E. Temple Thurston
Writing
Known For
Sally Bishop, a headstrong young girl falls for a trashy novelist and insidiously enters his household. This prompts her former fiancé to conspire with the author's wife to expose her foolishness.
Sally Bishop

A rich mixed race woman is abandoned after a mock marriage, has a stillborn baby, and weds the man who helps her.
The Garden of Resurrection

Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His return. The Crusades, 1150: Matathias, now an anonymous knight, competes for glory in combat and for the wife of a soldier. Palermo, 1290: Matteos Battadios witnesses the death of his young son, leading to conflict with his wife over whether to take comfort in Christianity. Seville, 1560: Dr Matteos Battadios dedicates himself to the treatment and comfort of the poor, but his life and work are endangered by the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition.
The Wandering Jew
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.
Discord

A typist threatens to expose her lover when he prosecutes the divorce of a woman he means to marry.
Sally Bishop
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.
City of Beautiful Nonsense

A classy woman has an affair with a rake after she learns that she has a terminal disease
One Precious Year
After returning home to Britain from Nigeria where he has been working, an engineer becomes embroiled in a family melodrama.
The Blue Peter
'The legend of the Wandering Jew, condemned to walk the earth until the Second Coming.' (British Film Institute)
The Wandering Jew
A poor author has an engaged girl pose as his wife to please his dying father.
The World of Wonderful Reality

A poor author feigns marriage to please his dying father.
The City of Beautiful Nonsense
A barrister abandons his mistress for a socialite but returns in time to save her from suicide.