Showing posts with label London Films. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London Films. Show all posts

22.9.13

gone to earth (1950)

aka The Wild Heart.
"Will you marry me Hazel, I'll give you a good home, and try and be a good husband..."
A wild and beautiful gypsy (Jennifer Jones), becomes the obsession of the local squire (David Farrar), but his fox hunting ways are diametrically opposed by the gypsy's animal loving beliefs.
A Victorian melodrama lifted by the genius of Powell and Pressburger, and the charisma of Jennifer Jones.

30.10.12

the ghost goes west (1935)

"Hands up or I'll shoot."
The last of the Glourie clan, Donald (Robert Donat), is down on his luck and has to sell his castle to an American. It's promptly dismantled and shipped to Florida, with Donald following as consultant. On the journey he falls for the owners daughter Peggy (Jean Parker), but Murdock, the ghost of the castle stands between him and his happiness.
A lighthearted romantic comedy, pure escapism, and one that pokes fun of American materialism and Scottish miserliness.