Acting
The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.
'Devon. Rich widow helps poor squire by pretending his ancestor hid treasure.' (British Film Catalogue)
No description available.
Happy-go-lucky soldier Guy De Vere must leave India and return to the family seat at Little Twittering, for he has inherited the family title. Sir Guy finds all his relatives to be frozen stuffed shirts... except lovely cousin Rowena, who is mad about knighthood and chivalry. Struck in the head by a falling suit of armor, Guy dreams he and Rowena are back in 1400, as the unabashed farce continues...
In China a washerwoman's son uses a magician's lamp to marry a Princess.
A cowboy saves a village girl from a mad squire's torture chamber.
The Foreman of an Old Bailey jury refuses to accept circumstantial evidence and helps solve murder case.
The tale of a young songwriter, the actress who helps him find success, and the vamp who sets her sights on him.
a biopic of eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and Faces.
Max is an Austrian officer in the army and son of a highly placed general. His father wants him to marry a Countess but he has fallen in love with Vicki. Attending a party given in his honour, they are informed that war has broken out. Max writes a note to Vicki and goes off to war. Unfortunately the note is lost. Some time after the war, Max is just a shoe shop assistant while Vicki is now a famous singer. They meet and at first she snubs him but then falls in love with him again
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
Squibs, a cockney flowerseller with a father overwhelmed by gambling debts wins through with the help of assorted friends and a romantically inclined policeman.
'1765. Judge sentences highwayman to die, then finds he is his son.' (British Film Catalogue)
'The story concerns the misadventures of two flighty husbands in Paris on the spree. They find an excuse for their absence from home by pretending that they are accompanying a famous airman on a flight, but the latter does not proceed according to plan, and they have a hard time countering the suspicious questionings and moves of the sophisticated wife.' (BFI)
An actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a serviceman's home.
Peter, a talented but struggling composer, finds himself in a difficult position when he must rely entirely on the financial support of his wealthier wife, Phil. The narrative explores the tension and "discord" that arises in their marriage due to this financial imbalance and the pressures of his pursuit of musical success.
'Romance of the open road and the circus. A tramp poses as baronet's lost son but relinquishes his sweetheart to a younger man.' (British Film Institute)
