E. Temple Thurston

PelĂ­culas

City of Beautiful Nonsense
Novel
A young woman who is in love with a penniless composer, but believes she must marry a wealthy man to please her father. But only realises after various tribulations she should follow her heart rather than her head.
The Wandering Jew
Theatre Play
Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His return. The Crusades, 1150: Matathias, now an anonymous knight, competes for glory in combat and for the wife of a soldier. Palermo, 1290: Matteos Battadios witnesses the death of his young son, leading to conflict with his wife over whether to take comfort in Christianity. Seville, 1560: Dr Matteos Battadios dedicates himself to the treatment and comfort of the poor, but his life and work are endangered by the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition.
Discord
Theatre Play
A struggling composer has to be supported financially by his wealthier wife.
Sally Bishop
Novel
A British romantic drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter
The Blue Peter
Novel
After returning home to Britain from Nigeria where he has been working, an engineer becomes embroiled in a family melodrama.
The World of Wonderful Reality
Story
A poor author has an engaged girl pose as his wife to please his dying father.
Sally Bishop
Novel
A typist threatens to expose her lover when he prosecutes the divorce of a woman he means to marry.
The Wandering Jew
Theatre Play
'The legend of the Wandering Jew, condemned to walk the earth until the Second Coming.' (British Film Institute)
The Garden of Resurrection
Screenstory
A rich mixed race woman is abandoned after a mock marriage, has a stillborn baby, and weds the man who helps her.
The City of Beautiful Nonsense
Novel
A poor author feigns marriage to please his dying father.
Sally Bishop
Novel
A barrister abandons his mistress for a socialite but returns in time to save her from suicide.