TV Guide: Angela Lansbury

Listing: Programmed for Murder

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Sat Oct 25 12:00 AM HALMRK A software expert's death from bleeding ulcers doesn't compute. Jonas: Hunt Block. Doug: Alex Hyde-White. Gretchen: Judith W. Hoag. Allan: Will Lyman. Halsey: Boyd Gaines. Jessica: Angela Lansbury.

Listing: To the Last I Will Grapple with Thee

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:00:00 -0400

Fri Oct 24 11:00 PM HALMRK A blood feud between two Irish émigrés ends with the death of the contractor whose life was threatened by the homicide detective. Sean Cullane: George Hearn. Michael O'Connor: Richard Lynch. Patrick McNair: John Karlen. Jessica: Angela Lansbury.

Listing: Ever After

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Fri Oct 24 12:00 AM HALMRK A soap-opera murder scenario stars a suds queen, the costar and lover she kicked off the series, and the victim, an older millionaire she married. Joanna Rollins: Kate Mulgrew. Devon Lane: Tony Roberts. Walter Bowman: John Randolph.

Listing: Tinker, Taylor, Liar, Thief

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:00:00 -0400

Thu Oct 23 11:00 PM HALMRK In London, lots of people, including the police, try to convince Jessica that she did not find a man murdered in her hotel. Thurston: Lloyd Bochner. Daisy: Kim Braden. Julian Fontaine: Trevor Eve. Insp. Stillwell: Nick Tate. Potter: Kenneth Danziger. Jessica: Angela Lansbury.

Listing: The Monte Carlo Murders

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Thu Oct 23 12:00 AM HALMRK In Monaco, Jessica assists a charming inspector (Patrick Bauchau) in the case of a murdered financier and the theft of his wife's diamond. Angela Lansbury. Annie Floret: Dina Merrill. Earl Harper: David Birney. Richie: Neill Barry.

Listing: Incident in Lot 7

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:00:00 -0400

Wed Oct 22 11:00 PM HALMRK At Universal Studios, a producer is murdered on the set of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho." Paula Prentiss. Willy: Jackie Gayle. Heyward: Ron Leibman. Ben: Stuart Whitman. Oliver: Henry Gibson. Jessica: Angela Lansbury.

Listing: The Witch's Curse

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Wed Oct 22 12:00 AM HALMRK A newcomer to Cabot Cove stars in a play about a woman who, accused of witchcraft, vows "to return in fire and in death." Winthrop: Robert Vaughn. Lydia: Marian Seldes. Judge: Ed Nelson. Penelope: Marian Mercer. Nate: David Ackroyd.

Listing: Danse Diabolique

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:00:00 -0400

Tue Oct 21 11:00 PM HALMRK A ballerina becomes the third victim of a reputedly cursed ballet in which a dancer died in each of its previous performances. Marisa Berenson. Hale: Adrian Paul. Presser: Daniel Pilon. Bolo: Robert Torti. Carroll: Stephen Nichols. Jessica: Angela Lansbury.

Listing: The List of Uri Lermentov

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Tue Oct 21 12:00 AM HALMRK Agent Hagarty sweeps Jessica (Angela Lansbury) into a web of international intrigue involving the murder of a KGB agent (Theodore Bikel). Prouty: Mitchell Ryan. Neville: Brian McNamara. Standish: Richard Beymer. Bonnie: Janet Julian.

Listing: The Committee

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:00:00 -0400

Mon Oct 20 11:00 PM HALMRK The governing committee of a men's club commissions Jessica to identify a rogue member's killer. Devermore: John McMartin. Cayle: Nicholas Pryor. Arkham: Norman Lloyd. Dunsany: Ed Winter. Fenton: George Wyner. Innsmouth: Robin Thomas.

Listing: Killer Radio

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Sun Oct 19 10:00 PM HALMRK The plug is pulled on the soon-to-be owner of a shock-radio station. Louise: Lindsay Crouse. Cochran: Harry Guardino. Baker: Stephen Caffrey. Rule: Jeff Yagher. Jessica: Angela Lansbury. Ronna: Georgia Emelin.

