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Holiday review by from Chester, England

Box Office Poison 7 August 2006
...quisite performance - and look out for one of sudden and unexpected beauty from Lew Ayres - particularly his last scene. Philip Barry, whose play is the source materi... Read customer review

Lew Ayres - filmography

Battlestar Galactica on DVD (1978)
Starring: Ed Begley, Ed Begley Jr., Lorne Greene
Director: Richard A. Colla
Certificate:
Decimated by a Cylon attack, the last surviving members of the human race escape their ruined planet and head for sanctuary on the planet Earth. Travelling through space on the Battlestar Galactica, the survivors make a detour to the planet Carillon in order to stock up on supplies. But Carillon, ..read more »

68% from 1,545 member

Battle For The Planet Of The Apes on DVD (1973)
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Roddy Mcdowall, Claude Akins
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Certificate:
The final chapter in the incredible Apes saga. The most suspenseful showdown ever filmed as two civilizations battle for the right to inherit what's left of the earth!

59% from 1,036 member

Advise and Consent (1962)
Starring: Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Henry Fonda
Director: Otto Preminger
Certificate:
A drama of intense political intrigue in a world where only the fittest survive.

64% from 24 members
Currently unavailable

The Dark Mirror on DVD (1946)
Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Olivia De Havilland, Lew Ayres
Director: Robert Siodmak
Certificate:
A man is murdered, and several witnesses can place Ruth Collins at the scene of the crime. But Ruth has a twin sister, Terry, who has been diagnosed as a psychotic. When Ruth falls for the psychiatrist who evaluates the two sisters, will Terry strike again?

63% from 95 members

Doctor Kildare - Double Feature on DVD (1939)
Starring: Lionel Barrymore, Lew Ayres
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Certificate:
Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) is over-wrought when his mentor Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) collapses from exhaustion while trying to find a cure for pneumonia. Knowing his condition could only worsen if he continues, Dr. Gillespie calls on Dr. Kildare to help with research while the elder is in ..read more »

47% from 19 members

Holiday on DVD (1938)
Starring: Binnie Barnes, Charles Trowbridge, Henry Daniell
Director: George Cukor
Certificate:
Both film versions of Phillip Barry's stage comedy Holiday have their merits, but the 1938 version has the added advantage of supercharged star power. Katharine Hepburn and Doris Nolan play Linda and Julia Seton, two daughters of a very well-to-do family. Linda feels a bit lost in the shuffle as ..read more »

65% from 2,589 members

Hearts In Bondage (1936)
Starring: James Dunn, Mae Clarke, David Manners
Director: Lew Ayres
Certificate:
Best friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are closer than most - both being U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth being engaged to Raymond's sister. But following the outbreak of Civil War they are left divided, as Raymond stands by his native Virginia while Kenneth remains on duty as a Northern ..read more »

25% from 9 members
Currently unavailable

All Quiet On The Western Front on DVD (1930)
Starring: Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Lew Ayres
Director: Lewis Milestone
Certificate:
One of the most powerful anti-war statements ever put on film, this gut-wrenching story concerns a group of friends who join the Army during World War I and are assigned to the Western Front, where their fiery patriotism is quickly turned to horror and misery by the harsh realities of combat. ..read more »

71% from 3,824 members

All Quiet On The Western Front - Blu-ray (1930)
Starring: Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray
Director: Lewis Milestone
Certificate:
A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.

75% from 54 members

The Kiss (1929)
Starring: Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel, Anders Randolf
Director: Jacques Feyder
Certificate:
Irene is unhappily married to an older businessman, but very much in love with a handsome young lawyer. He doesn't want to add to her unhappiness by ruining her marriage; she is terrified of her husband's jealousy and anger. They decide to stop seeing each other, and she bides her time with Pierre, ..read more »

60% from 1 member
Currently unavailable

Lew Ayres facts

5 most recent films

Battlestar Galactica - 3.5 stars
Battle For The Planet Of The Apes - 3.0 stars
Advise and Consent - 3.0 stars
The Dark Mirror - 3.0 stars
Doctor Kildare - Double Feature - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

All Quiet On The Western Front - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
All Quiet On The Western Front - 3.5 stars
Battlestar Galactica - 3.5 stars
Holiday - 3.5 stars
The Dark Mirror - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Hearts In Bondage - 1.5 stars
Doctor Kildare - Double Feature - 2.5 stars
The Kiss - 3.0 stars
Advise and Consent - 3.0 stars
Battle For The Planet Of The Apes - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ben Alexander - 2 times - show films
Louis Wolheim - 2 times - show films
John Wray - 2 times - show films
Arnold Lucy - 2 times - show films
Doris Nolan - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Lewis Milestone - 2 times - show films
Felix Feist - 1 times - show films
Harold S. Bucquet - 1 times - show films
Jacques Feyder - 1 times - show films
J. Lee Thompson - 1 times - show films

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