Ernest Thesiger

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The Bride Of Frankenstein review by from London

James Whale's Masterpiece 28 August 2004
...'To a new world of gods and monsters' intones Dr Praetorious (A wonderfully OTT Ernest Thesiger) in this superlative sequel. Praetorious has been experimenting with minature p... Read customer review

Battle Of The Sexes on DVD (1959)
Starring: Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings
Director: Charles Crichton
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In this 1959 comedy, Robert MacPherson (Robert Morley) inherits his family's textile business in Edinburgh, Scotland, then hires American efficiency expert Angela Barrows (Constance Cummings) to bring the business into the modern age. The House of MacPherson has long been known as a manufacturer of ..read more »

60% from 608 members

Who Done It? on DVD (1956)
Starring: Benny Hill, Belinda Lee, David Kossoff
Director: Basil Dearden
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In his film debut Benny Hill stars as an ice-rink sweeper who dreams of becoming a private eye. This was Ealing Studio's last comedy film.

58% from 90 members

The Robe on DVD (1953)
Starring: Jeff Morrow, Jay Robinson, Ernest Thesiger
Director: Henry Koster
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THE ROBE is one of the finest Biblical epics of all time, based on a best-selling novel by Lloyd C. Douglas. The film tells the story of a Roman, played by Richard Burton, who was in charge of the Crucifixion of Christ and who later is converted to Christianity. This was the first movie to be ..read more »

66% from 648 members

The Brass Monkey on DVD (1948)
Starring: Herbert Lom, Carole Landis, Avril Nova
Director: Thornton Freeland, Thornton
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British comedy murder mystery featuring Carole Landis as a radio star attempting to thwart the theft of priceless religious artifacts.

46% from 105 members

The Winslow Boy on DVD (1948)
Starring: Robert Donat, Cedric Hardwicke, Basil Radford
Director: Anthony Asquith
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A moving drama in which a young naval cadet is expelled from school for stealing a postal order. When the case comes to court his defence lawyer unravels a mysterious and surprising chain of events.

73% from 337 members

My Learned Friend on DVD (1943)
Starring: Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Mervyn Johns
Director: Basil Dearden, Will Hay, Will
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Veteran British filmmaker Basil Dearden (ASSASSINATION BUREAU, THE MAN WHO HAUNTED HIMSELF) directs this madcap farce in which Will Hay performs for the last time. The crazy plot revolves around two lawyers who are being pursued by a desperate murderer.

71% from 95 members

The Bride Of Frankenstein on DVD (1935)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester
Director: James Whale
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Director James Whale's definitive Frankenstein's monster movies from the 1930s.FRANKENSTEIN: (1931)This is James Whale's first stylish, expressionist film to grace the Universal horror cycle of the 1930s and 1940s (DRACULA, THE MUMMY). Scientist Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) and his hunchbacked ..read more »

71% from 2,333 members

The Ghoul on DVD (1934)
Starring: Harold H, Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke
Director: T. Hayes Hunter
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Boris Karloff's first British film. The story of Prof. Morlant, an eccentric Egyptologist who becomes obsessed with the mystical powers of the ancient Egyptian gods. On his deathbed he orders his servant to bind a sacred jewel called 'The Eternal Light' to his hand. He warns that if the jewel is ..read more »

55% from 209 members

The Ghoul - Blu-ray (1934)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger
Director: T. Hayes Hunter
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Boris Karloff's first British film. The story of Prof. Morlant, an eccentric Egyptologist who becomes obsessed with the mystical powers of the ancient Egyptian gods. On his deathbed he orders his servant to bind a sacred jewel called 'The Eternal Light' to his hand. He warns that if the jewel is ..read more »

60% from 2 members
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Battle Of The Sexes - 3.0 stars
Who Done It? - 3.0 stars
The Robe - 3.5 stars
The Brass Monkey - 2.5 stars
The Winslow Boy - 3.5 stars

The Winslow Boy - 3.5 stars
The Bride Of Frankenstein - 3.5 stars
My Learned Friend - 3.5 stars
The Robe - 3.5 stars
Battle Of The Sexes - 3.0 stars

The Ghoul - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Brass Monkey - 2.5 stars
The Ghoul - 3.0 stars
Who Done It? - 3.0 stars
Battle Of The Sexes - 3.0 stars

Boris Karloff - 5 times - show films
Cedric Hardwicke - 4 times - show films
Kathleen Harrison - 4 times - show films
Harold Huth - 3 times - show films
Dorothy Hyson - 3 times - show films

T. Hayes Hunter - 3 times - show films
James Whale - 2 times - show films
Basil Dearden - 2 times - show films
Will - 1 times - show films
Henry Koster - 1 times - show films