Movies: Ivy Close

Sisif, a railwayman, saves a young girl named Norma orphaned by a train crash and raises her as his own daughter alongside his son, Elie. As she becomes an adult, Sisif grapples with whether to tell Norma the truth about her parentage....

Lord Nelson's life, loves and death....

Timed to bolster public morale at the end of the Great War, Maurice Elvey’s biopic of Nelson frequently steps out of its period setting to give us historical background or contemporary relevance. There are some nice locations but resort to cheap sets...

'1850. Squire's grandson saves farmer's niece from charge of murdering illegitimate baby.' (British Film Catalogue)...

Features a screenplay written by the original novelist Hall Caine....

Blaise Cendrars' AUTOUR DE LA ROUE (1923), a behind-the-scenes short documenting the production....