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

Number Seventeen

Number Seventeen 1932

5.60

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

1932

The Manxman

The Manxman 1929

6.00

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

Blackmail

Blackmail 1929

6.60

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

Juno and the Paycock

Juno and the Paycock 1930

4.50

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

The Ring

The Ring 1927

5.80

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

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

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 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

Night Birds

Night Birds 1930

2.00

Early British thriller about a master criminal named 'Flash Jack', who heads a gang of top-hatted thieves that rob the wealthy. A detective tracks the crimes to a posh night club.

1930

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 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

Children of Chance

Children of Chance 1930

1

A casual date at a high-class hotel leads Binnie, an aspiring showgirl, to be mistaken for model and actress Lia de Marita – landing her an audition for the producer of a new musical stage show. Marvelling at her good fortune, what Binnie doesn't know is that Lia is also the wife of a notorious jewel thief and that she's already fled the country in possession of a valuable, ill-gotten necklace!

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

Money Talks

Money Talks 1932

4.70

This exuberant comedy about Jewish domestic life tells the story of an old man who is to inherit a legacy if he can prove he is in need, and who thus begins to gamble spectacularly with his savings.

1932

Atlantic

Atlantic 1930

5.00

A heavily fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story.

1930

The Flying Scotsman

The Flying Scotsman 1929

6.60

The Flying Scotsman is a 1929 black and white film set on the Flying Scotsman train from London to Edinburgh. Engine driver Bob is due to retire from his job after years of distinguished service. On his second to last day he reports Crow, a disgruntled fireman for drinking at work, leading to his dismissal. The sacked man decides to get his revenge, vowing to kill Bob on his final run. Meanwhile, Crow's young replacement has fallen in love with a beautiful girl, whose father, unbeknown to him, happens to be Bob (and who has also boarded the train in an attempt to stop the villain).

1929

Honours Easy

Honours Easy 1935

1

Unhinged art dealer William Barton seeks revenge on a man who ruined his career years ago. He does so by attempting to frame the man's son for the theft of $2,500 from the safe in his gallery. However the son has an alibi in Barton's wife, with whom he is having an affair.

1935