Lawrence Grossmith

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Men Are Not Gods
5.7

Men Are Not Gods

Nov 26, 1936
Actor Edmund Davey becomes a star overnight when his wife and co-star teams up with the secretary of a noted stage critic to produce a glowing review of his 'Othello'.
Drama
Tiger Bay
6.4

Tiger Bay

Sep 01, 1934
Michael is a young Englishman abroad who deliberately visits a tough Chinese district of Tiger Bay to test his strength. He falls in love and battles a protection racket.
Crime
The Girl in the Taxi
6

The Girl in the Taxi

Sep 02, 1937
In this British musical, set in Paris, an apparently upstanding husband and father spends his nights fooling around with wild women. His son, wanting to be just like his dad, begins dating a seductive widow--the same widow his father has been seeing. Trouble ensues when the father refuses to let his daughter marry her true love. When the fiancée learns of the father-son shenanigans, he begins blackmailing them into letting him marry the daughter.
Music
Make-Up
1

Make-Up

Jun 28, 1937
Make-Up is a 1937 British drama film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Nils Asther, June Clyde and Judy Kelly. It was a circus film made by an independent production company at Shepperton Studios.
Drama
Hantise
7.472

Hantise

May 04, 1944
Durant ses vacances en Italie, Paula Alquist rencontre un pianiste charmant, Gregory Anton, qui la séduit. Ils se marient et Gregory propose à Paula d'aller vivre à Londres dans la demeure que la tante de Paula, mystérieusement assassinée, lui a léguée. Le couple vit heureux, mais peu à peu Paula est en proie a d'étranges hallucinations tandis que son mari devient froid et lointain. Entre-temps, un détective de Scotland Yard, amoureux de Paula, réexamine le dossier du meurtre obscur de la vieille dame.
Thriller
Meurtre à Baskerville
5.5
Sherlock Holmes prend des vacances et rend visite à son vieil ami Sir Henry Baskerville. Ses vacances se termine quand il se retrouve soudain au milieu d'un mystère double assassiner. Maintenant, il est arrivé à trouver le professeur Moriarty et le cheval Silver Blaze avant la grande finale de la coupe course de chevaux.
Crime
The Brass Bottle
1

The Brass Bottle

Apr 30, 1914
A Jinn's magic helps a poor architect win a professor's daughter. This film is considered lost.
Fantasy
Cash
4.571

Cash

Oct 08, 1933
A formerly wealthy man and his daughter try to regain wealth by selling a scheme to some investors, when they come upon a huge amount of unclaimed cash that a young electrician has in his tool box.
Comedy
Counsel's Opinion
1

Counsel's Opinion

Mar 01, 1933
Divorce barrister Logan arrives back in London from a trip overseas to find the whole city fogbound. Unable to reach his flat, he books into the exclusive Royal Parks Hotel. Leslie sweet-talks Logan into letting her stay in his suite, and although the pair are attracted to each other, the night passes innocently. On arriving at Chambers, Logan is asked to act as counsel for Lord Rockburn, who is seeking a divorce from his wife. Logan accepts the brief, but then discovers to his horror that Lady Rockburn was a guest at the Royal Parks Hotel ball the previous night, and a cornerstone of the case is alleged impropriety after a maid observed a man leaving her room that morning......
Comedy
The Luck of a Sailor
1

The Luck of a Sailor

Apr 26, 1934
In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his country and marry an heiress. Fortunately, his first bride has fallen for an army officer and is happy to have her royal marriage annulled.
Comedy
Finie la comédie
5.4

Finie la comédie

Sep 14, 1940
Directeur William Keighley de l'adaptation cinématographique 1940 du succès de la scène de SN Behrman, au sujet d'un dramaturge en herbe qui se retrouve un succès du jour au lendemain de Broadway, les étoiles James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Genevieve Tobin, Louise Beavers, Charles Ruggles et Allyn Joslyn.
Romance
Captain Fury
4.8

Captain Fury

May 26, 1939
An Irish convict sentenced to hard labor in Australia escapes into the outback, and organizes a band of fellow escapees to fight a corrupt landlord.
Adventure
All Women Have Secrets
5
When they decide they might as well be penniless husbands and wives as penniless campus sweethearts, three couples at a Midwestern university, against the advice of their friends, get married. Joe and Susie Tucker prove that two can live as cheap as one by setting up housekeeping in a trailer, and working at whatever odd jobs turn up.
Comedy
The Private Life of Don Juan
6.118
What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His wife Dolores, whom he hasn't lived with in five years, still loves him. He refuses to see her; he fears the life of a husband. She has bought his debts and will remand him to jail for two years if he won't come to her. Meanwhile, an impostor is climbing the balconies of Seville claiming to be Don Juan.
Romance
Opened by Mistake
1

Opened by Mistake

May 10, 1940
A wise-guy reporter and a tippling sportswriter acquire an unclaimed trunk with a corpse inside.
Comedy
Smash and Grab
5.8

Smash and Grab

Sep 20, 1937
John Forrest, an insurance investigator with a weakness for model railways, is on the trail of a gang of smash-and-grab thieves targeting Europe's most prestigious jewellers. As the chase leads him to Ireland, Forrest finds he needs help and who better to call upon than his impossibly elegant, highly capable wife, Alice?
Comedy
Sing As We Go
5.6

Sing As We Go

Sep 13, 1934
When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool.
Comedy
Rolling in Money
1

Rolling in Money

Aug 20, 1934
An impoverished duchess arranges a marriage for her daughter to a wealthy working-class London barber.
Comedy