Jean Cadell

An elderly spinster plans a perfect robbery in Soho.

Молодая пара переезжает в новый дом и по совету отца невесты пытается найти помощницу по хозяйству. Однако супруги даже не подозревали, с какими сложностями им придется столкнуться в поисках домработницы. Распутницы, грабительницы банков, алкоголички... Кто только себя не попробовал на этом поприще!

Howard Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The previous vicar's daughter, Hester Peters, who fears being a spinster, wants to be his wife. He tells her he's not interested. When he confronts a tough kid about something the youth has done, the lad sets out to frame the vicar. Hester, who's walked in on the confrontation, backs the youth's story. The town sides with her and the lad, turning against Phillips. He has a crisis of faith. What options does he have; can no one help him, his reputation, or his calling?

The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world would be the perfect place for a rocket launch site.

Когда его пациент умирает во время операции, хирург прибегает к убийству, чтобы скрыть свою халатность.

On receiving an inheritance from her grandfather, Canadian Jeannie MacLean decides to visit the family's Scottish roots. On the plane she meets businessman Stanley Smith, and romance blossoms in Edinburgh. The complications begin when Stanley breaks a date with Jeannie to woo voluptuous redhead Helene, and Jeannie is flattered by the attentions of the impoverished Lord McNairn; he's heard about her good fortune, and gallantly offers to show her the city.

Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (David Niven) are shipwrecked on a desert island. This potential ménage à trois where the two men compete for the lady's attention is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a fourth inhabitant of the island.

A man invents a new cleaning machine. His brother in law offers to help him promote it and they get help from the Purity League.

A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.

When his grandfather dies, George Westcott (Patrick Doonan) returns home from India to collect his inheritance -- only to find that the will has mysteriously gone missing. As his greedy relatives try to seize the estate, George gets the help of a movie star (Greta Gynt), a window cleaner (James Hayter and a police inspector (Herbert Ross) to track down the missing will. It seems that justice will prevail -- but is George Wescott really George Wescott?

When a sickly Victorian woman dies suddenly, a postmortem reveals that her body contains a fatal dose of arsenic. Suspicion falls on her husband and her companion, who are lovers. Inspector Martin of Scotland Yard solves the mystery of her death... over a cup of tea.

The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her long-standing affair with a Frenchman.

A young girl goes through the trauma of her parent's divorce and seperate re-marriages.

Идёт Вторая мировая война. Однако, на небольшом островке на северо-западе Шотландии другая беда. Сюда не падают бомбы, не взрываются гранаты, не гибнут люди. Здесь закончилось виски! Жизнь утратила свою привлекательность, мужчины оделись в чёрное, даже дети почувствовали, что что-то не так. Но, однажды, у берегов острова потерпел крушение корабль с грузом виски на борту...

The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.

The lonely wife of a workaholic husband on the magical Isle of Capri meets a charming and attractive young man. An exciting affair must end when word gets back to the husband and he becomes ill. In hopes of avoiding a scene, she passes her beau along to her stepdaughter, Monica.

In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling threaten the very ownership of the house. Despite her humble origins as a servant girl, Jassy must try to use her talents to climb the social ladder and save Mordelaine for the man whom she loves.

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.

Life aboard merchant ships with the Maritime Regiment of the Royal Artillery.

Three generations of a family gather together to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary, while the family secretary has the unenviable task of smoothing out all the deep-set hostilities and jealousies.

This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.

A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.

Jill Trevor vows revenge on newspaper baron Sir Joshua Morple, who she holds responsible for ruining her father. Her very public antics to draw attention to Morple's despicable conduct come to the notice a rival newspaper, who send journalist Jim Brent to offer to write up Jill's story.....

Этот фильм - первая экранизация пьесы Бернарда Шоу о превращении вульгарной цветочницы Элизы Дулиттл в изысканную светскую даму под чутким руководством профессора фонетики Генри Хиггинса и полковника Пикеринга. Бернард Шоу написал свою пьесу под вдохновением древнегреческого мифа о скульпторе Пигмалионе, который создал статую Галатеи — девушки до того прекрасной, что он влюбился в нее и стал просить Афродиту оживить свое создание. Богиня любви вдохнула жизнь в Галатею, и Пигмалион женился на ней.

Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, poverty and ignorance.' She built her story around six people working for a typical County Council:- Beneath the lives of the public servants runs the thread of their personal drama. Our story tells how a public life affects the private life; and how a man's personal sufferings make him what he is in public. " Corruption, intrigue and romance in a Yorkshire setting. A country squire whose wife is in a mental hospital becomes attracted to a crusading local schoolmistress.

Энн Хардинг играет прекрасную, но несколько наивную молодую женщину, которая отправляется в европейские каникулы после выигрыша в лотерею. Поднявшись с ног очаровательным Бэзилом Рэтбоуном, Хардинг оказывается замужем, прежде чем она полностью в состоянии понять ситуацию. Медленно, но верно, любящий шпон Рэтбоуна рушится; когда он случайно просит Хардинг подписать документ, передающий ему всю ее судьбу, она приходит к выводу, что ее дни сочтены.

Mozart biopic.

Классический роман Чарльза Диккенса о мальчике-сироте, который рос и взрослел в Англии 19 века. Наиболее известные актеры Голливуда играют героев Диккенса, что очень оживляет действие.

A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.

In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his country and marry an heiress. Fortunately, his first bride has fallen for an army officer and is happy to have her royal marriage annulled.

'Girl's wastrel cousin and his valet go to Timbuctoo.' (British Film Catalogue)

In Egypt a colonel with a year to live saves a girl from an Arab prince.

A man becomes bored with married life and pretends to have lost his memory so he can pursue other women.

When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy day and is forced to rely on the goodwill of local people to remain a fugitive of the law.

Biography of the ploughboy poet.

Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents.