Percy Marmont

Simon Crawford is a barrister whose daughter is killed in a hit-and-run accident. When his neighbor is also killed, evidence points to the barrister as the murderer.

For Capt. Robert John Evans, smuggling black-market goods is nothing out of the ordinary. But one day he's hired by Aristides Mavros for a more involved assignment -- sneaking an imprisoned American out of communist-controlled territory. The job seems challenging enough, but when he meets the prisoner's sultry wife, Sylvia, he realizes his mission comes with a startling catch: Not only must he rescue this man, he must bring him back from the dead.

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid that discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.

A young man, in love with a woman who can never be his, discovers a way to fulfil his dreams. In their childhood the three were the best of friends, the perfect triangle. But years later when Lena returns to her sleepy home the tone of the relationship changes and it is Robin she loves. Bill has discovered a method of duplication and decides to make an exact replica of the woman he cannot have... .with disastrous consequences for them all.

A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first he must mend his ways and then dump his nightclub singer girl friend. She's not so easy to get rid of, neither is his past.

A young couple move into a charming rural cottage. They become fixated upon the mysterious death of the earlier female occupant.

Filmed in England but set in New York, No Orchids For Miss Blandish tells of a sheltered heiress who is abducted on her wedding night by a trio of cheap hoods, in what starts out as a jewel robbery and turns into a kidnapping/murder when one of them kills the bridegroom. More mayhem ensues as the three kidnappers soon end up dead.

This heartwarming British drama is based on Beth the Sheepdog, a novel by Ernest Lewis. The story concerns the efforts of various interested human parties to enter Beth in the All-England Dog Championship. When a farmer is unsuccessful in his efforts to purchase Beth for his own, he spitefully accuses the dog’s owner of sheep stealing.

John meets Ann at a music shop where she works. Love blossoms briefly before John is called away to serve on his naval ship. John suffers severe memory loss when his ship is sunk and Ann believing John is dead throws herself into nursing - will they ever meet again?

Penn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell, Henry Oscar, Herbet Lomas and Edward Rigby. The film depicts the life of the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn. It portrays his struggle to be granted a colonial charter in London and attracting settlers to his new colony as well as his adoption a radical new approach with regard to the treatment of the Native Americans. It is also known by the alternative title Courageous Mr. Penn.

인기 상승의 젊은 여배우가 해안에서 시체로 발견된다. 이를 발견한 로버트 티스달은 구조를 청하기 위해 뛰어가는데, 해변에 놀러왔던 두 여자가 그를 보고 살인을 저지른 후, 달아나는 것으로 오인한다. 로버트는 경찰의 심문을 받게 되고, 정황적인 증거에 의해 살인 혐의를 받는다. 그는 결백함을 증명하고자 법원에서 도망쳐 실제 범인을 추적하는데, 도중에 에리카라는 여자의 도움을 받게 된다. 에리카는 경찰국장의 딸이지만, 순진한 청년 로버트를 믿고, 그의 결백함을 증명하고 진짜 살인범을 잡기 위한 동행길에 오르게 되는데...

A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.

This early docudrama uses dramatic re-enactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930's.

Film portrays the expedition of the British explorer David Livingstone to Africa to discover the source of the Nile, his disappearance, and the expedition to find him led by Stanley.

A passenger is murdered on board an ocean going liner and suspicion falls all too neatly upon her husband.

A passenger is murdered on board an ocean going liner and suspicion falls all too neatly upon her husband.

유명 소설가 에드거 브로디는 비밀 검찰국장으로부터 스위스의 스파이 임무를 위탁받고, ‘아셴덴’이라는 가명과 지시를 받아 제네바로 떠난다. 그의 임무는 한 정체불명의 독일 스파이가 연합군 작전에 치명적인 지시를 못 받도록 막는 일이다. 아셴덴은 살인과 첩보 기술에 정통한 킬러이자 조수인 ‘장군’과 함께 일련의 살인과 음모에 개입된다. 스위스에서 그는, 또다른 동료인, 엘사라는 여인을 만나게 되고... 실수로 무고한 여행객을 죽인 뒤 죄책감을 느끼고 돌아가려고도 하지만, 장군의 보조로 초콜릿 공장에 주둔한 스파이 본부까지 추적하게 된다. 마지막에, 터키로 향한 기차 안에서 실제 스파이 ‘마빈’은 기차 폭발로 죽고, 장군도 적의 총에 맞아 죽는다. 살아남은 엘사와 브로디는 임무를 완벽히 수행하고, 스파이 일을 하지 않겠다는 편지를 국장에게 보낸다.

A New York socialite Celia invents an aristocratic English fiancé named Lord Michael Ware to deflect the tedious attention of would-be suitors. Celia travels to London to claim an inheritance...and meets an aristocratic Englishman called Lord Michael Ware. The imaginary romance becomes real.

'Ex-pilot bandleader helps starving composer regain memory.' (British Film Catalogue)

A British crime thriller film directed by William C. McGann

영화는 노동자인 프레드와 그의 부인 에밀리가 그들이 살아있는 동안 평생 뭐든지 할 수 있는 거대한 돈을 그들에게 남기고 죽은 친척의 편지를 받는 것으로부터 시작된다. 단조롭고 지루한 일상에 염증을 느끼고 있던 두 사람은 크게 기뻐하며 크루즈 세계일주를 하기로 한다. 그러나 세계 여행길에 오르면서부터 이들의 관계는 서서히 금이 가기 시작하고, 두 사람은 작은 일탈에 빠져든다. 에밀리는 갑부 사령관인 고든과 사랑의 감정을 나누고, 프레드는 공주행세를 하는 사기꾼 여자에게 빠져들게 된다. 결국 프레드는 그의 돈 모두를 사기로 날려버리고, 비참해진 두 사람은 허름한 화물선을 타고 집으로 돌아오던 중에 빗나간 사랑처럼 위험하게 배가 난파를 당하게 된다. 가까스로 중국인들에 의해 구출되어 초라한 시 외곽 지역의 셋방으로 돌아온 두 사람은 한층 성숙해져 있는 자신들을 발견하게 된다.

A man is cured of blindness but conceals his recovery from his wife.

A detective poses as an ex-convict to expose the head of a benevolent society as a fence.

'Mother thwarts daughter's elopement with story of how wife shot her errant husband.' (British Film Catalogue)

In 15th century Scotland, a woman of an outlaw clan tries to rescue both her father and her lover when they're captured by the king's men.

'A destitute girl inherits a fortune from her grandmother, and has to fight off fortune hunters. She is eventually reunited with the man who first gave her shelter.' (British Film Institute)

Young lawyer John Vickery is in love with his wife, but he thinks she is in love with another man...

A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous divorce lawyer who comes to town on vacation.

A young South Seas native boy is sent to the U.S. for his education. He returns to his island after his father dies to try to stop a revolution.

Playboy Teddy Ward wants to marry Jeannie King, an artist, but his father wants him to marry Loris Lane, but tells Teddy he can marry whom he pleases if he will make the Mountain Inn a profitable operation. Teddy agrees, and with the support of his friends arranges an ice-boat race with a $10,000 prize to the winner. A problem arises when his father refuses to pay such an amount. Teddy thinks one of his friends will win the race and refuse the prize, but champion racer "Duke" Slade shows up and Teddy knows he will take the money. Some movie stars show up and, while using their own names, are definitely not playing "Self" in this fictional film.

Infatuation is based on Caesar's Wife, a story by Somerset Maugham. Dazzlingly British socialite Viola Morgan falls madly in love with professional soldier Sir Arthur Little at a dinner party. The two marry, and before long Viola has relocated to Egypt with her husband. Soon bored by her hothouse existence, Viola succumbs to the attentions of young British attache Ronald Perry.

Because he deserted his ship and passengers during a collision at sea, a ship's mate loses his certification. Unable to find work at sea, he takes a job at a trading post, and eventually works his way up to managing the business. He falls in love with the owner's daughter, and shares leadership of the local village with the son of the Rajah. One day, however, a band of pirates attacks the village, and the man is astonished to see that the pirates are none other than the tyrannical captain of his former ship and his crew.

The owner of a London clothing store is driven out of business, but later makes a triumphant return.

Easy-Money Charley, the best fake crippled beggar in New York, loses his beloved dog and adopts a dying prostitute's daughter to fill the empty place in his heart. But his fellow crooks and dissemblers mock him for sentimentality, and he disowns the child in order to bring her up secretly in the safety of a distant suburb. He brings her up as a young lady in ignorance of her true history or of his; but when he discovers that her affections have taken an unexpected slant, it brings about an end to their tranquil life, a crisis of conscience, and an opportunity for the sinister 'White-Eye' to take a hand...

Julian (Percy Marmont) is a poor artist who lives with wife Edith (Alice Joyce) and their newborn baby in Harlem. Struggling to make ends meet, he foregoes his artistic calling and draws for magazines. Reaching his limits, Julian convinces his wife he could reach higher grounds if he were to go to Paris. He moves to Paris while his Edith works at a shop on Fifth Avenue. Each of their lives evolves differently—Edith is courted by a wealthy suitor whom she ignores while pining for her husband, while Julian fails to meet his goals in Paris, returning defeated three years later. The meeting highlight how different their routes have been.

Sidney Page is a beautiful young nurse, the object of the romantic attentions of several young men in her small town. One of them, a mysterious fellow known as K, suddenly finds that the life of his rival for Sidney's hand depends upon his revealing the secret of his own past.

Ignoring the advice of her husband, a mother indulges her son's every wish and demand all throughout his childhood. By the time she realizes her treatment of her son has spoiled him almost beyond belief, he is on trial for manslaughter.

The Clean Heart (1924)

A well-known sextet has been invited to a society gathering, and when one of them turns up missing, their manager asks Dodo to fill in. At the party, she meets four new men. She's smart enough to steer clear of two of them -- corrupt society leader Albert Sasson and powerful newspaper publisher Harrigan Blood. Instead she becomes passionately involved with Judge Massingale. The man who really steals her heart, however, is Garry Lindaberry, who seems to be a hopeless drunk.

The Man Life Passed By (1923)

Nellie Wayne, a retired Broadway actress, has a small dog named "Chum", who is part of a vaudeville act and is the sole support of the family.

About Dick Heldar, an aspiring artist. Although he is devoted to his childhood sweetheart, Maisie Wells, his ambition drives him to faraway places. He meets Torpenhow, a war correspondent, at Port Said, and accompanies him into battle.

Mark Sabre hires young Effie Bright to keep his snobbish, cold-hearted wife Mabel company while he goes off to war. When he returns home from the front wounded, he finds that Mabel has fired Effie, who shows up at Mark's door with her baby, having no place to go. Mark takes her in, but Mabel leaves him when the town shuns him for what they believe is going on with Mark and Effie. Matters are further complicated when Effie, driven to desperation, commits an unspeakable act that results in Mark having a nervous breakdown--and then things get worse.

A British engineer in India takes a simple native girl as his bride, an act which defies social strictures and leads to tragedy.

A 1920 film directed by Albert Parker.

Prudence, a young society woman and aviatrix, is forbidden to continue flying by her fiancé Hewitt and her father. In defiance, she stages her own kidnapping, but Hewitt discovers the ruse and arranges a real abduction to teach her a lesson. His plan backfires, and the kidnappers rob him and capture Prudence. In order to save herself, Prudence pretends to join the gang.

While visiting Monte Carlo with her aunt, Rosalie Dean meets a young man, Maxfield Gray who is ready to kill himself because of his losses at the roulette wheel. She stops him from doing so, and lends him some money to win back what he's lost. He does, but they're only happy for a short while before Max is arrested for the murder of his ex-wife in the States.

Elinor Shale's happiness at being engaged to Gerald Forster is interrupted by the arrival of her sister Lucy, who confesses that she will soon give birth to an illegitimate child. Elinor goes into seclusion with her sister until the baby is born and then tries to find a foster mother. Seeking to estrange Gerald from Elinor so that she may marry him herself, Lucy convinces him that Elinor is the child's mother. After Lucy and Gerald's marriage, Elinor learns of her sister's perfidy and resolves to tell Gerald the truth, but at the sight of their happiness, she relents and returns home.