Celia Johnson

Celia Johnson - what members say

In Which We Serve review by from Ceredigion

Moderate action. 26 January 2004
...character acting by all concerned, starting with Noel Coward as the captain and Celia Johnson as his wife. The action seems rather tame after something like The Matrix, b...

Brief Encounter review by ludlayes from Suffolk

An absolute classic 1 September 2006
... and immediately decided to buy it, which we have, to watch again and again. Celia Johnson especially is beautiful. She has this lovely expressive face and a unique way ...

Staying On review by A customer from Cheshire England

Not What I Expected 20 March 2007
...n some respect and loyalty but also met with some resentment. Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson were really wonderful as the husband and wife who 'stayed on'and the scenery wa...

Les Miserables on DVD (1978)
Starring: Richard Jordan, Anthony Perkins, Cyril Cusack
Director: Glenn Jordan
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Victor Hugo's classic story of triumph of good over evil. Set in France in 1796.

Rate this: 62% from 212 members

Brief Encounter on DVD (1945)
Starring: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway
Director: David Lean
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David Lean adapts Noel Coward's heartbreaking tale of two ordinary people caught up in the extraordinary power of love. Laura (Celia Johnson) is a seemingly happy, middle-class housewife who meets the equally married physician Alec (Trevor Howard) at a London railway station, and so begins a chaste ..read more »

Rate this: 73% from 10,220 members

This Happy Breed (1944)
Starring: Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills
Director: David Lean
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Three classic wartime dramas: A TOWN LIKE ALICE sees female prisoners of war at the mercy of the notoriously sadistic Japanese Army, a man and woman find hope and love in each other as they are forced at bayonet point on a long march of death. Based on Nevil Shute's best-seller, this film saw Best ..read more »

Rate this: 70% from 463 members
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In Which We Serve on DVD (1942)
Starring: Noel Coward, John Mills, Bernard Miles
Director: Noel Coward, David Lean
Certificate:
An engrossing account of the sinking of the British destroyer HMS Torrin during the Battle of Crete. Three survivors on a raft recount their lives aboard the sunken vessel. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay.

Rate this: 68% from 1,699 member

All's Well That Ends Well on DVD
Starring: Ian Charleson, Angela Down, Celia Johnson
Director: Elijah Moshinsky
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All's Well That End's Well won both BAFTA and RTS awardsand was considered one of the best of the bbc shakespeare series.

Rate this: 59% from 135 members

Staying On - 3.5 stars
Les Miserables - 3.0 stars
The Holly And The Ivy - 3.0 stars
Madeleine - 3.5 stars
Brief Encounter - 3.5 stars

Brief Encounter - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Brief Encounter - 3.5 stars
This Happy Breed - 3.5 stars
In Which We Serve - 3.5 stars
Madeleine - 3.5 stars

The Holly And The Ivy - 3.0 stars
All's Well That Ends Well - 3.0 stars
Les Miserables - 3.0 stars
Staying On - 3.5 stars
Captain's Paradise - 3.5 stars

Trevor Howard - 5 times - show films
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John Mills - 4 times - show films
Everley Gregg - 3 times - show films
Marjorie Mars - 3 times - show films

David Lean - 7 times - show films
George More O'Ferrall - 1 times - show films
Anthony Kimmins - 1 times - show films
Elijah Moshinsky - 1 times - show films
Henry Cass - 1 times - show films