Diana Dors Collection - 7-DVD Box Set ( Yield to the Night / Lady Godiva Rides Again / Diamond City / A Boy, a Girl and a Bike / As Long as They're Happy / A Kid for Two Farthings / The Blonde Bombshell ) ( Blonde Sinner / Bikini Baby / Blonde Bombshell: The Diana Dors Story )

Diana Dors Collection - 7-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Yield to the Night / Lady Godiva Rides Again / Diamond City / A Boy, a Girl and a Bike / As Long as They're Happy / A Kid for Two Farthings / The Blonde Bombshell
Alternate Title: Blonde Sinner / Bikini Baby / Blonde Bombshell: The Diana Dors Story
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
730 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1949 - 1999 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
J. Lee Thompson
Frank Launder
David MacDonald
Ralph Smart
Carol Reed
Robert Bierman

Written By:
John Cresswell
Joan Henry
Frank Launder
Val Valentine
Roger Bray
Roland Pertwee
Ralph Keene
John Sommerfield
Alan Melville
Vernon Sylvaine
Wolf Mankowitz
Robert Bierman

Actors:
Diana Dors ..... Mary Price Hilton
Yvonne Mitchell ..... Matron Hilda MacFarlane
Michael Craig ..... Jim Lancaster
Marie Ney ..... Prison Governess
Olga Lindo ..... Senior Matron Hill
Joan Miller ..... Matron Barker
Mary Mackenzie ..... Matron
Marjorie Rhodes ..... Matron Brandon
Geoffrey Keen ..... Prison Chaplain
Liam Redmond ..... Prison Doctor
Dandy Nichols ..... Mrs. Price
John Charlesworth ..... Alan Price
Mona Washbourne ..... Mrs. Thomas, landlady
Alec Finter ..... Mr. Thomas, landlord
Athene Seyler ..... Miss Bligh
Dennis Price ..... Simon Abott
John McCallum ..... Larry Burns
Stanley Holloway ..... Mr. Clark
Pauline Stroud ..... Marjorie Clark
Gladys Henson ..... Mrs. Clark
Bernadette O'Farrell ..... Janie
George Cole ..... Johnny
Diana Dors ..... Dolores August
Eddie Byrne ..... Eddie Mooney
Kay Kendall ..... Sylvia
Renee Houston ..... Beattie
Dora Bryan ..... Lady in charge of publicity
Sid James ..... Lew Beeson
Tommy Duggan ..... Compere
Eddy Leslie ..... Comic
David Farrar ..... Stafford Parker
Honor Blackman ..... Mary Hart
Diana Dors ..... Dora Bracken
Niall MacGinnis ..... Hans Muller
Andrew Crawford ..... David Raymond
Mervyn Johns ..... Hart
Phyllis Monkman ..... Ma Bracken
Hal Osmond ..... Brandy Bill
Bill Owen ..... Pinto
Philo Hauser ..... Piet Quieman
John Blythe ..... Izzy Cohen
Dennis Vance ..... John Albert Rogers
Norris Smith ..... Jan Bloem
John Salew ..... Dr. Woods
Tony Quinn ..... Vanderbyl
John McCallum ..... David Howarth
Honor Blackman ..... Susie Bates
Patrick Holt ..... Sam Walters
Diana Dors ..... Ada Foster
Maurice Denham ..... Bill Martin
Leslie Dwyer ..... Steve Hall
Anthony Newley ..... Charlie Ritchie
Megs Jenkins ..... Nan Ritchie
John Blythe ..... Frank Martin
Hal Osmond ..... Mr. Bates
Thora Hird ..... Mrs. Bates
Amy Veness ..... Grandma Bates
Maggie Hanley ..... Ginger
Cyril Chamberlain ..... Bert Gardner
Barry Letts ..... Syd
Jack Buchanan ..... John Bentley
Janette Scott ..... Gwen Bentley
Jeannie Carson ..... Pat Bentley
Brenda De Banzie ..... Stella Bentley
Susan Stephen ..... Corinne Bentley
Jerry Wayne ..... Bobby Denver
Diana Dors ..... Pearl Delaney
Hugh McDermott ..... Barnaby Brady
David Hurst ..... Dr. Hermann Schneider
Athene Seyler ..... Mrs. Arbuthnot
Joan Sims ..... Linda
Nigel Green ..... Peter
Dora Bryan ..... May
Gilbert Harding ..... Himself
Joan Hickson ..... Barmaid
Celia Johnson ..... Joanna
Diana Dors ..... Sonia
David Kossoff ..... Avrom Kandinsky
Joe Robinson ..... Sam Heppner
Jonathan Ashmore ..... Joe
Brenda De Banzie ..... 'Lady' Ruby
Primo Carnera ..... Python Macklin
Lou Jacobi ..... Blackie Isaacs
Irene Handl ..... Mrs. Abramowitz
Danny Green ..... Bully Bason
Sydney Tafler ..... Madam Rita
Sid James ..... Ice Berg
Vera Day ..... Mimi
Daphne Anderson ..... Dora
Joseph Tomelty ..... Vagrant
Amanda Redman ..... Diana Dors
Keeley Hawes ..... Younger Diana Dors
Eamon Boland ..... Cyril Lake
Josephine Butler ..... Jill Hartland
Alan Cody ..... Alan's solicitor
Damian Dibben ..... Archie
Emma Fletcher ..... Grieving girl
Sheila Gish ..... Mrs Fluck
Jon Glover ..... Alan's doctor
Rupert Graves ..... Dennis Hamilton
Neil Henry ..... Jason
Barnaby Kay ..... Alan Lake
Larry Lamb ..... Will Humphreys
Brian Leonard ..... American Reporter
Jane Lowe ..... Millicent Lake

