Herbert Wilcox

Herbert Wilcox

Nascimento : 1890-04-19, West Norwood, London, England, UK

Morte : 1977-05-15

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Herbert Sydney Wilcox (19 April 1890 – 15 May 1977) was a British film producer and director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Victor Saville, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Herbert Wilcox

Filmes

The Lady is a Square
Director
Neagle stars a Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband's symphony orchestra going. Reluctantly she enlists the help of a young pop singer (Frankie Vaughan) who has fallen for Baring's daughter Joanna, played by a young Janette Scott.
The Navy Lark
Producer
An Inshore Minesweeping Unit has been forgotten by the Navy after World War II on the peaceful island of Boonsley and they have adapted to their circumstances. The men still wear uniforms and the proper reports are filed, although the reports of hundreds of mines are exaggerated. The captain spends his time fishing, the Number One is busy romancing the only Wren on the island and The Chief Boatswain runs a wine smuggling business. Unfortunately the Navy start to get suspicious.
Wonderful Things!
Director
Set in a beautiful fishing village in Gibraltar, Wonderful Things! stars Frankie Vaughan as Carmello, a young fisherman who, unable to earn enough from fishing to marry his tempestuous fiancée, decides to come to England to seek his fortune and finds fortunes are not quite so easy to come by.
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Director
American scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting East block scientist they want him to debrief. The commies are less than amused and set Dr. Smith up for a murder.
These Dangerous Years
Director
A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier.
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Producer
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.
My Teenage Daughter
Producer
Magazine editor Valerie Carr lives in London with her two daughters Jan, aged seventeen, and Poppet, thirteen. When Jan is invited to a party at the Savoy, she meets dashing young Tony Ward Black mad about jive, owner of a Bentley, and supposedly running through a legacy. Attracted to the daring young man, she rejects Mark, a young farmer who is in love with her. But it soon becomes apparent to everyone but Jan that neither Tony's fortune nor even his name may be his own, and her association with him will lead her into delinquency and danger.
My Teenage Daughter
Director
Magazine editor Valerie Carr lives in London with her two daughters Jan, aged seventeen, and Poppet, thirteen. When Jan is invited to a party at the Savoy, she meets dashing young Tony Ward Black mad about jive, owner of a Bentley, and supposedly running through a legacy. Attracted to the daring young man, she rejects Mark, a young farmer who is in love with her. But it soon becomes apparent to everyone but Jan that neither Tony's fortune nor even his name may be his own, and her association with him will lead her into delinquency and danger.
King's Rhapsody
Producer
Flynn plays the exciled Ruritanian king who leaves his mistress to return home to a political marriage. Love versus duty in this enjoyable romantic film.
King's Rhapsody
Director
Flynn plays the exciled Ruritanian king who leaves his mistress to return home to a political marriage. Love versus duty in this enjoyable romantic film.
Lilacs in the Spring
Director
A young actress must decide which of two lovers will be her husband. She daydreams about each one to help her decide.
Trouble in the Glen
Producer
Major Jim "Lance" Lansing, an American ex-pilot of the U.S. Air Corps, returns to Scotland after the war and finds much trouble in the glen where he settles because of the high-handed activities of the local laird, Sandy Mengues, a wealthy South American who, with his daughter Marissa, has returned to the land of his forefathers. Led by Lansing, the people eventually prevail upon Mengues to restore peace to the glen, but not before a brief and unconvincing fight between Lansing and Dukes, the Mengues foreman. Written by Les Adams
Trouble in the Glen
Director
Major Jim "Lance" Lansing, an American ex-pilot of the U.S. Air Corps, returns to Scotland after the war and finds much trouble in the glen where he settles because of the high-handed activities of the local laird, Sandy Mengues, a wealthy South American who, with his daughter Marissa, has returned to the land of his forefathers. Led by Lansing, the people eventually prevail upon Mengues to restore peace to the glen, but not before a brief and unconvincing fight between Lansing and Dukes, the Mengues foreman. Written by Les Adams
Ao Pé do Cadafalso
Producer
Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
Laughing Anne
Producer
Story of love affair of captain who runs ship in Java Seas and a French saloon singer. From a story "Because of the dollars" by Joseph Conrad.
