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A struggling composer has to be supported financially by his wealthier wife.
Jan 1933
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
After her sister dies under mysterious circumstances, a young heiress seeks Holmes' help when she feels threatened by her brutish stepfather.
Mar 1931
King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. Nell becomes his most loyal subject, while ever-ready to take the Duchess down a peg. But the actress can never hope to be fully accepted by the King's circle despite his constant attentions.
Aug 1934
A Lieutenant is wrongly accused of cowardice
Oct 1932
A Duke's son plays the part of a footman and shows himself amusing in the pantry.
Nov 1935
A young woman becomes the driver of a wealthy stockbroker who lost her family’s savings.
Jul 1932
A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.
Mar 1928
A trombonist becomes mayor of a small town, but he struggles to cope with municipal issues.
Jun 1932
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.
The son of a stodgy British earl falls in love with the daughter of an American millionaire businessman. The fathers oppose the relationship.
Dec 1936
A comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.
Nov 1930
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
When financier Reginald Bingham leaves on a business trip to Paris, normally devoted wife Eleanor leaves for a cottage with a secret boy friend. The couple are followed by friends of her husband, who attempt to hinder the affair. However, Reginald is also tempted by a fling with an old friend in Paris.
Dec 1931
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
A captain pays one of his sailors to marry a woman who works in a nightclub.
During a performance of Othello a jealous actor attempts to strangle his wife who he believes has committed adultery..
Oct 1931
Max is an Austrian officer in the army and son of a highly placed general. His father wants him to marry a Countess but he has fallen in love with Vicki. Attending a party given in his honour, they are informed that war has broken out. Max writes a note to Vicki and goes off to war. Unfortunately the note is lost. Some time after the war, Max is just a shoe shop assistant while Vicki is now a famous singer. They meet and at first she snubs him but then falls in love with him again
Mar 1932
'Romance set around the famous air race in which a girl helps a nervous pilot to victory.' (British Film Institute)
Feb 1933
'Newlywed tries to get back gift garter from honeymoon bride.' (British Film Catalogue)
Sep 1933