Ethel Griffies

Bus Riley returns to his small town after time in the army. On his return, his ex-girlfriend wants to resume their relationship. The only problem is she has married in the mean time. Searching for fulfilment in his life, Bus decides to get a job with his gay friend who is a mortician. When the mortician makes a pass at him, Bus quickly gets out.

빌리는 언제나 반복적인 무미건조한 생활 속에서 자신이 영웅이 되는 공상을 하며 하루하루를 보내는 게으르고 무책임한 청년으로 장의사의 직원이다. 모두에게 인정을 받지 못하는 빌리가 악의없이 비난을 벗어나기 위해 시작한 거짓말은 또 다시 거짓말을 낳고. 점점 불어나 걷잡을 수 없이 커져 빌리의 삶은 온통 거짓으로 뒤죽박죽이 된다. 두 여자에게 약혼을 약속하고 그 사이에서 또 다른 거짓말들로 일관하는가 하면, 직장의 물건을 집으로 가져와 숨겨놓기도 하고 작은 액수의 돈을 횡령해 난처한 상황에 빠지기도 한다. 빌리는 거짓으로 일관된 이런 생활과 주위의 수모와 비난을 피해 런던으로 가서 유명한 코메디언의 대본작가로 성공하고 싶은 꿈을 꾸지만 역시 꿈에 그치고 실행에 옮기지 못하는데...

부유하고 제멋대로인 아가씨 멜라니 다니엘스는 샌프란시스코에 있는 한 새 가게에서 젊은 변호사 미치 브레너를 만난다. 미치에게 매력을 느낀 멜라니는 그냥 가버린 미치를 대신해 그의 어린 여동생 캐시에게 줄 생일선물로 잉꼬 한 쌍을 사서 그의 아파트를 찾아간다. 하지만 주말이면 보데가 만의 집으로 간다는 이웃의 말을 들고 멜라니는 다시 보데가 만으로 향한다. 잉꼬를 전한 뒤 모터보트를 빌려 타고 선착장에 가까이 갈 때 갈매기 한 마리가 날아와 돌연 그녀의 이마에 상처를 낸다. 멜라니는 그 지역 초등학교 교사인 애니 헤이워드와 함께 그날 밤을 보내게 되고 애니는 미치의 어머니에 대해 말해준다. 다음날 캐시의 야외 생일 파티장에서 갈매기들이 아이들을 공격하고 그날 저녁엔 수 백 마리의 참새 떼들이 벽난로 굴뚝으로 급습하는 일이 생긴다. 다음날 아침, 브레너 부인은 근처에 있는 농부의 집을 방문했다가 주인남자가 눈이 파 먹힌 채 죽어 있는 것을 발견하는데..

A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit.

An errant mother tries to teach her daughter to avoid the same errors she made by choosing a different lifestyle.

Susan Kent, hoping to establish herself as a song-plugger, tries to obtain a second song from a young songwriter, Johnny Crane, after his first song becomes a hit. While pursuing her objective, she falls in love with Johnny, and lands in jail, but she acquires the song, the job, and Johnny.

In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev. Arthur Nicholls. Along with their sister Anne, Emily and Charlotte also try to help their tormented brother Branwell, a gifted artist whose life is being destroyed by alcohol.

An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.

A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and gives his life the shaking-up that it needs.

A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.

A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.

Six-year-old "Mike" goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in José Iturbi's orchestra. And the orchestra is rapidly turning completely female, what with the draft. As the orchestra travels around the country, Babs' fellow orchestra members intercept and hide her War Office telegram to protect the baby.

American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.

A high school bandleader captures the interest of a popular co-ed.

A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.

나는 영국의 불황기였던 1820년에 태어났다. 돈과 지위가 전부였고 사랑이란 단어는 냉대받던 시절이다. 종교는 편협과 잔혹이란 가면을 쓰고 있었으며 가난하고 불행한 자들이 갈 곳은 없었다. 나는 부모 형제가 없는 고아로 게이트헤드의 리드 숙모님 댁에서 어린 시절을 보냈다. 나는 그녀에게서 따뜻한 말 한마디를 들은 기억이 없다.

