Ernest Thesiger

The Robe -- A physically and emotionally deteriorated Roman tribune is ordered to execute Jesus Christ in this lavish adaptation of the best-selling novel.

Bride of Frankenstein -- Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein (goaded by an even madder scientist) builds his monster a mate.

The first movie ever filmed in CinemaScope, The Robe was nominated for five Academy Awards in 1953, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Richard Burton. Burton stars as Marcellus Galilo, the Roman centurion charged with overseeing the crucifixion. But when he wins Christ's robe in a gambling game at the foot of the cross, his life is forever changed.

One of the most popular horror classics of all time and an acclaimed sequel to the original Frankenstein. The legendary Boris Karloff reprises his role as the screen's most understood monster who now longs for a mate of his own. Colin Clive is back as the overly ambitious Dr. Frankenstein, who creates the ill-fade bride (Elsa Lanchester). Directed by the original's James Whale (his last horror film) and featuring a haunting musical score, The Bride of Frankenstein ranks as one of the finest films not only of the genre, but for all time.

Academy Award-winning superstars of different generations Warren Beatty ("Bulworth," "Dick Tracy") and Vivien Leigh ("Gone With the Wind," "A Streetcar Named Desire") star in this Tennessee Williams story about an aging actress who moves to Rome to revive her career, but becomes more involved with romance when a pretty penny buys her a fling with an intriguing young gigolo. Co-starring Jill St. John ("Diamonds are Forever," "The Player") and German legend Lotte Lenya ("From Russia with Love"), who nearly steals the show as Leigh's waspish confidante.

Superstars of different generations Warren Beatty and Vivien Leigh star in this Tennessee Williams story about an aging actress who moves to Rome to revive her career, but becomes more involved with romance.

Based on D.H. Lawrence's novel, Sons and Lovers tells the story of Paul Morel (Dean Stockwell), a miner's (Trevor Howard) son who's determined to become an artist. Morel relies on the financial generosity of his girlfriends, but his devotion to his mother (Wendy Hiller) prevents him from returning their love. Sons and Lovers received several Oscar nominations -- including Best Picture and Director -- and won a Best Cinematography Oscar.

D. W. Griffith is properly esteemed as "The Father of Film" from his years of discovery making short films at the pioneer Biograph Company and for such pioneering features as "The Birth of a Nation," "Intolerance," "Broken Blossoms," Way Down East" and "Orphans of the Storm" , but his later films--several of them lost or almost unavailable--were far less critically hailed. Griffith's 1928 comedy-drama "The Battle of the Sexes" proves to be the exception. It is the story of a middle-aged magnate (Jean Hersholt) who makes a fool of himself when he strays from his loving but frowsy wife (Belle Bennett) and children (Billy Bakewell and Sally O'Neil) into the cynical arms of a gold-digger (Phyllis Haver) and her dishonest lover (Don Alvarado). As these characters are hurt and healed, Griffith expertly draws fine lines between tragedy and comedy, and his skill makes all the difference between emotional satisfaction and formulaic melodrama.

D. W. Griffith is properly esteemed as "The Father of Film" from his years of discovery making short films at the pioneer Biograph Company and for such pioneering features as "The Birth of a Nation," "Intolerance," "Broken Blossoms," Way Down East" and "Orphans of the Storm" , but his later films--several of them lost or almost unavailable--were far less critically hailed. Griffith's 1928 comedy-drama "The Battle of the Sexes" proves to be the exception. It is the story of a middle-aged magnate (Jean Hersholt) who makes a fool of himself when he strays from his loving but frowsy wife (Belle Bennett) and children (Billy Bakewell and Sally O'Neil) into the cynical arms of a gold-digger (Phyllis Haver) and her dishonest lover (Don Alvarado). As these characters are hurt and healed, Griffith expertly draws fine lines between tragedy and comedy, and his skill makes all the difference between emotional satisfaction and formulaic melodrama.

In Ronald Neame’s film of Joyce Cary’s classic novel, Alec Guinness transforms himself into one of cinema’s most indelible comic figures: the lovably scruffy painter Gulley Jimson. As the ill-behaved Jimson searches for a perfect canvas, he determines to let nothing come between himself and the realization of his exalted vision. A perceptive examination of the struggle of artistic creation, The Horse’s Mouth is also Neame’s comic masterpiece.

In Ronald Neame's film of Joyce Cary's classic novel, Alec Guinness transforms himself into one of cinema's most indelible comic figures: the lovably scruffy painter Gulley Jimson. As the ill-behaved Jimson searches for a perfect canvas, he determines to let nothing come between himself and the realization of his exalted vision. A perceptive examination of the struggle of artistic creation, THE HORSE'S MOUTH is also Neame's comic masterpiece.

Back for more hilarious misadventures, Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) endures a wacky series of internships in search of his medical calling. But when he decides to try his hand at surgery, standing in his way is formidable chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice). Sparrow's chance of getting on staff at the esteemed hospital is nil after he unwittingly insults Spratt. But with Sparrow, things have a funny way of working out.