Laughing Anne
Director
Story of love affair of captain who runs ship in Java Seas and a French saloon singer. From a story "Because of the dollars" by Joseph Conrad.
Trent's Last Case
Producer
When a wealthy business man is found dead reporter Philip Trent is sent to investigate. Against the police conclusions, he suspects the assumed suicide is really a murder, and becomes highly interested in the young widow and the dead man's private secretary.
Trent's Last Case
Director
When a wealthy business man is found dead reporter Philip Trent is sent to investigate. Against the police conclusions, he suspects the assumed suicide is really a murder, and becomes highly interested in the young widow and the dead man's private secretary.
Derby Day
Producer
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and comic elements, including the woman and lover who have murdered her husband, and the working class couple who are excited about their chance to go to the races, but end up listening to it on the radio in the car-park because they've got such a bad view.
Derby Day
Director
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and comic elements, including the woman and lover who have murdered her husband, and the working class couple who are excited about their chance to go to the races, but end up listening to it on the radio in the car-park because they've got such a bad view.
The Lady with a Lamp
Producer
Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale (Anna Neagle), the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.
The Lady with a Lamp
Director
Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale (Anna Neagle), the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.
Into the Blue
Producer
Enjoying a holiday in the sun, Mr and Mrs Fergusson are relaxing on board a chartered yacht off the coast of France - their only crew, the skipper-owner and his adopted daughter. On taking a turn around the deck, Mr Fergusson is rather put-out to discover a stowaway helping himself to the comforts of their dinghy. Though very charming, the stranger refuses to give any explanation for his presence - and the Fergussons soon find themselves involved in a rather more eventful sailing trip than they had expected!
Into the Blue
Director
Enjoying a holiday in the sun, Mr and Mrs Fergusson are relaxing on board a chartered yacht off the coast of France - their only crew, the skipper-owner and his adopted daughter. On taking a turn around the deck, Mr Fergusson is rather put-out to discover a stowaway helping himself to the comforts of their dinghy. Though very charming, the stranger refuses to give any explanation for his presence - and the Fergussons soon find themselves involved in a rather more eventful sailing trip than they had expected!
Odette
Producer
The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed. However, against all odds she survived the war and testified against the prison guards at the Hamburg Ravensbrück Trials. She was awarded the George Cross in 1946; the first woman ever to receive the award, and the only woman who has been awarded it while still alive. (From Wikipedia, licensed under CC-BY-SA)
Odette
Director
The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed. However, against all odds she survived the war and testified against the prison guards at the Hamburg Ravensbrück Trials. She was awarded the George Cross in 1946; the first woman ever to receive the award, and the only woman who has been awarded it while still alive. (From Wikipedia, licensed under CC-BY-SA)
Maytime in Mayfair
Producer
Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class Mayfair fashion salon. His intention is to sell it as quickly as possible, but on meeting Ellen, chief designer and manager, he quickly changes his mind and turns his attention to courting her.
Maytime in Mayfair
Director
Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class Mayfair fashion salon. His intention is to sell it as quickly as possible, but on meeting Ellen, chief designer and manager, he quickly changes his mind and turns his attention to courting her.
Elizabeth of Ladymead
Producer
Four generations of a British family live through their experiences in the Crimean War, Boer War, WWI and WWII.
Elizabeth of Ladymead
Director
Four generations of a British family live through their experiences in the Crimean War, Boer War, WWI and WWII.
Spring in Park Lane
Producer
Life in the normally tranquil high society home of Joshua Howard is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious footman in this sparkling British romantic comedy hit. Richard (Michael Wilding) acts like anything but a servant. He has aristocratic airs and graces, an expert knowledge of fine art and can play classical music and boogie-woogie on a grand piano with equal aplomb. And is that an Old Etonian tie he's wearing? Judy (Anna Neagle), is determined to discover Richard's true identity and the reason he's posing as a lowly footman. Bored with the attentions of vain movie stars and eccentric minor nobility, she's captivated by his easy-going charm and ready to fall. But will his scandalous secret come between them and true happiness?
