Oct 21st
That Hamilton Woman**
aka. Lady Hamilton

(US 1941)
United Artists/London Films. 128m. bw

For Trafalgar Day, the story of the love affair between Lord Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton, told by her in flashback in destitution in Paris.
Luscious historical romance utilising the star British couple of the time, with the leading lady of Gone with the Wind (in a very similar looking role), and Olivier on the spot historically as Nelson, and filmed seamlessly in Hollywood by Korda as anti-Nazi propaganda, for which it largely succeeds (and was also a favourite of Churchill's, who hand a hand in its making) despite the inevitable over-romanticism and an unsuitable original title.

Written by: Walter Reisch, R.C. Sherriff.
Producer/Director: Alexander Korda.
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray, Gladys Cooper, Gilbert Emery, Henry Wilcoxon (as Hardy), Sara Allgood, Halliwell Hobbes.
Photography: Rudolph Mate.
Music: Miklos Rozsa.