The best Cyril Smith’s romance movies
We present our ranking of the best Cyril Smith’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Cyril Smith.
Romance on the High Seas
7/10
Doris Day, in her film debut, plays Georgia Garrett, a singer sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.
Hindle Wakes
6.1/10
During a holiday to the beach Jenny meets Alan and agrees to spend the week with him. Wanting to keep this a secret from her parents Jenny gets help from her friend Mary to pretend her whereabouts but disaster strikes during a boating accident. It is soon discovered Jenny was not with Mary. When the parents find out the truth they pressure the couple to get married, but Jenny thinks otherwise.
Waltzes from Vienna
5.8/10
The story of Johann Strauss the elder and younger.
Storm in a Teacup
6.6/10
A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.
Svengali
5.5/10
A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.
Me and Marlborough
6/10
A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
Night Was Our Friend
5.4/10
Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil. Nobody believes he survived. In the meantime his wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man, Dr. Harper. Martin is found and returns to Sally. Unable to face his demons, Martin considers ending his life. Or does Sally do it for him?
Light Up the Sky!
6.3/10
Lewis Gilbert's classic comedy drama portrays the antics of a British Army Searchlight Squad during World War II. Lieutenant Ogleby (Ian Carmichael) has his work cut out to keep his "legionnaires" at their post and not rampaging through the local countryside. The McGaffey brothers (Benny Hill and Tommy Steele) create havoc with their light-fingers and light-loving with the local girls, whilst Smithy (Johnny Briggs) pines for his sweetheart.
The Challenge
6.2/10
Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.
Fanny by Gaslight
6.5/10
Returning to 1870's London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling in love with his young advisor Harry Somerford leads to a life of ups and downs and conflict between the classes. Periodically the scoundrel of a Lord crosses her path, always to tragic effect.
The Man from Toronto
6.4/10
According to the terms of a will two strangers must marry.
Leila (Jessie Matthews) is a widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian bachelor. Both are bequeathed a fortune, but there is a condition to the receipt of it. The two much marry within a year.
To aid matters, Leila disguises herself as Fergus' maid, and the two begin to fall in love.
However when Fergus discovers the truth, he is less than pleased by the deception.
