Percival Mackey

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Honeymoon for Three
6.2

Honeymoon for Three

Aug 13, 1935

Honeymoon for Three
1935 81 min 3 vues
In this musical comedy, the trouble begins when a carefree playboy steals the virtue of a young French maiden and is forced to marry her when her angry father, a financier finds out. The playboy is flat broke, but does the honorable thing. The newlyweds then board a ship and sail off to the States. They are accompanied by the girl's ex-fiance. The plan was for the young marrieds to get a divorce as soon as possible, but then the groom realizes that he really does love the girl. Happiness ensues
Music
Somewhere on Leave
6

Somewhere on Leave

Feb 19, 1943

Somewhere on Leave
1943 96 min 1 vues
Private 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
Hard Steel
1

Hard Steel

May 18, 1942

Hard Steel
1942 86 min 1 vues
A steelworker rises through the ranks to become manager of three steel mills, but ruthless ambition overwhelms him.
Drama
Hard Steel
1

Hard Steel

May 18, 1942

Hard Steel
1942 86 min 1 vues
A steelworker rises through the ranks to become manager of three steel mills, but ruthless ambition overwhelms him.
Drama
Meet Sexton Blake
5.5

Meet Sexton Blake

Feb 05, 1945

Meet Sexton Blake
1945 80 min 1 vues
The famous detective and his trusty side-kick, Tinker, are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man killed during an air raid.
Thriller
Service for Ladies
6.8

Service for Ladies

Jan 14, 1932

Service for Ladies
1932 93 min 3 vues
Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Robertson, an aristocratic woman, and poses as a prince to win her love. In this venture, he is aided by Mr. Westlake, a Ruritanian monarch who owes him a favour. When Sylvia discovers Max's deception, she is appalled, but the situation is resolved when her father tells her that he was once a hotel dishwasher.
Comedy
Kiss the Bride Goodbye
5.1

Kiss the Bride Goodbye

Jan 28, 1945

Kiss the Bride Goodbye
1945 89 min 6 vues
Working-class girl Joan Dodd's plan to marry Jack Fowler is thwarted when her mother Gladys interferes. Hoping to improve her daughter's social status, Gladys arranges for Joan to wed her boss Adolphus Pickering while Jack is away at war. Jack arrives home to discover his love is engaged to another man. Who will Joan decide to marry?
Comedy
When You Come Home
4.8

When You Come Home

Jan 01, 1948

When You Come Home
1948 98 min 3 vues
When You Come Home was Randle’s seventh feature film, and sees him recount his life as a music hall odd job man to his grandaughter.
Comedy
The Missing People
1

The Missing People

May 01, 1939

The Missing People
1939 73 min 1 vues
27 well-to-do people have all vanished under similar circumstances. J.G. Reeder, an elderly gentleman who fancies himself a detective, decides to investigate the matter.
Mystery
Checkmate
4.7

Checkmate

Sep 26, 1935

Checkmate
1935 67 min 3 vues
A fence for a gang of jewel thieves comes under suspicion from the police.
Crime
Somewhere in Civvies
1

Somewhere in Civvies

Nov 15, 1943

Somewhere in Civvies
1943 87 min 1 vues
Ex-army private Randle stands to receive a substantial inheritance from his uncle if he can prove he is of sound mind. However, his devious cousin tries to grab the money by having Randle committed to a psychiatric home.
Comedy
Bob's Your Uncle
4.3

Bob's Your Uncle

Mar 02, 1942

Bob's Your Uncle
1942 75 min 3 vues
Home guardsman Albert is in love with Dolly, the daughter of commanding officer Diehard. In order to impress her, Albert tries to raise funds to buy a tank for the village.
Comedy
I'll Walk Beside You
5

I'll Walk Beside You

Aug 16, 1943

I'll Walk Beside You
1943 88 min 2 vues
John meets Ann at a music shop where she works. Love blossoms briefly before John is called away to serve on his naval ship. John suffers severe memory loss when his ship is sunk and Ann believing John is dead throws herself into nursing - will they ever meet again?
Drama
Headline
5.5

