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Elephant Walk
Colonial tea planter John Wiley (Peter Finch), visiting England at the end of World War II, wins and weds lovely English rose Ruth (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) and takes her home to Elephant Walk, Ceylon, where the local elephants have a grudge against the plantation. Ruth's delight with the tropical wealth and luxury of her new home is tempered by isolation as the only white woman in the district; her husband's occasional imperious arrogance; a mutual physical attraction with plantation manager Dick Carver (Dana Andrews), and the hovering, ominous menace of the hostile elephants.Year:
1954
The Turning Point
Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. John doesn't understand why Matt is reluctant, but cynical reporter Jerry McKibbon thinks he knows: he's seen Matt with mob lieutenant Harrigan. Jerry's friendship with John is tested by the question of what to do about Matt, and by his attraction to John's girl Amanda. Meanwhile, the threatened racketeers adopt increasingly violent means of defense.Year:
1952
Here Comes the Groom
Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.Year:
1951
Tennessee Johnson
The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's boyhood and covers his early life. During the Civil War, Johnson stays a staunch Unionist and upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President. After Lincoln's assassination, Johnson becomes the President and became the first U.S. president ever to be impeached.Year:
1942
Nazi Agent
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage.Year:
1942
Mr. and Mrs. North
Married sleuths (Gracie Allen, William Post Jr.) find a corpse in their closet and round up suspects.Year:
1942
Blossoms in the Dust
Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it. She opens a home for foundlings and orphans and begins to place children in good homes, despite the opposition of "conservative" citizens, who would condemn illegitimate children for being born out of wedlock. Eventually Edna leads a fight in the Texas legislature to remove the stigma of illegitimacy from birth records in that state, while continuing to be an advocate for homeless children.Year:
1941
Billy the Kid
Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended and hired by a peaceful rancher, Eric Keating. When Keating is killed, Billy seeks revenge on the men who killed him, even if it means opposing his friend, Marshal Jim Sherwood.Year:
1941
Ten Days in Paris
Bob Stevens awakens in a hospital with a gunshot wound to his head, and is told that he has been in Paris for ten days. However, this cannot be true because he insists that he crashed his plane and has no recollection of being anywhere for ten days. Bob decides to follow a note found in his jacket, to the woman who wrote it, "Miss D", and get to the bottom of the whole strange situation.Year:
1940
The Spy in Black
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.Year:
1939
The Four Feathers
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.Year:
1939
Q Planes
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.Year:
1939
Thank Evans
An impoverished racetrack tout discovers that a crooked trainer is about to throw a race involving a nobleman's horse.Year:
1938
Quiet, Please
“Comedy of a little man forced by chance into a big jewel robbery.” - BFI.Year:
1938
The Viper
Crime comedy sequel to The Vulture (1937). Amateur sleuth, Cedric Gull, takes on another case.Year:
1938
Thistledown
The Viennese bride of a Scottish peer is driven away by suspicion and unfriendliness from his family. Famous, she buys the estate and her husband returns to be reconciled with her and the son of whom he never knew.Year:
1938
The Singing Cop
“Spy comedy with operatic background.” - BFI.Year:
1938
Double or Quits
A reporter on a transatlantic cruise finds himself accused of the theft of valuable stamps. Knowing that he didn't do it, he sets out to find the real thief, but isn't prepared for what he discovers.Year:
1938
The Dark Stairway
“Professional jealousy over the discovery of a formula for an anaesthetic leads to murder in a hospital.” - BFI.Year:
1938
Simply Terrific
Two young men start a business selling a homemade hangover recipe.Year:
1938
The Man Who Made Diamonds
“Professor Calthrop, actuated only by scientific motives, and his assistant, out for his own gain, have invented a system for the manufacture of diamonds.” - BFI.Year:
1937
The Windmill
The German adopted-daughter of a Belgian innkeeper is threatened with internment by him if she reveals to the British billetees that he is a spy. However, she is in love with one of them and helps them.Year:
1937
Change for a Sovereign
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1937
Side Street Angel
“Comedy of a rich man who poses as a poor man and is taken by a convict into a hostel and given a job by the chief assistant.” - BFI.Year:
1937
You Live and Learn
