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Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.

A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives in to her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue soon after.

The adventures of Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a noble knight and champion of justice during the rule of the evil Prince John.

A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.

A young girl from the slums gets involved with some criminals. Driving while drunk, she knocks down and kills a policeman. She runs away with two G.I.s who are also on the run, and they start a crime wave.

A British brain surgeon punishes the murderess of his lover.

When an 18 month old baby disappears in London, a police investigation ensues, though there are few leads.

Emotional strains of adoption. A young mother hands over her baby to foster parents, but struggles to let go emotionally. Her obsession affects the lives of those around her, including the child.

Seriously ill on a military campaign in Greece, Lord Byron dreams of being judged upon his death, as either a poet and soldier or as a seducer and libertine. Amongst the witnesses called are his free-thinking mistress, Lady Caroline Lamb and his more conventional wife, Annabella.

A Member of Parliament, who had been reportedly killed in action during World War II, unexpectedly returns to his family, only to find that his wife has been persuaded to take his seat in the House of Commons.

This movie begins with a scene in which Barbara (Celia Johnson) rings Leonora (Margaret Leighton) to tell her that something has happened to Chris (Noël Coward). At this point, we don't know who Chris is or what has happened, only that he has lost conciousness. The movie then flashes back a year, to when old friends Barbara and Leonora meet again after having lost contact for many years. Time has not strained their relationship it seems, and Barbara invites Leonora to her house a few days later to meet her husband. Her husband Chris, a pompous, austere psychologist, gets off to a bad start with Leonora. The two despise each other until one night when Barbara has to leave town to look after her mother. Because of this, she is unable to go to the play she had arranged to go with Leonora to. Chris reluctantly decides to go in place of Barbara, and the two hit it off and begin a relationship.

A hangman conceals his true identity when he falls in love, and sets up home with his girl on a barge in the river Thames. Tragedy strikes when the hangman's assistant tries to seduce his boss's wife - after a fight, the hangman is presumed drowned. The woman commits suicide, but the hangman has in fact survived, and manages to save his assistant from the gallows.

When a group of northern soccer fans are down in London for the Cup Final one of their number winds up with a lady of the night. As they talk, the unsophisticated and naive lad starts to believe he has found true love.

Chaos ensues when a woman wakes up believing that a romantic dream about her new servant is reality.

The McFarishes and the Macraes are lifelong enemies living on a remote island in the Western Isles of Scotland. Mary Lawson is a Scottish orphan brought up in a convent who arrives on the weekly steamer to come and work as a servant to the Macraes. Mary is warned that she must have no dealings with the McFarish family but living a lonely life she encourages the friendship of Will McFarish, with tragic consequences.

The Lord Abbott calls for Ivanhoe for help. Sir Rupert, who covets the monastery lands, collects taxes for Prince John. When the taxes are sent the carriers are robbed. They must stop the robberies or forfeit their lands.

While Ivanhoe is in the northern shires attempting to convince the lords against unfair taxes a look-alike is found who will be used to fool the villagers that the real Ivanhoe was captured trying to rob a church.

After saving a father and his boy from Sir Maurice, Ivanhoe learns that hiss father, Sir Cedric attended a meeting where he was captured by Sir Maurice. Ivanhoe needs to find a way to rescue his father and Lady Rowena.