Listing: Dead Eye

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:00:00 -0400

Sun Oct 19 09:00 PM HALMRK The discovery that a PI was murdered in 1963 suggests a connection with JFK's assassination---and triggers another murder. Garrett: Wayne Rogers. Laura Callan: Linda Purl. Santo: Al Ruscio. Dr. Farrow: Stewart Moss. Hemet: Lonny Chapman. Jessica: Angela Lansbury.

Listing: Double Jeopardy

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Sun Oct 19 08:00 PM HALMRK A slumlord is poisoned in the confessional as he seeks absolution from the priest---his son (Robert Beltran). Frank: Ismael East Carlo. Raymond: Dan Ferro. Jose: Raymond Cruz. Tony: Mark Adair Rios. Jessica: Angela Lansbury. Maria: Rosana De Soto.

Listing: The Final Curtain

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:00:00 -0400

Sun Oct 19 07:00 PM HALMRK The final curtain descends on the manager (Bradford Dillman) of an actor (Peter Donat) coming out of retirement. Mueller: Keene Curtis. Kathryn: Maureen Mueller. Taggart: Dennis Christopher. Jessica: Angela Lansbury.

Listing: A Killing in Vegas

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Sat Oct 18 12:00 AM HALMRK Someone makes a killing in Vegas by cashing in the chips of a casino manager. David Soul. Larry Thorson: Howard Keel. Susan Hartley: Amy O'Neill. Eddie Wheaton: Jeff Kaake. Frank Stinson: Stephen Macht. Alice Baxter: Joan McMurtrey.

Listing: Terminal Connection

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:00:00 -0400

Fri Oct 17 11:00 PM HALMRK Evidence points to the battered wife of a powerful businessman (Chad Everett) as his killer, but there's no lack of others happy to see him dead. Ginny Blanchard: Lois Nettleton. Dane Kenderson: Jameson Parker. Greg Franklin: Douglas Barr.

Listing: Judge Not

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Fri Oct 17 12:00 AM HALMRK The death of an R&B legend and the murder of his bass player prompt the reopening of the 20-year-old unsolved murder of the musician's mistress. Henley: William Atherton. Emma Coop: Beah Richards. Gene: James Randolph. Melinda Coop: Olivia Cole.

Listing: Lines of Excellence

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:00:00 -0400

Thu Oct 16 11:00 PM HALMRK One of the business partners conducting Jessica's computer class is murdered. Michael Rossari: David Ciminello. Derek St. James: Alan Fudge. O'Connell: Conrad Janis. Linda: Tricia O'Neil. Henry Waverly: David Groh. Lt. Deveraux: Randee Heller.

Listing: Gaslight

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:00:00 -0400

Thu Oct 16 06:00 PM TCM

Listing: The World of Henry Orient

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:00:00 -0400

Thu Oct 16 04:00 PM TCM

Listing: Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:00:00 -0400

Thu Oct 16 02:00 PM TCM

Listing: Angela Lansbury

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:00:00 -0400

Thu Oct 16 01:00 PM TCM Angela Lansbury discusses her life and career with host Robert Osborne. Included: clips.

Listing: Thicker than Water

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Thu Oct 16 12:00 AM HALMRK Metzger's ex-con brother (Bruce Abbott) returns from prison in hopes of healing old wounds, but opens new ones when the fisherman who hires him disappears at sea. Metzger: Ron Masak. Zach: Pat Hingle. Elaine: Marjorie Monaghan. Keller: Ted Markland.

Listing: Unauthorized Obituary

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:00:00 -0400

Wed Oct 15 11:00 PM HALMRK The plans of a hard-nosed writer to publish an unauthorized biography of a former movie star are short-circuited by a TV pushed into her hot tub. Arthur Brent: Bradford Dillman. Beth: Cathy Podewell. Steve: Sam Behrens.

Listing: Night Fears

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Wed Oct 15 12:00 AM HALMRK In her role as teacher, Jessica is challenged to find a murderous mugger by the ex-cop who used to teach her class. Wallace Evans: Wings Hauser. Kevin Bryce: Bobby Hosea. Luke Philips: Tim Choate. Jennifer Bryce: Roxie Roker.

