Broadside (2009)

Actors: Robert Cambrinus (actor), Garry Cooper (actor), Michael Müller (actor), Nick Stringer (actor), Thomas Arnold (actor), Roger May (actor), Lucia Small (editor), Lucia Small (producer), Andrew Willis (composer), Dougal Porteous (actor), Paul Ashby (producer), Jean Dunoyer (editor), Jane Wrigley (costume designer), David Hickman (director), Selina MacDonald (actress),

Genres: History,
Taglines: The story of the Anglo-Dutch wars

Stage Beauty (2004)

Actors: George Fenton (composer), Claire Danes (actress), James D. Stern (producer), Billy Crudup (actor), Tom Wilkinson (actor), Robert De Niro (producer), Tom Hollander (actor), Greg Bennett (actor), Rupert Everett (actor), Edward Fox (actor), Hugh Bonneville (actor), Richard Griffiths (actor), Ray Donn (actor), Matt Curtis (miscellaneous crew), Michael Barnes (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Based in the 1660's of London's theaters, this film is about the rules of gender roles in theatre production, and means to change them for everyone's benefit. Ned Kynaston is the assumedly gay cross-dressing actor who has been playing female parts in plays for years, particularly Desdemona in Othello, he also has a close relationship with a member of the Royal Court, the Duke of Buckingham. One day however, the rules of only men playing women could change when aspiring actress Maria auditions as Kynaston's praised role, Desdemona, and soon enough, King Charles II decides to make the law that all female roles should be played only by women. Maria becomes a star, while Ned finds himself out of work. But after a while, Ned finds it in his nature to forgive Maria's aspiration, they may even fall in love, and Charles may proclaim women will be played by either gender.

Keywords: 1660s, 17th-century, acting, actor, actress, ambition, applause, backstage, bare-breasts, bare-butt
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: She was the first of her kind. He was the last of his.

Quotes:

Ned Kynaston: A woman playing a woman? Where's the trick in that?

King Charles II: Why shouldn't we have women on stage? After all, the French have been doing it for years.::Sir Edward Hyde: Whenever we're about to do something truly horrible, we always say that the French have been doing it for years.

Ned Kynaston: A part doesn't belong to an actor; an actor belongs to a part.

Maria: I am an actress, not a beauty.

Ned Kynaston: Right, I'll need boot black.::Sir Charles Sedley: I have boot black.::Ned Kynaston: With you?::Sir Charles Sedley: A scuff, sir, is a dreadful thing.

Maria: What do you know of love, sir? Or loyalty? Or adoration suffered in deepest silence? The only love you know, sir, is what you act on stage.

Ned Kynaston: [discussing Maria's first Othello show] Did you go round after?::George Villiars, Duke of Buckingham: Oh, too crowded. Pepys went. If two mice were fucking in a nutshell, he'd find room to squeeze in and write it down.

Sir Charles Sedley: Kynaston... It feels I've had the honour already.::Ned Kynaston: Or you've already had the honour of feeling it.::Sir Charles Sedley: Obviously I'm behind on my drinking.

Maria: Mr Kynaston, I can explain everything.::Ned Kynaston: Why, are you a philosopher?

Samuel Pepys: Tell me about your parentage, Miss Gwynn.::Nell Gwynn: My mum was a whore, my father was in the navy.::Samuel Pepys: I see.::Nell Gwynn: That's why I don't never do sailors.

A Royal Birthday Celebration (1998)

Actors: Rowan Atkinson (actor), Stephen Fry (actor), Barry Humphries (actor), Desmond Llewelyn (actor), Spike Milligan (actor), Roger Moore (actor), Prince Charles (actor), Mel Smith (actor), Peter Ustinov (actor), Robbie Williams (actor), Geri Halliwell (actress), Elle Macpherson (actress), Alex Hardcastle (producer), Sydney Rose (producer), Emma Kaye (actress),

Genres: Documentary,

The Wicked Lady (1983)

Actors: Ellen Pollock (actress), Joan Hickson (actress), Faye Dunaway (actress), Celia Imrie (actress), John Savident (actor), Oliver Tobias (actor), Denholm Elliott (actor), Derek Francis (actor), David Gant (actor), Ewen Solon (actor), John Gielgud (actor), Norman Mitchell (actor), Alan Bates (actor), Marina Sirtis (actress), Prunella Scales (actress),

Plot: Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, she gets bored and turns to highway robbery for thrills. While on the road she meets a famous highwayman, and they continue as a team, but some people begin suspecting her identity, and she risks death if she continues her nefarious activities.

