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February, 1944. Nearly a quarter of the film covers young Jane’s torturous experience at the
Lowood School, based on the actual place that Charlotte and her sisters attended in Yorkshire.
The experience proved fatal for one of the Brontë sisters, Maria, who became gravely ill and died.
$60.00
DESERT SONG – 1943 - American musical film. It was direct-
ed by Robert Florey and starred Dennis Morgan, Irene Manning
and Bruce Cabot. It is based on the 1926 operetta with music by
Sigmund Romberg. It was nominated for an Academy Award for
Best Art Direction (Charles Novi, Jack McConaghy).
$50.00
MYSTERY AT CASTLE HOUSE – 1982 – Australian -Henri Szeps, Simone Buchanan, Ray
Meagher. With their father tied up with a long-term business contract, siblings Kate and Ben
move in with their aunt. As they explore their new surroundings, they meet and befriend a local
boy named Spider. They also encounter Rocco and Ah Leong, who are stealing produce from the
shops and households. Sadly color has turned to reddish. $20.00
TRENT'S LAST CASE -1952 - British detective film directed by Herbert
Wilcox and starring Michael Wilding, Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles
and John McCallum. It was based on the 1913 novel Trent's Last Case by
E. C. Bentley, and had been filmed previously in the UK with Clive Brook
in 1920, and in a 1929 US version. It was also the film debut of actor
Kenneth Williams, best known for his roles in the Carry On comedy film
series. Has slight vinegar smell. $20.00
PROUD VALLEY - 1940 - Ealing Studios film starring Paul Robeson.
Filmed in the South Wales coalfield, the principal Welsh coal mining area,
the film is about a seaman who joins a mining community. It includes their passion for singing as
well as the dangers and precariousness of working in a mine. Has slight vinegar smell.$20

TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY - 1946 – B/W print – American
musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is a fictionalized
biopic of composer Jerome Kern. Kern was originally involved with
the production, but died before it was completed. It has a large cast of
well-known musical stars of the day who appear performing Kern's
songs. It was the first in a series of MGM biopics about Broadway's
they are not. Algernon uses the name Ernest to woo Jack's pretty young ward. 2 Spools:
composers; it was followed by Words and Music (Rodgers and Hart,
1948), Three Little Words (Kalmar and Ruby, 1950), and Deep in My
Heart (Sigmund Romberg, 1954). $50.00

BATMAN – THE JOKER – Excellent color – 2 spools runs around
50 minutes. $40.00

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