Listing: Bite the Big Apple

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:00:00 -0400

Tue Oct 14 11:00 PM HALMRK Jessica is welcomed to the Big Apple by the murder of her apartment's previous tenant. Lt. Boyle: Eugene Roche. Harry: John Considine. Scott: Scott McGinnis. Sharon: Rebeccah Bush. Sgt. Acosta: Jay Avocone.

Listing: Skinny According to Nick Cullhane

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Tue Oct 14 12:00 AM HALMRK Someone turns off the tap on a writer-turned-beer spokesman (Pat Harrington) when word leaks out that he's written an exposé of a brewery family. Phil: Tony LoBianco. Harry: Jerry Orbach. Forbes: Jameson Parker. Oggie: Alex Hyde-White. Jessica: Angela Lansbury.

Listing: Tainted Lady

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 -0400

Mon Oct 13 11:00 PM HALMRK A friend (Dee Wallace Stone) Jessica helped once before is accused of serving arsenic in her diner, and the locals say “she won't get away with murder again.” Laura: Mary Crosby. Katie: Nina Foch. Ross: Marshall Colt. Herb: Sam Freed. Jessica: Angela Lansbury.

Listing: The Company of Wolves

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Mon Oct 13 08:00 PM FLIXe

Video: State of the Union

iTunes — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:17:11 -0400

Academy Award-winning screen icons Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn shine in a classic film about marriage, politics and the pursuit of the American dream. When idealistic businessman Grant Matthews (Tracy) is chosen to run for the Presidency, he is caught between the ruthless ambition of a string-pulling newspaper owner and the integrity of his devoted wife (Hepburn). But just as Matthews embraces his ultimate goal, he realizes that he may have lost touch with the American people. Masterfully directed by three-time Academy Award winner Frank Capra (It's a Wonderful Life, It Happened One Night), State of the Union is a timeless crowd pleaser with a stellar supporting cast including Angela Lansbury, Van Johnson and Adolphe Menjou.

Video: Day Law & Order

iTunes — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:10:11 -0400

Kibre works with Detectives Stabler and Benson to prosecute a serial r****t in conclusive crossover episode with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. -- In the conclusion of a two-part crossover with "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," A.D.A. Kibre (Bebe Neuwirth) works with Detectives Stabler and Benson (guest stars Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay from NBC's "SVU") to prosecute a serial r****t Gabriel (guest star Alfred Molina) whose trail of victims through the years has been whitewashed by his wealthy and protective mother Eleanor (guest star Angela Lansbury). Kibre must also overcome witness intimidation -- and even sees her crucial DNA evidence tossed out -- but the slippery suspect's lawyer has yet another surprise under his sleeve. This episode also features guest stars Bradley Cooper, Larry King, and Rita Moreno. Amy Carlson, Kirk Acevedo, Scott Cohen and Fred Dalton Thompson also star.

Video: The Harvey Girls - (A TCM Featurette)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:00:59 -0400

A TCM Original featurette on the making of The Harvey Girls (1946) starring Judy Garland and Angela Lansbury.

Video: The Manchurian Candidate - (Movie Clip)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:45:02 -0400

These are the main title credits from The Manchurian Candidate (1962), directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Angela Lansbury.

Video: The Manchurian Candidate - (Movie Clip)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:45:01 -0400

Mrs. Iselin (Angela Lansbury) demonstrates her powers of persuasion over her easily dominated son (Laurence Harvey) in this scene from The Manchurian Candidate (1962).

Video: Company Of Wolves, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:51:20 -0400

Company of Wolves is {-Little Red Riding Hood} for the Alien generation. Sheltered 13-year-old Sarah Patterson, living on the edge of a foreboding woods, is visited by her grandmother Angela Lansbury. The old lady delights in telling Sarah the most horrific stories, usually involving what happens to little girls if they trust wolves--the actual, rather than symbolic kind. Later on, Sarah sets out through the woods to visit her grandmother. She makes the acquaintance of a seductive young huntsman (Micha Bergese), who turns out to be.....well, what big teeth he's got. The ads for Company of Wolves, showing a wolf springing from the open mouth of poor little Sarah Patterson, were warning enough for the faint of heart. Actually, the horror is secondary to the remarkable Grimms-Fairy-Tale ambience which the film successfully sustains from beginning to end. And, in keeping with the original unexpurgated versions of most fairy tales, the sexual subtext is never far from the surface. Director Neil Jordan would furthe

