The Red Shoes (1948)
Drama | Music | Romance
Michael Powell directs Hans Christian Andersen's tale of a famous ballerina who must choose between art and love filmed in glorious Technicolor Jack Cardiff cinematography.
Starring: Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Robert Helpmann, Albert Bassermann, Ludmilla Tchérina
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
The Iron Petticoat (1956)
Comedy
Captain Vinka Kovelenko, of the Soviet Air Force, angered at being passed over for military awards, flies a MIG to an US base in Germany. Flier Chuck Lockwood is assigned to convert her to democracy but she tries, simultaneously, to show him the advantages of communism. They go to London where she succumbs to the fleshpots of capitalism and soon abandons her uniform for frilly feminine things, drinks champagne and vodka, and ends up falling in love. Alerted to the situation, the Soviet Embassy arranges to have her kidnapped and take her back to Moscow.
Starring: Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, Noelle Middleton, David Kossoff
Director: Ralph Thomas
Henry V / The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944)
Biography | Drama | History | War
Based on one of the most popular historical plays by Shakespeare and made to boost morale of the British troops during World War II, Henry V tells the story of this King of England and the epic Battle of Agincourt. Devised, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, this film includes some of the most impressive Technicolor battle sequences in film.
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Robert Helpmann
Director: Laurence Olivier