Spring in Park Lane
Director
Life in the normally tranquil high society home of Joshua Howard is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious footman in this sparkling British romantic comedy hit. Richard (Michael Wilding) acts like anything but a servant. He has aristocratic airs and graces, an expert knowledge of fine art and can play classical music and boogie-woogie on a grand piano with equal aplomb. And is that an Old Etonian tie he's wearing? Judy (Anna Neagle), is determined to discover Richard's true identity and the reason he's posing as a lowly footman. Bored with the attentions of vain movie stars and eccentric minor nobility, she's captivated by his easy-going charm and ready to fall. But will his scandalous secret come between them and true happiness?
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
Director
On New Years Eve, 1899, baronet's son Edward Courtney becomes engaged to Kate, his mother's maid, much to the scandal of London society. The film then follows their family through four generations, with separations, joys, tragedies, and service in the Boer War, WWI, and WWII.
Piccadilly Incident
Producer
A newly married WREN, presumed drowned when her ship is torpedoed, spends three years on a tropical island before returning to England to find her husband remarried with a baby son.
Piccadilly Incident
Director
A newly married WREN, presumed drowned when her ship is torpedoed, spends three years on a tropical island before returning to England to find her husband remarried with a baby son.
I Live in Grosvenor Square
Producer
The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neagle loves Harrison. There arrives patriot GI Dean Jagger to rouse things up in the square. Snotty British Neagle and Jagger clash and fall for each other. What will Harrison have to say or do about these? What will the consequences be? Will the three finally become two and which two in this extremely patriotic love and war story.
I Live in Grosvenor Square
Director
The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neagle loves Harrison. There arrives patriot GI Dean Jagger to rouse things up in the square. Snotty British Neagle and Jagger clash and fall for each other. What will Harrison have to say or do about these? What will the consequences be? Will the three finally become two and which two in this extremely patriotic love and war story.
The Volunteer
Himself
World War II propaganda film.
O Canário Amarelo
Producer
A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent.
O Canário Amarelo
Director
A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent.
Forever and a Day
Director
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.
They Flew Alone
Producer
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
They Flew Alone
Director
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
Sunny
Director
Sunny is a 1941 film American film directed by Herbert Wilcox. It was adapted by Sig Herzig from the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical play Sunny. It stars Anna Neagle, Ray Bolger, John Carroll, Edward Everett Horton, Grace Hartman, Paul Hartman, Frieda Inescort, and Helen Westley.
No, No, Nanette
Director
Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations. Attempting one such unentanglement, Nanette enlists the help of theatrical producer Bill Trainor, who promptly falls in love with her. The same thing happens when artist Tom Gillespie is called on for help. But soon Uncle Jimmy's flirtations become too numerous, and Nanette's romances with Tom and Bill run into trouble. Will Uncle Jimmy's marriage survive, and will Nanette find happiness with Tom, Bill, or somebody else?
Irene
Producer
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.
Irene
Director
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.
Nurse Edith Cavell
Producer
British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith, along with a group of sympathizers, devises a plan to help the prisoners escape. As the group works to free the soldiers, Edith must keep her activities secret from the Germans
Nurse Edith Cavell
Director
British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith, along with a group of sympathizers, devises a plan to help the prisoners escape. As the group works to free the soldiers, Edith must keep her activities secret from the Germans
Sixty Glorious Years
Producer
Continuing the story of 'Victoria the Great'.
Sixty Glorious Years
Director
Continuing the story of 'Victoria the Great'.
A Rainha Vitória
Producer
The film biography of Queen Victoria focussing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861.
A Rainha Vitória
Director
The film biography of Queen Victoria focussing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861.
Limelight
Producer
A chorus girl (Anna Neagle) discovers a singer (Arthur Tracy) in the streets and asks her producer to give him a shot at stardom.
Limelight
Director
A chorus girl (Anna Neagle) discovers a singer (Arthur Tracy) in the streets and asks her producer to give him a shot at stardom.