Synopsis:

Diana Dors was adored by the British public. A star of the silver screen for nearly forty years, the woman once dubbed the 'English Marilyn Monroe' was a larger than life character who had it all. This DVD collection showcases some of the films that made Diana Dors one of Britain's most popular female idols and rocketed her to stardom.

Set Comprises:
Yield to the Night
Lady Godiver Rides Again
Diamond City
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
As Long As They're Happy
A Kid for Two Farthings
The Blonde Bombshell

Yield to the Night (1956)
Mary Hilton (Diana Dors) is a young salesgirl in the cosmetics department of a major London store, who chances to meet -- and fall hopelessly in love with -- Jim Lancaster (Michael Craig), a young would-be professional musician. She is attracted to him sufficiently to leave her own, neglectful husband (Harry Locke). But Jim's interest in her, although also sincere, is deflected by his attraction to Lucy Carpenter (Mercia Shaw), a much wealthier and older woman, who seems to be able to offer him the security that he's always lacked. That's difficult enough for Mary to take, but when Jim's relationship with Lucy takes a tragic turn, she snaps -- her love for Jim is transformed into a murderous hatred for her rival, resulting in murder, and a death sentence. Mary's story is told entirely in flashbacks, as she awaits her final sentencing or possible reprieve, and attempts to tie up the loose ends in her life involving her mother, brother, and husband.

Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to the show-business world of London. But it could be a slippery slope for simple home-town Marge.

