List of the best Alexander Korda movies: That Hamilton Woman(1941), The Private Life of Henry VIII(1933), Rembrandt(1936), Vacation From Marriage(1945), An Ideal Husband(1948), Wedding Rehearsal(1932), Marius(1931), The Squall(1929) ... ...
Drama, History
USA
1941
128 Minutes
Director
Vivien Leigh Laurence Olivier Alan Mowbray Sara Allgood Gladys Cooper Henry Wilcoxon Heather Angel Halliwell Hobbes Gilbert Emery Miles Mander Ronald Sinclair
ambassador lady admiral captain lord king witty sultry touching melodramatic france italy england prison adultery war love loss courage adventure
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
Drama, History
USA
1933
92 Minutes
Director
Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester Binnie Barnes Robert Donat Merle Oberon Miles Mander Wendy Barrie John Loder
anne boleyn wife queen king cheeky melodramatic emotional england royal court castle king henry viii marriage royalty death infidelity forbidden love love 16th century
Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.
Biography
UK
1936
86 Minutes
Director
Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester Gertrude Lawrence Edward Chapman Roger Livesey Raymond Huntley John Clements Marius Goring Abraham Sofaer
housekeeper maid beggar rembrant van rijn charming engaging tender holland amsterdam art historical events scandal painting commercialism discovery pursuit love 17th century
The respected painter takes to drink and faces down scandal after his wife dies.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1945
92 Minutes
Director
Robert Donat Deborah Kerr Glynis Johns Ann Todd Roland Culver Elliott Mason Eliot Makeham Brefni O'Rorke Edward Rigby Muriel George Allan Jeayes
sailor wife friend nurse lover melodramatic emotional england london marriage war romance separation infidelity love transformation discovery 1940s
A dull married couple, separated by their enlistment during World War II, reunite after three years to find that they have become very different people.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1948
96 Minutes
Director
Paulette Goddard Michael Wilding Hugh Williams Diana Wynyard C. Aubrey Smith Glynis Johns Michael Medwin
A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. But then a woman who has invested heavily in the shady venture threatens to uncover a damaging secret in the politician's ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1932
84 Minutes
Director
Roland Young Merle Oberon George Grossmith Kate Cutler Wendy Barrie Joan Gardner
bachelor marquis grandmother lady twin young woman witty charming london mansion club england love triangle deception marriage friendship class conflict nobility love transformation
Young man fights off attempts to marry him off to a series of available girls. Intersting glimpses of London in 1930.
Drama
1931
125 Minutes
Director
Raimu Pierre Fresnay Orane Demazis Fernand Charpin Alida Rouffe Paul Dullac Alexandre Mihalesco Robert Vattier Edouard Delmont
father girl boy sailor bar owner endearing heartwarming amusing marseilles, france port bar love jealousy father/son relationship dreams seafaring sacrifice temptation 1930s
Cesar's (Raimu) son, Marius (Pierre Fresnay), loves Fanny (Orane Demazis) but wants to go to sea in part one of the Marseille trilogy.
Drama
1929
104 Minutes
Director
Myrna Loy Richard Tucker Alice Joyce Carroll Nye Loretta Young Harry Cording ZaSu Pitts Nicholas Soussanin Knute Erickson George Hackathorne
A gypsy woman applies her feminine charms to the male members of a farmhouse where she takes refuge during a storm.