Classic Drama
Classic Drama is where you will find most of those great films you either grew up with or have heard of but never got round to seeing. Generally dramatic productions made between 1928 and 1965 fill this section. "Silents" and contempory "Drama" (post 1965) can be found under their respective headings..
Right: Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd gaze into one another's eyes in "Ben Hur"
Girls In Prison (1956)
5.6/10
Director: Edward L Cahn
Starring: Richard Denning, Joan Taylor, Adele Jergens
A 'babes behind bars' film that has it all: a beautiful woman sent to jail on a trumped-up robbery charge, tough inmates looking for a hidden fortune,... Read more
Going My Way (1944)
7.2/10
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Rise Stevens
Sentimental story of a down-to-earth priest, Father O'Malley (Bing Crosby) who moves to a new parish, run by a somewhat crusty old priest. The new g... Read more
Gold Cinema Collection: Carve Her Name With Pride / Cottage to Let / Sea of Sand (1958)
Director: Anthony Asquith, Guy Green, Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner, Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, John M...
'Carve Her Name With Pride' (1958) Violette Bushell is a young woman living in London in World War 2. She meets a young French soldier whom she falls... Read more
Gold Cinema Collection: This Happy Breed / Brief Encounter / Oliver Twist (1948)
Director: David Lean
Starring: Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway
'This Happy Breed' (1944) After the Great War, Frank returns to his wife and children. They move into a small house in hopes of regaining a normal lif... Read more
Gold Cinema Collection: This Sporting Life / Odd Man Out / Victim (1961)
Director: Basil Dearden, Carol Reed, Lindsay Anderson
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Richard Harris, William...
'This Sporting Life' (1963) When Frank Martin begins to enjoy the accolades of being a local rugby star his brutal nature distances him from those aro... Read more
Gold Cinema Collection: Whistle Down The Wind / Tiger Bay / Hunted (1961)
Director: Bryan Forbes, J Lee Thompson
Starring: Hayley Mills, John Mills, Alan Bates, Bernard Lee, Horst Buchholz, Dirk Bogarde
'Whistle Down The Wind' (1961) With their mother dead and their father seemingly too busy to care, the Bostock children are forced to amuse themselves... Read more
Golden Boy (1939)
6.9/10
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Starring: Lee J Cobb, William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Joseph Calleia, Sa...
Clifford Odets' play becomes a moving screen drama, with William Holden (in his film debut) as a would-be violinist who is persuaded by girlfriend Bar... Read more
Golden Marie ( Casque d'or ) (1952)
7.8/10
Director: Jacques Becker
Starring: Serge Reggiani, Simone Signoret, Claude Dauphin
Jacques Becker lovingly evokes the belle epoque Parisian demimonde in this classic tale of doomed romance. When gangster's moll Marie (Simone Signoret... Read more
Gone with the Wind (1939)
8.2/10
Director: Victor Fleming
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, Clark Gable
Based on one of the best-selling books of all time, "Gone with the Wind" stands among the greatest epic dramas ever filmed. Vivien Leigh is the strong... Read more
Gone with the Wind ( Blu-ray ) (1939)
8.2/10
Director: Victor Fleming
Starring: Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Vivien Leigh
Based on one of the best-selling books of all time, "Gone with the Wind" stands among the greatest epic dramas ever filmed. Vivien Leigh is the strong... Read more