Dreamchild
Eighty-year-old Alice Hargreaves is about to visit Columbia University to attend a reception in honor of author Lewis Carroll. As a child, Alice had a close friendship with the writer,…
Theatre of Blood
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
The Ruling Class
When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the…
The Legend of Lylah Clare
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
The Killing of Sister George
When June Buckridge arrives at her London flat and announces ‘They are going to murder me’, her long-time lover and doll-cuddling flat mate Alice ‘Childie’ McNaught realizes that things are…
Tamahine
The headmaster of a stuffy British boys’ school receives a surprise visit from the now-grown, and very voluptuous, daughter he fathered years earlier in the Pacific islands.
Dr. Crippen
A British physician stands trial for murdering his wife after he and his mistress are captured while fleeing to Canada.
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old — as she approaches 50 — for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her…
Auntie Mame
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the…
Beautiful Stranger
An ex-chorus girl lives on the Riviera, supported by a married man she doesn’t know is a crook.
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
On New Years Eve, 1899, baronet’s son Edward Courtney becomes engaged to Kate, his mother’s maid, much to the scandal of London society. The film then follows their family through…
Piccadilly Incident
A newly married WREN, presumed drowned when her ship is torpedoed, spends three years on a tropical island before returning to England to find her husband remarried with a baby…
We’re Going to Be Rich
A perpetual dreamer talks his wife into moving with him from their home in Australia to South Africa, where he hopes to discover gold and finally become wealthy.