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'The Gold Rush' is widely reported to be the film that Chaplin most wanted to be remembered for. It sees The Tramp as a lone prospector venturing to Alaska looking for gold.

He gets mixed up with some burly characters, falls in love with the beautiful Georgia (Georgia Hale) and tries to win her heart with his singular charm.

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This highly anticipated trequel continues the contemporary saga of good versus evil as the teenage daughters and sons of Disney's most infamous villains - Mal, Evie, Carlos and Jay (also known as the villain kids or VK's) - return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous

offspring to join them at Auradon Prep. When a barrier breach jeopardises the safety of Auradon during the departure off the Isle, Mal resolves to permanently close the barrier, fearing that nemeses Uma and Hades will wreak vengeance on the kingdom. Despite her decision, an unfathomable dark force threatens the people of Auradon, and it's up to Mal and the VK's to save everyone in their most epic battle yet.

To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken (Ryan Gosling).

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Train engineer Johnny Gray (Buster Keaton) is turned down when he tries to enlist in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War as his occupation is deemed too important.

When his train (The General) is stolen by Union soldiers so that it can be used to attack Confederate forces, only Johnny and his girl Annabelle Lee can save the train and warn the Confederates about an impending attack.

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Manic stunt work, elaborate sight gags and mind-boggling mechanical comedy are just some of Keaton's work featured in these movies.

Known the world round as the 'Stone' face comedy actor, with charming moments of intimate humour flavoured with rich pathos, uniquely graceful and characteristically hilarious. That's Buster Keaton'

Our Hospitality
Keaton plays a New Yorker who returns to his roots in the South and finds himself involved in a feud between his family and those of the woman he loves. Packed with superb visuals and sight gags including a train journey, which has to be seen to be believed.

Sherlock Junior
A mild mannered theatre projectionist dreams of becoming a great detective when he enters the film he is projecting! This is one of Keaton's finest masterpieces which within its fourty-four minutes manages to present a dazzling display of cinematic inventiveness, non-stop comedy and dare-devil stunts.

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Throughout the 1930's Jessie Matthews was Britain's best-loved musical film star, her dynamism and gamine charm captivating audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.

With a string of box-office hits spotlighting her unique talent, it's easy to see how she became so popular and why she remains so to this day. Showcasing some the era's finest cinema talent including director and comedy star (and Matthews' husband) Sonnie Hale, musical director Louis Levy and legendary art director Alfred Junge - the two films on this volume are presented as transfers from the original film elements...

The Man from Toronto (1933)
Leila (Jessie Matthews) and Fergus (Ian Hunter) have never met, but when they are bequeathed a fortune there is a condition attached: they must marry each other within a year!
Head Over Heels (1937)
An aspiring star must choose between an idle, selfish womanizer, and the radio engineer who truly loves her.

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The Villain Kids are back in a high-stakes adventure that's bigger, bolder and badder than before! When the pressure to be royally perfect becomes too much for Mai (Dove Cameron), she flees Auradon and returns to her rotten roots on the Isle of the Lost.

Hoping to retrieve her, Evie (Sofia Carson) and the rest of the gang sneak onto the Isle. But Mai's former archenemy Uma (China Anne McClain), daughter of Ursula, has seized power. And together with her pirate crew, Uma prepares to unleash havoc on the VKs and Auradon! With swashbuckling action, amazing song and dance numbers, 'Descendants 2' rocks all-new ways to be W-I-C-K-E-D!

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Fulfilling the Mutual contract, I suppose, was the happiest period of my career.' Charlie Chaplin, My Autobiography Charlie Chaplin entered movies in 1914.

In 1916 he became the highest paid entertainer in the world, when he signed a contract with the Mutual Film Corporation for a salary of $670,000. Mutual built Chaplin his very own studio and allowed him total freedom to make twelve two-reel films during this fruitful twelve-month period. Not surprisingly, he had the time o1 his life, and recognised this period of filmmaking as the most inventive and liberating of his career. This disc, the first of two volumes, contains six of the Mutual Films - from the slapstick custard pie fights of Behind the Screen, to his sensitive portrayal of a broke and hungry migrant arriving in New York in The Immigrant. In the acclaimed Easy Street, Charlie becomes a policeman in a tough neighbourhood, reminiscent of his own impoverished London upbringing. The films have all been restored and mastered from the best available materials. This exclusive edition of the Mutual Films features brand new scores, written and recorded by acclaimed silent film composer Carl Davis. Video extras include newsreel footage of Chaplin on a voyage back to Britain, a filmed interview with Carl Davis and biographies of Chaplin's leading lady Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell, Charlie's adversary in the Mutual series.

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A groundbreaking feat of filmmaking, Alexander Sokurov's amazing journey through 300 years of Russian art and history is the first ever feature to be shot in a single, unedited take - the ultimate director's cut.

Magically transported to St Petersburg's Hermitage museum in the early 1700s, a contemporary filmmaker and a cynical 19th Century French diplomat become accomplices in an extraordinary voyage through Russia's turbulent past to the present day. As they explore the splendid corridors and salons of the Palace, the two men witness prominent historical figures enacting startling scenes from the Tsarist Empire. Digitally shot with a state-orf-the-art high definition steadicam and featuring a masterfully orchestrated cast of 2,000, 'Russian Ark' is destined to stand as a defining moment in cinema history.

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Donald Glourie (Robert Donat) shares his run-down home with the eighteenth-century ghost of Murdoch Glourie (also Robert Donat), who has been condemned to haunt the castle until he avenges an ancient insult by the rival clan MacLaggan.

In order to clear his debts, Donald sells the castle to an American businessman, Mr. Martin (Eugene Pallette), who then has the castle - complete with ghost - transported to Florida where its rebuilt. In the meantime, Martin's daughter Peggy (Jean Parker), is falling in love with both Donald and Murdoch Glourie, thinking them one and the same...

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Philandering concert pianist Stefan arrives home to find a letter which begins 'by the time you read this I may be dead'. So unfolds the story of Lisa, one of many woman with whom he had shared a brief encounter over the years and swiftly forgotten.

Her life has been spent loving him unfalteringly and now he would learn the truth about his past.

"The Chaplin Revue" consists of three highly acclaimed short silent comedies featuring Chaplin's famous trademark character, the Little Tramp. - A Dog's Life (1918) - Shoulder Arms (1918) - The Pilgrim (1923)

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Giuseppe Tomatore's loving homage to the cinema tells the story of Salvatore (Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio, Jacques Perrin), a successful film director, returning home for the funeral of Alfredo (Philippe Noiret), his old friend who was the projectionist at the local cinema throughout his

childhood. Soon memories of his first love affair with the beautiful Elena (Agnes Nano) and all the highs and lows that shaped his life come flooding back, as Salvatore reconnects with the community he left 30 years earlier.

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Before he arrived in Hollywood to leave his indelible (and inimitable) mark on timeless comedies like Trouble in Paradise and The Shop Around the Corner, Ernst Lubitsch created an expansive body of work in Germany that proved to be as varied in its tone as it was sophisticated in its measure of man

and woman. This box set collects six recently restored works from the silent phase of Lubitsch's career, and casts new light on the director both as a fully-formed comic master, and as a virtuoso of cinematographic technique. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present these six works by Ernst Lubitsch for the first time on video in the UK.

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An international spy ring, headed by Haghi (Rudolf Klein-Rogge), uses technology, threats, and murder to obtain government secrets.

As master spy, president of a bank, and music hall clown, Haghi leads several lives using instruments of modern technology to spearhead a mad rush for secrets - secrets that assert his power over others.