This is the story of a woman who kicks out her no-good second husband after he wastes all her money. Since gambling and drink had taken all her money, she decides to use the money from a windfall to open an illegal after hours night club and gambling parlor, in order to provide her two daughters with a high society education. Eventually she gets caught, and the daughters take over the night club and legitimize it. But the daughters have conflicts, and the no-good husband shows up to complicate matters.
Apr 1932
British comedy directed by John Daumery ...
Mar 1932
Self-made businessman Sir Grant Rayburn is obsessed with making money to the exclusion of all else. He shows little interest in his daughter Jill and is irritated when she falls in love with, and wishes to marry, a young man named Tom. Sir Grant does not believe Tom is a suitable match for Jill as he does not come from a moneyed background. He suspects that Tom is a chancer with an eye on access to Jill's money....
Jun 1933
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
May 1950
Drama written in flames and told with the staccato of canon-fire!
Jun 1942
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.
Nov 1933
A novelist imagines the murders of his fellow tenants...
Frantic farce involving a neglected wife, a stolen diamond and four identical briefcases.
Jan 1943
Some sisters inherit a large sum of money.
Sep 1932
Jill Trevor vows revenge on newspaper baron Sir Joshua Morple, who she holds responsible for ruining her father. Her very public antics to draw attention to Morple's despicable conduct come to the notice a rival newspaper, who send journalist Jim Brent to offer to write up Jill's story.....
Dec 1939
Investigation into the murder of a village squire.
Jan 1933
During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car
Sep 1940
British crime film directed by Ralph Ince
Dec 1935
When a meek secretary goes to work for her new boss, she becomes a sophisticated lady.
Dec 1934
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.
Mar 1936
A woman, disappointed in love, becomes increasingly cynical and attempts to marry a wealthy man.
Call Me Mame is a 1933 British comedy film directed by John Daumery and starring Ethel Irving, John Batten and Dorothy Bartlam. It was made at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie.
Feb 1933
Marius O'Dowd is an Irish doctor who is often drunk. His daughter-in-law Moira dies during a serious operation which O'Dowd is performing. Although O'Dowd is not to blame, his son Stephen suspects that Moira died due to O'Dowd operating while under the influence of alcohol, and accuses him of criminal neglect.
Jun 1940
Cockney racing tipster Evans (Miller) is asked by a nouveau riche and socially aspirant couple to train a racehorse they have bought.
Sep 1936
An English comedian is infuriated by a Scottish comedienne's impersonation of him
Apr 1940