn MillsStewart GrangerAlastair SimA drama set during World War II. A tale of adultery and desertion.
- DirectorCharles HawtreyStarsGeorge MoonBurton BrownGloria BrentLesley and Wesley solve a crime involving a stolen brooch. Interspersed with Music Hall turns.
- DirectorFrancis GysinA look at how science is keeping British industry as high-tech and innovative as anywhere else in the world.
- DirectorJirí WeissStarsRobert McDermottDocumentary about coastal command's Czech squadron.
- DirectorRosie NewmanCamerawoman, civilian socialite Miss Rosie Newman, had unprecedented access to the Armed Forces and shot remarkable footage of aspects of life on Britain's home front. 'Britain At War' offers a unique and personal record of the country at war in stunning colour.
- DirectorJulian WintleStarsPhilip RobinsonLife and industry in a Lincolnshire town.
- DirectorAllan CrickJohn HalasInstructional cartoon for the Admiralty.
- DirectorJulia WoolfStarsJohn StuartCompilation of extracts from British silent films.
- DirectorGarson KaninCarol ReedStarsDwight D. EisenhowerLeslie BanksWinston ChurchillA documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.
- DirectorMichael GordonA farming expert explains to a demobee why an agricultural career may prove to be rewarding.
- DirectorBasil WrightStarsEsmond Knight
- DirectorPaul Fletcher
- DirectorE.V.H. EmmettStarsJerry VernoTod SlaughterJohn SalewA flagrant plug for the trusty safety razor disguised as a comic history of shaving, this witty treat was made by EVH Emmett, whose sardonic tones graced many an educational film in the 1930s and 40s. Jumping from the Bronze Age to Ancient Egypt to the dicey barbers of Victorian England (cue Tod Slaughter hamming it up in "Britain's most fruity drama", Sweeney Todd), the film follows the development and mass production of King Camp Gillette's 1890s invention.
- DirectorHumphrey JenningsStarsMichael RedgraveMyra HessJohn GielgudThis brief documentary-style film presents the status of Great Britain near the end of the Second World War by means of a visual diary for a baby boy born in September, 1944. Narration explains to "Timothy" what his family, his neighbors, and his fellow citizens are going through as the war nears its end, and what problems may remain for new Englishmen like Timothy to solve.
- DirectorHumphrey JenningsStarsMyra HessPiano virtuosa Myra Hess performs Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, known as the "Appassionata", on stage in a concert hall. Hess performs only the first movement of the sonata.
- StarsTom RoddyThis travelog starts in London, then visits several towns and villages of historical interest. Among the places visited are Aylesbury, where Benjamin Disraeli got his start in politics; Abinger Hammer, site of the Church of St. John the Evangelist; and Chalfont, St. Giles, where the cottage in which poet John Milton finished his epic "Paradise Lost" still stands. The people are also featured, including farmers, town merchants, and furniture makers who still produce items by hand in their outdoor factory.
- DirectorRalph KeeneThe story of a crofting community in Sutherland in the 1940s.
- DirectorKay ManderDocumentary on the problems of housing in Britain after the end of the Second World War.
- DirectorCharles HawtreyStarsHenry KendallPamela StirlingGene GerrardDora is a young journalist given the job of writing a history of tobacco for her newspaper.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsCharles HawtreyMegs JenkinsBen WilliamsThe British Government's ten year plan for providing prefabricated homes.
- DirectorJack Lee
- StarsLeslie Mitchell
- DirectorJoy BatchelorJohn HalasA short animated War Office commissioned health education film, showing the fate of each of the 6 jungle soldiers.
- DirectorJames E. RogersStarsNorman ShelleyJohn LaurieSteam, and its many uses in heavy industry.
- DirectorAlfred Travers
- DirectorRonald Haines
- DirectorMaxwell MundenStarsJohn LaurieBill OwenHow common people have had an influence on the history of Great Britain, told through music and song.
- StarsP.G. JonsonChristian Grung OlsenLudwig SmaaskjærDocumentary about the 1944 landing of British, Norwegian and Belgian commandos on the German-occupied island of Walcheren, The Netherlands.
- DirectorHarry GordonStarsAlvar Liddell
- DirectorIrene Wilson
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsMuriel AkedJoss AmblerNell BallantyneMinistry of Information dramatized vocational film on assistance in finding jobs after the Second World War.
- DirectorAlfred TraversStarsFrank PhillipsMark DalyA demonstration of inadequate wiring in a 'between-the-wars' house.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsJoss AmblerFrank AtkinsonRoy Ward BakerAn account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of newspapers giving varying accounts of a strip-tease act.
- DirectorGerard BryantA documentary about how a bill for education (also known as the children's charter) passed by the British government in the 1940's will help all children get a good education.
- DirectorFranciszka ThemersonStefan ThemersonStarsJames McKechnieThe images are synchronized to match the rhythm of five different traditional Polish songs in this early experimental musical short film.
- DirectorJohn EldridgeStarsBill OwenBen WilliamsBetty MalletA story of a soldier coming home and other typical city-dwellers, is inter-cut with documentary footage of the rebuilding of Coventry.
- DirectorJohn EldridgeStarsRobert GriffithEdgar HillNancy O'NeilA soldier returns home from the Far Eastern theater of conflict, but discovers that life back home isn't quite what he expected.
- DirectorRichard MassinghamStarsRichard MassinghamThis film explains how sneezing in public can spread disease, and shows how using a handkerchief can stop it.
- DirectorDavid MacKaneStarsDon AvoryErnest ButcherViolet Gould
- DirectorRichard MassinghamA narrative tour of different public houses around England.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsJoseph Macleod
- DirectorGerard BryantRe-enactment of incidents during the German occupation of the Channel Islands.
- DirectorRonald H. RileyStarsJohn LaurieShows in the blast furnaces, forges, rolling mills and machine shops work numbers of highly skilled craftsmen who for generations have devoted their lives to serve the tradition of British Steel.
- StarsCyril Chamberlain
- DirectorJane MassyStarsCarleton Hobbs
- DirectorBert PearlStarsCarleton Hobbs
- DirectorRichard Q. McNaughton
- DirectorGraham CuttsStarsMary Welsh MonksMoore MarriottAn explanation for American audiences of what rationing means to ordinary British families.
- DirectorFrank CadmanDocumentary about details of the intensive training of the Marines training for Commandos.
- DirectorGilbert GunnYugoslav refugees are settled in Egypt.
- DirectorLeonard LakeStarsTommy HandleyDorothy SummersJack TrainTommy Handley's voice combines with those of Mrs. Mopp and Col. Chinstrap to introduce a tour of Northern clubs.
- StarsGeoffrey Sumner
- DirectorAlan HarperStarsDuncan CarseJohn KiddJames McKechnie