Headline

Nov 16, 1943

Headline
1943 75 min 2 vues
A crime reporter begins to investigate the disappearance of his bosses wife who had witnessed a murder.
Crime
It's in the Bag
5.2

It's in the Bag

Feb 07, 1944

It's in the Bag
1944 80 min 6 vues
Gert and Daisy attempt to retrieve an old dress containing £2,000. They have to impersonate two thespians, and bring all sorts of trouble to a stage-play.
Comedy
Strawberry Roan
6

Strawberry Roan

Dec 31, 1944

Strawberry Roan
1944 84 min 1 vues
Farmer Chris Lowe meets and falls in love with Molly , a chorus-girl. Despite the fact that she is a city girl through and through, she accepts his proposal of marriage and after the wedding goes to live on the farm. Chris realises that the transition for Molly will be difficult, and in an attempt to ease her into farm life, buys her a strawberry roan calf to look after. Unfortunately Molly finds the adjustment to rural life extremely difficult and does not settle down. She fails to integrate into the local community and starts to feel she has made a big mistake.
Drama
Stamboul
1

Stamboul

Oct 20, 1931

Stamboul
1931 75 min 1 vues
In the lead-up to the First World War, a French military attaché falls in love with the wife of a prominent German in Stamboul in the Ottoman Empire.
Drama
Man of Mayfair
1

Man of Mayfair

Nov 30, 1931

Man of Mayfair
1931 83 min 1 vues
'Lord poses as workman to win dancer who works as waitress in her mother's tea garden.' (British Film Catalogue)
Comedy
The King of Paris
1

The King of Paris

Nov 05, 1934

The King of Paris
1934 75 min 1 vues
Domineering actor-manager Max Till takes the impoverished Maika Tamara under his wing, turning her into an overnight sensation. But as her fame threatens to eclipse his own, he jealously strives to control every aspect of her life - including her romance with theatre electrician Paul Lebrun.
Drama
Chick
1

Chick

Sep 21, 1936

Chick
1936 72 min 1 vues
The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.
Comedy
Crime Over London
6

Crime Over London

Oct 21, 1936

Crime Over London
1936 84 min 1 vues
With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.
Adventure
The Ghost Camera
6.1

The Ghost Camera

Jan 31, 1933

The Ghost Camera
1933 65 min 12 vues
When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence and lands in the back of a passing car belonging to chemist John Gray who becomes amateur sleuth after developing the film and goes in search of the woman captured by the photograph. When the camera is stolen from his laboratory, Gray's suspicions are further aroused.
Comedy
Take Me To Paris
4

Take Me To Paris

Jan 01, 1951

Take Me To Paris
1951 72 min 1 vues
Mr. Armstrong’s racing stable is preparing to send one of its top horses to run in Paris's Maisons Lafitte, when the thoroughbred is unexpectedly injured. Its replacement is Dunderhead, lesser fancied, but favourite of jockey and stable lad, Albert. Meanwhile, two crooked stable hands plan to use the cross channel trip to smuggle forged banknotes.
Comedy
Variety Jubilee
6.5

Variety Jubilee

Jun 14, 1943

Variety Jubilee
1943 92 min 2 vues
This domestic melodrama chronicles three generations of a family of music-hall owners. In the early 1900s, two variety stars, Kit Burns and Joe Swann, are staunch friends even when Kit marries Joe's dancing partner Evelyn. Joe fights in the Boer War where a bullet puts an end to his dancing days. He goes to work on the staff at Burns' Music Hall where Kit Jr. soon finds a place in his affections. Kit and Joe purchase the music hall and soon become a success.
Music
Jump for Glory
5

