Sam Livesey

Во время Первой Мировой Войны Стокгольм представлял собой рассадник международного шпионажа. Мадлен - британский двойной агент, поставляющая ложную информацию от союзников по Антанте немецкому штабу в Париже. Но она еще, и прекрасная молодая женщина, а потому неожиданно влюбляется в учтивого барона, оказавшегося главой немецкой Секретной Службы. Двум влюбленным, находящимся по разные стороны баррикад, предстоит испытать невероятной силы чувства и эмоции, а жизнь и честь их будет подвергаться нешуточным испытаниям с самого начала этой удивительной приключенческой истории, которая держит зрителя в напряжении до самого конца фильма.

A beautiful Gypsy girl falls in love with a horse trainer.

Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.

Фильм начинается с того времени, когда умирает Саския, любимая художника и мать его сына Титуса, которая долгие годы служила мастеру источником вдохновения, а кончается последним годом жизни, когда он уже похоронил последнюю жену. Несмотря на то, что в последние годы своей жизни Рембрандт жил впроголодь, тратя все немногие деньги на краски, он был счастлив: ведь его всегда окружали женщины, которых он любил и, которые любили его. Сын мельника из Лейдена, величайший голландский художник Рембрандт Ван Рейн, умер в нищете, как и полагается настоящему художнику.

Calling the Tune offers a fascinating look at the fledgeling gramophone industry as it tries to solve the problems of reliable recording and production methods. 'I predict that the gramophone will be the democratic entertainment of the future' states unscrupulous record label boss Mr Gordon (Sam Livesey), who finally gets his comeuppance after one dirty trick too far against his rivals. If the film's love story is perfunctory, the real interest comes with watching performers of the day, from Henry Wood and his orchestra to George Robey and Charles 'the laughing policeman' Penrose laying down their recordings direct to record. And something very like a prototype laser disc makes a crucial appearance too.

A retired major and ex-enemies pledge peace at reunion.

During the First World War, Russian officer Ignatoff, wounded, falls in love with his nurse, Natasha. But she is subject to an upcoming marriage of family convenience to Brioukow, a wealthy industrialist of peasant stock. Brioukow is unjustifiably jealous, since Natasha has not betrayed him. He forces Ignatoff into his debt as a means of humiliating him. When Ignatoff's new friend, Madame Sabline, offers to pay his debt, preventing his ruin, Ignatoff comes quickly to realize that Madame Sabline has an ulterior motive, one that could prove dangerous to more lives than just Ignatoff's.

A British comedy about a blacksmith who in looking to get away from his wife discovers a talent for rugby league.

Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of England, one of his final films, he takes the title role in Arthur Woods' portrayal of the life and times of the flamboyant piratical adventurer who founded Britain's sea fortunes. From clandestine romance at the court of Elizabeth I to conquests in the newly discovered lands of South America and spectacular victory over the Armada, Drake of England offers a panoramic overview of Drake's life.

Turn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker. It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank. It is set in a North Yorkshire fishing village, and relates the rivalry between two fishing families. The actors included John Garrick, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson speak in the local accent. The work is based on the novel Three Fevers by Leo Walmsley.

Sir Douglas Rolls is a highly respected defence lawyer of many years experience. Now in rapidly failing health, he is advised to retreat from the courtroom and pursue more pleasurable activities. But it is just at this point in his life that his great lost love a woman his own strong sense of duty led him to give up twenty years ago, and whom he still loves deeply walks into his chambers to ask that he defend her adulterous husband, now to stand trial for murder. Reluctantly agreeing to take on the case, Sir Douglas soon finds there is more to the story than meets the eye.

A medium is murdered and suspicion falls on his niece.

A Commissionaire is suspected of a robbery committed by his son.

Этот фильм рассказывает историю жизни одного из самых известных королей Англии Генриха VIII, а больше всего он стал известен необычным для христианина числом браков, некоторые из них заканчивались казнью бывшей супруги. Помимо своих жен Генрих VIII не гнушался и уничтожением своих политических противников, среди которых был и великий гуманист Томас Мор, а также церковной реформой, приведшей к появлению англиканской церкви. Генрих VIII был женат шесть раз. Судьба его супруг заучивается английскими школьниками при помощи мнемонической фразы "развелся - казнил - умерла - развелся - казнил - пережила". От первых трех браков у него было 10 детей, из которых выжило только трое - Мария от первого брака, Елизавета от второго и Эдуард от третьего. Все они впоследствии царствовали. Последние три брака Генрика были бездетными. Фильм со вкусом озвучен на два голоса.

A Lieutenant is wrongly accused of cowardice

A British comedy film directed by Norman Walker

A paralysed farmer watches his brother fall in love with the woman he intended to marry.

An elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth.

'Crooks steal pearls and helicopter plans.' (British Film Catalogue)

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...

A man falls madly in love with a woman and stages a robbery in an effort to frame her sweetheart

On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire. Holmes uncovers a plot to have Sir Henry murdered by a terrible trained hound.

'Man shelters from storm in old hour used by diamond smugglers.' (British Film Catalogue)

In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into the dubious evidence used in the trial, an institutional coverup begins, aided by fears of army disgrace and anti-Semitic paranoia against Dreyfus. But a determined group, headed by prominent author Émile Zola, leads a mounting public call to reopen the Dreyfus case.

A young boy dreams he's on a guided tour of Buckingham Palace and various countries in the British Empire.

A schoolboy falls in love with his teacher's young wife.

The wealthy Rodney Langford, who dreams of going on the stage, hopes to fulfil his ambitions by buying a failing revue called 'Raise the Roof', starring Maisie Grey. His father, fearing scandal, bribes amoral actor Atherley Armitage to sabotage the show. But, when all hope seems lost, Maisie comes up with an ingenious idea to try and save the day.

Wait and See is a 1929 British silent comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Frank Stanmore, Pauline Johnson and Sam Livesey.

A forger's arrest shocks his pregnant wife, causing their daughter to suffer strange trances.

'Nurse saves captain from invading Germans and is saved herself when he leads counter-attack.' (British Film Catalogue)