Stars on Parade

Stars on Parade 1936

1

A rare chance to see some of the greatest acts from the Music Hall Years

1936

Kiss the Bride Goodbye

Kiss the Bride Goodbye 1945

5.10

Working-class girl Joan Dodd's plan to marry Jack Fowler is thwarted when her mother Gladys interferes. Hoping to improve her daughter's social status, Gladys arranges for Joan to wed her boss Adolphus Pickering while Jack is away at war. Jack arrives home to discover his love is engaged to another man. Who will Joan decide to marry?

1945

Gert and Daisy's Weekend

Gert and Daisy's Weekend 1942

5.80

Gert and Daisy accompany a crowd of Cockney children who are being evacuated to a stately home in the country.

1942

Bob's Your Uncle

Bob's Your Uncle 1942

4.30

Home guardsman Albert is in love with Dolly, the daughter of commanding officer Diehard. In order to impress her, Albert tries to raise funds to buy a tank for the village.

1942

Echo of Diana

Echo of Diana 1963

5.20

When a woman begins to investigate her husband's mysterious death in a plane accident she discovers the involvement of a woman known simply as Diana.

1963

Freelance

Freelance 1970

3.80

A street-smart witness to a gangland slaying tries to beat the hit man at his own game.

1970

Something in the City

Something in the City 1950

5.70

A man hides the fact that he lost his job from his wife by apparently going off to work each day as normal but runs into trouble when he is tailed by a reporter.

1950

It's in the Bag

It's in the Bag 1944

5.20

Gert and Daisy attempt to retrieve an old dress containing £2,000. They have to impersonate two thespians, and bring all sorts of trouble to a stage-play.

1944

Send for Paul Temple

Send for Paul Temple 1946

4.10

Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, meets a newspaper woman called "Steve." Together they investigate a gang of diamond robbers.

1946

Danger by My Side

Danger by My Side 1962

5.10

A girl tracks down the gang who had her detective brother killed.

1962

Assignment Redhead

Assignment Redhead 1956

4.60

An American army officer working for British intelligence comes to post-war Berlin to solve a murder. His investigation is compromised when he falls for a nightclub singer, not realising she is an agent of the criminal mastermind he is on the trail of.

1956

For You Alone

For You Alone 1945

1

Wartime romantic melodrama, suggested by a popular song of the same title, with a young woman torn between her love for a naval officer and duty to an injured admirer.

1945

The Hills of Donegal

The Hills of Donegal 1947

4.50

Eileen Hannay (Dinah Sheridan) is the singing star of an Irish operatic society but gives up to marry Terry O'Keefe (John Bentley).

1947

I'll Walk Beside You

I'll Walk Beside You 1943

5.00

John meets Ann at a music shop where she works. Love blossoms briefly before John is called away to serve on his naval ship. John suffers severe memory loss when his ship is sunk and Ann believing John is dead throws herself into nursing - will they ever meet again?

1943

Anything to Declare?

Anything to Declare? 1938

4.00

John Loder and Elliot Makeham star in Redd Davis’s British topical crime thriller. Professor Grayson is working on an anti-gas experiment and Dr. Klee, whose quiet advertising covers other welfares, means to find it.

1938

Once a Sinner

Once a Sinner 1950

6.50

Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James. Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections - including embezzlement. She ends up marrying him, but she can't give up her true love, slimy counterfeiter Jimmy Smart...

1950

Variety Jubilee

Variety Jubilee 1943

6.50

This domestic melodrama chronicles three generations of a family of music-hall owners. In the early 1900s, two variety stars, Kit Burns and Joe Swann, are staunch friends even when Kit marries Joe's dancing partner Evelyn. Joe fights in the Boer War where a bullet puts an end to his dancing days. He goes to work on the staff at Burns' Music Hall where Kit Jr. soon finds a place in his affections. Kit and Joe purchase the music hall and soon become a success.

1943

When You Come Home

When You Come Home 1948

4.80

When You Come Home was Randle’s seventh feature film, and sees him recount his life as a music hall odd job man to his grandaughter.

1948