H. E. Bates

Most Popular H. E. Bates Trailers

Total trailers found: 18

A Month by the Lake Trailer (1995)

11 September 1995

For 16 years Miss Bentley has been spending April at an elegant hillside villa on Lake Como. This year, 1937, her London society artist father has recently died and the only other English-speaking guests are brash Americans.

Breeze Anstey Trailer (1972)

24 September 1972

Two woman pursue an idyllic herb-farming life in the country, forming a bond that for Breeze, the younger woman, is romantically and sexually imbued.

Missing Person Trailer (1984)

08 April 1984

Attia (Yehia al-Fakharani) works as a simple employee, after his mother-in-law threatens to break his engagement from her daughter because of his delay in getting an apartment.

Under the Sun Trailer (1998)

25 December 1998

Olof lives alone on his family's farm after the death of his mother. Unable to read and write, he is dependent on his younger friend, Erik, who helps him in the afternoons.

The Purple Plain Trailer (1954)

14 September 1954

An RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past.

Summertime Trailer (1955)

21 June 1955

Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone.

Feast of July Trailer (1995)

12 October 1995

After an abandoned young woman in late 19th Century England is taken in by a rural couple with three handsome sons, tragic consequences result.

The Triple Echo Trailer (1972)

16 November 1972

After her husband is captured during WWII, homesteader Alice is forced to maintain their land herself.

The Loves of Joanna Godden Trailer (1947)

08 June 1947

Joanna Godden falls heir to a farm when her father dies.

The Mating Game Trailer (1959)

29 April 1959

Tax collector Lorenzo Charlton comes to the Larkins' farm to ask why Pop Larkins hasn't paid his back taxes.

Dulcima Trailer (1971)

01 December 1971

Dulcima, treated as a drudge by her family, becomes a housekeeper to Parker, a curmudgeonly widower living in drunken disarray on a neighbouring farm.

The Four Beauties Trailer (1973)

11 March 1973

Henry Batley, a bored young journalist in a small town is attracted to both Christie Davenport and her sister Sophie, whilst younger sister Tina is determined to make him hers.

A Moment in Time Trailer (1979)

04 September 1979

Young Elizabeth's quiet village life in Kent changes in the summer of 1940 with the arrival of a group of RAF officers.

Death and the Cherry Tree Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

Three children play games on a deserted beach.

The Little Farm Trailer (1973)

28 January 1973

A farmer who lives alone decides to advertise for a companion-housekeeper to come and live with him.

The Ring of Truth Trailer (1973)

04 March 1973

After his father's death, George Pickard has a strange dream where his father tells him he's traveling to the small town of Skelby Moor.

The Mill Trailer (1972)

27 August 1972

At 17 years of age, Leslie Hartop's parents decide the time has come for her to move out and make her way in the world.

An Aspidistra in Babylon Trailer (1973)

25 February 1973

Summer in Dover 1919: Christine's mother runs a boarding house, in which Christine feels like the dull aspidistras which clutter the rooms, until Captain Blaine arrives to find rooms for his rich aunt.