Acting
'Press lord ruins sailor father of son's fiancée.' (British Film Catalogue)
'Devon. Farming brothers give home to orphan shepherdess evicted for suspected immorality.' (British Film Catalogue)
A Cockney poses as his drowned double, who is saved and poses as a chauffeur.
An old farmer's sheepdog is saved when a rival's dog is proved to be a sheep killer.
A rich American businessman in London makes believe he's lost all his money so that his daughter will marry a composer.
A soldier's tunic button, made from Aladdin's lamp, grants his wishes.
The wife of a playwright has an affair with an actor.
A British drama film directed by Denison Clift
The film depicts a dramatic episode in Danish history: the tumultous relationship between King Christian VII of Denmark and his English consort Caroline Matilda in Eighteenth century Copenhagen and the Queen's tragic affair with the royal physician and liberal reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee.
Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents.
An unjustly condemned corporal flees to Africa, chased by the captain blamed for his escape.
HELEN OF FOUR GATES was made in Hebden Bridge in 1920 by silent film pioneer Cecil M. Hepworth, based on a popular novel of the same name. Reportedly highly successful when it first opened, the film would later fall into obscurity, with all copies believed to be destroyed. In 2007, a print was discovered in a vault in Canada.
Explorer Sir Clive bets that he can spend the night alone in Madame Tussauds Chamber of Horrors. Meanwhile, crooks hope to exploit his ward, Carol, for her fortune.
A couple rent a luxury flat and try to pass it off as their own in order to impress a wealthy relative.
A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.
Two prospectors in Africa, Tony Cooper and Dalton come across a skeleton that has nearly been picked clean by vultures. They find a letter on the body addressed to a clerk in London named Wilkins . Cooper goes to Wilkins in London and tells him that his brother, whose body they had found, has left a map and a deed to a large diamond mine. Wilkins decides to go to Africa with Cooper to find the mine and, in order to speed up and finance their venture, they give a third interest to Carol Reade and her partner John Trevor), who operate a barnstorming airplane service. In Africa, close to the mine location, they are greeted by some tough gentlemen named Collins and Quincy who have terrorized the natives and lorded over the region, who quickly discover the reason for the party's mission. They join, unasked, in the race for the diamonds. The race is interrupted by the death of Trevor who is found knifed in his bunk.
'A secret society uses a girl as a pawn in an attempt to secure secret plans.' (BFI)
The story of a small valley community that is narrow minded and those who wish to leave it on the train that regularly hurries from the narrow valley.
Young heiress Margaret Yeoland is found unconscious on the Devonshire moors by a disillusioned author, Denis Marlowe. She tells him she has run away from her family, but is reluctant to reveal the full story. Intent on concealing her identity from her pursuers, Denis coerces her into marrying him. But when the body of Margaret's missing father is discovered, it leads Denis to suspect his wife of murder.
In the Antilles, old Tyler finds a treasure map and sets sail with his ship, the Sarah Tyler, and its crew composed of only two children: Satan and Jude.
