Laurence Olivier Movies

This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother...

The life and career of two-time Oscar winner Vivien Leigh, who battled tuberculosis and manic-depression but always remained a star.

Towards the end of their lives, two men from very different worlds discover that one of them was in love with the other one's wife for more than...

A portrait of the 30 year relationship between Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. With comments by their friends and family.

On a day in the summer of 1912, the family of retired matinee idol James Tyrone grapples with the morphine addiction of Tyrone's wife Mary, the...

World War II propaganda film.

An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé....

Documentary examination of the role of Hamlet, in which ten prominent actors who have played the part discuss Hamlet's personality, Shakespeare's...

Promotional short hosted by Laurence Olivier promoting the film "Othello."

A staid, dull Englishman abruptly deserts his wife and children to become a painter in the South Seas.

Set in the rarefied world of West End boutique owners and fashion designers, The Collection takes as its departure point the moment when four elegant...

Documentary with an affectionate look back at the classic Granada TV dramatisation of Evelyn Waugh's famous novel "Brideshead Revisited".

'Riviera. Professional co-respondents mistake one another for clients.' (British Film Catalogue)

Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.

Paying homage to two of Hollywood's central icons, the film creates an unparalleled portrait of two very different personalities amidst the demise of...

A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.

A film about the life and work of the master comedy filmmaker, Charles Chaplin.

An Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier.

A forgotten history of Northern Ireland is unveiled through a journey into Ulster Television’s archives, and the rediscovery of the first...

An indictment of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. The film tries to give a reconstruction of the events during the students' uprising in...