Video: Little Gloria

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:01:47 -0400

Little Gloria...Happy at Last is the two-part TV adaptation of Barbara Goldsmith's 1980 best-seller. The film concerns the true-life custody battle over the daughter of millionaire Reggie Vanderbilt (Christopher Plummer) and his child bride, Gloria Morgan (Lucy Gutteridge). When the over-imbibing Reggie dies, Gloria enjoys the high life as a wealthy widow, leaving her daughter in the care of her sister-in-law, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (chillingly portrayed by Angela Lansbury in her TV-movie debut). Gloria's personal income, predicated on the child's inheritance, is severely cut, whereupon Gloria sues the indomitable Vanderbilts for custody of her daughter. We won't tell you the outcome, but we can tell you that Little Gloria, the ten-year-old focus of the custody fight, grew up to be the same Gloria Vanderbilt who went into the designer jeans business. Little Gloria...Happy at Last was originally telecast October 24 and 25, 1982. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: Shell Seekers, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:59:20 -0400

The made-for-TV The Shell Seekers was based on the best-selling novel by Rosamunde Pincher. Heading the cast is Angela Lansbury as Penelope Keeling, a reclusive British matron of comfortable means who suffers a near-fatal heart attack. While recovering, Penelope determines that her attack was a sign of sorts, urging her to get her life in order. As she prepares to break down the barriers she has built between herself and her three children, Penelope muses on her experiences during World War II, a time in which she solidified her outlook on life. Filmed in England and Spain, The Shell Seekers was the 162nd Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation; it debuted on December 3, 1989. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: Samson And Delilah

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:43:29 -0400

Samson and Delilah is Cecil B. DeMille's characteristically expansive retelling of the events found in the Old Testament passages of Judges 13-16. Victor Mature plays Samson, the superstrong young Danite. Samson aspires to marry Philistine noblewoman Semadar (Angela Lansbury), but she is killed when her people attack Samson as a blood enemy. Seeking revenge, Semadar's younger sister Delilah (Hedy Lamarr) woos Samson in hopes of discovering the secret of his strength, thus enabling her to destroy him. When she learns that his source of his virility is his long hair, Delilah plies Samson with drink, then does gives him the Old Testament equivalent of a buzzcut while he snores away. She delivers the helpless Samson to the Philistines, ordering that he be put to work as a slave. Blinded and humiliated by his enemies, Samson is a sorry shell of his former self. Ultimately, Samson's hair grows back, thus setting the stage for the rousing climax wherein Samson literally brings down the house upon the wayward Philist

Video: Broadway's Lost Treasures

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:31:54 -0400

Broadway's Lost Treasures is a two-hour collection of musical highlights, culled from 19 years (1967-1986) of Tony Awards telecasts by Christopher A. Cohen, son of the original telecasts' producers, Alexander H. Cohen and Hildy Parks. The program is divided into four self-explanatory segments -- Broadway Divas, Leading Men, Dancin', and Record Breakers -- and presented by hosts Angela Lansbury, Jerry Orbach, and Chita Rivera. Musical numbers include the Broadway Divas: Vivian Blaine (Adelaide's Lament from {+Guys and Dolls}), Patti LuPone(A New Argentina from {+Evita}), Angela Lansbury (The Worst Pies in London from {+Sweeney Todd}), Carol Channing (Before the Parade Passes By from {+Hello Dolly}), and Julie Andrews (Send in the Clowns from {+A Little Night Music}). Next up are the Leading Men: Zero Mostel (If I Were a Rich Man from {+Fiddler on the Roof}), Yul Brynner (Shall We Dance? from {+The King and I}), John Raitt (Hey There from {+The Pajama Game}), Robert Preston (Trouble from {+The Music Man}), and

Video: Harvey Girls, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:26:15 -0400

