Eliot Stannard

Filmes

Above Rubies
Writer
In Monte Carlo, Lady Wellingford cannot redeem a necklace from a jeweler.
A Safe Affair
Writer
A crime film directed by Herbert Wynne
The Officers' Mess
Writer
A Lieutenant becomes mixed-up with some stolen jewels.
The Hate Ship
Writer
A police captain poses as the valet of a friend who has been invited on a yacht cruise by a notorious schemer, whom the friend is afraid wants to murder him.
The American Prisoner
Writer
An American sailor imprisoned on Dartmoor during the American War of Independence manages to escape and falls in love with a local Squire's daughter.
Tommy Atkins
Scenario Writer
A cleric enlists on learning he loves his brother's sweetheart, saves his life, and finds he is really an Earl.
O Ilhéu
Scenario Writer
Apesar de suas origens diferentes, o pescador Pete e o advogado Philip foram amigos a vida longa na Ilha de Man. Pete quer se casar com Kate, a filha do proprietário da estalagem local, porém o pai de Kate não acha que é bom o suficiente.Pete deixa a ilha para tentar a sorte no estrangeiro, e confia Kate para Philip, mas eles começam a ser atraídos um pelo outro.
Widecombe Fair
Scenario Writer
'Devon. Rich widow helps poor squire by pretending his ancestor hid treasure.' (British Film Catalogue)
Sir or Madame
Adaptation
The Vortex
Writer
A young man is shocked to discover that his fiancé is the mistress of his mother's lover.
Mulher Pública
Writer
Larita Filton se envolve em um processo de divórcio escandaloso e no suicídio de um jovem artista. Ela foge para a França para reconstruir sua vida, onde conhece John Whittaker. Eles se casam, mas a a família elitista de John descobre o passado de Larita.
A Mulher do Fazendeiro
Adaptation
Baseado numa peça de mesmo nome, A Mulher do Fazendeiro conta a história de um velho e solitário viúvo que resolve se casar de novo. Sua empregada, Aramintha, tem por ele uma paixão secreta e o ajuda a procurar uma esposa entre as mulheres locais. Mais todas o rejeitam, até ele perceber que a perfeita esposa para o fazendeiro vive sob seu próprio teto.
Decadência
Scenario Writer
O estudante Roddy Berwick é expulso da escola pública quando assume a culpa por um roubo ocorrido a um amigo. Expulso de casa pelos pais, o rapaz foge para Paris, e sua vida desmorona em uma série de desventuras.
Blighty
Writer
A chauffeur becomes an officer and later cares for his master's widow and child.
O Inquilino
Screenplay
Um serial killer inicia uma série de assassinatos em Londres, tendo como elemento comum o fato de suas vítimas serem todas mulheres loiras. Um novo hóspede, Jonathan Drew chega ao hotel do casal Bunting, em Bloomsbury, e aluga um quarto. O homem tem estranhos hábitos, como o de sair em noites nevoentas. Ele também guarda a foto de uma moça loira em seu quarto. A filha dos Bunting, Daisy, também loira, é modelo e está noiva de Joe Chandler, um detetive. Quando Joe encontra Jonathan, logo fica enciumado deste flertar com Daisy, e o prende, acusando-o de ser o temível Jack o Estripador.
O Jardim dos Prazeres
Writer
Patsy e Jill trabalham como dançarinas em uma casa chamada Pleasure Garden. Elas namoram Levett e Hugh, soldados britânicos que cuidam de colônias nos Trópicos. Quando eles viajam pelo trabalho, Jill se esquece facilmente de Hugh e passa a prestar outro tipo de trabalho para os clientes da casa. Baseado no romance de Oliver Sandys.
The Curse of Ravenscroft
Writer
Victor Drew is a British private investigator who must solve the mystery of who is killing off members of the Ravenscroft clan.
