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Actors: Quincy Jones, Monty Alexander, Franco Ambrosetti, Patti Austin, Petula Clark
Synopsis: The annual Montreux Jazz Festival always attracts big names, but a truly impressive roster showed up to celebrate Quincy Jones's 75th birthday in 2008. To fete the musician and mega-producer, a live show was staged, featuring two and a half hours of music and dozens of talented artists. Chaka Read More
Actors: Petula Clark
Synopsis: Live at the Paris Olympia, join Petula Clark as she presents some of her favorites in an unforgettable concert like no other. Song highlights include "Look To the Rainbow, "Kiss Me Goodbye" and "Look to the Rainbow from her performance in the 1968 film Finian's Rainbow. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Read More
Actors: Dusty Springfield
Synopsis: Dusty Springfield was one of the finest and most soulful vocalists to emerge from the "British Invasion" of the 1960s, and her rich voice and emotionally potent delivery helped her earn a handful of hit records. This collection preserves a number of television appearances in which she performs Read More
Actors: Geraldine Chaplin, Eugene Chaplin, Michael Chaplin, Peter Ustinov, Petula Clark
Synopsis: For a variety of reasons, mostly political, Charlie Chaplin left the United States in the early fifties living the final quarter-century of his life in Switzerland. Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years documents this last act in the legendary director's life. The film intersperses personal footage Read More
Synopsis: Petula Clark's breezy, sophisticated singing style made her one of the world's biggest pop stars in the '60s and early '70s, and while her popularity may have faded in the United States, she remains a favorite recording artist and concert attraction in Europe. Recorded during a special appearance Read More
Actors: Dean Martin
Synopsis: This program provides the viewer with a repertoire of some of the greatest hits of one of the most popular entertainers of all time. Dean Martin led a charmed life in the entertainment business. The singer found fame as the handsome straight man for comedian Jerry Lewis. Following their long run Read More
Actors: Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Synopsis: The songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David produced some of the most popular and successful hits in modern music. A tribute was held in honor of the collaborators at Albert Hall in London during July of 2000. This program presents excerpts from the event, in which the two men were Read More
Synopsis: Shindig, the hit '60s music series, presents a collection of rare television performances by female rock & roll royalty. Jimmy O'Neill is the host as these women glide through their songs with style. The Shangri-Las sing "Give Him a Great Big Kiss," Petula Clark sings "Downtown," the Supremes Read More
Synopsis: This drama is about a lonely young girl who fantasizes about adventures with Peter Pan and develops a friendship with a lonely old woman to escape her sadness. ~ Steve Huey, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: The legendary Petula Clark performs a number of favorites in this 1978 performance from her hometown of Chichester, England. Petula Clark: At the Turn of the Year includes renditions of "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love," "The Other Man's Grass," and several others. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Read More
Synopsis: This release chronicles a series of vibrant concerts given by 60's singer Petula Clark in cities like New York, London, and Los Angeles. Some of the songs featured include "This Girl's in Love With You," "My Funny Valentine," "When I Was a Child," and "Mademoiselle de Paris." ~ Cammila Albertson Read More
Actors: Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave, George Baker, Michael Bryant
Synopsis: While it might not have been the best idea on earth to remake the 1939 classic Goodbye Mr. Chips as a musical, the end result is not altogether displeasing. Peter O'Toole steps into the old Robert Donat role of Arthur Chipping (originally Charles Chipping), a young by-the-book schoolmaster at a Read More
Actors: Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Don Francks, Keenan Wynn
Synopsis: Nearly 20 years after it opened on Broadway, the E.Y. Harburg/Fred Saidy musical Finian's Rainbow was committed to film. Set in the mythical southern state of Missitucky, the story involves the whimsical Irishman Finian (Fred Astaire) and his daughter Sharon (Petula Clark) arriving in the Read More
