The Crooked Man

The Crooked Man 1923

1

Colonel Barclay is found dead and his wife is arrested for the murder, but Holmes is convinced a missing door key will reveal the true killer.

1923

The Three Students

The Three Students 1923

1

Hilton Soames, a lecturer in Greek at a university, notices that someone has gone into his study and looked at the text for an unseen translation exam that is due to take place the next day. Suspicion falls on the three students who live in the same building in which Soames lives and works, all of whom are entered for the exam.

1923

The Mystery of the Dancing Men

The Mystery of the Dancing Men 1923

1

A gentleman is baffled when the childish drawings of little dancing men terrify his American wife. Sherlock Holmes soon discovers why.

1923

The Beryl Coronet

The Beryl Coronet 1921

1

A wealthy banker comes to Holmes desperate to recover a valuable British gem--and to deal with his son's apparent dishonor.

1921

The Fruitful Vine

The Fruitful Vine 1921

1

An old knight weds his dead friend's daughter but she gives herself to an Italian Don to bear an heir.

1921

The Swindler

The Swindler 1919

5.00

A man takes the blame for a girl's crooked brother and weds her when her hand is amputated.

1919

Sen Yan’s Devotion

Sen Yan’s Devotion 1924

1

A disguised servant of a dying Japanese prince saves articles of succession from a rival faction.

1924

A Debt of Honour

A Debt of Honour 1922

1

In India an engineer blackmails a girl over her gambling brother.

1922

The Solitary Cyclist

The Solitary Cyclist 1921

1

Holmes is approached by Miss Violet Smith with a most peculiar problem. She has recently accepted a position with Mr. Carruthers as a music teacher for his 10 year old daughter. On Saturdays, she returns to her home to he with her mother and returns to Chilton Grange Manor on Mondays. She cycles the several miles to the train station and recently she has noticed a man, also on a bicycle, following her. He is quite blatantly there, stopping when she stops and always keeping the same distance from her but making no attempt to to hide his presence. She is worried at least in part because she recently rejected the advances of a Mr. Woodley who became upset and violent at the rejection. As Holmes soon deduces, she has good reason to be fearful, though not necessarily from the cyclist.

1921

The West Case

The West Case 1923

7.00

Second release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series. Plans for an aerial torpedo are stolen from its inventor Frank Norris West, Nayland Smith tries to retrieve them but is defeated by Fu-Manchu.

1923

The Engineer's Thumb

The Engineer's Thumb 1923

1

Dr. John Watson treats a patient who has lost a thumb. The patient says that the loss of his thumb was not an accident but the result of an attack. However, he fears that the story behind the loss of his digit is so strange that the police will not believe it.

1923

The Resident Patient

The Resident Patient 1921

1

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

1921

The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu

The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu 1923

1

A killer kitty with poison-tipped claws, giant noxious mushrooms and aphonia-inducing flowers are just some of the challenges faced by Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie in their battles against arch-villain Fu Manchu. Series of 15 shorts, each with a self-contained story.

1923

The Guns of Loos

The Guns of Loos 1928

7.00

Set against the backdrop of the shell crisis of 1915 at home and the Battle of Loos on the Western Front, two soldiers, one the manager of Grimlaw’s munitions factory are tested in their rivalry for Diana, a red cross nurse (Madeleine Carroll in her first film role).

1928

The Cardboard Box

The Cardboard Box 1923

1

Susan Cushing asks Holmes' help in solving the disappearance of her sister Mary Browner, but it doesn't seem Holmes' type of case until he is told of a Christmas present's grisly contents.

1923