Jack Cardiff Movies

A short that follows the legend of Wilhelm Gorkeit of Tellikon (William Tell), the legendary archer and hero from Switzerland.

A movie director and his wanna-be actor/eccentric inventor nephew are filming a low-budget sci-fi movie. Things get interesting when the nephews'...

A World War II evacuee returns years later to England and finds his father in prison framed for murder.

An Englishman and a cabby try to save an heiress from murder in Spain.

A dying man in a roadside diner tells the other patrons about money he has hidden in four places. But instead of directions, he leaves them only...

Part 1 of a documentary about when Alexander Korda was asked about who might replace him when he has resigned as a chief of the production of the...

The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real...

Sir Ernest Pease is a self-important scientist sent undercover on a bombing mission to monitor the effectiveness of his latest invention, a...

An examination of the great advances in cinematography achieved by Jack Cardiff.

A silent film version of the Gershwin stage musical

The 152nd issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Includes the articles: '35 Years After', 'Stormy Genius' ( documenting the filming of...

Documentary about the making of Powell and Pressburger's 1947 film "Black Narcissus."

A documentary on "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp."

“Travelogue on the city of Petra. Traces four civilisations, each of which found value in re-establishing the life of this city, whose temples...

Like so many other actors, Ava Gardner hated to watch her films. She said that the woman on the screen wasn't her. But all films tell two stories:...

Filmed in 1938, less than a decade before Indian independence, Delhi has a curious tale to tell. ‘Delhi’, the viewer is informed,...

War and ballet in Polish/British unison.

A young Japanese girl and a young Korean boy who meet at an amusement park steal an evil magician's magic wand and are chased by him all around the...

While resisting pressure from his upper-class wife to take a higher-paying job in London, a Montreal physician prepares to carry out brain surgery on...

The tale of a young songwriter, the actress who helps him find success, and the vamp who sets her sights on him.