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poster Drake of England

Drake of England

104mn - Action, Drama

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 En…

Hamlet

Hamlet is a 1913 British silent drama film directed by Hay Plumb and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliot and Walter Ringham.

poster Penn of Pennsylvania

Penn of Pennsylvania

78mn - History, Drama

A young English aristocrat abandons privilege and defies his father to join the persecuted Quakers, ultimately founding Pennsylvania as a revolutionary colony based on religious tolerance and peaceful coe…

poster Command Performance

Command Performance

84mn - Music, Drama

When stage fright threatens his legendary career, "The Street Singer" abandons fame and fortune to find solace among a traveling gypsy camp, where he discovers that love doesn't require an audience. A cel…

poster The Bells Go Down

The Bells Go Down

89mn - Drama, War

Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WW…

poster The Singing Fool

The Singing Fool

102mn - Drama, Music

After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows big-time producer Louis Marcus and gold-digging …

poster Among Those Present

Among Those Present

An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.

poster The Clodhopper

The Clodhopper

46mn - Comedy, Drama

Everett Nelson is a naive young farmboy. Following unjust treatment on the farm, he runs away to the big city. There he encounters a showman who decides Everett is perfect for the part of a bumpkin in his…

poster A Chump at Oxford

A Chump at Oxford

Two bumbling street sweepers accidentally become heroes by catching a bank robber and are rewarded with scholarships to prestigious Oxford University, where student pranks and a mysterious case of amnesia…

Ivanhoe

53mn - Adventure, Drama, Romance

Wilfred of Ivanhoe (played by King Baggot), son of Sir Cedric (played by Wallace Bosco), returns to England from the Crusades in the Holy Land. As Ivanhoe, disguised, discovers that his beloved Lady Rowen…

poster Rips and Rushes

Rips and Rushes

While Larry Semon does not star in Rips and Rushes, its confident gags and frenetic pace suggest his touch. In the knockabout one-reeler set in a dance studio, three suitors compete for the girl. James Au…

poster Putting Pants on Philip

Putting Pants on Philip

Pompous J. Piedmont Mumblethunder greets his nephew from Scotland who arrives in kilts. He is immediately taken to a tailor for a pair of proper pants.

poster Wandering Papas

Wandering Papas

A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the wide open spaces to collect the food, coming into cont…

Kipps

111mn - Comedy, Drama

A young tradesman learns that money doesn't necessarily bring happiness. Drama.

poster Are Crooks Dishonest?

Are Crooks Dishonest?

Con artists Harold and Snub attempt to outwit phony psychic Miss Goulash and her "professor" father.

Exposé

Nonemn - Drama, Thriller, Horror

A paranoid writer is unable to get started on his second novel. He hires a secretary and then his troubles really begin.

poster The Parson's Widow

The Parson's Widow

93mn - Comedy, Drama

A young man is elected by a small village to be its parson. As part of his duties, he is required to marry the widow of the parson before him. This poses two problems--first, the widow is old enough to be…

poster Pontypool

Pontypool

96mn - Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into z…

poster The Prisoner of Karlsten's Fortress

The Prisoner of Karlsten's Fortress

61mn - Adventure

Count de Faber is working on a new type of explosive, but finds out that Professor Plussman has beat him to it. After an unsuccessful attempt to acquire the formula from Plussman, he breaks into the profe…

poster Hamlet/Horatio

Hamlet/Horatio

In a modern retelling of Shakespeare's masterpiece, Horatio takes center stage as he fulfills his dying promise to Hamlet by directing the story of his beloved friend's tragic sacrifice. On an empty sound…

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