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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…

poster Robbery Under Arms

Robbery Under Arms

It's a bush-ranging yarn, very popular at the time, about Captain Starlight, played well by Brampton himself, and his co-horts the Marsden family. Dick Marsden is especially well played by Roland Conway, …

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 Man in the Attic

Man in the Attic

82mn - Crime, Drama, Mystery

London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade, a research pathologist, takes lodgings with the Harleys, including a gloomy attic room for "experiments." Mrs. Harle…

poster The Limping Man

The Limping Man

76mn - Thriller

An American veteran returns to England after WWII to learn that his London lover has become involved with a dangerous spy ring and their search for a limping sniper.

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 Tweedledum as Aviator

Tweedledum as Aviator

Robinet, the lead in this Italian slapstick comedy, wants to be an aviator in the worst way, and this being an Italian slapstick, that's how he does it. Italian slapstick in this period was absolutely bon…

poster Robin Hood

Robin Hood

133mn - Drama, Action, Romance

Amid big-budget medieval pageantry, King Richard goes on the Crusades leaving his brother Prince John as regent, who promptly emerges as a cruel, grasping, treacherous tyrant. Apprised of England's peril …

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…

poster The Yawner

The Yawner

A top-hatted man gets dressed in the morning, and starts to yawn, causing his housekeeper to yawn as well. He sets off down the street where he proceeds to make others yawn as well, including a shop keepe…

poster Coney Island

Coney Island

Arbuckle escapes the watch of his domineering wife and heads for Coney Island. Keaton arrives that same day with his attractive, and rather easy, girlfriend, who is immediately stolen from him by St. John.

poster Robin and Marian

Robin and Marian

106mn - Action, Adventure, Drama

Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.

poster Never Let Go

Never Let Go

90mn - Drama, Thriller, Crime

John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods in the employ of Lionel Meadows, the sadistic organizer of a London car conversion racket. The car was …

poster The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England

The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England

Giles Bateson gets expelled from college for misconduct. His angry father, the Earl, sends him a message: "Never let me see you again until you have earned a half crown and proven yourself worthy of confi…

poster Sherlock: Case of Evil

Sherlock: Case of Evil

100mn - Action, Adventure, Crime

A young Sherlock Holmes believes he's killed his arch-nemesis Moriarty, only to discover the criminal mastermind is still alive. With his new ally Dr. Watson, Holmes must race to stop Moriarty from corner…

Racquet

Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the rich and famous while set on owning his own tennis court.

poster The False Road

The False Road

67mn - Drama, Crime

Roger Moran, a member of a gang of thieves headed by Mike Wilson, is released from prison after having served a two-year sentence. He has learned his lesson and vows to leave his life of crime, but his gi…

poster Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

103mn - Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes is a master at solving the most impenetrable mysteries, but he has his work cut out for him on his latest case. As the famed detective investigates an alleged theft, he’s brought face to f…

poster Bacon Grabbers

Bacon Grabbers

Laurel and Hardy are debt collectors trying to repossess a console radio.

poster Albert R.N.

Albert R.N.

88mn - War, History

The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail. One of the prisoners constructs a dummy which they christen "Albert" and use at roll call in or…

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