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Alexander Korda
Sir Alexander Korda (16 September 1893 - 23 January 1956) was a Hungarian-born British film director and producer. He was a leading figure in the British film industry, the founder of London Films and the owner of British Lion Films, a film distributing company.
The elder brother of future...
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The Private Life of Henry VIII
The Private Life of Henry VIII is a 1933 film about Henry VIII, King of England. It was written by Lajos Biró and Arthur Wimperis, and directed by Sir Alexander Korda.
Charles Laughton won the 1933 Academy Award as Best Actor for his performance as...
Initial release date:
- Aug 17, 1933
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Runtime:
- 97 min (58 hs )
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The Third Man
The Third Man is a 1949 British film noir directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. The screenplay was written by novelist Graham Greene based on Greene's novella of the same name, which was...
Initial release date:
- 1949
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Runtime:
- 104 min (62.4 hs )
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Things to Come
Things to Come (1936) is a British science fiction film produced by Alexander Korda and directed by William Cameron Menzies. The screenplay was written by H. G. Wells and is a loose adaptation of his own 1933 novel The Shape of Things to Come and...
Initial release date:
- 1936
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Runtime:
- 113 min (67.8 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 300,000 (UK £)
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The Divorce of Lady X
The Divorce of Lady X is a 1938 British romantic comedy film made by London Films and distributed by United Artists. It was directed by Tim Whelan and produced by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by Ian Dalrymple and Arthur Wimperis, adapted by...
Initial release date:
- 1938
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Runtime:
- 92 min (55 hs )
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The Spy in Black
The Spy in Black (1939) was the first collaboration between the British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. They were brought together by Alexander Korda to make this World War I spy thriller by Joseph Storer Clouston into a film....
Initial release date:
- Aug 12, 1939
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Runtime:
- 82 min (49 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 47,300 (UK £)
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Richard III
Richard III is a 1955 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's historical play Richard III, including elements of Henry VI, Part 3. It was directed and produced by Laurence Olivier, who also played the lead role. The cast includes many noted...
Initial release date:
- Apr 16, 1955
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Runtime:
- 161 min (96.6 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 6,000,000 (UK £)
Jungle Book
Jungle Book is an American color 1942 action/adventure film based on the Rudyard Kipling book, The Jungle Book. The film was directed by Zoltán Korda based on a screeplay adaptation by Laurence Stallings. The cinematography was by Lee Garmes and W....
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- 1942
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Runtime:
- 108 min (64.8 hs )
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Elephant Boy
Elephant Boy (1937) is a British film directed by documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty, and produced by Alexander Korda, based on the story "Toomai, of the Elephants" from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, and starring Sabu Dastagir.
Initial release date:
- Apr 5, 1937
Runtime:
- 80 min (48 hs )
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The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad is a 1940 British fantasy film produced by Alexander Korda, and directed by Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, and Tim Whelan, with uncredited contributions by Alexander Korda, his brother Zoltan and William Cameron Menzies. It...
Initial release date:
- Dec 5, 1940
Runtime:
- 106 min (63.6 hs )
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Fire Over England
Fire Over England is a 1937 London Film Productions film drama, notable for providing the first pairing of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. It was directed by William K. Howard and written by Clemence Dane from a novel by A. E. W. Mason.
The film...
Initial release date:
- 1937
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Runtime:
- 92 min (55 hs )
That Hamilton Woman
That Hamilton Woman (1941, black & white, 125 minutes), originally titled Lady Hamilton, is a historical film drama which takes place during the Napoleonic wars (late 18th / early 19th century), produced and directed by Alexander Korda for Alexander...
Initial release date:
- Apr 3, 1941
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Runtime:
- 128 min (76.8 hs )
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The Ghost Goes West
The Ghost Goes West (1935) is a British romantic comedy/fantasy film starring Robert Donat, Jean Parker, and Eugene Pallette, and directed by Rene Clair, his first English-language film. The film contrasts an Old World ghost dealing with American...
Initial release date:
- 1935
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Runtime:
- 95 min (57 hs )
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The Man Who Could Work Miracles
The Man Who Could Work Miracles is a 1936 British fantasy-comedy film. It is a greatly expanded version of H.G. Wells’s story of the same name.
In The Man Who Could Work Miracles, several angels decide to experiment. They give haberdasher's...