A Dançarina da Rua
Producer
Marius Andreani é um diplomata italiano culto. Enquanto está em Londres em negócios, Marius conhece casualmente a animadora de rua Jacqueline. É amor à primeira vista, mas herói e heroína devem passar por uma série vertiginosa de bloqueios de estradas e mal-entendidos antes do clima. Enquanto isso, Jacqueline sobe ao topo do sucesso do show-business, nunca sonhando (até ao fim, pelo menos) que é toda a obra secreta do fiel Marius.
A Dançarina da Rua
Director
Marius Andreani é um diplomata italiano culto. Enquanto está em Londres em negócios, Marius conhece casualmente a animadora de rua Jacqueline. É amor à primeira vista, mas herói e heroína devem passar por uma série vertiginosa de bloqueios de estradas e mal-entendidos antes do clima. Enquanto isso, Jacqueline sobe ao topo do sucesso do show-business, nunca sonhando (até ao fim, pelo menos) que é toda a obra secreta do fiel Marius.
This'll Make You Whistle
Director
A filmed version of the stage musical from London's West End, Jack stars in a frothy tale of a bachelor who finds himself engaged to two girls simultaneously. Elsie Randolph, Jack's long standing stage partner co-stars with him, along with Jean Gillie who was rapidly establishing her career in films as a bubbly comic player. Songs include the title song & "There isn't any limit to my love", both quite popular hits in the UK at the time.
Fame
Producer
Comedy film...
The Three Maxims
Producer
The Three Maxims are trapeze artists Pat (Anna Neagle), Toni (Tuilio Carminati) and Mac (Leslie Banks). After spending most of their careers in the small time, the threesome finally get their big chance in Paris, at which point Mac realizes he's in love with Pat.
The Three Maxims
Director
The Three Maxims are trapeze artists Pat (Anna Neagle), Toni (Tuilio Carminati) and Mac (Leslie Banks). After spending most of their careers in the small time, the threesome finally get their big chance in Paris, at which point Mac realizes he's in love with Pat.
Come Out of the Pantry
Producer
A Duke's son plays the part of a footman and shows himself amusing in the pantry.
Peg of Old Drury
Director
a biopic of eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and Faces.
Brewster's Millions
Producer
Jack Brewster is a pennyless English lad who learns that he has inherited 6 million pounds sterling from a recently deceased relative. But soon learns that he must spend 500,000 pounds in 60 days to inherit the rest of the money, or forfeit the entire inheritance.
Nell Gwyn
Director
King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. Nell becomes his most loyal subject, while ever-ready to take the Duchess down a peg. But the actress can never hope to be fully accepted by the King's circle despite his constant attentions.
The Queen's Affair
Producer
'Ruritania. Incognito president falls in love with incognito queen he deposed.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Queen's Affair
Director
'Ruritania. Incognito president falls in love with incognito queen he deposed.' (British Film Catalogue)
Bitter Sweet
Producer
A young girl falls in love with a young conductor in Vienna, and they marry. However, their marriage is threatened by a wealthy man.....
Bitter Sweet
Director
A young girl falls in love with a young conductor in Vienna, and they marry. However, their marriage is threatened by a wealthy man.....
Lord of the Manor
Producer
Two aristocrats become engaged but fall in love with people from a lower class.
Up for the Derby
Producer
'Stableboy buys ruined employer's horse and wins Derby.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Blarney Stone
Producer
A penniless Irishman becomes the business partner of an English aristocrat with a penchant for high-stakes gambling.
The King's Cup
Producer
'Romance set around the famous air race in which a girl helps a nervous pilot to victory.' (British Film Institute)
The King's Cup
Production Director
'Romance set around the famous air race in which a girl helps a nervous pilot to victory.' (British Film Institute)
The Little Damozel
Producer
A captain pays one of his sailors to marry a woman who works in a nightclub.
The Little Damozel
Director
A captain pays one of his sailors to marry a woman who works in a nightclub.
Discord
Producer
A struggling composer has to be supported financially by his wealthier wife.
