Charles Heslop

Frantic farce involving a neglected wife, a stolen diamond and four identical briefcases.

London has become enthralled by the antics of the contemporary Robin Hood, but when a band of bad guys start framing him for their misdeeds, the hero has to catch the criminals and clear his name.

This Is the Life is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Gordon Harker, Binnie Hale and Betty Astell. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios by British Lion.

Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and his fortunes fade even further, with a stream of debts threatening to run into a deluge when his daughter's fiancé demands a plush and costly wedding. Where is the cash to come from? Whitebait and his servant Spankforth's answer is a scam involving the theft of a valuable painting from the Manor. How could such a cunningly original ruse fail?

Mrs Frush complains to Sir Hector Benbow that Thark, the large country house she has bought from him, is haunted. Investigators and occupants spend a tense night searching for the spook.

Drama written in flames and told with the staccato of canon-fire!

British drama film directed by Albert de Courville.

A tyrannical bootmaker's daughter weds his meek assistant.

Johann Strauss fils (Esmond Knight) joue du violon dans l'orchestre de son père, Johann Strauss I (Edmund Gwenn), mais n'est pas encouragé à composer par celui-ci. Strauss donne tout de même des leçons de chant à la fille du pâtissier, Rasi (Jessie Matthews) à qui il dédicace toutes ses chansons. Puis, il fait la rencontre de la comtesse (Fay Compton), qui a composé quelques vers et lui demande de l'aider pour les traduire en musique. Quand son mari le prince (Frank Vosper) en entend parler par une servante, il débarque dans la salle de musique en furie, mais le nom de Strauss le calme un peu. La comtesse tombe peu à peu sous le charme de Strauss Jr. Avec un ami, elle complote pour que Strauss père reporte sa représentation et que la pièce de Strauss, Le Beau Danube bleu, puisse être présentée devant une assistance. Il conduit lui-même la valse, et devient la sensation de Vienne.

Bill Snibson, a chancer from Lambeth Walk in South London, is informed that he has been discovered to be the long-lost heir to a title and castle which he can claim provided he is able to convince his new relations that he has enough aristocratic bearing. Things soon begin to go awry however, particularly when Sally, Bill's girlfriend from Lambeth, turns up.

When a sickly Victorian woman dies suddenly, a postmortem reveals that her body contains a fatal dose of arsenic. Suspicion falls on her husband and her companion, who are lovers. Inspector Martin of Scotland Yard solves the mystery of her death... over a cup of tea.

A l'occasion d'un accident de la circulation, deux avocats, Frances et Tony, se rencontrent. ils se haïssent aussitôt et découvrent qu'ils appartiennent au même cabinet; ils doivent, sur un dossier de divorce, défendre les parties adverses, sans avoir d'argument pour faire pencher le juge, un homme irritable. Frances fait venir à la barre un gentleman excentrique.

Au XVIème siècle, le corsaire Francis Drake est envoyé sur les mers par la Reine Elizabeth 1ère pour chasser les galions et navires espagnols.