Jump for Glory

Jan 01, 1937

Jump for Glory
1937 85 min 2 vues
A London cat burglar falls for the girlfriend of a stockbroker who used to be his partner.
Adventure
Front Line Kids
5

Front Line Kids

Jun 29, 1942

Front Line Kids
1942 80 min 1 vues
Two teenage gang members are forced to be page boys at a hotel where a criminal gang are operating.
Comedy
The Hills of Donegal
4.5

The Hills of Donegal

Sep 01, 1947

The Hills of Donegal
1947 85 min 2 vues
Eileen Hannay (Dinah Sheridan) is the singing star of an Irish operatic society but gives up to marry Terry O'Keefe (John Bentley).
Drama
Anything to Declare?
4

Anything to Declare?

Dec 02, 1938

Anything to Declare?
1938 76 min 2 vues
John Loder and Elliot Makeham star in Redd Davis’s British topical crime thriller. Professor Grayson is working on an anti-gas experiment and Dr. Klee, whose quiet advertising covers other welfares, means to find it.
Crime
This Week of Grace
4.3

This Week of Grace

Jun 30, 1933

This Week of Grace
1933 92 min 3 vues
Grace Milroy loses her job working at a factory. However, through a strange set of circumstances, she is taken on as housekeeper at the nearby Swinford Castle the home of the eccentric Duchess of Swinford.
Comedy
You Will Remember
5

You Will Remember

Feb 08, 1941

You Will Remember
1941 86 min 1 vues
Biography of popular English composer Leslie Stuart (Robert Morley), who rose to fame through performances of his songs by the tenor Ellaline Terriss (Dorothy Hyson). The peak of Stuart's success in the early 1900s is followed by poverty and obscurity with the arriving Jazz Age. In debtor's prison, Stuart is rescued by friends from happier times, and achieves a comeback in British music halls shortly before his death.
Drama
Loyal Heart
6

Loyal Heart

Feb 17, 1947

Loyal Heart
1947 80 min 1 vues
This heartwarming British drama is based on Beth the Sheepdog, a novel by Ernest Lewis. The story concerns the efforts of various interested human parties to enter Beth in the All-England Dog Championship. When a farmer is unsuccessful in his efforts to purchase Beth for his own, he spitefully accuses the dog’s owner of sheep stealing.
Drama
Loyal Heart
6

Loyal Heart

Feb 17, 1947

Loyal Heart
1947 80 min 1 vues
This heartwarming British drama is based on Beth the Sheepdog, a novel by Ernest Lewis. The story concerns the efforts of various interested human parties to enter Beth in the All-England Dog Championship. When a farmer is unsuccessful in his efforts to purchase Beth for his own, he spitefully accuses the dog’s owner of sheep stealing.
Drama
Don Chicago
4

Don Chicago

Aug 06, 1945

Don Chicago
1945 80 min 1 vues
Timid Don Chicago yearns to follow in the footsteps of his gangster mother, but is forced by the Mulligan Gang to leave America. In England, he tangles with a British police officer and high society.
Comedy
Skylarks
1

Skylarks

Apr 01, 1937

Skylarks
1937 74 min 1 vues
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Skylarks is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox and Nancy Burn. Nervo and Knox were a comic team, who became associated with the larger Crazy Gang grouping with whom they subsequently appeared in several films. It is a partially lost film, with only a short soundless fragment surviving. The team's earlier film It's in the Bag, their 1936 sound debut, does still survive.
Comedy
The Mind of Mr. Reeder
1

The Mind of Mr. Reeder

Mar 04, 1939

The Mind of Mr. Reeder
1939 77 min 1 vues
Mr. Reeder, a somewhat eccentric old gentleman employed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, gets it into his head to break up a counterfeiting ring.
Mystery
Jailbirds
1

Jailbirds

Apr 20, 1940

Jailbirds
1940 73 min 1 vues
Two convicts escape prison and get a job in a bakery. Their attempts to go straight are endangered by a third escaped convict.
Comedy