The Lost Patrol
Feb 01, 1929A patrol of twelve soldiers is lost in the desert and killed by the tribesmen, but the sergeant makes sure that one of the tribesmen dies for every one of his men.
War
Arthur B. Woods
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They Drive by Night
Dec 01, 1938“Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst the long-distance lorry driving community. Meanwhile, the real killer, unassuming ex-schoolteacher Walter Hoover, continues to prey on London women. As Shorty had feared he has become the main suspect. He returns to London with old flame Molly to prove his innocence.
Crime
Armes secrètes
Feb 21, 1939“Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst the long-distance lorry driving community. Meanwhile, the real killer, unassuming ex-schoolteacher Walter Hoover, continues to prey on London women. As Shorty had feared he has become the main suspect. He returns to London with old flame Molly to prove his innocence.
Comedy
Timbuctoo
Apr 01, 1933
Noces de crime
Jul 22, 1940'Girl's wastrel cousin and his valet go to Timbuctoo.' (British Film Catalogue)
Comedy
Give Her a Ring
Jun 11, 1934Where's Sally?
Apr 28, 1936'Honeymoon wife learns of husband's past and runs away.' (British Film Catalogue)
Comedy
Radio Parade of 1935
Dec 12, 1934One of the first screen outings for Will Hay. Hay plays the Director General of the National Broadcasting Group (NBG) who hides away in his office unaware that the general feeling about his programming is that it is too high-brow and the public are not happy. However, when he discovers this he decides to take action and promotes Jimmy, his Head of the Complaints Department, to Programme Director. Jimmy decides that a series of variety spectaculars are what the public want and sets about hiring the acts. But obstacles are put in his way and he discovers that the NBG has its own cluster of wannabe variety stars.
Music
Drake of England
May 16, 1935Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of England, one of his final films, he takes the title role in Arthur Woods' portrayal of the life and times of the flamboyant piratical adventurer who founded Britain's sea fortunes. From clandestine romance at the court of Elizabeth I to conquests in the newly discovered lands of South America and spectacular victory over the Armada, Drake of England offers a panoramic overview of Drake's life.
Action
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
Mar 01, 1939An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.
Crime
Rhythm in the Air
Aug 29, 1936A young riveter working high up on a steel girder watches a girl practising a tap-dance in a building opposite, and while applauding her, he loses his balance and falls.
Romance
Dual Control
Sep 01, 1932Aviators Amy Johnson and Jim Mollison, playing themselves, cause havoc in a small village when Mollison runs out of petrol and he is forced to land in a field. Their planes are quickly surrounded by inquisitive fans and, after refuelling, a woman and a young boy are taken for a flight.
A Southern Maid
Mar 01, 1934A young Spanish woman marries a lowly Englishman, rather than the aristocrat her father had intended, much to his displeasure.
Music
You Live and Learn
Sep 01, 1937American chorus-girl Mamie Wallace (Farrell) travels to Paris with a ramshackle touring musical revue. The company runs out of money, and it looks as though Mamie and her dancing colleagues are going to be stranded in Europe with no way home. Luckily, she meets a handsome, well-spoken Englishman Peter Millett (Hulbert), who falls in love with her and proposes marriage. Under the impression that he is a man of means, she readily accepts, imagining an entrée to English high society. The couple return to England and Mamie discovers to her horror that not only is her new home a decrepit farmhouse out in the sticks, but that Peter is a widower and his three children also come as part of the package.
Drama
Red Wagon
Dec 06, 1933Adapted from Lady Eleanor Smith’s novel, this 1934 feature tells the story of Joe Prince, an orphan child of circus people who, after many struggles, achieves his life-long ambition of owning a circus.
Drama
Confidential Lady
Dec 01, 1939Jill Trevor vows revenge on newspaper baron Sir Joshua Morple, who she holds responsible for ruining her father. Her very public antics to draw attention to Morple's despicable conduct come to the notice a rival newspaper, who send journalist Jim Brent to offer to write up Jill's story.....
Drama
Raise the Roof
Feb 13, 1930The wealthy Rodney Langford, who dreams of going on the stage, hopes to fulfil his ambitions by buying a failing revue called 'Raise the Roof', starring Maisie Grey. His father, fearing scandal, bribes amoral actor Atherley Armitage to sabotage the show. But, when all hope seems lost, Maisie comes up with an ingenious idea to try and save the day.
Music
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
Don't Get Me Wrong
Mar 01, 1937Don't Get Me Wrong is a 1937 British comedy film co-directed by Arthur B. Woods and Reginald Purdell and starring Max Miller and George E. Stone. It was made at Teddington Studios with sets designed by Peter Proud. Unlike several of Miller's Teddington films which are now lost, this still survives. Miller plays a fairground performer who meets a professor who claims to have invented a cheap substitute for petrol. They team up and persuade a millionaire to finance them to develop and market the product, while unsavoury elements are keen to steal the formula and try all means to get their hands on it, involving slapstick chases and double-crosses. It then turns out that the miracle fluid is diluted coconut oil, and the genius professor is an escaped lunatic. The millionaire finds himself taking the brunt of the disappointment.
Comedy
The Singing Cop
Jan 01, 1938The Dark Stairway
Jan 01, 1938“Professional jealousy over the discovery of a formula for an anaesthetic leads to murder in a hospital.” - BFI.
Crime
The Windmill
Sep 13, 1937The German adopted-daughter of a Belgian innkeeper is threatened with internment by him if she reveals to the British billetees that he is a spy. However, she is in love with one of them and helps them.
Drama
Mayfair Melody
Aug 23, 1937“Romantic comedy of a motor factory mechanic encouraged to train his voice by the daughter of the magnate.” - BFI.
Romance
Thistledown
Jan 01, 1938The Viennese bride of a Scottish peer is driven away by suspicion and unfriendliness from his family. Famous, she buys the estate and her husband returns to be reconciled with her and the son of whom he never knew.
Music
The Compulsory Wife
Aug 09, 1937“Two young men and an attractive girl are invited to spend a week-end at a cottage of mutual friends. The hosts are delayed and so the guests remain unattended. A burglar breaks in and ensuing complications compel the girl to pose as a wife.” - BFI.
Comedy
Dangerous Medicine
Jul 23, 1938After a young girl is jailed for a murder she didn't commit, a doctor helps her escape to capture the real killer and clear her name.
Drama
Give Her a Ring
Jun 11, 1934
Un cottage dans le Dartmoor
Oct 01, 1929
On Secret Service
Dec 15, 1933Greta Nissen stars as an Italian noblewoman living a dangerous double life as a spy. A remake of the celebrated German thriller Spione am Werk. Co-starring noted German actor Karl Ludwig Diehl and American matinee idol Don Alvarado. The film takes place in Vienna, 1912. When an Austrian staff officer is implicated by association with a known Italian spy he goes on the run. Three years later - as the Great War gets into full swing - he returns and begs the Austrian Secret Service to allow him to clear his name from suspicion.
Drama
Music Hath Charms
Mar 02, 1936This cheerful maze of melody, song, comedy and drama showcases the talents of Henry Hall and His Dance Band.
Music
Happy
Dec 11, 1933A young musician invents an anti-theft device for cars, but works as a jazz conductor while waiting for his invention to be successful.
Once in a Million
Aug 03, 1936Fantasy of a bank clerk who accepts a deposit of a million too late to put it in the bank and has to guard it over the weekend.
Comedy
The Return of Carol Deane
Aug 16, 1938Mr. Satan
Feb 01, 1938Crime
