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Movies

Take a Chance
Director
Comedy about Bookmakers and punters and their interest in the horse Take A Chance
Bombs Over London
Director
When a reporter is killed under mysterious circumstances, the political cartoonist on his paper begins to investigate on his own. He finds that a vengeful industrialist may be trying to manipulate an international peace conference to stage a bombing attack on London.
Command Performance
Original Story
Command Performance
Director
The Cardinal
Director
Set in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Bound by the rules of the confessional, the cardinal is unable to disclose the multitude of sins revealed to him by one of his most influential parishioners. De Medici's dilemma is compounded by the fact that the confessor has committed a murder for which the Cardinal's brother has been arrested. The basic plot gimmick was good for another go-round in the 1953 Hitchcock flick I Confess. This 7-reel British film was based on a play by Louis N. Parker.
Hyde Park Corner
Director
A dead man's curse on a London party house seems to echo from 1780 to 1936.
Britannia of Billingsgate
Director
The owner of a fish-and-chips shop in the Billingsgate area of London harbors a secret ambition: to become a movie star. It turns out that she has a beautiful singing voice, and when that fact comes to the attention of a movie studio, it begins to turn her and her family's lives upside down.
The Man from Toronto
Director
According to the terms of a will two strangers must marry. Leila (Jessie Matthews) is a widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian bachelor. Both are bequeathed a fortune, but there is a condition to the receipt of it. The two much marry within a year. To aid matters, Leila disguises herself as Fergus' maid, and the two begin to fall in love. However when Fergus discovers the truth, he is less than pleased by the deception.
The First Mrs Fraser
Director
'Rich man returns to first wife on finding second wife loves younger man.' (British Film Catalogue)
A Gentleman of Paris
Director
A prominent Parisian judge is a witness to a murder while he is at a rendezvous with his mistress. A woman is arrested for the crime and brought before him for trial. It turns out that the woman is his ex-mistress, and the judge knows that she is not the killer - but if he comes forward, he stands a good chance of ruining his marriage and his career.
The Great Gay Road
Producer
'Romance of the open road and the circus. A tramp poses as baronet's lost son but relinquishes his sweetheart to a younger man.' (British Film Institute)
The Great Gay Road
Director
'Romance of the open road and the circus. A tramp poses as baronet's lost son but relinquishes his sweetheart to a younger man.' (British Film Institute)
Other People's Sins
Producer
A father takes the blame for a crime committed by his daughter.
Other People's Sins
Director
A father takes the blame for a crime committed by his daughter.
Such Is the Law
Director
A film directed by Sinclair Hill.
Greek Street
Director
A Soho restaurateur's protégé becomes a star.
Dark Red Roses
Director
When a handsome young cellist ingratiates himself on the wealthy Cardew family, Mrs Laura Cardew (Frances Doble) appears to become infatuated with him, much to the frustration of her artist husband David (Stuart Rome). Convinced that his wife is having an affair he seizes the opportunity for hideous revenge when Laura suggests that he makes a cast of the musician’s priceless hands.
The Guns of Loos
Writer
Set against the backdrop of the shell crisis of 1915 at home and the Battle of Loos on the Western Front, two soldiers, one the manager of Grimlaw’s munitions factory are tested in their rivalry for Diana, a red cross nurse (Madeleine Carroll in her first film role).
The Guns of Loos
Director
Set against the backdrop of the shell crisis of 1915 at home and the Battle of Loos on the Western Front, two soldiers, one the manager of Grimlaw’s munitions factory are tested in their rivalry for Diana, a red cross nurse (Madeleine Carroll in her first film role).
Boadicea
Writer
The life of the Celtic Queen Boudica (Boadicea) and her rebellion against the Roman Empire.
Boadicea
Director
The life of the Celtic Queen Boudica (Boadicea) and her rebellion against the Roman Empire.
The Chinese Bungalow
Director
A Mandarin marries an English girl and tries to poison her lover.
The Secret Kingdom
Producer
A wealthy man who acquires a mind-reading machine is soon horrified to discover what people are really thinking.
The Secret Kingdom
Director
A wealthy man who acquires a mind-reading machine is soon horrified to discover what people are really thinking.
The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP
Director
In Ruritania, an MP weds the princess and saves her from an abduction.
White Slippers
Writer
In Mexico a girl saves a treasure hunter from a mutinous crew and he saves her from her gambling husband.
White Slippers
Director
In Mexico a girl saves a treasure hunter from a mutinous crew and he saves her from her gambling husband.
The Conspirators
Writer
A girl is accused when her father kills a blackmailer to save his son.
The Conspirators
Director
A girl is accused when her father kills a blackmailer to save his son.
The Experiment
Director
A rich girl's fiancé poses as a chauffeur to stop her eloping with a major.
The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square
Director
A country girl inherits, weds a Duke, and meets her dead brother's family.
At the Villa Rose
Writer
Inspector Hanaud is asked to investigate a murder in which a young woman is accused of killing her wealthy employer in a Riviera mansion and then running away. She is innocent, but the villain is able to make her seem guilty. Hanaud uncovers the truth, that the murder was the result of a jewel robbery gone wrong.