Acting
'The story of Lady Dedlock's secret and the tragic consequences of its exposure.' (British Film Institute)
A man takes the blame for a girl's crooked brother and weds her when her hand is amputated.
Lord Nelson's life, loves and death.
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.
Inspector Hanaud is asked to investigate a murder in which a young woman is accused of killing her wealthy employer in a Riviera mansion and then running away. She is innocent, but the villain is able to make her seem guilty. Hanaud uncovers the truth, that the murder was the result of a jewel robbery gone wrong.
An aged ambassador's wife loves an admiral but is rejected by society after his death.
Sacked clerk inherits £3000 a year and struggles when thrust into high society.
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'Lady marries horse trainer but withholds herself until crippled brother is cured.' (British Film Catalogue)
A London lady comes to Holmes in curiosity about her newest lodger. After first renting the room, arranging for meals and newspaper to be left at the door, and paying a very high fee, he disappears completely. Or, is it someone else now inside the room?
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
An armament king's wife kills herself to save her MP lover from a divorce scandal.
Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer:
Holmes is called to a manor house to investigate the brutal murder of a country lord with a fireplace poker and reconcile the story of his bruised and battered wife with the facts.
