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Ealing Comedy DVD Collection (DVD, 2002)
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Product Information
Four classic comedies in one collection: 'Lavender Hill Mob', 'Man In The White Suit', 'Ladykillers' and 'Kind Hearts And Coronets'.Product Identifiers
EAN7321900384728
eBay Product ID (ePID)3953679
Product Key Features
ActorAlec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Cecil Parker, Arthur Lowe, Sid James, Dennis Price, Peter Sellers, Joan Greenwood, Katie Johnston, Herbert Lom, Alfie Bass
Film/TV TitleEaling Comedy DVD Collection
DirectorCharles Crichton, Robert Hamer, Alexander Mackendrick
LanguageEnglish
Run Time346 Mins
Aspect RatioFull Screen\Wide Screen
Release Year2002
FormatDVD
FeaturesBlack & White, Widescreen, Theatrical Trailer
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs4
CertificateU
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Additional InformationThe amazing talents of Sir Alec Guinness are on full display in this four-comedy collection that celebrates the 100th anniversary of Ealing Studios. The classic films included are THE LADYKILLERS, KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS, THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT, and THE LAVENDER HILL MOB.<BR>THE LADYKILLERS, director Alexander Mackendrick's third Ealing farce, is the final comedy produced by the famous studio and one of its most celebrated. Alec Guinness stars as the superbly shifty, toothily threatening Professor Marcus, the leader of a crime ring planning a heist. Marcus rents rooms from a sweet, eccentric old lady, Mrs. Wilberforce (Katie Johnson), in her crooked London house. The professor and his co-conspirators, blowhard Major Courtney (Cecil Parker), creepily suave Louis (Herbert Lom), chubby Harry (Peter Sellers), and muscleman One-Round (Danny Green), pose as an unlikely string quartet using the rooms for rehearsal. Dodging Mrs. Wilberforce's constant interruptions, the hoods hit upon the idea to use her in the daring daylight robbery (filmed in and around London's King's Cross station). When the old girl discovers the truth, Marcus and company cannot persuade her to stay buttoned up about it and thus decide to do her in.<BR>KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS is a deft and dark comedy with Guinness in superb form as he plays eight different members of the D'Ascoyne clan. Louis (Dennis Price), the black sheep of the wealthy family, must murder all the heirs in order to inherit the D'Ascoyne fortune. Watch as the brilliant Guinness disappears into his various eccentric roles.<BR>Based on the play by Roger MacDougall, Alexander Mackendrick's THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (the director's second film) is a winning comedy about the battles between labor, capitalists, and scientific dreamers. Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness) works quietly at the textile mill of Michael Corland (Michael Gough) until his mysterious, costly lab experiment is discovered. Fired by Corland, Stratton takes a menial job at Alan Birnley's (Cecil Parker) mill in order to continue his work on the sly. When Daphne (Joan Greenwood), Corland's fiancee and Birnley's daughter, discovers his secret, she threatens to expose Stratton. The desperate scientist reveals to Daphne that he has invented an indestructible cloth that never gets dirty. Close to realizing his vision, Stratton celebrates by having a white suit made of the fabric (because it repels dye). The trouble, however, is just beginning.<BR>In THE LAVENDER HILL MOB, Mr. Holland (Alec Guinness) is a fussy and unnecessarily overprotective bank supervisor. However, unbeknowst to his employers, he is also Dutch, the leader of the titular crime organisation. So, on the day the bullion truck is robbed, Holland is the last person to be suspected. Guinness revels in his scheming character in this Ealing delight.
FeaturedAudrey Hepburn
Sound sourceMono
Movie/TV TitleEaling Comedy DVD Collection
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- 11 Aug, 2022
Alec guiness genious
Brilliant old films. Ealing comedies,you can't go wrong. Don't make great films like this anymore. Most of the stuff they make today is absolute tripe. I wouldn't go to the cinema anymore even with a free ticket.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 16 Dec, 2022
Great box set
Very good box set here I had been looking for this one for a long time but now I have my own set now. So I shall keep on dealing with ebay from now onVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 25 Mar, 2020
British comedy at its best
Good old fashioned fun - can watch with any age group, just what we need at the moment.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 09 Nov, 2017
Light entertainment
Enjoy these old comedies. Think they are just old fashioned innocent funVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 08 Jun, 2024
Great films … thanks !!! 👍
Great films … thanks !!! 👍Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 01 Apr, 2020
Superb satire. The gurgling and bubbling sound from the laboratory equipment is delightful.
Classic Ealing Comedy.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 01 Jul, 2021
classic comedy always good
Classic comedyVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Oct, 2016
Some of this is brilliant, some of leaves a little to be desired.
Some good some not so good!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
