Percy Moran

A naval lieutenant saves his fiancée from drug smugglers.

A naval lieutenant saves his fiancée from drug smugglers.

A naval lieutenant saves his fiancée from drug smugglers.

Cowboys save a kidnapped child from a gang seeking hidden jewels.

Cowboys save a kidnapped child from a gang seeking hidden jewels.

'A naval lieutenant and his sweetheart prevent a German spy from destroying the British fleet.' (British Film Institute)

This intriguing dramatised account of WWI nurse Edith Cavell's imprisonment and execution at the hands of the Germans was produced shortly after her death. Cavell had been arrested for sheltering Allied soldiers and aiding their escape. Directed by and starring former circus performer Percy Moran, with Cora Lee in the title role, what this film lacks in completeness (only 11 of 80 minutes survive) it makes up for in sheer drama.

This intriguing dramatised account of WWI nurse Edith Cavell's imprisonment and execution at the hands of the Germans was produced shortly after her death. Cavell had been arrested for sheltering Allied soldiers and aiding their escape. Directed by and starring former circus performer Percy Moran, with Cora Lee in the title role, what this film lacks in completeness (only 11 of 80 minutes survive) it makes up for in sheer drama.

A crook poses as a Lord to rob a merchant and holds a detective captive in his cellar.

'Devon. Londoner tries to woo fishergirl away from her sweetheart.' (British Film Catalogue)

The Lieutenant saves a dancer from a jealous lover's mob.

In Jamaica, a girl signals the Lieutenant's ship for help when rioting workmen set fire to her father's plantation

Old Silas Gregg lives with his pretty daughter, Vedah, in the western hills, unknown to the girl. Gregg is the leader of a band of smugglers, who have their rendezvous in his barn. Vedah is loved by Brant Graham, a sturdy young Hillman, and to insure his future, Graham gets the sheriff to appoint him a deputy, receives his badge, pins it inside his sleeve and is ordered to be on the watch for smugglers, who are continually getting goods across the Mexican border, Graham promises and leaves. Later he goes to Gregg's shack, puts the ring on Vedah's finger and asks to see her father, to gain his consent. Finding he has gone down to the barn they start in search for him. In passing the barn Graham suddenly discovers Gregg and his gang sorting over their goods inside.

A man fights his sister's fiancé, thinking he loves an American tourist.

The Lieutenant stops rebels from extinguishing a lighthouse beam as a signal for an uprising.

In Algiers, brigands throw the lieutenant over a cliff and sailors save him from a flooding cave.

The Lieutenant is saved from kidnappers in time to win a boxing match and the colonel's daughter

In Corsica, a lieutenant trails brigands and saves a captured flag.

A spy paints plans on a girl's back and is caught in Boulogne after a chase by motorcycle, horse, car and monoplane.

The Lieutenant saves a spy's daughter from a fire and she saves him from the sewer.