Laurence Olivier Movies

Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought Shakespeare's great...

In "Gone with the Wind" she was an unforgettable Scarlett O'Hara. Beauty, two-time Oscar winner, celebrated Hollywood star and great Shakespearean...

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy...

A young man becomes infatuated with the exotic Lady Pitts whose much older husband is not pleased.

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

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

A documentary by Tony Palmer on English composer Sir William Walton (1902–1983), made shortly before his death. The film includes the only...

Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love...

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance...

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...

Tree of Life is a 1971 film directed by John Fernhout.

In this television documentary, Laurence Oliver is interviewed by Kenneth Tynan about his Shakespearean films.

A brash young artist invades the secluded retirement of an elderly painter and finds that the great man lives with two young women in a tantalizingly...

One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon her life and marriage...

A man tries to burgle his own safe on the same night that a professional criminal attempts it.

Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence...

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...