Miss Pilgrim's Progress
Nov 29, 1949An exchange factory worker from New Jersey joins a plot to save a village from the Town and Country Planning Act.
Comedy
Helena Pickard
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Jack l'éventreur
Jan 19, 1944Dans le Londres victorien, la terreur règne. Des prostituées sont assassinées et la police peine à trouver le coupable. Cette série macabre coïncide avec l'arrivée d'un étrange locataire dans une pension de famille. Les soupçons se portent sur l'inconnu, qui se révèle être Jack l'Eventreur.
Thriller
Make Me an Offer!
Dec 08, 1954A struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when he stumbles across a precious vase amid a range of other less desirable items. The trouble is, the owners of the vase are pretty shrewd themselves and are not keen on letting it go for a song - meaning that our hapless chap has to pull out every trick in the book in order to win his prize.
Comedy
The Lady with a Lamp
Sep 22, 1951Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.
Drama
Let George Do It!
Jul 12, 1940Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.
Comedy
Saloon Bar
Nov 02, 1940A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.
Thriller
Lord Richard in the Pantry
Jul 24, 1930'Poor lord poses as butler to avoid framed arrest for theft.' (British Film Catalogue)
Comedy
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Nov 03, 1956Nell Gwyn
Aug 01, 1934King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. Nell becomes his most loyal subject, while ever-ready to take the Duchess down a peg. But the actress can never hope to be fully accepted by the King's circle despite his constant attentions.
History
Splinters in the Navy
Nov 09, 1931To celebrate their Admiral's impending marriage, his men stage a variety performance. Meanwhile Joe Crabbs attempts to win back his girlfriend from the Navy's boxing champion.
Comedy
The Clicking of Cuthbert
Sep 30, 1924A champion golfer falls for a beautiful woman, only to find that her heart lies with one of 'the Cultured', a poet and a member of the literary and debating society. The golfer resolves to become an intellectual and, following a lecture by 'a highbrow Russian and typical whiskered Bolshevik' who happens to also be a brother golfer, the object of the golfer's affection realises that there may be something more to the game after all.
Comedy
Limelight
May 29, 1936A chorus girl (Anna Neagle) discovers a singer (Arthur Tracy) in the streets and asks her producer to give him a shot at stardom.
Drama
Music Hall
Jun 26, 1934A rare film put out by Twickenham Film Studios which includes many original music hall acts.
Music
The Turners of Prospect Road
Jun 16, 1947A London cabby finds a greyhound puppy in his cab, and gives it to his daughter. She raises it and trains it up at the race tracks; and in spite of crooked rival owners, the dog eventually wins the Greyhound Derby.
Comedy
Cupboard Love
Mar 21, 1931A young woman locks an intruding blackmailer in her bedroom closet overnight, in order to prove her innocence in the morning.
Comedy
When We Are Married
Nov 16, 1938The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer. The first play in history to ever be televised complete and unedited direct from the theatre. It is now believed to be lost. The BBC would make another television film version of this play in 1949 with several of the same actors from this film including Raymond Huntley, Ernest Butcher, Patricia Hayes, George Carney and Lloyd Pearson.
Comedy
When We Are Married
Jul 10, 1949The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer. This was the second television film version of the J.B. Priestley play made by the BBC.
Comedy
When We Are Married
Dec 25, 1951Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the third version broadcast by the BBC of this J.B. Priestley play. It was aired live but as the BBC very rarely recorded live transmissions prior to 1953, this programme is lost.
Comedy
When We Are Married
Dec 25, 1957Three long-married couples in northern England discover that their marriages are in fact invalid, causing much re-evaluation and chaos. This was the fourth television film version made by the BBC of this comedy by J. B. Priestley. It featured several actors repeating their rôles from the earlier 1951 version including Frank Pettingell, Helena Pickard and Eileen Beldon.
Comedy
La Loterie de l'amour
Jan 30, 1954Une vedette d'Hollywood se retrouve être le premier prix d'une loterie.
Comedy
