Incident in Shanghai 1938
An unhappy wife falls for an injured pilot.
An unhappy wife falls for an injured pilot.
An outlaw leader fakes a draw for a sick girl so he can help her escape
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 criminal hides the body of a dead financier in an effort to manipulate shares.
A mad captain poses as a cleric to murder people aboard a fogbound ship.
After her sister dies under mysterious circumstances, a young heiress seeks Holmes' help when she feels threatened by her brutish stepfather.
British comedy film directed by Harcourt Templeman and Herbert Wilcox..
'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)
The first film adaptation, and most faithful, of Noel Coward's 1929 operetta Bitter Sweet. This tells the story of Sarah Linden's romance, the tale begins with Sarah, now older, reminiscing about her first love. As a young girl Sarah falls in love with Carl, a musician, and runs off with him to Vienna. They are happily wed and Carl earns a living conducting a small orchestra. Enter a certain Captain who sets his eye on Sarah and proceeds to shower her with his attentions, much to her dismay.
A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.
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.
Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club. There he meets Clifford Tope, a ne'er do well who is love with cabaret star Cora Mellish. She in turn has run up steep gambling debts and has paid off the Club's blackmailing owner with a stolen necklace. As things heat up Cora seeks help from the easy-going Tope.
An insurance investigator tracks a series of robberies to a gang who are hiding the stolen jewels in the produce of a bakery.
Jack Brewster is a pennyless English lad who learns that he has inherited 6 million pounds sterling from a recently deceased relative. But soon learns that he must spend 500,000 pounds in 60 days to inherit the rest of the money, or forfeit the entire inheritance.
A struggling composer has to be supported financially by his wealthier wife.
A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.
A British drama film set inside a teacher training college and directed by Ivar Campbell
'Newlywed tries to get back gift garter from honeymoon bride.' (British Film Catalogue)
Twin daughters of country rector set out to attract attentions of handsome young antiquary visitor.