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"
The Old Dark House (1932)
7.3/10
Director: James Whale
Starring: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton
This was one of the most literate and visually striking horror films of the thirties. A classic mix of thrills, scares and laughs from 'Frankenstein'... Read more
The Old Maid (1939)
7.7/10
Director: Edmund Goulding
Starring: Bette Davis, George Brent, Miriam Hopkins
After disappearing for two years, Clem Spender (George Brent) returns on the day his former fiancée, Delia (Miriam Hopkins), is marrying another man.... Read more
The Old Man and the Sea (Tracy) (1958)
7/10
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Spencer Tracy
Alone in a small skiff, an aging Cuban fisherman catches a huge marlin - and must defy the sea, marauding sharks and his own flagging strength to brin... Read more
The Overlanders (1946)
6.8/10
Director: Harry Watt
Starring: Chips Rafferty
A visually ambitious tale of a resilient drover (played by the affable, sun-dried Chips Rafferty), who, in the face of a Japanese invasion of the Nort... Read more
The Paradine Case (1945)
6.5/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Gregory Peck, Alida Valli, Ann Todd
A very little known, but very interesting Alfred Hitchcock film, based on a novel by Robert Hitchens. Gregory Peck is the lawyer who falls in love wit... Read more
The Petrified Forest (1936)
7.6/10
Director: Archie Mayo
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Leslie Howard
Adapted from Robert E Sherwood's Broadway hit, Humphrey Bogart and Leslie Howard reprise their respective stage roles as gangster, Duke and writer, Al... Read more
The Phantom Of The West (1931)
6.2/10
Director: D Ross Lederman
Starring: Tom Tyler
A young man's father is murdered and the man convicted of the crime escapes prison, leaving a note intimating that seven local men know the real kille... Read more
The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1945)
7.6/10
Director: Albert Lewin
Starring: Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford
Oscar Wilde's bitingly satirical novel, first published in 1891, was faithfully adapted to the big screen with Hurd Hatfiled as the conceited Dorian a... Read more
The Pride and the Passion (1957)
5.7/10
Director: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren
In this adventure saga Cary Grant is a British naval officer who must retrieve a huge cannon abandoned by Spanish troops in order to use it against Na... Read more
The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie (Blu-ray) (1968)
7.6/10
Director: Ronald Neame
Starring: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Gordon Jackson
Maggie Smith, in her Oscar-winning performance, is superb as the unconventional, eccentric teacher in an all-girls school in Edinburgh. Set during th... Read more