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The First of the Few
Sep 14, 1942Ce biopic romancé de 1942 raconte comment deux des hommes les plus remarquables de l'histoire de l'aviation - le concepteur visionnaire du Spitfire, R.J. Mitchell, et son pilote de test, Geoffrey Crisp - ont conçu un monoplan aérodynamique qui a conduit au développement du Spitfire.
War
Boys Will Be Girls
Jan 24, 1938Matronly great aunt Emily went off to Africa and left behind her wanna be snobbish family. Ten years later, upon her death, the greedy family members awaits the reading of the will. Ready to celebrate their fortunes the family gathers the evening before with a big party. A great assortment of characters, comic ones, are all expecting to get their share of the inheritance.
Comedy
A Warm Corner
Sep 29, 1930This early Gainsborough film is truly a lost treasure and easily one of the most daring and risque films ever made. At least half a dozen different tales seem to be going on at once all finally meeting in the end. The story starts in the Lido hotel where our "Pickles" remarks upon the fact that everyone in the register is called Smith. Hes trying to chat up Mimi so shell split up with her boyfriend as her boyfriends uncle has other plans for his nephew - alas what no one knows is that he and Mimi have already been married for a few months on the sly!
Romance
Falling for You
Jun 15, 1933In this comedy, two rival reporters vie for the scoop on the whereabouts of a missing heiress. They find her in Switzerland. One of the journalists falls in love with her and saves her from marrying an aristocrat. His rival gets to write the story as a consolation prize.
Comedy
Captain Bill
Nov 08, 1935
La Vie privée d'Henry VIII
Aug 17, 1933Comment après avoir usé et assassiné plusieurs femmes, le terrible Henry VIII se laissera mener par le bout du nez jusqu'à un âge avancé par Catherine Parr.
History
Brother Alfred
Apr 11, 1932Vaudevillian Gene Gerrard stars as George, a young man on a yacht moored off Monte Carlo who has a tiff with his fiancée, goes ashore on a glorious binge, then finds himself accused of assaulting a prince! When he attempts to extricate himself by pretending to be his non-existent twin brother, he finds he's really in trouble...
Comedy
Lucky Girl
Jun 01, 1932Stephan Gregorovitch, the unwilling king of a bankrupt Ruritanian country, along with his hucksterish chancellor and musically-inclined bodyguard, travel incognito to London for some fun. An invitation to a party held by Duke Hugo seems just the ticket, but the presence of jewel thieves in the vicinity soon puts paid to any ideas of a relaxing evening!
Comedy
Derby Day
Jun 09, 1952Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and comic elements, including the woman and lover who have murdered her husband, and the working class couple who are excited about their chance to go to the races, but end up listening to it on the radio in the car-park because they've got such a bad view.
Drama
As Good as New
Jan 01, 1933A woman, disappointed in love, becomes increasingly cynical and attempts to marry a wealthy man.
Drama
Heads We Go
Jul 28, 1933Mr. What's-His-Name?
Oct 21, 1935A beautician meets and falls in love with a young man, and they soon marry. What she doesn't know, however, is that her new husband is actually a millionaire who is suffering from amnesia—and he already has a wife.
Comedy
Charles Augustus Milverton
Mar 01, 1922Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer:
Mystery
Nell 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
Heaven Is Round the Corner
Apr 10, 1944A country girl goes to Paris to sing professionally, where she falls in love with a member of the British Embassy. They are parted by the outbreak of the Second World War, but subsequently reunited again...
Music
Diamond Cut Diamond
Aug 17, 1932One of the guests tries to foil a gang of jewel-robbers during a country house weekend party.
Crime
Mr. Bill the Conqueror
May 05, 1932
Gert and Daisy Clean Up
Aug 09, 1942Two friends set about trying to run a restaurant and bringing a gang of black marketeers to justice during the Second World war.
Somewhere on Leave
Feb 19, 1943Private Randle (Frank Randle) and army pals, Privates Young (Dan Young) and Enoch (Robbie Vincent) are invited by Private Desmond (Pat McGrath) to spend some off-duty time at his stately home. Private Desmond is too busy courting an ATS girl (Antoinette Lupino) to notice the squaddies are running riot in his house.
War
The Broken Melody
May 15, 1934A composer goes to Devil's Island for killing his wife's lover, then writes an opera about it.
Drama
Return to Yesterday
Mar 09, 1940Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.
Comedy
Leave It to Me
Apr 01, 1933The owner of a professional help agency poses as a poet at a wealthy patron's ball and prevents a necklace from being stolen by thieves.
Comedy
Night Mail
May 01, 1935Crime
Tell England
Mar 02, 1931In England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve in the same company on the battle-field.
Drama
