E. Temple Thurston

City of Beautiful Nonsense

A young woman who is in love with a penniless composer, but believes she must marry a wealthy man to please her father. But only realises after various tribulations she should follow her heart rather than her head.

The Wandering Jew

Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His return. The Crusades, 1150: Matathias, now an anonymous knight, competes for glory in combat and for the wife of a soldier. Palermo, 1290: Matteos Battadios witnesses the death of his young son, leading to conflict with his wife over whether to take comfort in Christianity. Seville, 1560: Dr Matteos Battadios dedicates himself to the treatment and comfort of the poor, but his life and work are endangered by the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition.

One Precious Year

A classy woman has an affair with a rake after she learns that she has a terminal disease

Discord

A struggling composer has to be supported financially by his wealthier wife.

Sally Bishop

A British romantic drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter

The Blue Peter

After returning home to Britain from Nigeria where he has been working, an engineer becomes embroiled in a family melodrama.

The World of Wonderful Reality

A poor author has an engaged girl pose as his wife to please his dying father.

Sally Bishop

A typist threatens to expose her lover when he prosecutes the divorce of a woman he means to marry.

The Wandering Jew

'The legend of the Wandering Jew, condemned to walk the earth until the Second Coming.' (British Film Institute)

The Garden of Resurrection

A rich mixed race woman is abandoned after a mock marriage, has a stillborn baby, and weds the man who helps her.

The City of Beautiful Nonsense

A poor author feigns marriage to please his dying father.

Sally Bishop

A barrister abandons his mistress for a socialite but returns in time to save her from suicide.