Acting
An actress cures an aged flirt by posing as his wife.
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During the French Revolution, a revolutionary falls in love with and marries an aristocratic woman.
'Lord poses as workman to win dancer who works as waitress in her mother's tea garden.' (British Film Catalogue)
'Soldier takes the blame when his Bolshevik brother shoots a soldier during the General Strike.' (British Film Catalogue)
An old farmer's sheepdog is saved when a rival's dog is proved to be a sheep killer.
British crime film directed by Reginald Fogwell
Film version of Shakespeare's comedy of a young woman who disguises herself as a man to win the attention of the one she loves.
The village of Altdorf has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers. The Stormtroopers go about teaching and enforcing "The New Order", but Pastor Hall, a kind and gentle man, won't be cowed. Some villagers join the Nazi party avidly, and some just go along with things, hoping for a quiet life, but Pastor Hall takes his convictions to the pulpit.
Turn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker. It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank. It is set in a North Yorkshire fishing village, and relates the rivalry between two fishing families. The actors included John Garrick, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson speak in the local accent. The work is based on the novel Three Fevers by Leo Walmsley.
In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into the dubious evidence used in the trial, an institutional coverup begins, aided by fears of army disgrace and anti-Semitic paranoia against Dreyfus. But a determined group, headed by prominent author Émile Zola, leads a mounting public call to reopen the Dreyfus case.
Based on Shakespeare's play, Act V, Scene vii: King John is in torment, and his supporters fear that his end is near. As he writhes in agony, he is attended by Prince Henry, the Earl of Pembroke, and Robert Bigot. Prince Henry tries repeatedly to comfort his delirious father, but to no avail - John's pain is too great.
A squire's novelist son poses as a nurse to save an heiress from her guardian's private asylum.
A drama film directed by Castleton Knight .
Austin promotional short, showing a tour around the country by many Austin models, from the Seven to the Ascot.
A young woman who is in love with a penniless composer, but believes she must marry a wealthy man to please her father. But only realises after various tribulations she should follow her heart rather than her head.
A sensuous woman trapped in a loveless relationship has an affair with a leading politician which threatens to bring down the government.
An elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth.
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
