48 Rank Titles from VCI

[JamesM]

The full list of Rank titles being released by VCI Entertainment are listed here

http://vciclassicfilms.wordpress.com/rank/

ABOVE US THE WAVES 1955 Sir John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden
ALLIGATOR NAMED DAISY 1955 Diana Dors, Donald Sinden
ASK A POLICEMAN 1938 Will Hay, Graham Moffatt
THE BLACK TENT 1957 Donald Sinden, Anthony Steel
BOYS WILL BE BOYS 1935 Will Hay, Gordon Harker
CAMPBELL’S KINGDOM 1957 Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 1949 Fredric March, Florence Eldridge
DOCTOR AT LARGE 1957 Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow, Donald Sinden
DOCTOR AT SEA 1955 Dirk Bogarde, Brigitte Bardot
DOCTOR IN CLOVER 1966 Leslie Philips, James Robertson Justice
DOCTOR IN DISTRESS 1963 Dirk Bogarde, James Robertson Justice
DOCTOR IN LOVE 1960 Michael Craig, James Robertson Justice
DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE 1953 Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow, Kenneth More
DOCTOR IN TROUBLE 1970 Leslie Philips, James Robertson Justice
FERRY TO HONG KONG 1959 Curt Jurgens, Orson Wells
FLAME IN THE STREETS 1961 Sir John Mills, Sylvia Syms
GENEVIEVE 1953 Dinah Sheridan, John Gregson, Kay Kendall, Kenneth Moore
GOOD MORNING BOYS 1937 Will Hay, Martita Hunt
HEY, HEY U.S.A. 1938 Will Hay, Edgar Kennedy
THE HISTORY OF MR POLLY 1949 Sir John Mills, Betty Ann Davies
HOT ENOUGH FOR JUNE 1960 Dirk Bogarde, Sylva Koscina
I WAS HAPPY HERE 1966 Sarah Miles, Cyril Cusack
LOVE STORY 1944 Margaret Lockwood, Stewart Granger
MAKE MINE MINK 1960 Terry Thomas, Athene Seyler
MALTA STORY 1953 Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
MIRANDA 1948 Googie Withers, Glynis Johns
OH MR PORTER 1937 Will Hay, Moore Marriott
ONE THAT GOT AWAY 1957 Hardy Kruger, Colin Gordon
PENNY PRINCESS 1952 Yolande Donlan, Dirk Bogarde
REACH FOR THE SKY 1956 Kenneth Moore, Muriel Pavlow
RIDDLE OF THE SANDS 1978 Michael York, Jenny Agutter
ROBBERY UNDER ARMS 1957 Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis
ROMEO AND JULIET 1954 Laurence Harvey, John Gielgud
SEA OF SAND 1958 Richard Attenborough, John Gregson
THE SILVER FLEET 1943 Ralph Richardson, Googie Withers
SIMBA 1955 Dirk Bogarde, Donald Sinden
SIMON AND LAURA 1955 Peter Finch, Kay Kendall
THIRTY-NINE STEPS 1959 Kenneth More, Taina Elg
TIARA TAHITI 1962 Sir John Mills, James Mason
TO PARIS WITH LOVE 1955 Alec Guiness, Odile Versois
TOO MANY CROOKS 1959 Terry Thomas, Sid James
A TOWN LIKE ALICE 1956 Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch
UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS 1959 Michael Craig, Anne Heywood
VALUE FOR MONEY 1959 John Gregson, Diana Dors
WAY AHEAD,THE 1945 David Niven, Directed By Carol Reed
WAY TO THE STARS,THE 1945 Sir John Mills, Michael Redgrave
WE DIVE AT DAWN 1943 Sir John Mills, Louis Bradfield
WINDBAG THE SAILOR 1936 Will Hay, Moore Marriott

Hold out for the VCI release of Flame in the Streets which is expected to be widescreen.

[theuofc]

The full list of Rank titles being released by VCI Entertainment are listed here

A Brief History of The Rank Organisation |

Some wonderful titles there. Thanks for sharing this, James.

Barbara

[julian_craster]

I WAS HAPPY HERE is of great interest !

But many of the others will be familiar to UK television viewers. I don't imagine all these are new restorations...print quality will be variable.....

For UK viewers, the following films that have not been on UK tv in recent years - (or issued on DVD)

FERRY TO HONG KONG (this should be presented in Widescreen - this was Rank's first CinemaScope production). Avoid if Pan and Scan !


PENNY PRINCESS

ROBBERY UNDER ARMS

ROMEO AND JULIET

SIMBA

TIARA TAHITI

TO PARIS WITH LOVE

VALUE FOR MONEY

[Sgt Sunshine]

I like Sarah Miles......and will definitely be going for " I was Happy Here"

I Was Happy Here (1966) - IMDb



Many thanks for the info.....
Cheers
Sgt S

[Moor Larkin]

Disparaged by the lack of quality religious films, he began to produce his own,

Interesting imagery.

[orpheum2]

what a missed opportunity.so many films in the Rank collection which have not been on tv or received a video release.remember they have the Gaumont British and gainsborough catalogue.

[theuofc]

But many of the others will be familiar to UK television viewers. I don't imagine all these are new restorations...print quality will be variable.....

For UK viewers, the following films that have not been on UK tv in recent years - (or issued on DVD)

PENNY PRINCESS

ROBBERY UNDER ARMS

ROMEO AND JULIET

SIMBA

TIARA TAHITI

TO PARIS WITH LOVE

VALUE FOR MONEY

But VCI is an American company and going for American viewers via NTSC, or all-region, DVDs and cheap shipping within the U.S. That doesn't mean they don't want UK, et al orders, but they may be pinpointing films that are not available in NTSC for the U.S. vs. the UK, e.g. Robbery Under Arms, only on a PAL Aussie DVD released in 2007 or an old vhs.


Actually, a PAL DVD of SIMBA was released by Strawberry Media/ITV in the last few months along with:

ESTHER WATERS,
CAMPBELL'S KINGDOM,
THE SINGER NOT THE SONG,
SO LONG AT THE FAIR,
ONCE A JOLLY SWAGMAN.

Add to that: VICTIM in the Basil Dearden boxset,

THE GENTLE GUNMAN from Optimum,

And from Amazon.com:
SONG WITHOUT END, a pristine print released on all-region DVD by Sony. Don't get the terrible Castaway or Phantasm ones and LIBEL, remastered, released by Warner Bros.

From Olive Films: DESPAIR in NTSC, 7th June.

Bavaria Media: DESPAIR in PAL, a restored print supervised by its D.P. Michael Ballhaus, coming this summer.

Add to these, from VCI in NTSC: the four Doctor films: Doc in the House, At Sea, In Distress, At Large, along with Penny Princess, Hot Enough for June, Simba, and Campbell's Kingdom.

There is a spate of Bogarde films being released for his 90th Anniversary.

Barbara

[didi-5]

Re Romeo and Juliet with Laurence Harvey. I have that on DVD from its last (budget) release. Glad to see Miranda and An Alligator Named Daisy in this list.

[julian_craster]

An Alligator Named Daisy has been available on DVD for some time in the UK as part of the (very cheap...) Donald Sinden boxed set ......