John Daumery

Over the Garden Wall

An aunt objects to the romance between her niece and a neighbour's nephew, and steps in to put an end to the love affair – with comic consequences...

This Acting Business

A British comedy film directed by John Daumery

Meet My Sister

'Poor lord tells future father-in-law that his ex-fiancée is his sister.' (British Film Catalogue)

Le cas du docteur Brenner

Out of love for his adoptive mother, Carl Brenner allows himself to be accused and imprisoned because of an illegal operation carried out by Doctor Stefan Brenner, the legitimate son of Mrs. Brenner. A few years later, Stefan died of alcoholism and Carl made a name for himself under his name.

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.

Le soir des rois

Georges de Frileuse is a partier who inherits a castle and a ruby ​​necklace when his aunt dies. On Twelfth Night, he invites a few friends over, but a series of mysterious figures arrive instead of them.

The Thirteenth Candle

Investigation into the murder of a village squire.

The Crowd Roars

French-language version of Howard Hawks' The Crowd Roars (1932): A race car driver vies with his younger brother, who he'd hoped to keep away from the track, both in competition and for a girl who hangs out with the men. Tragedy results.

Help Yourself

British comedy directed by John Daumery ...

The Aviator

Alain's uncle sends him to France to toughen him with his aviator friend Pierre. He meets Suzanne on the voyage and fights for her love against José in an airplane.

Lopez, le bandit

Lopez and his gang attack a ranch where he finds a man who once saved his life.

Rough Waters

A police dog helps to track down two payroll robbers.

A Notorious Affair

A scheming musician seduces a wealthy woman for love and money.

Le masque d'Hollywood

Dixie, a young Broadway dancer, leaves her fiancé Jimmy to go into the movies.

Tenderloin

Rose Shannon, a dancing girl at "Kelly's," in the 'Tenderloin' district of New York City, worships at a distance Chuck White, a younger member of the gang that uses the place as their hangout. Chuck's interest in her is only just as another toy to play with. Rose is unknowingly placed in a position in which she is implicated in a crime which she knows nothing about.

Simple Sis

Simple Sis is a 1927 American silent comedy-melodrama directed by Herman C. Raymaker and starring Louise Fazenda as a poor, plain laundress hoping for romance, supported by Clyde Cook as a shy suitor and Myrna Loy as a cruel beauty. No copies of Simple Sis are known to exist; it is presumed lost.