Silver Sirens

The Golden Age of British Film and Theatre

British cinema during the 1940s enjoyed a golden age as wartime film-makers found a new freedom to reflect the national mood, producing works of unparalleled ambition and boldness. Audiences turned to Ealing comedy films, escapist Gainsborough melodrama and World War II propaganda.
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Latest Pictures

Screenshot from I Was Monty’s Double (1958) (1). The south coast, England. Spring 1944
I Was Monty’s Double
I Was Monty’s Double (1958) screenshot (1)
Main title from I Was Monty’s Double (1958) (15)
I Was Monty’s Double
I Was Monty’s Double (1958) opening credits (15)
Main title from I Was Monty’s Double (1958) (14). John Guillermin
I Was Monty’s Double
I Was Monty’s Double (1958) opening credits (14)
Main title from I Was Monty’s Double (1958) (13)
I Was Monty’s Double
I Was Monty’s Double (1958) opening credits (13)
Main title from I Was Monty’s Double (1958) (12)
I Was Monty’s Double
I Was Monty’s Double (1958) opening credits (12)
Main title from I Was Monty’s Double (1958) (11)
I Was Monty’s Double
I Was Monty’s Double (1958) opening credits (11)
Main title from I Was Monty’s Double (1958) (10)
I Was Monty’s Double
I Was Monty’s Double (1958) opening credits (10)
Main title from I Was Monty’s Double (1958) (9)
I Was Monty’s Double
I Was Monty’s Double (1958) opening credits (9)
Main title from I Was Monty’s Double (1958) (8)
I Was Monty’s Double
I Was Monty’s Double (1958) opening credits (8)
Main title from I Was Monty’s Double (1958) (7)
I Was Monty’s Double
I Was Monty’s Double (1958) opening credits (7)
Main title from I Was Monty’s Double (1958) (6)
I Was Monty’s Double
I Was Monty’s Double (1958) opening credits (6)
Main title from I Was Monty’s Double (1958) (5)
I Was Monty’s Double
I Was Monty’s Double (1958) opening credits (5)
Main title from I Was Monty’s Double (1958) (4)
I Was Monty’s Double
I Was Monty’s Double (1958) opening credits (4)
Main title from I Was Monty’s Double (1958) (3)
I Was Monty’s Double
I Was Monty’s Double (1958) opening credits (3)
Main title from I Was Monty’s Double (1958) (2). John Mills, Cecil Parker
I Was Monty’s Double
I Was Monty’s Double (1958) opening credits (2)

Recent DVD and Blu-ray Releases

The African Queen (1951) [Blu-ray]
The African Queen (1951) Blu-ray cover from Studiocanal [2024] (1) featuring Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart

Released:
21st October, 2024
Price: £10.99
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In 1915, a gin-drinking river trader and a prim missionary make odd companions for a boat trip down a dangerous river, culminating in an attack on a German gunboat.
Featuring: The African Queen (1951).
The Ship That Died of Shame (1955) [Blu-ray]
The Ship That Died of Shame (1955) Blu-ray cover from Studiocanal [2023] (1)

Released:
11th September, 2023
Price: £11.99
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The wartime crew of a motor gunboat buy the vessel and go into postwar business as smugglers.
Featuring: The Ship That Died of Shame (1955).
The Passionate Stranger (1957) [Blu-ray]
The Passionate Stranger (1957) Blu-ray cover from Studio Canal [2023] (1) featuring Carlo Giustini and Margaret Leighton

Released:
14th August, 2023
Price: £15.00
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A lady novelist bases a character on her virile chauffeur; he reads the book and thinks she fancies him.
Featuring: The Passionate Stranger (1957).
Saraband For Dead Lovers (1948) [Blu-ray]
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) Blu-ray cover from Studiocanal [2023] (1) featuring Joan Greenwood and Stewart Granger

Released:
13th March, 2023
Price: £12.00
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The tragic love affair of Konigsmark and Sophie Dorothea, wife of the Elector of Hanover who later became George I.
Featuring: Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948).

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