American chorus-girl Mamie Wallace (Farrell) travels to Paris with a ramshackle touring musical revue. The company runs out of money, and it looks as though Mamie and her dancing colleagues are going to be stranded in Europe with no way home. Luckily, she meets a handsome, well-spoken Englishman Peter Millett (Hulbert), who falls in love with her and proposes marriage. Under the impression that he is a man of means, she readily accepts, imagining an entrée to English high society. The couple return to England and Mamie discovers to her horror that not only is her new home a decrepit farmhouse out in the sticks, but that Peter is a widower and his three children also come as part of the package.Year:
1937
Mayfair Melody
“Romantic comedy of a motor factory mechanic encouraged to train his voice by the daughter of the magnate.” - BFI.Year:
1937
The Compulsory Wife
“Two young men and an attractive girl are invited to spend a week-end at a cottage of mutual friends. The hosts are delayed and so the guests remain unattended. A burglar breaks in and ensuing complications compel the girl to pose as a wife.” - BFI.Year:
1937
The Vulture
An amateur detective tracks down a gang of diamond thieves to Chinatown.Year:
1937
It’s Not Cricket
“Light farcical comedy with humour of the Old School brand. A young French woman married to a selfish games-fan Englishman is the centre of the story.” - BFI.Year:
1937
Don't Get Me Wrong
Don't Get Me Wrong is a 1937 British comedy film co-directed by Arthur B. Woods and Reginald Purdell and starring Max Miller and George E. Stone. It was made at Teddington Studios with sets designed by Peter Proud. Unlike several of Miller's Teddington films which are now lost, this still survives. Miller plays a fairground performer who meets a professor who claims to have invented a cheap substitute for petrol. They team up and persuade a millionaire to finance them to develop and market the product, while unsavoury elements are keen to steal the formula and try all means to get their hands on it, involving slapstick chases and double-crosses. It then turns out that the miracle fluid is diluted coconut oil, and the genius professor is an escaped lunatic. The millionaire finds himself taking the brunt of the disappointment.Year:
1937
Transatlantic Trouble
Max Miller plays a boxer's manager who fails to get fights for his simple-minded boxer. The manager sets up a scene in an American nightclub whereby his fighter gets the chance to knock down the reigning champion. The ruse fails to get the fighter a job but a female acquaintance of the champion takes a fancy to his opponent. The plot develops aboard a ship back to England.Year:
1937
Gypsy
Gypsy dancer Hassina falls in love with lion tamer Brazil and travels to London to find him. Brazil is supposedly working at the Crystal Palace, but he is not there when Hassina arrives. After fainting from lack of food, Hassina is taken into the home of wealthy middle-aged bachelor Alan Brooks, who falls in love with her.Year:
1936
Hail and Farewell
“A troopship bringing home a battalion from Bermuda docks at Southampton and the men are granted only 6 hours leave. The film shows how some of the men spend this precious time.” - BFI.Year:
1936
Fair Exchange
“Criminologist stages the theft of a picture to thwart his son's ambitions to be a detective.” - BFI.Year:
1936
Educated Evans
Cockney racing tipster Evans (Miller) is asked by a nouveau riche and socially aspirant couple to train a racehorse they have bought.Year:
1936
Gaol Break
“Jim Oakley hears in prison that his son is to be made a substitute by a gang for a rich American family's son who was kidnapped years back. He breaks jail to rescue his son but after seeing how happy his son will be with the family, he renounces his claim to boy and returns to finish his sentence in jail.” - BFI.Year:
1936
The Brown Wallet
Publisher John Gillespie faces a financial crisis after his business partner skips town with all the firm's assets. Facing ruin, he reluctantly approaches a wealthy aunt for assistance but is met with a stony-faced refusal.Year:
1936
Where's Sally?
'Honeymoon wife learns of husband's past and runs away.' (British Film Catalogue)Year:
1936
Faithful
A musical drama about two pupils from a provincial music conservatory who elope, marry, and move to London to try their luck. The husband becomes a singer in a nightclub, and is soon targeted by a predatory socialite. They start an affair, the wife finds out about it and decides to leave her husband, until matters are smoothed over by a third-party who wishes the couple well.Year:
1936
Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk
Old Mr. Cohen (Paul Graetz) simply walks away from his London department store, leaving his sons to run it.Year:
1935
The Black Mask
British crime film directed by Ralph InceYear:
1935
Someday
“Curley Blake is a lift operator in a block of flats. He is in love with Emily, the cleaning girl. When Emily returns from a stay in hospital, Curley arranges to treat her to dinner in one of the flats. Unfortunately, the owner returns early.” - Steve Crook.Year:
1935
Get Off My Foot
A Smithfield porter becomes a butler, and later finds himself heir to a fortune.Year:
1935
Mr. What's-His-Name?
