When his wife passes away, a widower farmer decides to search for a new wife to help him run his farm and take care of his daughter. He faces rejection and struggles with unrequited love, until he finds love in an unexpected place. Set in a rural setting, this silent film explores themes of devotion, marriage, and vanity.
In this silent film, a married prizefighter named Jack is thrown into a love triangle when he becomes infatuated with a fortune teller named Mabel. His obsession with Mabel leads to a romantic rivalry with his wife, who becomes jealous of their relationship. As Jack's marriage becomes increasingly dysfunctional, he must navigate the complexities of love and loyalty. Set against the backdrop of the boxing world and the circus, 'The Ring' explores themes of passion, betrayal, and the consequences of romantic entanglements.
In Champagne (1928), a spoiled heiress boards an ocean liner and falls in love with a newspaper reporter. To test his love, she disguises herself as a girl from a poor family. Despite challenges and disapproval, they must navigate their way to a happy ending.
Road House is a 1934 British comedy crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Violet Loraine, Gordon Harker and Aileen Marson.
Algernon Sprigg, a horse-racing fanatic, is convinced that everyone is a gambler at heart. To prove his theory, he bets a friend that he can convert Amos Purdie, the puritanical head of an anti-betting association, into a punter within a week.
An ex-con searching for a hidden jewel is assumed by a group of people to be investigating them.
Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies from the stores. This accidentally leads Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham (Alastair Sim) to a nest of fifth columnists when his dim-witted assistant carelessly talks to a girl in the cafeteria – and that night, news of Hornleigh and Bingham’s arrival is embarrassingly transmitted back to Germany.
In this Edgar Wallace adaptation, Sergeant Elk (a lugubrious Gordon Harker) sets out to unmask the Frog, the evil mastermind heading up a mysterious network responsible for a litany of sensational crimes. Wallace was one of the first British authors to capitalise on the potential of cinema to increase his already considerable celebrity. His luridly titled thrillers depicting shady underworlds remained popular film sources long after his death in 1932. This lavish production boasts a distinguished cast and delivers on all fronts: from romance and exotic cabaret acts, to heaps of tension and a dramatic reveal.
At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists. Amateur politician against committed activist. But could it become boy-who-fancies-girl against girl-who-fancies-boy? The party agents are soon colluding against such a disaster.
A young girl is engaged to a man she doesn't love, and rather than marry him she decides to flee the situation altogether. She is helped by a crusty old barge captain.
The Robinsons are two respectable middle class parents living with their children in a suburban house in Acacia Avenue. Preferring to holiday every year in Bognor, they are pressed into booking a cruise for their annual vacation and thereby leaving their teenage children free run of their house. As the youngsters enjoy their newfound freedom and discover the angst of teenage life, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson begin to have second thoughts about their cruise and decide to return home early.
'International spy seeks documents hidden in old inn.' (British Film Catalogue)
While casing a bank he intends to rob, gangster Leo discovers one of the clerks, Antonio, is his exact double. He kidnaps Antonio and robs the bank, posing as Antonio. But Leo hadn't accounted for the involvement of Antonio's wife, Dorothy.
Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England.
At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay at the country house of Lord Buckley. They devise a plan whereby they will kidnap the real Lord Buckley, and send to England an actor who will masquerade, lie in wait for the visitor with a number of gunmen, and take him back to Germany.
The Phantom Light is a thrilling crime film that revolves around a murder-mystery taking place in a haunted lighthouse. A detective finds himself trapped with a group of people in the lighthouse after a shipwreck, and they soon realize that they are not alone. As they try to solve the murder and escape the lighthouse, they are faced with various haunting experiences and unexpected twists.
During a holiday by the British seaside, Hornleigh and Bingham grow bored and turn their hand to investigating a local crime.
A department store assistant becomes publicity conscious.
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and comic elements, including the woman and lover who have murdered her husband, and the working class couple who are excited about their chance to go to the races, but end up listening to it on the radio in the car-park because they've got such a bad view.
Rome Express is a 1932 movie set on a train journey from Paris to Rome. The plot revolves around a motley crew of characters, including an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an American movie star. The journey takes an unexpected turn when an art thief targets a valuable painting on board. As tensions rise and secrets are revealed, the passengers find themselves caught in a web of deception, danger, and intrigue. Will they be able to uncover the mystery and outwit the cunning mastermind behind it all?