Old Roses (1934)

Directed by

Bernard Mainwaring

Genre

crime film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 01m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

An elderly man helps the police solve a murder. In doing so, he accidentally reveals his own criminal past.

melancholicnostalgicslow-burnunderstatedunsettlingtensereflectivesomber

What happens

Old Roses is a 1935 British crime film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Horace Hodges, Nancy Burne and Bruce Lester. It was written by Anthony Richardson, and was made as a quota quickie. The screenplay concerns an elderly man who assists the police in solving a murder, but accidentally reveals his own criminal past in the process. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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