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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Main title from Richard III (1955) (14). The Crown of England
Richard III
Richard III (1955) opening credits (14)
Main title from Richard III (1955) (13). Here now begins, one of the most famous, and at the same time, the most infamous of the legends that are attached toโ€ฆ
Richard III
Richard III (1955) opening credits (13)
Main title from Richard III (1955) (12). Lately adherent to The House of Lancaster. Mary Kerridge, Clive Morton, Dan Cunningham, Douglas Wilmer, Claire Bloom
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Richard III (1955) opening credits (12)
Main title from Richard III (1955) (11). Helen Haye, Pamela Brown, Ralph Richardson, Alec Clunes, Laurence Naismith
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Richard III (1955) opening credits (11)
Main title from Richard III (1955) (10). Principal characters to the plot. Adherent to The House of York. . Cedric Hardwicke, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Paul Huson, Andy Shine
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Richard III (1955) opening credits (10)
Main title from Richard III (1955) (9). This White Rose of York was in its final flowering at the beginning of the Story as it inspired William Shakespeare
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Richard III (1955) opening credits (9)
Main title from Richard III (1955) (8). The White for The House of York
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Richard III (1955) opening credits (8)
Main title from Richard III (1955) (7). The following begins in the latter half of the 15th Century in England, at the end of a long period of strife set about by rival factions for the English crown, known as the Wars of the Roses. The Red Rose being the emblem for The House of Lancaster
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Richard III (1955) opening credits (7)
Main title from Richard III (1955) (6). The history of the world, like letters without poetry, flowers without perfume, or thought without imagination, would be a dry matter indeed without its legends, and many of these, though scorned by proof a hundred times, seem worth preserving for their own familiar sakes
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Richard III (1955) opening credits (6)
Main title from Richard III (1955) (5). The story of England, like that of many another land, is an interwoven pattern of history and legend
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Richard III (1955) opening credits (5)
Main title from Richard III (1955) (4). With some interpolations by David Garrick, Colley Cibber etc
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Richard III (1955) opening credits (4)
Main title from Richard III (1955) (3)
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Richard III (1955) opening credits (3)
Main title from Richard III (1955) (2). In VistaVision. Colour by Technicolor
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Richard III (1955) opening credits (2)
Main title from Richard III (1955) (1). A London Film
Richard III
Richard III (1955) opening credits (1)
Main title from The Boys from Brazil (1978) (22). Directed by Franklin J Schaffner
The Boys from Brazil
The Boys from Brazil (1978) opening credits (22)

Recent DVD and Blu-ray Releases


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).

The Queen of Spades (1949) [Blu-ray]
The Queen of Spades (1949) Blu-ray cover from Studio Canal [2023] (1) featuring Edith Evans

Released:
23rd January, 2023
Price: £12.00
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A Russian officer tries to wrest from an ancient countess the secret of winning at cards, in return for which he has sold his soul to the devil; but she dies of fright and haunts him.
Featuring: The Queen of Spades (1949).

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