The Speckled Band 1931
After her sister dies under mysterious circumstances, a young heiress seeks Holmes' help when she feels threatened by her brutish stepfather.
After her sister dies under mysterious circumstances, a young heiress seeks Holmes' help when she feels threatened by her brutish stepfather.
A young woman becomes the driver of a wealthy stockbroker who lost her family’s savings.
A British drama film set inside a teacher training college and directed by Ivar Campbell
The manager of a gambling club tries to swindle the owner.
The story of two half-brothers, Jason and Michael, who travel between Iceland and the Isle of Man experiencing political revolutions, natural disasters, and personal upheavals. The plot is loosely based on the Biblical story of Jacob and Esau.
A Duke's son plays the part of a footman and shows himself amusing in the pantry.
Geoffrey and his wife Anne are trapped in a stifling marriage, which neither feels able to leave. When Geoffrey's boyhood friend, Ernest, and his new wife, Elma, come for a long visit, it's soon apparent that their marriage is equally unhappy. As Ernest and Anne strike up a supposedly secret affair, Geoffrey and Elma do everything they can to encourage their spouses' infidelity, whilst also pretending to be blissfully unaware of it.
A man steals a priceless diamond, but returns it when an innocent man is arrested for the theft.
A fence for a gang of jewel thieves comes under suspicion from the police.
King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. Nell becomes his most loyal subject, while ever-ready to take the Duchess down a peg. But the actress can never hope to be fully accepted by the King's circle despite his constant attentions.
A young woman designer goes to London to further her career, but things are complicated when her invention is a success.
An insurance investigator tracks a series of robberies to a gang who are hiding the stolen jewels in the produce of a bakery.
Mrs Todd is aggrieved at finding that the country house she has bought is evidently haunted. Sir Hector Benbow and his nephew, on behalf of the previous owner, set out to demonstrate that there is no ghost.
During a performance of Othello a jealous actor attempts to strangle his wife who he believes has committed adultery..
A mad captain poses as a cleric to murder people aboard a fogbound ship.
Hugo Carmody, the impoverished secretary to Lord Emsworth falls for Millicent the boss's niece, and steals his Lordship's prize pig in a scheme to raise funds to marry her.
'Broke duke and millionairess try month of trial marriage.' (British Film Catalogue)
'Insurance agent poses as royal double and saves him from anarchists.' (British Film Catalogue)
A criminal hides the body of a dead financier in an effort to manipulate shares.
'Romance set around the famous air race in which a girl helps a nervous pilot to victory.' (British Film Institute)