An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but then there are complications.

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.

Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.

In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of children and hopes for the return of her husband, who left many years before.

A 20-year-old stage actress takes on her most challenging role when she pretends to be her own mother's 12-year-old daughter. Comedy.

Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle-home, miles from anywhere in the American desert south-west and inhabited by an eccentric, reclusive historian and his wife, a descendant of Lucrezia Borgia. Once there, he finds the request's legitimacy denied by all who are present, but still necessary as one houseguest has already been murdered, the other guests are at each other's throat, and the Borgia-related chatelain is suspected...

Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.

모건 집안의 막내인 휴는 가족들의 사랑과 기대를 한몸에 받고 자란다. 가족들은 그가 다른 형제들과는 달리 광부가 아니라 학자가 될 것이라는 기대를 하고 있다. 어느 날 탄광에 노조를 만드는 것을 놓고 아버지와 형들 간에 갈등에 생기는데...

Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick Nelson) will need them now he's drafted.

An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.

Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended and hired by a peaceful rancher, Eric Keating. When Keating is killed, Billy seeks revenge on the men who killed him, even if it means opposing his friend, Marshal Jim Sherwood.

When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

제2차 세계대전 중 휴가를 나온 로이 대위는 복귀를 앞두고 워털루 다리를 산책한다. 공습 경보가 울려 대피소로 향하던 로이는 마이라라는 아름다운 여성과 만난다. 발레리나인 마이라는 로이 대위와 사랑에 빠지지만 로이는 곧 전쟁터로 호출되는데... 비비안 리의 청순한 모습을 만날 수 있는 마빈 르로이 감독의 작품으로, 국내에서 할리우드 멜로 드라마의 고전으로 알려졌다.

Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate. Charmed by her, Don anonymously purchases Madame Lucy's, an exclusive Manhattan boutique, and instructs newly hired manager Mr. Smith to offer Irene a job as a model. She soon catches the eye of socialite Bob Vincent, whose mother is hosting a ball at the family mansion. To promote Madame Lucy's dress line, Mr. Smith arranges for his models to be invited to the ball.

A good nurse ruins her career by covering up for her sister's careless mistake.

A man beset by creditors invents a fictitious partner

A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.

Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire. In love with local doctor Freddie Jarvis, she suggests they marry, but almost at once finds she has inherited eighteen million pounds. He makes it clear he wants nothing to do with the money and what it can buy, and Jane sets off alone on a spree pursued by two ardent suitors. Jarvis finds he has gained notoriety for turning down such a catch and his plans for ernest research are soon compromised.

London has become enthralled by the antics of the contemporary Robin Hood, but when a band of bad guys start framing him for their misdeeds, the hero has to catch the criminals and clear his name.

A hugely popular, much-adapted comedy in which a Liverpool lass visits family in rural Ireland and finds she has several rivals for her affections

A young business man (James Mason) is being duped by business swindlers but his gaol bird father is determined to save him.

The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing a marriage that he knows will go wrong.

In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.

영국에서 알아주는 식물학자 월프레드 글렌던은 한 하인과 함께 달빛의 정기를 받아야지만 피게 된다는 마리패서 꽃을 찾아 티벳으로 떠난다. 아직 단 한명도 돌아오지 못한 티벳의 고지에서 그 둘은 위험끝에 마리패서 꽃을 찾아서 돌아오게 되고, 글렌던박사는 마리패서 꽃을 실험실 안에서 피우기위해 많은 노력을 한다.

The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.

A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.

Mrs. Lotty Wilkins is an unhappily wife whom's life husband and romance have departed. In order to possibly salvage some of the missing elements in her life she rents an old Italian mansion and sharing it with three women. Here the four women plan to spend the month of April away from the cares of home, husbands and the everyday monotony.

The wife of a doctor in China falls in love with a diplomat.

Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. He sets out to redeem her and himself in the process.

Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the mysterious London mansion of Prince Achmed. Enlisting the help of his old friend Algy and the beautiful Lola, Drummond uncovers a scheme to ship illegal cargo into the country. He must rely on his cunning to survive when the prince offers a reward for his capture.

부모를 잃은 제인 에어(Jane Eyre: 버지니아 브루스 분)는 숙모인 리드(Mrs. Reed: 클레리사 셀위네 분)에게 맡겨지나, 제대로 키우지 않고 골칫거리로 여겨 로우드 자선 학교로 보내진다. 교장 브로클허스트(Brocklehurst: 데이비드 토렌스 분)의 엄하고 혹독한 교육과 매질에 시달리면서, 어느덧 시간은 흘러 제인은 로우드의 선생님이 된다. 성인이 된 제인은 쏜필드 저택의 가정교사로 추천되고, 그곳 저택을 관리하는 페어팩스 부인(Mrs. Fairfax: 버릴 메어서 분)의 따스한 보살핌 속에, 자신이 가리키는 아델(Adele Rochester: 에디스 펠로우스 분)도 잘 따라, 난생 처음 삶의 평온함을 맛보게 된다. 그리고 말로만 듣던 로체스터 경(Edward Rochester: 콜린 클리브 분)과 만나게 되고, 그에게 끌리는 감정도 느끼나, 저택에서 밤이면 나도는 음산한 웃음 소리와 하녀 그레이스 풀(Grace Poole: 에델 그리피스 분)이라는 불길한 존재가 그녀를 어둡게 한다. 임종을 앞둔 숙모를 찾은 제인은 존 리브스 목사(Dr. Rivers: 데스몬드 로버츠 분)를 만나게 되고, 마침내 쏜필드로 돌아와 성스러운 결혼식을 올리게 되나, 로체스터에게 미쳐버린 아내 버사(Bertha Rochester: 클레어 두 브레이 분)가 있음이 밝혀져, 그곳을 떠나 버린다. 숙모댁에 도착한 제인은 정신적 상처로 쓰러지고 존 리브스와 그의 누이 메리(Mary Lane: 게일 케이 분)의 극진한 간호로 건강을 되찾고 여기에 숙부가 엄청난 재산을 남긴 것도 알게 된다. 그러나 그녀는 전재산을 로우드 학교에 기부하고, 존 리브스 목사의 청혼도 거절한 채, 쏜필드로 돌아온 제인은, 미친 아내 버사를 구하려다 불구덩이 속에서 두 눈을 잃어버린 로체스터를 발견하고, 둘만의 진정한 사랑을 되찾는다.

Wealthy but unhappy Patricia Belmont meets fun-loving insurance salesman Bill Smith (and his fun-loving friends Sam Ragland and Betty Harkness)on a ship cruise and falls in love, much to the annoyance of her high-society, fortune-hunting fiance Barrington Thorne.

Malaya tropical island romantic love triangle adventure thriller, about a cruise ship where Bubonic plague breaks out. Four people are able to leave the ship in a tiny boat and make it to a desert island, where many adventures ensue and, of course, the two men fight over the beautiful young schoolteacher who is with them.

지루한 겨울 오후에, 앨리스는 꿈꾸며, 그녀는 거울 뒤에있는 땅을 방문하고 있습니다. 이것은 그녀의 크기를 바꾸거나 플라밍고로 크로켓을 치는 것과 같은 이상한 일들이 일어나는 초현실적 인 악몽으로 드러납니다. (구글번역)

A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. She and the plantation's overseer develop a mutual attraction, but are terrified at what will happen if her husband finds out.

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

외진 마을에서 의사로 일하고 있는 주인공 불은 같은 동네에 사는 과부인 자넷 카드메이커와 사귀는 사이다. 두 사람에 대한 소문으로 온 동네가 떠들썩한 와중에 장티푸스가 발생하고, 초기 치료에 실패하면서 전염병은 걷잡을 수 없이 퍼진다. 긴급회의를 소집한 마을 주민들은 새로운 의사를 불러오기로 결정한다. 불은 자신의 직업과 명예, 젊은 환자의 생명을 구할 수 있는 방법을 찾아내야만 한다.

