John Gielgud
1) Elizabeth
Series
Language
English
Description
Before the Golden Age, Elizabeth was a passionate and naïve girl who came to reign over a land divided by bloody turmoil. Amid palace intrigue and attempted assassinations, the young queen is forced to become a cunning strategist while weighing the counsel of her mysterious advisors, thwarting her devious rivals, and denying her own desires for the good of her country
4) Arthur
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Arthur Bach is very, very rich, and he's next in line for a 750 million dollar inheritance. He stands to lose his inheritance--and a life in the lush style to which he is accustomed--if he doesn't marry the most boring blonde on Long Island within thirty days. Unfortunately, Arthur has just discovered the girl of his dreams
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Sherlock Holmes tries to stop Jack the Ripper's insane killing spree, but as he comes closer to unmasking the killer, he discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer. Includes commentary, stills gallery, and theatrical trailer
9) Gandhi
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Gandhi's adult life, when he led an entire country to freedom, using non-violent methods
Author
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Rabbit Ears Storybook Classics: Volume Five entertains and enlightens with these classics from all over the world—read by your favorite stars and featuring original music by some of today's greatest artists. Jack and the Beanstalk—In this comic retelling, young Jack foolishly sells his family's cow for a handful of magical beans. Overnight, they grow into a beanstalk that reaches up beyond the blue sky, leading Jack into a hilarious
...Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Famous detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) is on the Orient Express, but the train is caught in the snow. When one of the passengers is discovered murdered, Poirot immediately starts investigating. Winner of the Best Supporting Actress (Ingrid Bergman) and nominated for five other **Academy Awards**. Winner of Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor and nominated for seven other **BAFTA Awards.** *" [A] terrifically entertaining super-valentine...
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A re-creation of mid-Victorian England that contrasts the silliness of the aristocracy with the squalor of the lower classes. Rather than making a standard blood and glory epic, Richardson created a film that took the silly glory and glamour out of war and substituted something closer to the bitter truth
15) The formula
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
35 years after the disappearance of a formula developed by Germany during World War II to derive cheap, pollution-free gasoline from coal, a Los Angeles detective is on the brink of unearthing the secret which could change the couse of world history
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Arthur: Arthur faces marriage to a woman he detests to keep his fortune, then meets the right woman from the wrong side of the tracks.
Arthur 2: When Arthur finally marries his sweetheart, it may not be 'happily ever after' because the father of the girl he didn't marry is out for revenge.
17) Becket
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Henry II surprises England by naming his fellow rogue and trusted confidant Thomas Becket as Chancellor. But when Henry next appoints him Archbishop of Canterbury, Becket shocks the world by openly defying the King with his newfound faith and compassion. Will a desperate ruler now destroy a beloved friend to save his splintering kingdom?
18) Secret agent
Publisher
Guillotine Films
Language
English
Description
John Gielgud is removed from the British infantry and assigned to a post in Switzerland where his goal is to keep a German spy from getting into pro German territory.l When he arrives, he discovers that he is to pose as man and with with Madeleine Carroll. by accident, an innocent man is murdered instead of the spy and Gielgud is left to explore his feelings of revulsion and patriotism as they pursue the real agent.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The crowning achievement of Orson Welles's extraordinary film career that was the culmination of the filmmaker's lifelong obsession with Shakespeare's ultimate rapscallion, Sir John Falstaff. Usually a comic supporting figure, Falstaff; the loyal, often soused friend of King Henry IV's wayward son Prince Hal, here becomes the focus: a robustly funny and ultimately tragic screen antihero played by Welles with looming, lumbering grace.