Blackmail

Blackmail 1929

6.55

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.

1929

The Manxman

The Manxman 1929

6.10

A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.

1929

Murder!

Murder! 1930

6.00

When a woman is convicted of murder, one of the jurors selected to serve on the murder-trial jury believes the accused, an aspiring actress, is innocent of the crime and takes it upon himself to apprehend the real killer.

1930

The Skin Game

The Skin Game 1931

5.30

An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.

1931

Champagne

Champagne 1928

5.20

Betty, the rebellious daughter of a millionaire, decides to marry the penniless Jean—against her father's will—and runs away to France and lives a life of luxury on the profits from her father's business. Pretending his business is crashing, her father finally puts a stop to her behavior, which forces Betty to support herself by getting a job in a night club.

1928

The Farmer's Wife

The Farmer's Wife 1928

5.60

Successful middle-aged farmer Samuel Sweetland becomes widowed, then his daughter marries and leaves home. Deciding he wishes to remarry, Sweetland pursues some local women he considers prospects.

1928

Number Seventeen

Number Seventeen 1932

5.53

A gang of thieves gather at a safe house following a robbery, but a detective is on their trail.

1932

Elstree Calling

Elstree Calling 1930

5.10

A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).

1930

The Ring

The Ring 1927

5.90

Both Jack Sander and Bob Corby are boxers in love with Mabel. Jack and Mabel wed, but their marriage is flat. The young wife looks to Bob for comfort.

1927

Piccadilly

Piccadilly 1929

6.40

A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act.

1929

Rich and Strange

Rich and Strange 1931

5.50

Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.

1931

Juno and the Paycock

Juno and the Paycock 1930

4.66

During the Irish revolution, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values of life really are. At the end, they discover they will not receive that inheritance; the family is destroyed and penniless. They must sell their home and start living like vagabonds.

1930

Dreyfus

Dreyfus 1931

1

In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into the dubious evidence used in the trial, an institutional coverup begins, aided by fears of army disgrace and anti-Semitic paranoia against Dreyfus. But a determined group, headed by prominent author Émile Zola, leads a mounting public call to reopen the Dreyfus case.

1931

Mimi

Mimi 1935

5.20

A struggling playwright in 1850s Paris and his mate finds love that furnishes him with the inspiration he has long sought.

1935

Potiphar's Wife

Potiphar's Wife 1931

1

'A good-looking chauffeur, employed by an aristocratic married lady is tempted to misconduct. His indifference arouses her wrath and he is charged with assault at the Assizes. ' (British Film Institute)

1931

Indiscretions of Eve

Indiscretions of Eve 1932

1

Eve and Peter fall in love at first sight at a New Year's Eve party, but are separated by Eve's jealous fiancé, Ralph. With neither knowing the other's name, they both spend the following day searching frantically for each other around London. Peter's only clue is a set of shop mannequins, all perfect likenesses of Eve - and all made by Ralph's factory.

1932

Mary

Mary 1931

5.64

A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution. German version of "Murder."

1931

Sensation

Sensation 1936

5.00

Pat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him promise to give the job up. When a pretty waitress is found murdered, however, Pat falls in line with the rest of the 'Murder Gang' the pack of reporters who gather to glean stories by fair means or foul!

1936

The Flame of Love

The Flame of Love 1930

5.50

A Chinese troupe star and the Grand Duke's adjutant fall in love, to tensions from both sides' respective comrades.

1930