This glorified Technicolor commercial for the Fred Harvey restaurants stars Judy Garland as a 19th-century mail-order bride. Upon arriving in New Mexico, Garland discovers that her husband-to-be is the town drunk. She cuts her losses and takes a job at the local Harvey restaurant, an establishment which endeavors to bring a little civilization and class to the wide open spaces. Harvey's operation is challenged by saloon-owner John Hodiak, corrupt-judge Preston S. Foster, and local-madam Angela Lansbury. With the help of tenderfoot Ray Bolger, Garland and her fellow waitresses foil the corrupt elements in town. Prominent in the supporting cast are Cyd Charisse, Marjorie Main, Chill Wills, Kenny Baker and Virginia O'Brien (whose musical numbers aren't quite as rambunctious as the contributions of the others, mainly because O'Brien was pregnant during filming). The songs are for the most part perfunctory, with the spectacular exception of the Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer's Oscar-winning Atchison, Topeka and th

Video: Lady Vanishes, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:07:44 -0400

Screenwriter George Axelrod turns Alfred Hitchcock's classic comedy-thriller into a capering screwball comedy showcase for Cybill Shepherd and Elliot Gould in this style-less remake of The Lady Vanishes. On an express train traveling through pre-World War II Germany, Amanda Kelly (Cybill Shepherd) befriends a cute old nanny, Miss Froy (Angela Lansbury). But when Miss Froy disappears and the rest of the passengers profess no knowledge of the old woman, Amanda and Robert Condon (Elliot Gould -- the only person aboard who will believe her story about the missing woman -- search the train trying to find out what happened to Miss Froy. In the meantime, they uncover an insidious German plot and fall in love. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide.

Video: Death On The Nile

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:06:51 -0400

Peter Ustinov began his long association with the Hercule Poirot character of murder mystery novelist Agatha Christie with this lavish but financially disappointing follow-up to the popular Murder on the Orient Express (1974). During a luxurious pleasure cruise down the Nile aboard a lavish vessel populated with wealthy passengers, widely despised heiress and home wrecker Linnet Ridgeway (Lois Chiles) is murdered. Also aboard is famed Belgian detective Poirot (Ustinov) and his taciturn traveling companion, Colonel Race (David Niven). Poirot undertakes an investigation into Ridgeway's killing. Among the colorful suspects are Salome (Angela Lansbury) and Rosalie Otterbourne (Olivia Hussey), Doctor Bessner (Jack Warden), Mrs. Van Schuyler (Bette Davis), Miss Bowers (Maggie Smith), and Jacqueline De Bellefort (Mia Farrow). As more bodies pile up, however, it appears that nearly everyone aboard has a motive. The script for Death on the Nile (1978) was adapted by Anthony Shaffer, the writer of Sleuth (1972) and the

Video: Murder She Wrote: Season Two

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:02:49 -0400

Season two of Murder, She Wrote gets off to a rousing start as widowed mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) confronts a genuine murder while vacationing in the Caribbean; she also makes her first acquaintance with secret agent Michael Hagarty, played by Len Cariou (with whom Lansbury previously co-starred in the Broadway musical {+Sweeney Todd}). In the season's second episode, William Windom makes his first appearance as Dr. Seth Hazlett, cantankerous general practitioner of Jessica's home town, Cabot Cove. Among the season's guest stars is Lloyd Nolan, making his last-ever TV appearance as a suspect in Murder in the Afternoon. Also showing up as various victims, suspects, and killers are the likes of Polly Bergen, Patrick Macnee, Ann Blyth, John Astin, Jayne Meadows, Orson Bean, Van Johnson, and Stuart Whitman. In addition, Jerry Orbach makes his earliest appearance in the role of woebegone private eye Harry McGraw, a role he'd later parlay into his own starring series. Arguably the season's

