Silver Sirens
  • Main title from Conduct Unbecoming (1975) (7)
  • Main title from Conduct Unbecoming (1975) (6). And Susannah York in
  • Main title from Conduct Unbecoming (1975) (5). Christopher Plummer
  • Main title from Conduct Unbecoming (1975) (4). Stacy Keach
  • Main title from Conduct Unbecoming (1975) (3). Trevor Howard
  • Main title from Conduct Unbecoming (1975) (2). Richard Attenborough

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 melodrama – often from Gainsborough Pictures – and World War II propaganda.

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Recent Pictures

Main title from Conduct Unbecoming (1975) (1). Michael York
Conduct Unbecoming
Conduct Unbecoming (1975) opening credits (1)
Main title from A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (20) Any resemblance to any other world known or unknown is purely coincidental
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) opening credits (20)
Main title from A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (19)…of a young airman whose life & imagination have been violently shaped by war
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) opening credits (19)
Main title from A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (17). Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) opening credits (17)
Main title from A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (16)
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) opening credits (16)
Main title from A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (15)
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) opening credits (15)
Main title from A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (14)
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) opening credits (14)
Main title from A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (13)
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) opening credits (13)
Main title from A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (12)
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) opening credits (12)
Main title from A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (11)
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) opening credits (11)
Main title from A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (10). Photographed by Jack Cardiff FRPS
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) opening credits (10)
Main title from A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (9)
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) opening credits (9)
Main title from A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (8). Abraham Sofaer Robert Coote, Joan Maude, Kathleen Byron, Bonar Colleano, Richard Attenborough
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) opening credits (8)
Main title from A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (7). Kim Hunter Marius Goring
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) opening credits (7)
Main title from A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (6)
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) opening credits (6)

Recent DVD and Blu-ray Releases

The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) [DVD]
The Smallest Show on Earth DVD from Network and The British Film

Released:
11th March, 2019
Price: £9.99
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Two young marrieds inherit a decayed cinema and make it pay.
Featuring: The Smallest Show on Earth (1957).
Justice - The Complete Series (1971-74) [DVD]
Justice – The Complete Series – DVD from Network. Photo montage cover featuring Margaret Lockwood, Anthony Valentine and John Stone; the jury look on in the background

Released:
6th August, 2018
Price: £59.18
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Featuring: Justice is a Woman (1969), Justice (1971-74).
Footsteps in the Fog (1955) [Blu-ray]
Footsteps in the Fog Blu-ray from Powerhouse Films Indicator

Released:
30th July, 2018
Price: £14.99
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A Victorian murderer plans to eliminate his blackmailing maid.
Featuring: Footsteps in the Fog (1955).
I’ll Be Your Sweetheart (1945) [DVD]
I’ll Be Your Sweetheart DVD from Strawberry Media (2018)

Released:
14th May, 2018
Price: £12.99
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In 1900, songwriters fight with copyright pirates.
Featuring: I’ll Be Your Sweetheart (1945).
Bedelia (1946) [DVD]
Bedelia DVD from Screenbound Pictures. The Best of British Collection (Drama)

Released:
16th April, 2018
Price: £12.99
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A psychotic woman is discovered to have poisoned three husbands.
Featuring: Bedelia (1946).
Dark Journey (1937) [DVD]
Dark Journey DVD from Screenbound Pictures and The Best of British Collection (Adventure). Conrad Veidt Vivien Leigh

Released:
26th March, 2018
Price: £12.99
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In 1915 Stockholm, a French woman spy masquerading as a traitor falls in love with her German spy contact.
Featuring: Dark Journey (1937).

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