The Shadow 1933
A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one.
A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one.
The wife of a candidate for Parliament is having an affair with the brother of her husband's rival. Her lover is running for election on a promise of building a railway that the community needs, but a wealthy landowner won't give permission for the railway to be built over his land. When the landowner is later found dead, suspicion falls on the adulterous candidate.
Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past. Holmes' methods baffle Watson and Lestrade, but his results astonish them. In a long flashback, the victim's wife tells the story of the sinister Vermissa Valley.
When Peggy wants to break off her engagement to Dick in order to marry Gilbert, Dick threatens to reveal that Peggy's brother Ralph was shot for cowardice during World War One.
Two thieves are released from prison; one of them has an umbrella with jewels hidden in its handle.
Inspector Darrow investigates the death of a wealthy man.
A gang of crooks uses the legend of a ghost haunting an old dark mansion to help them kidnap a rich man.
When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence and lands in the back of a passing car belonging to chemist John Gray who becomes amateur sleuth after developing the film and goes in search of the woman captured by the photograph. When the camera is stolen from his laboratory, Gray's suspicions are further aroused.
A crime film directed by Guy Newall.
The relatives of a millionaire - the victim of a mysterious murder - get together at his house to search for his will, which he recorded on a record. However, one of them is actually the person who killed him, and will let nothing - or no one - stand in the way of finding that record.
A rare film put out by Twickenham Film Studios which includes many original music hall acts.
Set on the Thames estuary, romance blossoms for a young couple.
A British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
The heir to a London department store must learn the business, but he must start off by working his way through the various menial jobs incognito first. However, a crooked manager has arranged, for a cracksman, just out of prison, to join the staff. Each is mistaken for the other.
A medium is murdered and suspicion falls on his niece.
When his father commits suicide a gentleman sets out to avenge the death on those who swindled him out of a fortune.
A young woman begins to suspect that her wealthy, respectable husband may be an escaped Canadian murderer.
A British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
An illegitimate war-baby adopted by a wealthy spinster.
A retired Admiral steals jewels and is pursued by Spanish bandits.