Writing
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.
A typist threatens to expose her lover when he prosecutes the divorce of a woman he means to marry.
After returning home to Britain from Nigeria where he has been working, an engineer becomes embroiled in a family melodrama.
A poor author has an engaged girl pose as his wife to please his dying father.
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 rich mixed race woman is abandoned after a mock marriage, has a stillborn baby, and weds the man who helps her.
A poor author feigns marriage to please his dying father.
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.
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.
'The legend of the Wandering Jew, condemned to walk the earth until the Second Coming.' (British Film Institute)
A classy woman has an affair with a rake after she learns that she has a terminal disease
A barrister abandons his mistress for a socialite but returns in time to save her from suicide.
