Fred Thompson
Writing
Known For
An anthology of 1920s set plays and musicals, transmissioned from 10 September to 10 December 1968 on BBC One.
The Jazz Age

Capt. James Stewart pursues the bandit "The Kinkajou" over the Mexican border and falls in love with Rita, though he suspects that her brother is the bandit.
Rio Rita
An amoral young dancer falls in love with a band leader.
She Knew What She Wanted

Two engaged vaudeville magicians quarrel and go their separate ways.
Lady Be Good

The naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane. When she confronts Clem, she convinces him to help her prove her innocence.
The Power of the Press

A silent film version of the Gershwin stage musical
Tiptoes

The night before his wedding George gets drunk and marries a chorus girl. Her boyfriend appears, they fight and are believed dead, so she is now "the bridegroom's widow" (die Bräutigamswitwe). When they both come back one after another they must hide from the Police as they believe they have murdered each other, while the inspector believes there are ghosts in the house.
The Bridegroom's Widow

A lion-tamer's partly innate and partly acquired attitude to other living beings - that they shall submit without question to his will - is applied with unseeing kindness to an orphan girl whom the lion tamer adopts.
18 Minutes

A model inherits a great deal of money and pretends to be a movie star.
Heads We Go
British comedy. It was released in the United States the following year under the alternative title Trouble Ahead.
Falling in Love
A woman arranges a burglary to try to recover a stolen diary with compromising details written in it.