Keywords: based-on-book, based-on-novel, catfight, female-nudity, highwayman, nell-gwynne, nudity, rape, remake, whipping
Genres: Adventure, Drama,
Taglines: She seduced, robbed and murdered...That was on her good days. [Theatrical]

Quotes:

Jerry Jackson: [Barbara bursts in on Jackson and his wench] Ah... she... she means nothing to me!::Jackson's Girl: What?::Lady Barbara Skelton: This wench, cheap as she looks, will cost you dear. [Barbara leaves]::Jackson's Girl: Who the fuck was that?

Jerry Jackson: [about to be hanged] My friends, I don't care whether you're for me or against me. All that matters is that you've come her today in your thousands to give me a grand send off. To you lovely ladies, don't throw your love, your caresses, your tears on villains like me. Save them for a man who's worth it. An honest, faithful man. If you can find one! To the men I'll give a word of warning, never put your faith in a woman. For no matter how much you may think she loves you, like as not she'll betray you in the end! In my short and merry life I've loved many but only once have I ever, ever made the fatal mistake of trusting a woman. That's why I'm here! For believe me friends, only a woman's hand could put a noose around the neck of Jerry Jackson!

D'Artagnan contro i tre moschettieri (1964)

Actors: Walter Barnes (actor), Leopoldo Valentini (actor), Franco Fantasia (actor), Fedele Gentile (actor), Ugo Sasso (actor), Benito Stefanelli (actor), Ignazio Leone (actor), Carlo Lombardi (actor), Folco Lulli (actor), Piero Lulli (actor), Enzo Maggio (actor), Renzo Palmer (actor), Franco Ressel (actor), Roberto Risso (actor), Carla Calò (actress),

Plot: Fernando Lamas, Gloria Milland. Despite the efforts of his musketeer pals, D'Artagnan escorts a youthful king right into the hands of an evil cardinal, who has wicked plans for him. However, the musketeers save the king from his clutches and unite against his power. Hokey, but fun. Color, 16mm.

Keywords: sword-fight
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama,

Lilacs in the Spring (1954)

Actors: Anna Neagle (actress), Herbert Wilcox (director), David Farrar (actor), David Farrar (actor), Errol Flynn (actor), Alan Gifford (actor), Anna Neagle (actress), Anna Neagle (actress), Sam Kydd (actor), Sean Connery (actor), Stephen Boyd (actor), Phyllis Crocker (miscellaneous crew), Kathleen Harrison (actress), Helen Haye (actress), Herbert Wilcox (producer),

Plot: A young entertainer, Carole Beaumont, is wooed by actor-producer Charles King but, uncertain of her feelings, she resists his attentions. During an air raid, a bomb explosion rocks the café and Carole is knocked unconscious. In her confused state, fantasies flash through her mind, and she seems to become Nell Gwyn of Old Drury, with Charles King looking very much like King Charles. Recovering, she is advised by her doctor to take a rest in the country and, there,another beau, Albert Gutman, prompts his grandmother, Lady Drayton, to invite Carole to their family home at Windsor. She accepts and telephones Charles but hangs up when his phone is answered by a female voice. Looking out on Windsor Castle, she sees herself as the young Queen Victoria and Albert as Prince Albert. Influenced by her day-dream, she accepts Albert's proposal. Charles arrives to tell her that all arrangements are made for her to leave with him and the company for Burma, but she refuses saying she will never marry an actor. Barmaid Kate tells Charles why Carole feels the way she does about actors: Carole's mother, Lillian Grey, was with a touring show in 1913 when the handsome star, John Beaumont raised her from the chorus to be his partner in his first West End show. They were a success, fell in love and were married. But the war soon took Beau off to Flanders and Lillian was left to become a great star on her own. Carole was born in wartime, but saw little of her busy mother.

Keywords: based-on-play
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance,
Taglines: A New Errol Flynn... with the same old MAGIC!

Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)

Actors: Frank Hagney (actor), Sol Gorss (actor), Wilton Graff (actor), Billy Bevan (actor), Trevor Bardette (actor), Sven Hugo Borg (actor), Alfonso Bedoya (actor), Barry Brooks (actor), Fred Cavens (actor), Harry Cording (actor), Curt Bois (actor), James Dime (actor), David Bond (actor), Martin Garralaga (actor), Lumsden Hare (actor),

Plot: When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to rescue them. They've been taken prisoner by the Spanish Marquis de Riconete who is now using them as slave labor harvesting pearls from the sea. With help of the Marquis' daughter Isabelita he not only manages to rescue his men but also vanquishes the Marquis in a sea battle.

