Silver Sirens
  • British actor and comedian Arthur Askey
  • British actress Flora Robson
  • British actor Terry-Thomas holds a cheroot while on the telephone
  • British actress, Kathleen Byron
  • Main title from Carry on Jack (1964) (12). Directed by Gerald Thomas
  • Main title from Carry on Jack (1964) (11). Produced by Peter Rogers

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 Carry on Jack (1964) (10)
Carry on Jack
Carry on Jack (1964) opening credits (10)
Main title from Carry on Jack (1964) (9)
Carry on Jack
Carry on Jack (1964) opening credits (9)
Main title from Carry on Jack (1964) (8). Music composed and conducted by Eric Rogers
Carry on Jack
Carry on Jack (1964) opening credits (8)
Main title from Carry on Jack (1964) (7). Original screenplay by Talbot Rothwell
Carry on Jack
Carry on Jack (1964) opening credits (7)
Main title from Carry on Jack (1964) (6)
Carry on Jack
Carry on Jack (1964) opening credits (6)
Main title from Carry on Jack (1964) (5)
Carry on Jack
Carry on Jack (1964) opening credits (5)
Main title from Carry on Jack (1964) (4). With Percy Herbert Jim Dale, Patrick Cargill and guest star, Cecil Parker
Carry on Jack
Carry on Jack (1964) opening credits (4)
Main title from Carry on Jack (1964) (3). Starring Kenneth Williams Bernard Cribbins, Juliet Mills, Charles Hawtrey, Donald Houston
Carry on Jack
Carry on Jack (1964) opening credits (3)
Main title from Carry on Jack (1964) (2). Copyright Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd 1964. All rights reserved. All characters and events in this film are fictitious. Any similarity to actual events or persons living or dead, is purely coincidental
Carry on Jack
Carry on Jack (1964) opening credits (2)
Main title from Carry on Jack (1964) (1). A Peter Rogers production
Carry on Jack
Carry on Jack (1964) opening credits (1)
Main title from Aces High (1976) (18). Director Jack Gold
Aces High
Aces High (1976) opening credits (18)
Main title from Aces High (1976) (17). Producer S Benjamin Fisz
Aces High
Aces High (1976) opening credits (17)
Main title from Aces High (1976) (16). Screenplay by Howard Barker. Based on R C Sherriff’s play ‘Journey’s End’ and additional material from ‘Saggittarius Rising’ by Cecil Lewis
Aces High
Aces High (1976) opening credits (16)
Main title from Aces High (1976) (15)
Aces High
Aces High (1976) opening credits (15)
Main title from Aces High (1976) (14)
Aces High
Aces High (1976) opening credits (14)

Recent DVD and Blu-ray Releases

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).

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