Harry B. Parkinson

A decadent tale of drugs and the London underworld the cosseted daughter of a respectable businessman - in fact head of a cocaine racket - succumbs to the pleasures of drink and drugs. Vivid nightlife scenes recreate the interwar world of flappers and hedonists; the dapper club owner and seedy street dealers.

Mormons capture women for their wives in this silent anti-Mormon propaganda film featuring the original organ music.

Focuses on the suspenseful, intertwined stories of the Chancery court injustices and the scandalous secrets surrounding Lady Dedlock's past. Part of serial Tense Moments from Great Plays.

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This rare film of stage actor and later cinema star Tod Slaughter opens with a view of St Paul's over the river and the bright lights of Piccadilly at night. Then the film moves off to the old Elephant Theatre on the New Kent Road, where Slaughter stars in a military melodrama. After the show, the film ends with a look at the Rowton House in Southwark, a hostel for the poor much admired by George Orwell.

The real London locations which formed the settings for various Dickens novels are shown, sometimes with characters from the books such as Little Nell and Grandad, Fagin, the Artful Dodger and the author himself superimposed.

A boxer saves a girl from a noble kidnapper.

A tour by horse-drawn bus, narrated by the driver, contrasts new buildings under construction in London with the old, travelling from the City along Middle Temple Lane, passing Clifford's Inn, The Strand, Piccadilly, St. James' Palace, Kingsway, Lincoln's Inn, St. Sepulchre's church, the Old Bailey and Staple Inn.

A round-up of free events in London, including street entertainers, a puppet show, pavement artists, road menders, a daring demonstration by the fire brigade, an abduction staged by a film company and a military parade.

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First installment of the Tense Moments with Great Authors series. Presumed lost.

A Mormon weds a rich English girl, takes a second wife in Utah, and is killed by his first wife's lover.

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A look at the Londoner's love of flowers, from domestic gardens and florist's shops to the great market at Covent Garden and the Piccadilly Circus flower girls.

Dastardly deeds are afoot when rivals for the hand of a young woman vie against each other in a bicycle race.

Early British version of the tale of Samson. Fifth release in the 'Tense Moments from Opera' series.

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Featuring views behind the usual facade of London's streets including the mews behind St. George's Hospital, Philios Terrace, Kinnerton Street, Dr Johnson's house and Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Essex Stairs, Bankside, Clerkenwell and Smithfield.

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