Samuel LoveThose lovely folk at Network, long-time purveyors of British cinema, have launched perhaps one of their most definitive titles to date. The 28-disc Ealing Studios Rarities collection boasts a staggering 56 nuggets from the Ealing and Associated Talking Pictures archives, many of which have been unseen for almost 100 years. This set is an absolute goldmine for anyone with an interest in classic British cinema.
A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, for three decades Ealing Studios was a cherished and significant part of this country’s home-grown film industry. The studio’s output was more than the renowned ‘Ealing Comedies’, however, covering everything from romances to historicals and sitcoms to satires.
This 28-disc set contains 56 rarities from both the Ealing and Associated Talking Pictures eras, many unseen since their original cinema exhibition:
AUTUMN CROCUS (1934) / THE BAILIFFS (1932) / THE BELOVED VAGABOND (1936) / THE BIG BLOCKADE (1942) / BIRDS OF PREY (1930) / BRIEF ECSTASY (1937) / CAGE OF GOLD (1950) / CALLING THE TUNE (1936) / CHEER BOYS CHEER (1939) / CHEER UP! (1936) / DAVY (1957) / DEATH DRIVES THROUGH (1935) / THE DICTATOR (1935) / THE DIVIDED HEART (1954) / ESCAPE! (1930) / EUREKA STOCKADE (1949) / FEATHER YOUR NEST (1937) / THE FEMININE TOUCH (1956) / THE FORTUNATE FOOL (1933) / THE FOUR JUST MEN (1939) / FRIEDA (1947) / THE GAUNT STRANGER (1938) / THE GIRL IN THE TAXI (1937) / HIS EXCELLENCY (1952) / A HONEYMOON ADVENTURE (1931) / HONEYMOON FOR THREE (1935) / THE HOUSE OF THE SPANIARD (1936) / I BELIEVE IN YOU (1952) / THE IMPASSIVE FOOTMAN (1932) / IT HAPPENED IN PARIS (1935) / LABURNUM GROVE (1936) / LEASE OF LIFE (1954) / LET’S BE FAMOUS (1939) / LONELY ROAD (1936) / LORNA DOONE (1935) / THE LOVES OF JOANNA GODDEN (1947) / LOYALTIES (1933) / MEET MR LUCIFER (1953) / MIDSHIPMAN EASY (1935) / PENNY PARADISE (1938) / PLAY UP THE BAND! (1935) / RETURN TO YESTERDAY (1940) / SALOON BAR (1940) / SECRET LIVES (1937) / THE SECRET OF THE LOCH (1934) / THE SHIRALEE (1957) / THE SIGN OF FOUR (1932) / THE SILENT PASSENGER (1935) / TAKE A CHANCE (1937) / THERE AIN’T NO JUSTICE (1939) / THREE MEN IN A BOAT (1933) / THE WARE CASE (1938) / THE WATER GIPSIES (1932) / WEST OF ZANZIBAR (1954) / WHOM THE GODS LOVE (1936) / YOUNG MAN’S FANCY (1939)
EALING STUDIOS RARITIES IS AVAILABLE NOW FROM NETWORK
