Alexander Shaw Movies
- 1950
British actor Robert Donat's one-and-only film directorial effort was Cure for Love. Adapted from a popular stage play by Walter Greenwood, the film stars Donat as Jack, an army sergeant who returns home on leave. Having falling in love, Jack hopes that his hometown girl friend has forgotten his impulsive marriage proposal, but she hasn't. The film's comic complications arise from the fact that Jack, a war hero of conspicuous courage, turns into a quivering mass of jelly whenever dealing with affairs of the heart. The thick Lancashire dialect used by practically everyone in Cure for Love may be a bit difficult to comprehend for American audiences. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robert Donat, Renée Ashershon, (more)
- 1944
In this propagandistic WW II drama, an innocent merchant vessel is targeted by Nazi bombers. The boat is nearly sunk after the raid. Still it stays above the waves and the hapless crew is able to be rescued by a passing Allied fleet. Unfortunately the crew is even more endangered than before because the fleet is involved in direct conflict with enemy ships. The courageous merchant sailors willingly join the fight. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1936
This interesting early docu-drama offers a complete chronicle of the history of aviation from prehistoric times through the mid 1930s. Though the film was finished by 1935, it was not released until much later. H.G. Wells assisted on the first drafts of the script. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