When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she then searches for the child she gave up.

With a sparkling script by Leslie Charteris, creator of "The Saint" - the latest crime wave has Scotland Yard baffled. Commissioner Hope (Sir Guy Standing) sends two of his officers (Billy Bevan and Charles McNaughton) to the Midnight Club to check up on a couple of shady characters - Colin Grant (Clive Brook) and Arthur Bradley (Allan Mowbray) and a girl, Iris Witney (Helen Vinson). There have been a number of jewel robberies around town recently, but, unknown to the police, these three have the perfect alibis!!! They have found "doubles", and while they are out committing the robberies, their doubles spend the night at the club, confusing the two officers who are on their tail.

Ranchowner Slim Perkins is in love with his neighbor's niece, Angelica Wayne, but her aunt and uncle throw him off their property because he is a poor bumbler. One day a stranger buys Slim's ranch for one million dollars because the land contains valuable minerals. Slim and his partner, Andy Jones, are overwhelmed by their new found wealth, but it does not help to soothe Slim's hurt feelings when he finds out that Angelica has gone to England to stay with her other aunt. He decides to bring her his horse, "Cynthia Ann," as a gift, and with Andy and the horse, he sets sail.

A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.

A princess is torn between her royal obligations and her love for a handsome Frenchman.

파리의 양복재단사 모리스는 바레즈 자작에게 값비싼 양복을 만들어주지만, 귀족의 허울뿐인 자작은 재단비를 지불하지 못한다. 결국 모리스는 자작의 성을 찾아가는데, 당황한 자작은 가족들에게 모리스를 남작이라 소개한다. 겁을 내던 모리스도 아름다운 미망인 자넷을 보자 그녀의 마음을 얻기 위해 남작 행세를 이어간다. 마물리언의 뮤지컬 코미디. 배우의 노래와 필름 편집을 절묘하게 결합한 방식이나 한 노래를 여러 배우들이 이어 부르는 방식은 당대엔 매우 혁신적이었다. (2015 영화의 전당 - 세계영화사의 위대한 유산 - 월드시네마 XII)

A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.

WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of commercial interludes that keep consumers buying and sponsors smiling. But one sponsor, a producer of plumbing supplies, isn’t happy. So WBLA scriptwriter Bill Grimes is bounced from his job, setting in motion this movie’s turn from comedic to darkly tragic. William Haines, two years removed from being Tinseltown’s top male star, plays Grimes in a melodrama noted for its glimpses of live radio production and for a Depression-era ethos that includes peroxide cuties eager to land a job, a sugar daddy or both.

A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.

Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick fortuitously comes across across a valise abandoned by a drunken traveler. In it he finds a shaving kit and a suit of clothes with a bankroll, which help transform the affable tramp into a dashing gent. After buying himself a meal, Chick seeks some female companionship among the many hustlers who walk the station. He propositions Ruth Collins, a stranded, out-of-work showgirl and takes her to the station's hotel.

Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.

A young Russian woman marries a wealthy Englishman, and has a daughter with him. After she has an affair with one of his friends, she is forced to leave Britain and moves to Paris. Many years later, her daughter approaches her, needing her help.

A woman's life falls to pieces when she's caught cheating on her husband.

In World War I London, Myra is an American out-of-work chorus girl making ends meet by picking up men on Waterloo Bridge. During a Zeppelin air raid she meets Roy, a naive young American who enlisted in the Canadian army. After they fall for each other, Roy tricks Myra into visiting his family, who live in a country estate outside London, his mother having remarried to a retired British Major. Myra is reluctant to continue the relationship with Roy, he not aware of her past.

Two brothers, Jack and Tom, are in love with the same woman, Molly. While the two brothers go off to war and Molly does her part in the effort, Tom believes that Rose is waiting for him, while in fact, she loves Jack and only turned to Tom on the rebound. Jack and Molly meet while he is on leave, and when he returns to battle, he doesn't know how to handle the situation with his brother.

An old man unethically provides an income for his two grandchildren.