Lily of Killarney
Mar 03, 1930A poor aristocrat hires a dwarf to drown his secret wife so he may marry an heiress.
J. Fisher White
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One Increasing Purpose
Jan 02, 1927Stars Edmund Lowe as WWI veteran Slim Paris. Though most of his comrades died in battle, Paris returns home with nary a scratch. This convinces him that his life has a "greater purpose" in the scheme of things, so he sets about to find that purpose.
Drama
The Last Post
Jan 11, 1929'Soldier takes the blame when his Bolshevik brother shoots a soldier during the General Strike.' (British Film Catalogue)
Drama
Somehow Good
Oct 31, 1927Drama
The Fake
Sep 01, 1927'MP forces daughter to marry titled drug addict who dies when her lover tries to cure him.' (British Film Catalogue)
Drama
Turn of the Tide
Jun 08, 1935Turn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker. It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank. It is set in a North Yorkshire fishing village, and relates the rivalry between two fishing families. The actors included John Garrick, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson speak in the local accent. The work is based on the novel Three Fevers by Leo Walmsley.
Romance
All That Is England
Jul 25, 1932Austin promotional short, showing a tour around the country by many Austin models, from the Seven to the Ascot.
Documentary
The Old Curiosity Shop
Dec 14, 1934An elderly shop-keeper and his grand-daughter are threatened by the rich, mean-spirited dwarf Quilp, and decide to flee across England to escape him. They are pursued both by Quilp and by the shop-keeper's long-lost brother, who wants to find them for a different reason.
Drama
The Great Defender
Nov 26, 1934Sir Douglas Rolls is a highly respected defence lawyer of many years experience. Now in rapidly failing health, he is advised to retreat from the courtroom and pursue more pleasurable activities. But it is just at this point in his life that his great lost love a woman his own strong sense of duty led him to give up twenty years ago, and whom he still loves deeply walks into his chambers to ask that he defend her adulterous husband, now to stand trial for murder. Reluctantly agreeing to take on the case, Sir Douglas soon finds there is more to the story than meets the eye.
Drama
King John
Sep 20, 1899Based on Shakespeare's play, Act V, Scene vii: King John is in torment, and his supporters fear that his end is near. As he writhes in agony, he is attended by Prince Henry, the Earl of Pembroke, and Robert Bigot. Prince Henry tries repeatedly to comfort his delirious father, but to no avail - John's pain is too great.
Drama
Loose Ends
May 22, 1930'A woman reporter is blackmailed for knowledge of freed suspect's involvement in a murder.' (British Film Institute)
Crime
The Wonderful Story
Oct 20, 1932A paralysed farmer watches his brother fall in love with the woman he intended to marry.
Romance
Owd Bob
Jan 01, 1924
A Cup of Kindness
May 07, 1934A tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans.
Comedy
Damaged Goods
Dec 01, 1919A quack doctor 'cures' a victim of venereal disease, whose baby is later born infected.
Drama
Counsel's Opinion
Mar 01, 1933Divorce barrister Logan arrives back in London from a trip overseas to find the whole city fogbound. Unable to reach his flat, he books into the exclusive Royal Parks Hotel. Leslie sweet-talks Logan into letting her stay in his suite, and although the pair are attracted to each other, the night passes innocently. On arriving at Chambers, Logan is asked to act as counsel for Lord Rockburn, who is seeking a divorce from his wife. Logan accepts the brief, but then discovers to his horror that Lady Rockburn was a guest at the Royal Parks Hotel ball the previous night, and a cornerstone of the case is alleged impropriety after a maid observed a man leaving her room that morning......
Comedy
Balaclava
Jun 06, 1928A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as Private to take part in the Crimean War. He succeeds in capturing a top Russian spy which results in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade to take the Balaclava Heights.
Drama
The Island of Despair
Dec 27, 1926A shipwrecked captain saves a girl from a Spanish murderer by threatening to give him leprosy.
Adventure
City of Beautiful Nonsense
May 01, 1935A young woman who is in love with a penniless composer, but believes she must marry a wealthy man to please her father. But only realises after various tribulations she should follow her heart rather than her head.
Drama
The Man Who Made Diamonds
Dec 06, 1937“Professor Calthrop, actuated only by scientific motives, and his assistant, out for his own gain, have invented a system for the manufacture of diamonds.” - BFI.
Thriller
Betrayal
Mar 31, 1932Bentley's Conscience
Feb 01, 1922A secretary takes the blame when his fiancée's father ruins his oil company.
Drama
Diana of the Crossways
May 01, 1922A sensuous woman trapped in a loveless relationship has an affair with a leading politician which threatens to bring down the government.
Drama
What Happened Then?
Sep 24, 1934Young Raymond Rudford,sculptor, is on trial for slitting the throat of his uncle, who had adopted and raised him after Raymond's parent's died when he was a young boy. The prosecution allows his motive was fear of being disinherited if he married his fiancé, the fair Alicia Atherton, against his uncle's wishes, and the prosecution lays a mountain of evidence against Raymond, including his razor, dragged from an artificial lake on the estate, as the murder weapon; Raymond's bloody fingerprints and footprints found at the scene of bedroom crime, and his bloody shoes, found in his cupboard and bloody monogrammed-handkerchief found under his uncle's death bed. Raymond's only defense is that he could not have committed the crime as he goes into a paroxysm of dread at the mere sight of blood, a phobia he has had ever since childhood when his dog was run over by a lorry and the dog's blood was splattered into his face.
Romance
The City of Youth
Mar 01, 1928
Kissing Cup's Race
Nov 01, 1930
Madame Guillotine
Feb 19, 1931During the French Revolution, a revolutionary falls in love with and marries an aristocratic woman.
Romance
Dreyfus
Apr 18, 1931In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into the dubious evidence used in the trial, an institutional coverup begins, aided by fears of army disgrace and anti-Semitic paranoia against Dreyfus. But a determined group, headed by prominent author Émile Zola, leads a mounting public call to reopen the Dreyfus case.
Drama
Man of Mayfair
Nov 30, 1931'Lord poses as workman to win dancer who works as waitress in her mother's tea garden.' (British Film Catalogue)
Comedy
Many Waters
Nov 01, 1931
Salle pasteur
May 28, 1940Ce film est basé sur l'histoire vraie du pasteur Martin Neimuller, qui a été envoyé au camp de concentration de Dachau pour avoir critiqué le parti nazi. Le petit village allemand d'Altdorf, dans les années 1930 doit se réconcilier avec le chancelier Hitler et l'arrivée d'un peloton de Stormtroopers (précédé d'un troupeau de moutons). Le Stormtrooper aller sur l'enseignement et l'application « Le nouvel ordre », mais le pasteur Hall est un homme gentil et doux qui ne sera pas intimidée. Certains villageois rejoignent le parti nazi avidement, certains juste aller de pair avec les choses, dans l'espoir d'une vie tranquille, mais le pasteur prend ses convictions salle à la chaire.
Drama
As You Like It
Sep 02, 1936Version cinématographique de la comédie de Shakespeare d'une jeune femme qui se déguise en homme pour attirer l'attention de celui qu'elle aime.
Comedy
Masks and Faces
Mar 01, 1917A Tale of Two Cities
Jan 01, 1922Drama
The Will
Jan 01, 1921Drama