Video: Murder She Wrote: Season 1

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:02:42 -0400

The pride of Cabot Cove, ME, sprightly mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) indulges her hobby of solving real-life murders throughout the first season of Murder, She Wrote. No sooner had the series joined CBS' Sunday-night lineup than Jessica was busily trying to determine who killed a Sherlock Holmes lookalike at a costume ball. In the second episode, Tom Bosley is introduced as Jessica's best friend, Cabot Cove sheriff Amos Tupper, who as usual gripes and grumbles that Jessica is sticking her nose where she shouldn't -- and putting herself in harm's way in the process -- as she tries to find out who knocked off a wealthy and much-hated patriarch. Likewise bemused by Jessica's private investigations is Tupper's superior officer Captain Ethan Cragg, a character played during season one by Claude Akins. Michael Horton also pops up for the first time in the role of Jessica's trouble-prone nephew Grady. Among the special guest suspects (and special guest victims) seen during Murder, She Wrote's m

Video: Gaslight

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:52:19 -0400

Ingrid Bergman won her first of three Oscars for this suspense thriller, crafted with surprising tautness by normally genteel women's picture director George Cukor. Bergman stars as Paula Alquist, a late 19th century English singer studying music in Italy. However, Paula abandons her studies because she's fallen in love with dapper, handsome Gregory Anton (Charles Boyer). The couple marries and returns to the U.K. and a home inherited by Paula from her aunt, herself a famous singer, who was mysteriously murdered in the house ten years before. Once they have moved in, Gregory, who is in reality a jewel thief and the murderer of Paula's aunt, launches a campaign of terror designed to drive his new bride insane. Though Paula is certain that she sees the house's gaslights dim every evening and that there are strange noises coming from the attic, Gregory convinces Paula that she's imagining things. Gregory's efforts to make Paula unstable are aided by an impertinent maid, Nancy (teenager Angela Lansbury in her fea

Video: Something For Everyone

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:09:17 -0400

Based on a novel by Harry Kressing, Something for Everyone must hold some sort of record for having the largest number of unsympathetic characters within a single film. Mercenary layabout Michael York talks himself into a footman's job at the estate of dissipated countess Angela Lansbury. In his efforts to advance himself socially and monetarily, York stops at nothing--including murder. He is eventually roasted on his own spit, courtesy of Lansbury's gross, ugly daughter Jane Carr. Guiding the debauched destinies of the characters is none other than Broadway luminary Harold Prince. The film has also been released as The Rook and Black Flowers for the Bride. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: Nanny Mcphee

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:35:17 -0400

A nanny reveals ways of making children behave that are much more effective than a time-out in this fantasy comedy based on the Nurse Matilda books for children by Christianna Brand. Near the dawn of the twentieth century, Mr. Brown (Colin Firth) is a widower who must tend to his business as an undertaker while looking after his brood of seven children. Brown's offspring are a singularly ill-mannered lot who have managed to drive away 17 different nannies when their father arranges for one Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) to help out with the children. McPhee is an strange looking woman with a large nose, protruding teeth, and pock-marked skin, but it isn't long before the kids realize she has magical powers and isn't afraid to use them to help keep them in line. While the children aren't taken with McPhee's insistence on such things as saying please and listening to their elders, it becomes clear everyone has bigger things to worry about. Aunt Adelaide (Angela Lansbury) has insisted that if Mr. Brown cannot find

Video: World Of Henry Orient, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:14:24 -0400

Decked out with another of his American accents, Peter Sellers plays self-centered concert pianist Henry Orient. While Henry's active libido sends him off on pursuit of married woman Paula Prentiss, a pair of preteen boarding-school chums, played by Tippy Walker and Merrie Spaeth, worship Orient from afar. The girls' overworked imaginations, manifested in pursuing Orient about and recording their fantasies in their diaries, leads Walker's mom, Angela Lansbury, to conclude that Henry has had his way with her underaged daughter. The World of Henry Orient was later musicalized for Broadway as Henry, Sweet Henry. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: The Deadly Toys Affair

AOL In2TV — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:04:09 -0400

Napoleon and Illya are assigned to protect a child genius from THRUSH, but they don't plan on the arrival of the boy's famously flamboyant aunt. ANGELA LANSBURY guest stars.

Photo: The Year in Cheers and Jeers

Sun, 26 Dec 1993 00:00:00 -0400

Cheers , Murder, She Wrote , Angela Lansbury , Ted Danson , Michael Jordan , Madonna