A beautician meets and falls in love with a young man, and they soon marry. What she doesn't know, however, is that her new husband is actually a millionaire who is suffering from amnesia—and he already has a wife.Year:
1935
Man of the Moment
Love blossoms after a young man rescues a pretty girl who attempted to drown herself.Year:
1935
Crime Unlimited
A young Scotland Yard police academy recruit tries to break up a gang of thieves.Year:
1935
Hello, Sweetheart
A young poultry farmer is flattered and persuaded into financing a film production. He attempts to interfere in the direction, is swindled and left in the lurch but eventually manages to turn the tables on his former associates.Year:
1935
The Girl in the Crowd
“Bookseller David Gordon's new wife Marian has never met David's friend Bob but by telephone advises him on how to meet women by following the first attractive girl he sees. Unfortunately, the girl turns out to be Marian and Bob is arrested.” - Steve CrookYear:
1935
What’s in a Name?
“Comedy concerning a clerk pretending to be a European composer who falls in love with a woman who poses as an actress.” - BFI.Year:
1935
A Glimpse of Paradise
“Ex-convict saves his estranged daughter from a blackmailer.” - BFI.Year:
1935
So You Won't Talk
The owner of a small Italian restaurant in central London is left a million pound inheritance, the only stipulation to the will being that he cannot speak or write anything for a period of one month.Year:
1935
Father and Son
A bank clerk takes the blame for a theft which he believes was committed by his ex-convict father.Year:
1935
Something Always Happens
Unemployed car salesman Peter is encouraged by his girlfriend Cynthia to approach the head of a petrol company with his plan for making petrol stations more attractive to customers. When the man rejects the idea Peter joins a rival company and becomes a great success.Year:
1934
The Church Mouse
When a meek secretary goes to work for her new boss, she becomes a sophisticated lady.Year:
1934
No Escape
“Crime film set in Malaya concerning the pursuit of a planter framed for poisoning his partner and suspected of carrying plague.” - BFI.Year:
1934
The Office Wife
“The reconciliation of a divorced couple following the publisher husband's marriage to his secretary.” - BFI.Year:
1934
The Girl in Possession
An American woman is fooled into thinking that she is the heiress to an estate in England.Year:
1934
The Silver Spoon
“A homeless gentleman confesses to a Lord's murder to protect a woman they both love.” - BFI.Year:
1934
This Acting Business
A British comedy film directed by John DaumeryYear:
1933
I Adore You
Norman Young wants to marry Margot Grahame but a contract with a producer prohibits her from marrying during a five year period. Norman spends millions to take over the contact.Year:
1933
The Bermondsey Kid
A newsboy enters a boxing championship where he is matched with a sick friend.Year:
1933
Her Imaginary Lover
A New York socialite Celia invents an aristocratic English fiancé named Lord Michael Ware to deflect the tedious attention of would-be suitors. Celia travels to London to claim an inheritance...and meets an aristocratic Englishman called Lord Michael Ware. The imaginary romance becomes real.Year:
1933
Mayfair Girl
An American girl is framed for killing a cad while drunk.Year:
1933
High Finance
Self-made businessman Sir Grant Rayburn is obsessed with making money to the exclusion of all else. He shows little interest in his daughter Jill and is irritated when she falls in love with, and wishes to marry, a young man named Tom. Sir Grant does not believe Tom is a suitable match for Jill as he does not come from a moneyed background. He suspects that Tom is a chancer with an eye on access to Jill's money....Year:
1933
Little Fella
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1933
Call Me Mame
Call Me Mame is a 1933 British comedy film directed by John Daumery and starring Ethel Irving, John Batten and Dorothy Bartlam. It was made at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie.Year:
1933
As Good as New
A woman, disappointed in love, becomes increasingly cynical and attempts to marry a wealthy man.Year:
1933
The Thirteenth Candle
Investigation into the murder of a village squire.Year:
1933
The River House Ghost
A gang of criminals masquerading as ghosts are eventually exposed.Year:
1932
Her Night Out
A married couple accidentally become mixed up with a bank robber.Year:
1932
The Silver Greyhound
A British crime thriller film directed by William C. McGannYear:
1932
Lucky Ladies
Some sisters inherit a large sum of money.Year:
1932
High Society
A British comedy film directed by John RawlinsYear:
1932
Help Yourself
British comedy directed by John Daumery ...Year:
1932
Murder on the Second Floor
A novelist imagines the murders of his fellow tenants...Year:
1932
Impromptu
Year:
1932
A Voice Said Goodnight
A British crime film directed by William C. McGannYear:
1932
The Aviator
Misadventures of a bogus flyer.Year:
1929
