Louis N. Parker

The Monkey's Paw

Be careful of what you wish for - it might come true, but no in the way you expect.

The Monkey's Paw

The monkey's paw can make wishes come true. But not in the ways people expect.

The Monkey's Paw

British television adaptation of W.W. Jacobs‘ short story from 1939.

Beauty and the Barge

A young girl is engaged to a man she doesn't love, and rather than marry him she decides to flee the situation altogether. She is helped by a crusty old barge captain.

Drake of England

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.

The Monkey's Paw

A mother wishes for the return of her dead son, a wish that is granted by the severed paw of a dead monkey.

The Monkey's Paw

A couple dreams that a magic paw returns their dead son.

Disraeli

The story of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and the purchase by England of the Suez Canal.

The Black Night

A lord changes places with a dead jewel thief in order to steal his wife's letters back from a blackmailer.

Rosemary

Dorothy Cruickshank is secretly in love with Captain Westwood, whom her parents have never seen, and they plan to elope. Her father, an old sea captain, has quarreled with a Professor Jogram, following a public denunciation of a book Jogram has written on navigation.

The Monkey's Paw

A paw grants its owner three wishes, causing his son to die and return from the grave.

The Warwick Pageant

t's one of those pageants from history, in which Roman centurions fight caveman with halberds, Queen Elizabeth arrives in a carriage, and another queen gets her head chopped off while maidens in long, white gowns and crowns of daisies dance o'er the greensward. It looks, in short, like a Society for Creative Anachronism event, with someone footing the bill so all the Tower Warders' uniforms look the same.