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1.My Fair Lady [1965] starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper directed by: George Cukor September 03, 2001
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The title says it all, I think and the reviewer who considers it classist and misogynist has obviously failed to see the point of the movie which actually makes fun of these attitudes. Remember the scene at Mrs. Higgin's house or Alfred P. Doolite's remarks on 'middle-class morality' - hardly narrow-minded.

2.Brief Encounter [1945] starring: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond directed by: David Lean January 29, 2001
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. . . and I didn't. Yes, I know, it gets all the plaudits, and continually features in favourite film lists, but my wife and I found it exceedingly tedious, and the acting both over-the-top and wooden (if you can combine the two). By OTT, I mean gushing and melodramatic. By wooden, I mean unconvincing and uninspired. We squirmed. The story is slight, but I know that's not the point. But, when it is so slight, you need everything else in place and for me - who has admired Trevor Howard in any things - it just didn't hang together. Sorry to be so frightfully stuffy, and all that, but it's an absolute stinker of a film.

3.The Titfield Thunderbolt [1953] starring: Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne, John Gregson, Godfrey Tearle directed by: Charles Crichton July 06, 1998
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A fine little movie this. Quiet and unassuming, whimsical and comic yet here we have a bunch of stalwart Brits standing up against the uncaring establishment. It it's own sweet way it a revolution with cucumber sandwiches. And any movie with so many steam trains in gets my vote.

4.My Fair Lady [1965] starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper directed by: George Cukor September 03, 2001
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The title says it all, I think and the reviewer who considers it classist and misogynist has obviously failed to see the point of the movie which actually makes fun of these attitudes. Remember the scene at Mrs. Higgin's house or Alfred P. Doolite's remarks on 'middle-class morality' - hardly narrow-minded.

5.Hamlet [1948] starring: Jean Simmons, Laurence Olivier, Stanley Holloway, Anthony Quayle, Peter Cushing directed by: Laurence Olivier January 26, 2000
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This is probably Laurence at his best. He struggled with Othello, very obviously a white actor trying to play a black man. His Lear was better, but not as good as Michael Horden's. His Henry V was good but rather a case of the Brits trying to cheer themselves up at a difficult time. I do notice that you've gone very politically correct by presenting it as a play by Jean Simmons.

6.The Way To The Stars [1945] starring: Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Rosamund John, Douglass Montgomery, Stanley Holloway directed by: Anthony Asquith April 16, 2001
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I know that hyperboles are easy to throw around on these reviews, but I think that this film conveys the waiting and hoping of people back at home while the aircrews are on a mission better than anything else I've seen. John Mills is fantastic, as are all the actors and actresses in the film. This film is one I always try to see when its on the TV, even though I own it. I've shed a tear at it more than once. A Genuine Classic.

7.JOURNEY INTO FEAR starring: VINCENT PRICE, SAM WATERSON, DONALD PLEASENCE, IAN McSHANE, ZERO MOSTEL directed by: DANIEL MANN
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I know that hyperboles are easy to throw around on these reviews, but I think that this film conveys the waiting and hoping of people back at home while the aircrews are on a mission better than anything else I've seen. John Mills is fantastic, as are all the actors and actresses in the film. This film is one I always try to see when its on the TV, even though I own it. I've shed a tear at it more than once. A Genuine Classic.

8.My Fair Lady [1965] starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper directed by: George Cukor
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The title says it all, I think and the reviewer who considers it classist and misogynist has obviously failed to see the point of the movie which actually makes fun of these attitudes. Remember the scene at Mrs. Higgin's house or Alfred P. Doolite's remarks on 'middle-class morality' - hardly narrow-minded.

9.The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes (1970) starring: Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Genevieve Page, Christopher Lee, Tamara Toumanova directed by: Billy Wilder
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The title says it all, I think and the reviewer who considers it classist and misogynist has obviously failed to see the point of the movie which actually makes fun of these attitudes. Remember the scene at Mrs. Higgin's house or Alfred P. Doolite's remarks on 'middle-class morality' - hardly narrow-minded.

10.The Beggar's Opera [1952] starring: Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith, George Rose, Stuart Burge, Cyril Conway directed by: Peter Brook July 12, 1999
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Mixed with outside scenes and studio sets this version has some charming performances, most notably from Olivier and Tutin on the cusp of a real life affair. The music is excellent, paced and lively at the correct moments. The acting is a joy. The thin baritone of Olivier does not do the score justice, but he embues it with enough heart felt pathos so that his vocal shortcomings can be easily overlooked. The rest mime their way through admirably and the vocal responsibilities are unsurpassed in any rendition I have yet heard. The dark gravitas of the final hanging scene is truely moving, as the inevitable reprieve is sprung.

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