Diamond City (1949)
The story of Diamond City takes place in the South African diamond fields during the latter half of the 19th Century and indeed much of the filming took place on the actual land where the events actually took place. Stafford Parker (David Farrar) is a self appointed peace-keeper in Hopetown, nearest settlement to the diamond fields. It is 1870, and when news spreads of a big find Stafford Parker hurries off to see the old chief, in whose land the find was made. Stafford asks the old chief (Norris Smith) to grant him the concession to work the new diamond fields as the sole agent. Whilst they are talking, the old man's nephew arrives with a counter proposal from his employer, the unscrupulous rum-dealer and illicit diamond buyer, Muller (Niall McGinnis). Stafford gets the concession but has to convince Muller to accept his authority in a fist fight. Muller appears to agree to Stafford registering the claims and administering the town, however he continues to plot and scheme. When Stafford finds a big diamond on his own claim he gives it to Mr. Pinto (Bill Owen) to cut as a gift for Dora Bracken (Diana Dors) who helps her mother run the local hotel. Stafford then meets Salvation Army lassie Mary Hart (Honor Blackman) who together with her father (Mervyn Johns) is planning to civilize the hard drinking and hard living community. Whilst Stafford is bemused by their naivety, his is impressed by Mary's beauty. Meanwhile David Raymond (Andrew Crawford) a young, handsome digger and Stafford's best friend is also taken by Miss Hart's charm and beauty and very soon falls in love with her. Their romance is disturbed by a lynch mob hanging an illicit diamond buyer. Meanwhile Dora is leading the chorus in the town theatre, but her heart is heavy for she has realized that Stafford is smitten by her Salvationist rival. Dora loves him so much that she is prepared to relinquish him to the other woman if that will make him happy. Dora meets Stafford in his office to return his diamond when they are interrupted by a deputation of townsmen who want to form a Diggers' Republic. Muller has now organized his own small army to take control of the town but is repelled vigorously by Stafford and the Diggers. Unfortunately young David is wounded but a few days later the infant Republic is formally handed over to the British who soon restore law and order. With David wounded, Mary realizes that it is he that she truly loves and advises Stafford accordingly. Therefore Parker packs his wagon determined to leave the past behind him and satisfy his desire for more adventure. As he is about to leave Dora runs to join him; he then realizes that they will never be parted.

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949)
The boy is Sam Walters (Patrick Holt). The girl is Susie Bates (future Avengers star Honor Blackman). The bike is one of several used by a British cycling club. Boy and girl have fun peddling about the countryside until the girl's pretty head is turned by David Howarth (John McCallum), a wealthy young man with a snazzy sportscar. When David joins the cyclers, Susie glows and Sam glowers. Set in Yorkshire, the film is pleasant to look at but difficult to understand (at least for those not accustomed to regional British accents). The presence of sex symbol Diana Dors in the cast enabled A Boy, a Girl and a Bike to secure good bookings in the U.S.

As Long as They're Happy (1955)
The suburban peace of the Bentley household is shattered when John Bentley is informed by his wife Stella that their two married daughters, Pat and Corrine are in trouble and need funds to come home and bring their husbands, Peter, a penniless Parisian artist and Barnaby, a Texas cowboy, with them. And the youngest daughter, Gwen, has tricked an American singer, Bobby Denver, into visiting them on the pretext that it is the home of a noted British film magnate. When all the women in the household --- including the maid --- fall for the singer's charms, Bentley consults a crackpot psychiatrist, Dr. Schneider, who almost succeeds in ousting, not the singer, but Bentley's wife, with his advice to Bentley to make her jealous by living it up with Pearl, a showgirl recruited for the purpose.

A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers, Joe, a small boy, lives with his mother, Joanne, who works in and rooms above the Kandinsky tailor shop. Joe is innocently and earnestly determined to help realize the wishes of his poor, hard-working neighbours. Hearing from Mr. Kandinsky the tale that a captured unicorn will grant any wish, Joe uses his accumulated pocket change to buy a kid with an emerging horn, believing it to be a unicorn. His subsequent efforts to make dreams come true exemplify the power of hope and will amidst hardship.

The Blonde Bombshell (1999)
The Blonde Bombshell was a two-part miniseries based on the turbulent life and early death of British movie queen Diana Dors. The warts-and-all teleplay cast a merciless light upon Dors' troublesome relationship with her working-class family, her ofttimes futile efforts to be taken seriously as an actress and to escape the "sexpot" roles which had brought her fame, and her unhappy marriages, including her volatile union with future Family Feud emcee Richard Dawson. The story came to a tragic conclusion with Dors' death from cancer at age 52. Keeley Hawes appeared as the younger Diana, while Amanda Redman played the protagonist in the final stages of her life and career. Filmed in the digital widescreen process, The Blonde Bombshell was seen over London Weekend Television on April 26 and 27, 1999.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 08 May, 2011.