Movies For the Blind

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As the ship sinks, the crew remembers the beginning of one life and the end of others. Part 3 of 3.

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Bernard Miles @ Wikipedia
Bernard Miles’ monologue “Over the Gate” @ YouTube
MFTB04 – The Smallest Show on Earth, part 1 (correction: it was our third movie)
Leslie Howard @ Wikipedia

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As the survivors keep hanging on, Shorty (John Mills) remembers meeting his beloved and a savage battle that brought shame to one young sailor (Richard Attenborough). Part 2 of 3.

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David Lean Directs Noël Coward @ Turner Classic Movies
Richard Attenborough Biography
Richard Attenborough update and career review @ Daily Mail

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During World War II, a British battleship is attacked by German dive bombers, leading to the captain (Noël Coward, who wrote the film) and crew to think of their families and lives with the ship. 1942. Part 1 of 3.

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NoelCoward.com
Noël Coward @ Wikipedia

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During his brain surgery, Peter (David Niven) goes on trial not just for his life, but for his right to love June (Kim Hunter). Part 3 of 3.

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The Powell and Pressburger Pages
A Matter of Life and Death @ Turner Classic Movies
Kim Hunter @ Wikipedia

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Peter (David Niven) meets June’s friend Frank (Roger Livesey), a village doctor with an expertise in neurology who tries to reconcile the world of Peter’s brain with the Other World where his trial is imminent. Part 2 of 3.

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David Niven @ Wikipedia
David Niven @ BFI
“Stairway to Heaven” trivia @IMDB

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In World War II, the life of a doomed British airman (David Niven) is saved by mistake, and he falls in love with an American radio operator before the mistake is realized. Part 1 of 3. 1946.

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Article @ Turner Classic Movies
The BFI 100
Time Out‘s 100 Best British Films: #6
Total Film‘s 50 Greatest British Films Ever

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True loyalties are revealed between Madeleine (Vivien Leigh) and Karl (Conrad Veidt), sparking a game of cat and mouse that culminates in a deadly battle at sea. Part 2 of 2.

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Conrad Veidt @Wikipedia
The Man Who Laughs review by Roger Ebert

(Correction: Title mentioned as The Man Who Laughed is actually The Man Who Laughs)

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During World War I in neutral Sweden, a beautiful boutique owner (Vivien Leigh) is part of an elaborate spy network, but she faces a different kind of danger when a womanizing German baron (Conrad Veidt) arrives in the country. 1937. Part 1 of 2.

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Dark Journey @Turner Classic Movies
Vivien-Leigh.com
Bipolar Disorder @CAMH
Catherine Zeta-Jones and Bipolar II @Los Angeles Times

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As reports of missiles approaching come in, a romance begins, three people run away, two lives are lost and new arrivals turn everything upside down.

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Seamon Glass @Memory Alpha (the Star Trek wiki)

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A patrolman gets orders to put up a roadblock on a lonely highway, which detains various people in the middle of the night. Messages from the police radio soon make clear the catastrophic reason. 1962.

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Seamon Glass @IMDB

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Everytown is rebuilt to the ideals of Wings Over the World, but in 2036, John Cabal’s great-grandson Oswald (Raymond Massey) faces a rebellion when he plans to send explorers into space. Part 3 of 3.

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Raymond Massey @Wikipedia
Raymond Massey @Northern Stars

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A familiar visitor arrives in Everytown with tales of a new great civilization, but The Boss (Ralph Richardson) only sees another enemy to be vanquished. Part 2 of 3.

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Margaretta Scott @Wikipedia
All Creatures Great and Small @IMDB

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In the near future, Everytown is hit by a war which drags on for decades, resulting in a mysterious illness and a quasi-medieval society. Adapted by H.G. Wells from his book. 1936. Part 1 of 3.

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The Shape of Things to Come as an e-book
Ralph Richardson @Wikipedia

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Tommy and Gilbert (Wheeler and Woolsey) keep evading the military police, but love might finally compel them to go to the front for a risky mission.

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The Official Dorothy Lee, Wheeler and Woolsey Tribute