Keywords: action-hero, adventure-hero, arrest, based-on-novel, battle, bombardment, brawl, brunette, character-name-in-title, combat
Genres: Action, Adventure, Romance,

Quotes:

Marquis de Riconete: It is bad enough that I should have business dealings with vermin. I don't wish them to infest my family. Senor Fairfax, if you attempt to see my niece again, I shall have the distinct pleasure of watching you being torn apart by the sharks.

[first lines]::Ship's Lookout: Captain Blood! Captain Blood, there's a prize off our starboard bow flying Spanish colors.::Capt. Peter Blood: Bosun.::Boatswain: Aye, sir?::Capt. Peter Blood: Man the guns. Cram on full sail.::Boatswain: [blows whistle] Man the guns!

King Charles II: You have a galleon of 40 guns. Therefore, we charge you with the personal responsibility of capturing this Captain Blood.::Marquis de Riconete: I shall do everything in my power, Sire. But of course your Majesty realizes that this is no common criminal you send me after. Blood is a learned, intelligent man. A doctor.::King Charles II: A doctor? Are the English so hated that their doctors must turn to piracy for a living?

Capt. Peter Blood: Forget our own men? Slaves of Spain rotting away in the Marquis' dungeons? Do you remember what it was like before we escaped from slavery? The stench from those filfthy holes? The swill? The chains rotting away at the flesh from your bones? The whips and the branding irons?::Tom Mannering: Yes, I remember.::Capt. Peter Blood: Don't ask me to forget then.

Tom Mannering: How do you propose to get into the town? You can't just walk in, have yourself announced to the Marquis.::Capt. Peter Blood: I'll leave that to Lady Chance. She's obliged me more than once. Perhaps she'll oblige me again. I've great faith in the lady.::Tom Mannering: You'll need it.

Capt. Peter Blood: What is that?::Pepita Maria Rosados: Oh, just the slaves. They're on their way back from the Marquis' pearl fisheries; the ones that are left.::Capt. Peter Blood: The ones that are left?::Pepita Maria Rosados: There are fewer every day. Last week, thirty-four. Yesterday, thirty-two. Today, who knows?::Capt. Peter Blood: What happens to them?::Pepita Maria Rosados: What happens to anyone who has to dive for pearls in water filled with sharks.

Isabelita Sotomayor: [in response to Captain Blood throwing away a pearl] How clumsy of you, peddler.::Capt. Peter Blood: Forgive my hands, Senorita. They are not accustomed to pearls.::Isabelita Sotomayor: Perhaps you would appreciate them more if you were to dive for one yourself.::Capt. Peter Blood: Perhaps.

George Fairfax: This is a night for genius performers, an innkeeper turned actor and a fruit peddler who is both doctor and fencing master.::Capt. Peter Blood: You seem to forget, Senor Fairfax, that you owe me your life - a debt I may later wish to collect.

Capt. Peter Blood: It's another kind of surgery I'll be performing tonight, Mr. Fairfax.::George Fairfax: Look to your own wounds, Doctor Peter Blood.::Capt. Peter Blood: I will.

Capt. Peter Blood: To the sharks, Fairfax, to join the slaves you've sent to them.

Thank You, Mr. Pepys (1938)

Actors: Edmund Gwenn (actor), Henry Oscar (actor), George More O'Ferrall (producer), W.P. Lipscomb (writer), Barry K. Barnes (actor), Douglas Matthews (actor),

Genres: ,

The Glorious Adventure (1922)

Actors: J. Stuart Blackton (writer), J. Stuart Blackton (producer), Frederick Leister (actor), Humberston Wright (actor), Norma Varden (actress), Vivian Gibson (actress), Victor McLaglen (actor), Ralph Forbes (actor), Frank Dawson (actor), Lawford Davidson (actor), Frederick Leister (actor), Tom Coventry (actor), Dino Galvani (actor), J. Stuart Blackton (editor), J. Stuart Blackton (director),

Genres: Adventure, History,

King Charles (1913)

Actors: Dorothy Bellew (actress), Wilfred Noy (director), Harrison Ainsworth (writer), Low Warren (writer), P.G. Ebbutt (actor),

Genres: Drama, History,