Laurence Olivier Movies

  • 1930
    The Temporary Widow

    The Temporary Widow

    The Temporary Widow

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    Kitty Kellermann is put on trial for murdering her husband, a failed painter. When her counsel resigns from his mandate, the mysterious Peter Bille...

    The Temporary Widow
  • 1941
    Words for Battle

    Words for Battle

    Words for Battle

    6.21941HD

    Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence...

    Words for Battle
  • 1940
    Hollywood: Style Center of the World

    Hollywood: Style Center of the World

    Hollywood: Style Center of the World

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    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...

    Hollywood: Style Center of the World
  • 1933
    Perfect Understanding

    Perfect Understanding

    Perfect Understanding

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    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...

    Perfect Understanding
  • 1965
    Olivier Talks About Othello

    Olivier Talks About Othello

    Olivier Talks About Othello

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    Promotional short hosted by Laurence Olivier promoting the film "Othello."

    Olivier Talks About Othello
  • 1963
    Uncle Vanya

    Uncle Vanya

    Uncle Vanya

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    Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.

    Uncle Vanya
  • 1976
    Hindle Wakes

    Hindle Wakes

    Hindle Wakes

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    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...

    Hindle Wakes
  • 1953
    The Beggar's Opera

    The Beggar's Opera

    The Beggar's Opera

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    Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.

    The Beggar's Opera
  • 2005
    Revisiting Brideshead

    Revisiting Brideshead

    Revisiting Brideshead

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    Documentary with an affectionate look back at the classic Granada TV dramatisation of Evelyn Waugh's famous novel "Brideshead Revisited".

    Revisiting Brideshead
  • 1944
    The Volunteer

    The Volunteer

    The Volunteer

    4.71944HD

    World War II propaganda film.

    The Volunteer
  • 1984
    The Ebony Tower

    The Ebony Tower

    The Ebony Tower

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    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...

    The Ebony Tower
  • 1976
    The Collection

    The Collection

    The Collection

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    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...

    The Collection
  • 1936
    The Conquest of the Air

    The Conquest of the Air

    The Conquest of the Air

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    This early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from...

    The Conquest of the Air
  • 1984
    A Voyage Round My Father

    A Voyage Round My Father

    A Voyage Round My Father

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    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...

    A Voyage Round My Father
  • 1983
    A Talent for Murder

    A Talent for Murder

    A Talent for Murder

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    A famed mystery writer and her doctor ex-lover solve her daughter-in-law's murder.

    A Talent for Murder
  • 1931
    Potiphar's Wife

    Potiphar's Wife

    Potiphar's Wife

    01931HD

    'A good-looking chauffeur, employed by an aristocratic married lady is tempted to misconduct. His indifference arouses her wrath and he is charged...

    Potiphar's Wife
  • 1973
    The Merchant of Venice

    The Merchant of Venice

    The Merchant of Venice

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    An Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier.

    The Merchant of Venice
  • 1978
    Daphne Laureola

    Daphne Laureola

    Daphne Laureola

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    A young man becomes infatuated with the exotic Lady Pitts whose much older husband is not pleased.

    Daphne Laureola
  • 1953
    The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci

    The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci

    The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci

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    A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at an exhibition of Da Vinci's drawings at Burlington House in London, marking the quincentenary of his...

    The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci
  • 1966
    Great Acting: Laurence Olivier

    Great Acting: Laurence Olivier

    Great Acting: Laurence Olivier

    01966HD

    In this television documentary, Laurence Oliver is interviewed by Kenneth Tynan about his Shakespearean films.

    Great Acting: Laurence Olivier