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The Prime Minister (1941)
Real politics is more fun than this!
A stodgy love story, loosely tied in to the life of Disraeli. One of those films where it starts out with the main stars as young lovers, and then you get a few paragraphs of text that fill in 30 years or so, and then they are old and dying. Perhaps there is a good film to be made from the political battles of the Victorian 'giants', Disraeli and Gladstone, but this is not it.
The Innocents (1961)
The best 'scary' film of all time
This brilliant film is a classic, it is as simple as that. It is the perfect illustration of why black and white photography can enhance a story. I defy anyone not to get 'goose-bumps' when Miss Jessell appears across the lake. Very, very scary. I wish Jack Clayton had made more films of this calibre. I seem to remember Don Taylor used to make creepy black and white ghost stories for showing on television, and these must have been the nearest thing to this masterpiece. Does anyone know where one can see Don Taylor's work? And can one get The Innocents on video? I would love to treasure my own copy.