Actors: Pierre Mondy, Daniel Ivernel, Françoise Arnoul, Petula Clark
Actors: Lonnie Donegan, Jim Dale, Petula Clark
Synopsis: Six-Five Special is an expansion on the popular BBC TV variety series of the same name. Not unlike America Bandstand, the BBC's Six-Five Special spotlighted England's top rock-and-roll and R&B acts, as well as a few talented newcomers on the verge of stardom. The predictable plotline involves a Read More
Actors: Phyllis Kirk, Dan O'Herlihy, Petula Clark, Jack Watling
Synopsis: The British That Woman Opposite is better known by its American title City After Midnight. Dan O'Herlihy stars as detective Kinross, presently investigating the murder of antique dealer Sir Maurice (Wilfred Hyde-White). The principal suspects are the dead man's son Toby (Jack Watling) and Toby's Read More
Synopsis: In this crime drama, the trouble begins when a crook cheats his buddies at a dog track, stuffs his loot into a suitcase, and flees. He then gives the suitcase to his lover who in turn gives it to her sister just before she takes a bus to the coast. Her actions rouse the suspicions of an observant Read More
Actors: Wilfred Pickles, Petula Clark
Synopsis: A dog's best friend is not always his man, as is seen in this comedy set against the backdrop of professional dog racing. The story centers around a man and his supposedly beloved greyhound. The man spends most of his time caring for the speedy canine. But when the man hears of a dog that could Read More
Actors: Margaret Rutherford, Petula Clark, George Coulouris, Toke Townley
Synopsis: Lantern-jawed British comedian Frankie Howerd, best known to American TV fans as the star of the raucous historical satire Up Pompeii, heads the cast of The Runaway Bus. Howard plays Percy Lamb, a novice bus driver assigned to drive a coach from one London ariport to another. Alas, the city is Read More
Actors: Petula Clark, Donald Houston, Patricia Cutts, Eynon Evans
Synopsis: Postman Evans helps 3 women who wish for better lives after throwing coins into a wishing well in this drama. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Alec Guinness, Petula Clark, Glynis Johns, Valerie Hobson, Edward Chapman
Synopsis: The Promoter was based on the Arnold Bennett novel The Card, which served as its British release title. Impoverished young clerk Alec Guinness works his way up the financial ladder until he has become a successful and highly respected loan officer. Actually, Guinness is not as above-board as the Read More
Actors: David Tomlinson, Petula Clark, Sonja Ziemann, A.E. Matthews, Charles Victor
Synopsis: Made in Heaven is predicated on one of Britain's most curious annual traditions. During the yearly Dunmow Flitch, a side of bacon is awarded to any married couple who can prove at a public trial that their union has been happy and argument-free for a full year. Among the contestants depicted Read More
Synopsis: In this comedy, a bookie wins a boutique and decides to modernize the joint by devising, new, more effective programs for running it. Those who have worked in the shop for years are not pleased with the new changes, and when the bookies elaborate plans blow up in his face, they are only too Read More
Synopsis: A dress shop owner must sell her store to cover her gambling debts. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Googie Withers, Gerard Heinz, James Donald, Godfrey Tearle, Barry Jones
Synopsis: White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story concentrates on the day-to-day activities in a busy hospital, where research pathologist Neil Marriner (James Donald) conducts experiments in the hopes of curing diseases impervious to penicillin. Read More
Actors: Natasha Parry, Jane Hylton, Diana Dors, Petula Clark, Donald Houston
Synopsis: Just before directing the comedy classic The Lavender Hill Mob, Charles Crichton dashed off the romantic melodrama Dance Hall. The story takes place in a London dance emporium, frequented by the local working girls. Natasha Parry stars as Eve, whose marriage to Phil (Donald Houston) is imperiled Read More
Synopsis: The Huggets Abroad is the last and most contrived of Britain's "Huggetts" film series. The titular family members, first introduced in the 1947 film Holiday Camp, are played by Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Susan Shaw and Petula Clark (the same). Mr. Huggett feels he's in a rut, so he quits his Read More
Actors: Jimmy Hanley, Petula Clark, Hugh Sinclair, Linden Travers, Edward Rigby
