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Charles Herbert Frend was an English film director and editor, best known for his films produced at Ealing Studios. He began directing in the early 1940s and is known for such films as Scott of the Antarctic and The Cruel Sea.
Total trailers found: 35
09 January 1935
Produced by the highly acclaimed Michael Balcon, the story revolves around Robert, the son of the owner of a musical instrument factory.
01 January 1961
Sheila's fourteen. Her father abandoned her as a baby, her mum's in jail and she's stuck in a children's home.
15 March 1934
In Vienna, aspiring composer Johann Strauss Jr. clashes with his domineering father, who wants him to abandon music for a steady job in a bakery.
29 October 1945
The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port.
26 August 1936
The story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to break his father's heart by conducting an affair with the wife of a notorious criminal.
01 October 1950
A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.
08 February 1935
Member of a village Purity League branch find things much livelier on a trip to London.
22 June 1942
Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.
08 January 1937
Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily.
01 June 1956
Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London.
28 July 1939
Throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping rises from a shy, nervous teacher to the beloved, revered headmaster of Brookfield School, with his life and career shaped by his love for his wife and his unwavering dedication to his students.
19 March 1970
In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married schoolteacher in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.
08 September 1970
The story of the men and women who produced a series of film comedies that were so original and funny that they put Ealing on the map.
17 February 1937
When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.
07 December 1943
Based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned.
20 September 1932
Which soldier will the naive, impressionable Raina choose to love - the unromantic, hard-nosed, tough Bluntschli, or the handsome, dashing, reckless (and extremely stupid) Sergius?
24 February 1953
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training.
29 November 1948
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to bem
30 July 1934
In this opera-oriented musical, Riccardo Gatti, an Italian young tenor in Venice, meets a young woman who sneaks into the opera house to try and get her fiancé hired as the orchestra's pianist.
10 May 1960
A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for scientific reasons for the crashes.
14 May 1941
Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvation Army.
11 May 1936
During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy.
29 October 1938
Young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor Andrew Manson arrives in Wales and takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have.
18 October 1954
William Thorne, vicar of a small village, leads a modest life as a clergyman. Supporting his wife Vera and musically talented daughter Susan with his work, Thorne is also thoroughly devoted to his community.
18 February 1938
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
03 November 1939
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.
17 December 1957
A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as ''
21 September 1963
An Italian submarine captain tries to navigate his sub through enemy waters while being stalked by a British warship.
23 November 1949
Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their escort.
08 June 1947
Joanna Godden falls heir to a farm when her father dies.
19 January 1942
Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
01 December 1931
This early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.
01 January 1964
A compilation of two episodes from two separate but connected series: "The Sentimental Agent" (106, Man of the World) and "A Very Desirable Plot" (109, The Sentimental Agent).
01 December 1967
Competition between rival inventors endeavouring to win a prize for the first flight by a man-powered flying machine.
