Kathleen Harrison

In Which We Serve -- Based on the true chronicle of a British destroyer, this Academy Award nominated film follows the H.M.S. Torrin from its construction in an English shipyard to its demise off the island of Crete during World War II.

In Which We Serve -- This 'story of a ship,' the British destroyer HMS Torrin, is told in flash backs by survivors as they cling to a life raft.

After a motorist runs him off the road and drives away, angry cyclist Murdoch Troon (Stanley Baxter) refuses to be just another hit and run. But when he finally finds the wayward driver (James Robertson Justice), he's driven to distraction by the man's beautiful daughter (Julie Christie). As luck would have it, she's mad for cars, too, which means Murdoch has to change his preferred form of transportation.

A welfare worker becomes emotionally involved with her charges, a group of adorable, homeless orphans. Music by Larry Adler. (1959; B&W)

A welfare worker becomes emotionally involved with her charges, a group of adorable, homeless orphans. Music by Larry Adler. (1959; B&W)

Now old, ill, poor, and forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very the young and handsome William Green, an inventor searching for a way to project moving pictures.

When bank official Arthur Winslow's retirement is marred by the news that his younger son has been expelled from Osborne Naval College on a charge of theft, he is convinced of his son's innocence. But his struggle on the boy's behalf seems to be a hopeless cause until a famous KC and political leader, Sir Robert Morton, agrees to take up the challenge.

When bank official Arthur Winslow's retirement is marred by the news that his younger son has been expelled from Osborne Naval College on a charge of theft, he is convinced of his son's innocence. But his struggle on the boy's behalf seems to be a hopeless cause until a famous KC and political leader, Sir Robert Morton, agrees to take up the challenge.

Based on the true chronicle of a British destroyer, this Academy Award nominated film follows the H.M.S. Torrin from its construction in an English shipyard to its demise off the island of Crete during World War II.

Based on the true chronicle of a British destroyer, this Academy Award nominated film follows the H.M.S. Torrin from its construction in an English shipyard to its demise off the island of Crete during World War II.

&NFb;&NFb_;This engrossing tale about the sinking of British destroyer HMS &NFi;Torrin&NFi_; during the Battle of Crete is based on the true-life story of the HMS &NFi;Kelly&NFi_;, a destroyer under the command of Lord Louis Mountbatten that sank in the Mediterranean. Three survivors (Noel Coward, Bernard Miles and John Mills) on a raft recount their lives aboard the sunken vessel. The movie marks Coward's first and only time as a film director (David Lean co-directed).

With their theatrical troupe on the verge of going bankrupt, struggling performers Arthur (Arthur Askey) and Stinker (Richard Murdoch) become the servants of wealthy aristocrat Lady Randall (Lily Morris), a former entertainer whom they push to bankroll their latest production. Directed by Marcel Varnel, this classic comedy features hilarious instances of mistaken identity as well as a dazzling finale.