A Chinese missionary comes to England. He helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake of D. W. Griffith's Masterpiece.
An American woman is fooled into thinking that she is the heiress to an estate in England.
George Bright is a props man in an ice ballet company, and a keen amateur photographer who accidentally snaps crooks at work. Comic complications ensue....
A henpecked husband is mistaken for a famous toreador while holidaying in Spain!
Norman Young wants to marry Margot Grahame but a contract with a producer prohibits her from marrying during a five year period. Norman spends millions to take over the contact.
Fu Manchu knockoff with Harry Agar Lyons
An impoverished team of composer and songwriter try to secure financial backing for their new musical, with the assistance of a struggling actress working as a housemaid.
Eddie Smart (George Gee) was born clumsy and is a laughing stock at work, the Sprouto Hair Tonic Company. One day a phrenologist reads his 'bumps' and pronounces him another Napoleon. Eddie becomes a changed man and issues orders to everyone. Meantime the boss believes Eddie to be the rightful owner of the company so let's him have his way. With the boss ill, Eddie invests heavily in the nutmeg market, almost bankrupting the company. By luck the research department discover that nutmeg is the secret ingredient for the new hair-restorer. The 1933 British Lion comedy feature film "Strike It Rich" starring George Gee and Gina Malo seems to be a 'lost' film on the 35mm cinema film format. However it was released (sadly savagely cut) on the UK Pathescope 9.5mm home movie film format in December 1938. One musical number was cut from the 9.5mm feature film release, but issued separately in a 9.5mm Pathe Vox Review. This print has this extra item edited back in.
Nick plans to go to Canada after being released from prison, but his old gang will not share out the loot from their last job.
Two feuding millionaires try to destroy each other's business while their children fall in love with each other.
A British comedy film directed by Lupino Lane
The Bermondsey Kid is a drama movie set in 1930s Bermondsey, London. It tells the story of a young boy who dreams of becoming a professional boxer. With the support of a loyal friend and the guidance of an experienced coach, the boy trains tirelessly and eventually enters the championship boxing match. Along the way, he faces numerous challenges and obstacles, including the disapproval of his parents and the skepticism of the local community. Will he prove himself in the ring and achieve his dream?
Training film made for Ford.
George Shuttleworth is convinced that he has the talent to win the Isle of Man TT races, despite what his neighbours back home in Wigan may think. During the trials, the brakes go on George's bike, 'The Shuttleworth Snap', which he made himself. As a result, he breaks the TT lap record, becoming an instant motor-cycling star. As the big race approaches, George soon realises that other jealous riders will stop at nothing to make sure he does not take part in the race. An early George Formby film and probably his best.
“Comedy concerning a clerk pretending to be a European composer who falls in love with a woman who poses as an actress.” - BFI.
A booking clerk is dismissed after a mistake, and confused with a millionaire in London.
Vaudeville. A fog prevents a group of music-hall artistes from reaching the theatre in time for the show forcing the stage manager to bring the buskers in from the queues outside, and turn the performance into "Amateur Night".
A Scotland Yard inspector and his reporter friend arrive on vacation in a small village and are immediately involved in what is claimed to be a murder but the body has disappeared, leaving it to the inspector to find the body, determine the motive and find the killer.
Two nightclub cloakroom attendants become entangled with an enemy spy ring in an adventure that takes them to Paris.
A woman's parents became robbers in a desperate effort to prevent her marrying an unsuitable man.
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