Laurence Olivier Movies
- 1930
The Temporary Widow
The Temporary Widow01930HD
Kitty Kellermann is put on trial for murdering her husband, a failed painter. When her counsel resigns from his mandate, the mysterious Peter Bille...
- 1941
Words for Battle
Words for Battle6.21941HD
Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence...
- 1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Hollywood: Style Center of the World5.51940HD
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother...
- 1933
Perfect Understanding
Perfect Understanding6.11933HD
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds...
- 1965
Olivier Talks About Othello
Olivier Talks About Othello01965HD
Promotional short hosted by Laurence Olivier promoting the film "Othello."
- 1963
Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya41963HD
Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.
- 1976
Hindle Wakes
Hindle Wakes71976HD
In the best play of 1912, the conventional morals and manners of a North England mill town are overthrown by a young woman with ideas far ahead of...
- 1953
The Beggar's Opera
The Beggar's Opera4.91953HD
Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
- 2005
Revisiting Brideshead
Revisiting Brideshead02005HD
Documentary with an affectionate look back at the classic Granada TV dramatisation of Evelyn Waugh's famous novel "Brideshead Revisited".
- 1944
The Volunteer
The Volunteer4.71944HD
World War II propaganda film.
- 1984
The Ebony Tower
The Ebony Tower01984HD
A brash young artist invades the secluded retirement of an elderly painter and finds that the great man lives with two young women in a tantalizingly...
- 1976
The Collection
The Collection5.71976HD
Set in the rarefied world of West End boutique owners and fashion designers, The Collection takes as its departure point the moment when four elegant...
- 1936
The Conquest of the Air
The Conquest of the Air4.21936HD
This early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from...
- 1984
A Voyage Round My Father
A Voyage Round My Father7.61984HD
A successful lawyer struck with blindness in middle age continues his battles in the courtroom with the assistance of his family. As his son deals...
- 1983
A Talent for Murder
A Talent for Murder5.91983HD
A famed mystery writer and her doctor ex-lover solve her daughter-in-law's murder.
- 1931
Potiphar's Wife
Potiphar's Wife01931HD
'A good-looking chauffeur, employed by an aristocratic married lady is tempted to misconduct. His indifference arouses her wrath and he is charged...
- 1973
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice71973HD
An Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier.
- 1978
Daphne Laureola
Daphne Laureola61978HD
A young man becomes infatuated with the exotic Lady Pitts whose much older husband is not pleased.
- 1953
The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci
The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci01953HD
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at an exhibition of Da Vinci's drawings at Burlington House in London, marking the quincentenary of his...
- 1966
Great Acting: Laurence Olivier
Great Acting: Laurence Olivier01966HD
In this television documentary, Laurence Oliver is interviewed by Kenneth Tynan about his Shakespearean films.