The Mountain Eagle
Writer
Este é o segundo filme dirigido por Hitchcock, mas, que se saiba, não resta nenhuma cópia. Em Kentucky, Beatrice (Nita Naldi) é uma professora que recusa as abordagens do vilão Pettigrew (Bernhard Goetzke). Como vingança, ele inventa que ela teria molestado Edward (John Hamilton), um jovem retardado. Temendo a ira dos moradores da cidade, Beatrice se esconde nas montanhas, onde é acolhida pelo eremita Fear O God (Malcom Keen). Ele propõe um casamento de aparências para acalmar os ânimos das pessoas, mas os dois se afeiçoam e a união se torna real. Mas Pettigrew, ainda com ciúmes e raiva, arma novas mentiras para prejudicar os dois, dando continuidade a uma trama de intrigas, injustiças e reviravoltas. Apesar da história se passar nos Estados Unidos, o filme foi rodado nas montanhas da Áustria. Filme mudo.
Settled Out of Court
Writer
A husband's attempts to escape from a loveless marriage ends in tragedy.
Nets of Destiny
Writer
A son tries to overturn the disgrace of his father, who committed suicide.
The Diamond Man
Writer
Orphan, Audrey Bedford takes the blame for her half- sister's gem theft and later exposes her employer as her crooked husband.
The Gay Corinthian
Writer
A boxer saves a lady who joins gypsies on learning she is the subject of a bet.
Love and Hate
Writer
British silent comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley...
Becket
Writer
The fatal encounter between Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket.
Heartstrings
Writer
A sailor returns from 'death' to find his wife has remarried for the sake of her crippled child.
Paddy The Next Best Thing
Writer
A girl refuses the attentions of a young playboy with whom her sister is in love.
The Romany
Writer
A gypsy girl saves a runaway girl from her rich fiancé.
The Last King of Wales
Story
The romantic 13th-century history of Prince Llywelyn of Wales, and his conflict with King Edward I of England.
A Sailor Tramp
Writer
A robbed sailor turns tramp and saves a farmer's ship from burning.
The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick
Writer
A club man's country jaunt with friends leads to a breach of promise suit by a landlady.
The Bachelor's Club
Writer
A henpeck man inherits a fortune and starts a club for women-haters.
Build Thy House
Screenplay
A padre, acting for a dying soldier, poses as the heir to a slum property and becomes a Labour MP.
Lady Audley's Secret
Scenario Writer
'Old knight's new wife throws first husband down well and tries to burn blackmailing gardener.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Twelve Pound Look
Writer
A self-made man divorces his wife who becomes a typist and warns him his second wife may leave him too.
Wuthering Heights
Writer
The first screen adaptation of Emily Bronte's book about star cross'd lovers who demolish themselves and everyone around them with their self-destructive love.
General Post
Writer
An aristocrat allows his daughter to marry a tailor after he wins the VC saving his son's life.
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story
Writer
Based on the short story from George Eliot's 1857 work Scenes of a Clerical life. A chaplain to an aristocratic British family falls in love with their ward, a young Italian woman, who he marries. Tragedy strikes when she dies only a few months later leaving him in a state of grief.
Patricia Brent, Spinster
Scenario Writer
'A comedy in which a secretary persuades a man to pose as her fiancée.' (BFI)
The Toilers
Writer
Red Pottage
Writer
A lady's lover draws spills with her husband to decide who shall commit suicide.
Nelson
Writer
Lord Nelson's life, loves and death.
Tom Jones
Screenplay
Adventures of a squire's disowned son who proves to be his bastard heir.
Florence Nightingale
Writer
The film portrays the life of Florence Nightingale, particularly her innovations in nursing during the Crimean War (1854–56).
The Idol of Paris
Scenario Writer
A crook demands his princess cousin in marriage in return for clearing a prince of theft charges. Based on Charles Darrell's original play.
Beautiful Jim
Script
A murder mystery concerning the murder by a Colonel's son of his sister's fiancé using a golf club. Based on the novel by John Strange Winter.
Her Luck in London
Screenplay
Nellie, a beautiful farmer's daughter, is lured to the wickedness of the big city. Based on an original story by Charles Darrell.