Synopsis: The British Don't Ever Leave Me stars "cute" Jimmy Hanley as a would-be criminal who is dragooned into a kidnapping plot. Among the potential victims is teenaged Sheila Farlane (Petula Clark), the daughter of Shakespearean actor Michael Farlane (Hugh Sinclair). When the plan goes awry, Sheila and Read More
Actors: Mai Zetterling, Hugh Williams, Margot Grahame, Petula Clark, Carol Marsh
Synopsis: This British drama was originally titled Naughy Arlette. The title character, played by future director Mai Zetterling, is a French exchange student at a British art school. Teacher Hugh Williams is unable to resist Arlette's seductive charms, a fact that brings about his downfall. The girl's Read More
Actors: Frank Cellier, Petula Clark, Mabel Constanduros, Marjorie Fielding, Greta Gynt
Synopsis: Easy Money is a satire of that most venerated of all middle-class British traditions, the football pool. The film is divided into four separate episodes, illustrating the effects of the football pool on the "average chap." Among those who participate in the pool in hopes of winning the Read More
Synopsis: In this comedy, the Huggett family patriarch decides to run for public office. His entire platform is built upon a promise to construct a war memorial. Unfortunately, he wants to build it on a parcel of his wife's land. She doesn't want anything there so her niece fakes her signature and the land Read More
Actors: Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Jane Hylton, Susan Shaw, Petula Clark
Synopsis: The fictional Hugget Family makes the first of three film appearances in this domestic comedy from Great Britain. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Written and directed by Peter Ustinov, Vice Versa is a one-joke fantasy comedy which manages to hold up almost to the very end. Anthony Newley plays the funloving son of stuffy stockbroker Roger Livesy. Father and son come into possession of a magic stone, and place a wish upon it. The result Read More
Actors: Sid Field, Greta Gynt, Petula Clark, Kay Kendall, Sonnie Hale
Synopsis: London Town was painstakingly planned as a huge box-office smash--even unto hiring several Hollywood leading lights to work on the film, including producer/director/writer Wesley Ruggles, Technicolor cinematographer Ernest Hiller, costume designer Orry-Kelly and songsmiths Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke Read More
Actors: William Hartnell, Jimmy Hanley, John Slater, Brefni O'Rourke
Synopsis: Future Doctor Who star William Hartnell plays the leading role in the British second feature Murder in Reverse. Hartnell portrays a man who has spent 15 years in prison on a murder charge. Not only is he innocent, but the murder never took place. Once released, Hartnell tracks down his "victim" Read More
Actors: Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown, George Carney, Petula Clark, Walter Hudd
Synopsis: While awaiting access to England's Technicolor cameras for their upcoming super-production Stairway to Heaven, the producer-director team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger dashed off a delightful "personal" project, I Know Where I'm Going. Young middle-class Englishwoman Joan Webster (Wendy Hiller Read More
Actors: William Hartnell, Carol Raye, John Ruddock, Sophie Stewart, Walter Fitzgerald
Synopsis: In this drama, a farmer marries an uptown chorus girl and tries to help her settle down to the simplicity of farm living by giving her a little heifer. Unfortunately, she does not settle down right away and begins spending their money so freely that the farmer soon loses everything. When it looks Read More
Synopsis: Future "Doctor Who" star William Hartnell dominates the proceedings in the British drama Query. The story concerns a young stevedore who is falsely accused of manslaughter, and is shipped off to prison. Upon his release, the now-elderely protagonist wreaks vengeance on the man responsible for Read More
Actors: Godfrey Tearle, Jeanne de Casalis, Morland Graham, Mabel Constanduros, John Laurie
Synopsis: A proud but aging WW I war-horse is deeply offended when his offer to lead during WW II is rejected by the government that once lauded his bravery with a series of medals. Embittered and despondent over their callousness, he heads back to his isolated country estate where he plots his permanent Read More
Synopsis: In the mold of such classics as Shindig, Hullabaloo and The T.A.M.I. Show comes the nostalgic British Invasion compilation The British Beat Live. The program collects and juxtaposes archival performances from such bands as The Troggs ("Wild Thing"); Gerry and the Pacemakers ("Ferry Cross the Read More
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