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After her sister dies under mysterious circumstances, a young heiress seeks Holmes' help when she feels threatened by her brutish stepfather.
Mar 1931
An outlaw leader fakes a draw for a sick girl so he can help her escape
May 1930
In a Hungarian gypsy encampment, carefree Sandor lives with his beautiful sweetheart Yutka. Into their lives rides a blonde countess, with whom Sandor becomes infatuated. Yutka soon flees from her faithless lover. Sandor roams the country, searching for his lost love, but finds her too late. she now wears furs and has her own aristocratic love. Sandor returns heartbroken to his Romany encampment.
Jan 1932
A trombonist becomes mayor of a small town, but he struggles to cope with municipal issues.
Jun 1932
'Suburban beautician almost elopes with rich client's husband.' (British Film Catalogue)
Jan 1934
Jack Brewster is a pennyless English lad who learns that he has inherited 6 million pounds sterling from a recently deceased relative. But soon learns that he must spend 500,000 pounds in 60 days to inherit the rest of the money, or forfeit the entire inheritance.
Jan 1935
Mrs Todd is aggrieved at finding that the country house she has bought is evidently haunted. Sir Hector Benbow and his nephew, on behalf of the previous owner, set out to demonstrate that there is no ghost.
Oct 1932
A fence for a gang of jewel thieves comes under suspicion from the police.
Sep 1935
A young woman becomes the driver of a wealthy stockbroker who lost her family’s savings.
Jul 1932
The story of two half-brothers, Jason and Michael, who travel between Iceland and the Isle of Man experiencing political revolutions, natural disasters, and personal upheavals. The plot is loosely based on the Biblical story of Jacob and Esau.
Jan 1929
The first film adaptation, and most faithful, of Noel Coward's 1929 operetta Bitter Sweet. This tells the story of Sarah Linden's romance, the tale begins with Sarah, now older, reminiscing about her first love. As a young girl Sarah falls in love with Carl, a musician, and runs off with him to Vienna. They are happily wed and Carl earns a living conducting a small orchestra. Enter a certain Captain who sets his eye on Sarah and proceeds to shower her with his attentions, much to her dismay.
Aug 1933
A young doctor realises that his father is a quack and changes places with a down-and-out.
Biography of the ploughboy poet.
Mar 1930
The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.
Sep 1936
Down on his luck inventor Roger (John Stuart) "borrows" some money from a handbag he finds but things go wrong when a necklace from the bag goes missing.
Jun 1935
A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.
Dec 1930
A young woman designer goes to London to further her career, but things are complicated when her invention is a success.
Aug 1935
Poor New York shop girl Nadina receives the unexpected news that she is next in line to be queen of an Eastern European country. On her arrival in Ruritania, a revolution is in progress, and only minutes before her coronation, Nadina is forced into exile. She flees to Paris with her nurse, and then travels on to Switzerland. There Nadina encounters the Ruritanian revolutionary leader Carl, recuperating from the trials of revolution, and the couple unexpectedly fall in love. When the revolution collapses in Ruritania, they return and marry, thus forming a constitutional monarchy supported by all the people.
Mar 1934
A comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.
Nov 1930
The manager of a gambling club tries to swindle the owner.
May 1935