Sorrell and Son

Sorrell and Son 1934

5.00

Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts husband and child in the boy's infancy. Sorrell loses a promising job offer and is forced to take work as a menial. Both his dignity and his health are damaged as he suffers under the exhausting labor and harsh treatment he receives as a hotel porter. But Sorrell thrives in the knowledge that his son will benefit from his labors. Sorrell has allowed the boy to believe his mother dead, but when the mother shows up, wanting to re-enter the young man's life, Sorrell must make hard decisions.

1934

The Price of Wisdom

The Price of Wisdom 1935

6.00

A young woman designer goes to London to further her career, but things are complicated when her invention is a success.

1935

Checkmate

Checkmate 1935

4.70

A fence for a gang of jewel thieves comes under suspicion from the police.

1935

Bitter Sweet

Bitter Sweet 1933

7.00

The first film adaptation, and most faithful, of Noel Coward's 1929 operetta Bitter Sweet. This tells the story of Sarah Linden's romance, the tale begins with Sarah, now older, reminiscing about her first love. As a young girl Sarah falls in love with Carl, a musician, and runs off with him to Vienna. They are happily wed and Carl earns a living conducting a small orchestra. Enter a certain Captain who sets his eye on Sarah and proceeds to shower her with his attentions, much to her dismay.

1933

Canaries Sometimes Sing

Canaries Sometimes Sing 1930

1

Geoffrey and his wife Anne are trapped in a stifling marriage, which neither feels able to leave. When Geoffrey's boyhood friend, Ernest, and his new wife, Elma, come for a long visit, it's soon apparent that their marriage is equally unhappy. As Ernest and Anne strike up a supposedly secret affair, Geoffrey and Elma do everything they can to encourage their spouses' infidelity, whilst also pretending to be blissfully unaware of it.

1930

Black Waters

Black Waters 1929

1

A mad captain poses as a cleric to murder people aboard a fogbound ship.

1929

Nell Gwyn

Nell Gwyn 1934

6.60

King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. Nell becomes his most loyal subject, while ever-ready to take the Duchess down a peg. But the actress can never hope to be fully accepted by the King's circle despite his constant attentions.

1934

Up for the Cup

Up for the Cup 1931

1

A Yorkshireman comes to London to watch the FA Cup final and loses his money and tickets, leading to a frantic search to recover them...

1931

Once a Thief

Once a Thief 1935

5.00

Down on his luck inventor Roger (John Stuart) "borrows" some money from a handbag he finds but things go wrong when a necklace from the bag goes missing.

1935

Warned Off

Warned Off 1930

1

An expelled horse owner clears his name and wins the Grand National.

1930

The Speckled Band

The Speckled Band 1931

5.50

After her sister dies under mysterious circumstances, a young heiress seeks Holmes' help when she feels threatened by her brutish stepfather.

1931

The Blue Danube

The Blue Danube 1932

1

In a Hungarian gypsy encampment, carefree Sandor lives with his beautiful sweetheart Yutka. Into their lives rides a blonde countess, with whom Sandor becomes infatuated. Yutka soon flees from her faithless lover. Sandor roams the country, searching for his lost love, but finds her too late. she now wears furs and has her own aristocratic love. Sandor returns heartbroken to his Romany encampment.

1932

The Queen's Affair

The Queen's Affair 1934

1

Poor New York shop girl Nadina receives the unexpected news that she is next in line to be queen of an Eastern European country. On her arrival in Ruritania, a revolution is in progress, and only minutes before her coronation, Nadina is forced into exile. She flees to Paris with her nurse, and then travels on to Switzerland. There Nadina encounters the Ruritanian revolutionary leader Carl, recuperating from the trials of revolution, and the couple unexpectedly fall in love. When the revolution collapses in Ruritania, they return and marry, thus forming a constitutional monarchy supported by all the people.

1934

Almost a Divorce

Almost a Divorce 1931

1

'Farcical comedy of matrimonial complications in which a bibulous man almost wrecks his friend's marriage.' (British Film Institute)

1931

Tons of Money

Tons of Money 1930

1

A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.

1930

Cross Currents

Cross Currents 1935

1

A Devon Vicar mistakenly comes under suspicion of murdering a rival in love.

1935

Discord

Discord 1933

1

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

1933