It's a King
Producer
'Insurance agent poses as royal double and saves him from anarchists.' (British Film Catalogue)
Say It with Music
Producer
'Ex-pilot bandleader helps starving composer regain memory.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Barton Mystery
Producer
British crime film directed by Henry Edwards
Thark
Producer
Mrs Todd is aggrieved at finding that the country house she has bought is evidently haunted. Sir Hector Benbow and his nephew, on behalf of the previous owner, set out to demonstrate that there is no ghost.
The Flag Lieutenant
Producer
A Lieutenant is wrongly accused of cowardice
Leap Year
Producer
'Affianced Foreign Office agent searches for mystery woman he loves.' (British Film Catalogue)
Money Means Nothing
Producer
British comedy film directed by Harcourt Templeman and Herbert Wilcox..
Money Means Nothing
Director
British comedy film directed by Harcourt Templeman and Herbert Wilcox..
The Love Contract
Producer
A young woman becomes the driver of a wealthy stockbroker who lost her family’s savings.
The Mayor's Nest
Producer
A trombonist becomes mayor of a small town, but he struggles to cope with municipal issues.
Good Night, Vienna
Producer
Max is an Austrian officer in the army and son of a highly placed general. His father wants him to marry a Countess but he has fallen in love with Vicki. Attending a party given in his honour, they are informed that war has broken out. Max writes a note to Vicki and goes off to war. Unfortunately the note is lost. Some time after the war, Max is just a shoe shop assistant while Vicki is now a famous singer. They meet and at first she snubs him but then falls in love with him again
Good Night, Vienna
Director
Max is an Austrian officer in the army and son of a highly placed general. His father wants him to marry a Countess but he has fallen in love with Vicki. Attending a party given in his honour, they are informed that war has broken out. Max writes a note to Vicki and goes off to war. Unfortunately the note is lost. Some time after the war, Max is just a shoe shop assistant while Vicki is now a famous singer. They meet and at first she snubs him but then falls in love with him again
A Night Like This
Producer
Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club. There he meets Clifford Tope, a ne'er do well who is love with cabaret star Cora Mellish. She in turn has run up steep gambling debts and has paid off the Club's blackmailing owner with a stolen necklace. As things heat up Cora seeks help from the easy-going Tope.
Life Goes On
Producer
A criminal hides the body of a dead financier in an effort to manipulate shares.
The Blue Danube
Producer
In a Hungarian gypsy encampment, carefree Sandor lives with his beautiful sweetheart Yutka. Into their lives rides a blonde countess, with whom Sandor becomes infatuated. Yutka soon flees from her faithless lover. Sandor roams the country, searching for his lost love, but finds her too late. she now wears furs and has her own aristocratic love. Sandor returns heartbroken to his Romany encampment.
The Blue Danube
Director
In a Hungarian gypsy encampment, carefree Sandor lives with his beautiful sweetheart Yutka. Into their lives rides a blonde countess, with whom Sandor becomes infatuated. Yutka soon flees from her faithless lover. Sandor roams the country, searching for his lost love, but finds her too late. she now wears furs and has her own aristocratic love. Sandor returns heartbroken to his Romany encampment.
Mischief
Producer
When financier Reginald Bingham leaves on a business trip to Paris, normally devoted wife Eleanor leaves for a cottage with a secret boy friend. The couple are followed by friends of her husband, who attempt to hinder the affair. However, Reginald is also tempted by a fling with an old friend in Paris.
Carnival
Producer
During a performance of Othello a jealous actor attempts to strangle his wife who he believes has committed adultery..
Carnival
Director
During a performance of Othello a jealous actor attempts to strangle his wife who he believes has committed adultery..
Up for the Cup
Producer
A Yorkshireman comes to London to watch the FA Cup final and loses his money and tickets, leading to a frantic search to recover them...
Almost a Divorce
Producer
'Farcical comedy of matrimonial complications in which a bibulous man almost wrecks his friend's marriage.' (British Film Institute)
The Chance of a Night Time
Producer
Bashful lawyer Henry cannot attend his fiancée's birthday party because of a business engagement. However, farcical circumstances find him mistaken for the dance partner of a professional lady hired to entertain a country house party at which his fiancée is a guest.
The Chance of a Night Time
Director
Bashful lawyer Henry cannot attend his fiancée's birthday party because of a business engagement. However, farcical circumstances find him mistaken for the dance partner of a professional lady hired to entertain a country house party at which his fiancée is a guest.