Initial release date:
- 1936
Runtime:
- 82 min (49 hs )
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The Lion Has Wings
The Lion Has Wings (1939) is a documentary-style British propaganda film. Made at the outbreak of the Second World War, it was made and released to cinemas very quickly and helped convince the government of the value of film in the propaganda battle...
Initial release date:
- Nov 3, 1939
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View entire collection »Runtime:
- 76 min (46 hs )
Lydia
Lydia is a 1941 drama film, directed by Julien Duvivier. It stars Merle Oberon as Lydia, a woman who starts off immature and spoilt, but then grows to be bitter and resentful, until she is old, and accepting.
It is a remake of Duvivier's Un carnet...
Initial release date:
- 1941
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Runtime:
- 104 min (62.4 hs )
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The Four Feathers
The Four Feathers is a 1939 adventure film directed by Zoltan Korda, starring John Clements, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, C. Aubrey Smith. Set in the 1890s during the reign of Queen Victoria, it tells the story of a man accused of cowardice. It is...
Initial release date:
- 2002
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Runtime:
- 130 min (78 hs )
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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (also known in the UK as Tolstoy's Anna Karenina) is a 1948 British film based on the 19th century novel, Anna Karenina, by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. The film was directed by Julien Duvivier, and starred Vivien Leigh in the title...
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Knight Without Armour
Knight Without Armour is a 1937 historical British drama film made by London Films and distributed by United Artists. It was directed by Jacques Feyder and produced by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by Lajos Biró adapted by Frances Marion from...
Initial release date:
- Jun 1, 1937
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Runtime:
- 107 min (64.2 hs )
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I, Claudius
I, Claudius was the proposed 1937 film of the book I, Claudius. It was to have been produced by Alexander Korda, directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Charles Laughton (as Claudius), Emlyn Williams (as Caligula), Flora Robson (as Livia), and...
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Men of Tomorrow
Men of Tomorrow is a British dramatic film, released in 1932. It was directed by Zoltan Korda and Leontine Sagan. It stars Maurice Braddell and Joan Gardner. It was Robert Donat’s debut in film.
This is the story of an Oxford University student in...
Initial release date:
- 1932
Runtime:
- 88 min (53 hs )
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The Drum
The Drum (released in the U.S. as Drums) is a 1938 Technicolor film from the book by A. E. W. Mason. The film was directed by Zoltan Korda and produced by Alexander Korda. It starred Sabu Dastagir, Raymond Massey, Roger Livesey, and Valerie Hobson....
Initial release date:
- Apr 1, 1938
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- 104 min (62.4 hs )
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1934 adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel, the classic adventure novel by Baroness Orczy. It was produced by Alexander Korda, directed by Harold Young and stars Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon, along with Raymond Massey....
Initial release date:
- Dec 23, 1934
Runtime:
- 94 min (56 hs )
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Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great (also titled The Rise of Catherine the Great) is a 1934 British historical film based on the play The Czarina by Lajos Biró and Melchior Lengyel, about the rise to power of Catherine the Great. It was directed by Paul Czinner,...
Initial release date:
- 1934
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Runtime:
- 95 min (57 hs )
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Sanders of the River
Sanders of the River is a 1935 film directed by Zoltán Korda, based on the stories of Edgar Wallace. It was later spoofed in the 1938 Will Hay film Old Bones of the River, which also featured the characters of Commissioner Sanders, Captain Hamilton...
Initial release date:
- Apr 8, 1935
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Runtime:
- 98 min (59 hs )
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21 Days
21 Days, also known as 21 Days Together in the U.S., is a 1940 British drama film based on the short play The First and the Last by John Galsworthy. It was directed by Basil Dean and stars Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and Leslie Banks. It was...
Initial release date:
- Jan 7, 1940
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Runtime:
- 72 min (43 hs )
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Dark Journey
Dark Journey is a 1937 British spy film directed by Victor Saville set in the First World War. Two secret agents on opposite sides, played by Conrad Veidt and Vivien Leigh, fall in love.
Initial release date:
- Jul 2, 1937
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Runtime:
- 77 min (46 hs )
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The Private Life of the Gannets
The Private Life of the Gannets is a 1937 short documentary film directed by Julian Huxley. It won an Academy Award in 1938 for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).
Initial release date:
- Jul 1937
Runtime:
- 10 min (6 hs )
