A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
May 1949
The Viennese bride of a Scottish peer is driven away by suspicion and unfriendliness from his family. Famous, she buys the estate and her husband returns to be reconciled with her and the son of whom he never knew.
Jan 1938
Gypsy dancer Hassina falls in love with lion tamer Brazil and travels to London to find him. Brazil is supposedly working at the Crystal Palace, but he is not there when Hassina arrives. After fainting from lack of food, Hassina is taken into the home of wealthy middle-aged bachelor Alan Brooks, who falls in love with her.
Dec 1936
Aug 1938
Feb 1938
Directed by Thorold Dickinson.
Mar 1941
“Comedy of a little man forced by chance into a big jewel robbery.” - BFI.
Jun 1938
“Ex-convict saves his estranged daughter from a blackmailer.” - BFI.
Apr 1935
“A troopship bringing home a battalion from Bermuda docks at Southampton and the men are granted only 6 hours leave. The film shows how some of the men spend this precious time.” - BFI.
Sep 1936
A convicted killer escapes and seeks revenge on the jurors who put him in prison. He kills two of them and the rest end up hiding in the large home of another juror, an actor. It is the actor who saves them from the murderous fugitive.
Mar 1936
Dec 1938
“Spy comedy with operatic background.” - BFI.
“Curley Blake is a lift operator in a block of flats. He is in love with Emily, the cleaning girl. When Emily returns from a stay in hospital, Curley arranges to treat her to dinner in one of the flats. Unfortunately, the owner returns early.” - Steve Crook.
Nov 1935
A musical drama about two pupils from a provincial music conservatory who elope, marry, and move to London to try their luck. The husband becomes a singer in a nightclub, and is soon targeted by a predatory socialite. They start an affair, the wife finds out about it and decides to leave her husband, until matters are smoothed over by a third-party who wishes the couple well.
An amateur detective tracks down a gang of diamond thieves to Chinatown.
Jul 1937
'Honeymoon wife learns of husband's past and runs away.' (British Film Catalogue)
Apr 1936
The German adopted-daughter of a Belgian innkeeper is threatened with internment by him if she reveals to the British billetees that he is a spy. However, she is in love with one of them and helps them.
Sep 1937
Crime comedy sequel to The Vulture (1937). Amateur sleuth, Cedric Gull, takes on another case.
Mar 1938
A bank clerk takes the blame for a theft which he believes was committed by his ex-convict father.
Jan 1935
“Professional jealousy over the discovery of a formula for an anaesthetic leads to murder in a hospital.” - BFI.
