A Glimpse of Paradise 1935
“Ex-convict saves his estranged daughter from a blackmailer.” - BFI.
“Ex-convict saves his estranged daughter from a blackmailer.” - BFI.
“A successful human target act of two brothers is sorely tried by the efforts of a gold digging blues singer to split them up.” - BFI.
A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
Musical version of the comedy, "Charley's Aunt," by Brandon Thomas. As part of a simple enough ruse, a Cambridge student poses as his aunt but his scheme goes wrong, first when someone falls for the aunt, and then when the real aunt turns up.
“A troopship bringing home a battalion from Bermuda docks at Southampton and the men are granted only 6 hours leave. The film shows how some of the men spend this precious time.” - BFI.
An American woman is fooled into thinking that she is the heiress to an estate in England.
“Crime film set in Malaya concerning the pursuit of a planter framed for poisoning his partner and suspected of carrying plague.” - BFI.
After a young girl is jailed for a murder she didn't commit, a doctor helps her escape to capture the real killer and clear her name.
Max Miller plays a boxer's manager who fails to get fights for his simple-minded boxer. The manager sets up a scene in an American nightclub whereby his fighter gets the chance to knock down the reigning champion. The ruse fails to get the fighter a job but a female acquaintance of the champion takes a fancy to his opponent. The plot develops aboard a ship back to England.
1840 - Max Miller and a troupe of artistes come to perform at a tavern, which is not licensed for such performances. A rival tavern informs the police and they have to pay a heavy fine. However, they find the money by rescuing a boy and getting the reward.
An out of work show girl poses as a nurse and undertakes the job of looking after Clinton Clay, a composer and playboy, jilted by his Russian wife. She stands up to his tantrums and supersedes his wife in his affections.
A convicted killer escapes and seeks revenge on the jurors who put him in prison. He kills two of them and the rest end up hiding in the large home of another juror, an actor. It is the actor who saves them from the murderous fugitive.
“Comedy concerning a clerk pretending to be a European composer who falls in love with a woman who poses as an actress.” - BFI.
“Two young men and an attractive girl are invited to spend a week-end at a cottage of mutual friends. The hosts are delayed and so the guests remain unattended. A burglar breaks in and ensuing complications compel the girl to pose as a wife.” - BFI.
Crime comedy sequel to The Vulture (1937). Amateur sleuth, Cedric Gull, takes on another case.
“A homeless gentleman confesses to a Lord's murder to protect a woman they both love.” - BFI.
“Light farcical comedy with humour of the Old School brand. A young French woman married to a selfish games-fan Englishman is the centre of the story.” - BFI.