The Speckled Band
Producer
After her sister dies under mysterious circumstances, a young heiress seeks Holmes' help when she feels threatened by her brutish stepfather.
Tons of Money
Producer
A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.
Tons of Money
Adaptation
A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.
Plunder
Producer
A comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.
Canaries Sometimes Sing
Producer
Over the course of their marriage, Geoffrey Lymes has become increasingly exasperated by the shallowness and superficiality of his wife Anne. He despairs of her ridiculous affectations, social-climbing aspirations and constant embarrassing attempts in company to show herself as an elegant, cultured sophisticate. He feels trapped in a relationship where, as he observes, a wife "does nothing to entitle her husband to divorce her, but a thousand things that entitle him to murder her".
Warned Off
Producer
An expelled horse owner clears his name and wins the Grand National.
Wolves
Producer
An outlaw leader fakes a draw for a sick girl so he can help her escape
The Loves of Robert Burns
Producer
Biography of the ploughboy poet.
The Loves of Robert Burns
Story
Biography of the ploughboy poet.
The Loves of Robert Burns
Screenplay
Biography of the ploughboy poet.
The Loves of Robert Burns
Director
Biography of the ploughboy poet.
Rookery Nook
Producer
A husband tries to hide a runaway girl from his wife and mother-on-law.
Splinters
Producer
Splinters tells of the origins of the 1915 musical comedy revue of the same name, founded by British soldiers fighting on the Western Front in France.
The Woman in White
Scenario Writer
Following a promise she made to her father on his deathbed, Laura Fairlie go to Scotland with Sir Percival Glyde to his mysterious mansion to be married. Once there, many strange and disturbing things happen. She meets a girl who has been a victim of Sir Percival's scheming in order to get her fortune.
The Woman in White
Director
Following a promise she made to her father on his deathbed, Laura Fairlie go to Scotland with Sir Percival Glyde to his mysterious mansion to be married. Once there, many strange and disturbing things happen. She meets a girl who has been a victim of Sir Percival's scheming in order to get her fortune.
Black Waters
Producer
A mad captain poses as a cleric to murder people aboard a fogbound ship.
The Bondman
Producer
A British silent adventure directed by Herbert Wilcox
The Bondman
Director
A British silent adventure directed by Herbert Wilcox
Dawn
Adaptation
A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.
Dawn
Director
A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.
Madame Pompadour
Director
The French king's mistress frees her jailed lover and makes him her bodyguard.
London
Director
A Lady adopts a runaway slum girl who resembles her own dead daughter.
Tiptoes
Director
A silent film version of the Gershwin stage musical
The Only Way
Director
A dissolute English advocate goes to the guillotine in place of his aristocratic double.
Nell Gwyn
Producer
An actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a serviceman's home.
Nell Gwyn
Writer
An actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a serviceman's home.
Nell Gwyn
Director
An actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a serviceman's home.
Chu-Chin-Chow
Adaptation
In Baghdad a girl escapes from a robber sheikh and thwarts a plot to rob a merchant.
Chu-Chin-Chow
Director
In Baghdad a girl escapes from a robber sheikh and thwarts a plot to rob a merchant.
Decameron Nights
Producer
A Saracen sultan's disguised son loves an amnesiac Moslem princess.
Decameron Nights
Writer
A Saracen sultan's disguised son loves an amnesiac Moslem princess.
Decameron Nights
Director
A Saracen sultan's disguised son loves an amnesiac Moslem princess.
Paddy The Next Best Thing
Writer
A girl refuses the attentions of a young playboy with whom her sister is in love.
Flames of Passion
Writer
Dorothy, a young girl, is seduced by her father's chauffeur. She gives birth to a child who is given to the chauffeur's wife. The chauffeur, on a drunken binge murders the child, unaware that the child is his own.
Flames of Passion
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Dorothy, a young girl, is seduced by her father's chauffeur. She gives birth to a child who is given to the chauffeur's wife. The chauffeur, on a drunken binge murders the child, unaware that the child is his own.