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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge 1928

6.20

An odd and tightly directed tale of a singer/dancer at the Moulin Rouge, who meets her daughter's fiance, only to have him fall obsessively in love with her and she with him. Alienation, betrayal and near tragedy result.

1928

A Political Party

A Political Party 1934

1

A north-country chimney sweep standing for Parliament is opposed by a local bigwig. His campaign is imperiled when his artist son, Tony, falls in love with a girl who has reason to hope that the bigwig will be elected.

1934

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop 1934

5.30

An elderly shop-keeper and his grand-daughter are threatened by the rich, mean-spirited dwarf Quilp, and decide to flee across England to escape him. They are pursued both by Quilp and by the shop-keeper's long-lost brother, who wants to find them for a different reason.

1934

Fascination

Fascination 1931

5.50

Story of a vampish actress who comes between a happily married couple in this light-hearted melodrama.

1931

Harmony Heaven

Harmony Heaven 1930

7.80

The tale of a young songwriter, the actress who helps him find success, and the vamp who sets her sights on him.

1930

Lucky Girl

Lucky Girl 1932

1

Stephan Gregorovitch, the unwilling king of a bankrupt Ruritanian country, along with his hucksterish chancellor and musically-inclined bodyguard, travel incognito to London for some fun. An invitation to a party held by Duke Hugo seems just the ticket, but the presence of jewel thieves in the vicinity soon puts paid to any ideas of a relaxing evening!

1932