Lost / Missing British Films Of The 1930s
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- DirectorW.P. KellinoStarsTubby EdlinAlf GoddardNora SwinburneA soldier discovers a button made from Aladdin's lamp grants wishes when rubbed.
- DirectorGareth GundreyStarsLillian Hall-DavisRoy RoystonConstance CarpenterA jealous agent uses a girl singer to break up a double act.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsRichard CooperDorothy SeacombeMarjorie HumeTo avoid being accused of stealing money, an aristocrat low on funds takes a job as a butler in someone else's home.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsBasil GillMadeleine CarrollIan FlemingAt the start of the play, Charles (Henry Hewitt), Joseph (Ian Fleming), and Sir Benjamin (John Charlton) are in love with Maria (Dodo Watts), and Lady Sneerwell (Anne Grey) is in love with Charles. Charles has a horrible reputation for being a gambler and a ladies' man. Sir Peter (Basil Gill) hates Charles and loves his brother Joseph. Rawley (Wallace Bosco) loves Charles and hates his brother Joseph. Sir Oliver (Edgar K. Bruce) is coming to town secretly with the help of Rawley in order to see which of his nephews is worthy of his money. Sir Peter and Lady Teazle (Madeleine Carroll) are having a hard time with their marriage because she is very young and he is older. Lady Sneerwell is plotting with Snake and Joseph to make Sir Peter think that Lady Teazle is having an affair with Charles, so that Maria will not love Charles so Lady Sneerwell can marry Charles and Joseph can marry Maria. The play really starts to go crazy when Sir Oliver arrives. He wants to test his nephews and see what kind of people they are so he has sent a letter from an imaginary distant relative, Mr. Stanley, asking for money. When Sir Oliver arrives he pretends to be a money lender, Mr. Premium. He goes to Charles and offers to buy all the portraits of his ancestors. Charles will sell all the portraits except the one of Sir Oliver. This pleases Sir Oliver and he then sets out to test Joseph. He goes to Joseph and pretends to be Mr. Stanley, asking for money. Joseph says no and shoos him away because he is preoccupied. He tries to woo Maria, Lady Teazle hides behind a screen while Joseph tells Sir Peter that Charles is not having an affair with his wife. Charles comes and Sir Peter hides in a box so that he can hear that Charles is not guilty. Joseph also tells Sir Peter that he has a French lady behind the screen. Charles comes in and says he is not having an affair, but indicates that Joseph is. Charles finds out that Sir Peter is hiding in the box and calls him out. Then Joseph has to go out to deal with another guest. Sir Peter and Charles decide to look at the French girl that Joseph has in his house. They pull down the screen and Joseph comes back just in time to see that Lady Teazle has been revealed to Sir Peter. They all stand in silence until Lady Teazle tells Sir Peter how touched she is by all the things he said while she was hiding. They vow to improve the marriage. The gossips of the town try to decide if it was Joseph or Charles who was having the affair with Lady Teazle. They all come together at Joseph's house and Sir Oliver reveals himself. He tells how he prefers Charles to Joseph and then Lady Sneerwell tries to say that Charles has gotten her pregnant. Fortunately, Snake reveals the truth about all the schemes and clears Charles' name. Charles and Maria are to be married and all is well. #Chetu#
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsStewart RomeRichard CooperKathleen VaughanA crooked prince uses a death ray to force down airships and steal their cargo.
- DirectorGeorge KingStarsLaurence OlivierDorothy BoydA. Bromley DavenportOne of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted", this currently lost movie is about a man who tries to burgle his safe the same night as a group of professionals plan to do the same.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCyril ButcherAileen DespardA short sketch featuring winners of the 'Film Weekly' acting scholarship.
- DirectorGeorge KingStarsStewart RomeMarjorie HumeWarwick Ward
- DirectorThomas BentleyStarsJames HarcourtViola LyelFrank PettingellHenry Hobson runs a successful boot-maker's shop in nineteenth-century Salford. A widower with a weakness for the pub opposite, he tries forcefully to run the lives of his three unruly daughters. When he decrees 'no marriages' to avoid the expensive matter of settlements, eldest daughter Maggie rebels and sets her sights on Will Mossop, Hobson's star boot-maker. Maggie and Will leave to start up in competition, and she then turns her mind to helping her sisters marry their chosen partners.
- DirectorHenry EdwardsStarsIsobel ElsomGarry MarshDerrick De MarneyA novelist living in a boarding house imagines a murder that involves his fellow boarders.
- DirectorHarcourt TemplemanOscar Friedrich WerndorffStarsDonald CalthropJane WelshEdward SinclairMathias, an Alsatian innkeeper, murders a rich Pole staying at his inn But Mathias' conscience will not let him rest, and the murdered man's spirit drives the innkeeper nearly mad. The victim's brother calls for an inquest and brings with him a sideshow mesmerist supposedly able to read minds. Mathias, as burgomaster, is called upon to conduct the inquest, but under the intuitive eye of the mesmerist cannot resist torment of his own conscience.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsGarry MarshHope DaveyArthur StrattonWhen Frances discovers her stepfather dead in the library, she pays Peter Craven to help her hide the body. When the body is discovered, Frances is suspected of murder but Craven decides to find the real killer.
- DirectorWidgey R. NewmanStarsHaddon MasonEric AdeneyWally PatchA crazed scientist attempts to transplant a young girl's brain into the body of an ape.
- DirectorHenry MacRaeRay TaylorStarsJack LloydWallace GeoffreyMuriel AngelusA detective matches wits with a group of thieves out to steal a priceless amulet.
- DirectorLeontine SaganZoltan KordaStarsMaurice BraddellJoan GardnerEmlyn WilliamsAllan Shepherd is 'sent down' after writing an indictment of his university. He marries his sweetheart Jane, but they separate when she becomes the breadwinner.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsJerry VernoRobert HolmesTracy HolmesA taxi driver becomes involved in a plot to kidnap Ruritanian child king Ludwig and, disguised as a countess, rescues the young king from the revolutionaries.
- DirectorLeslie S. HiscottStarsArthur WontnerJane WelshMiles ManderSherlock Holmes goes on the trail of a Rembrandt painting, stolen by a drug-addicted artist.
- DirectorVictor HanburyLadislao VajdaStarsMártha EggerthOwen NaresWendy BarrieRudi goes to Vienna to arrange a marriage and save his bank. He meets Steffi and they fall in love. His bride-to-be Lucy neither wants to marry him, as she loves a musician. The four team up. English version of Es war einmal ein Walzer.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsClaude HortonPhyllis LoringC.M. HallardWhen cabinet minister John Hoode is murdered at his country house, his secretary, Alan Deacon, is the prime suspect and is arrested. Reporter Anthony Gethryn determines to unmask the real murderer.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsHarold FrenchIsla BevanGarry MarshThe story of a smash and grab robbery is followed up by a reporter who tracks down the villains and helps to bring them to justice.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsTalbot O'FarrellRene RayJohn LongdenMops is a waitress. This is the (musical) story of a humble girl's rise to fame.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsHenry KendallBinnie BarnesCyril MaudeDivorce lawyer Everard Logan thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new client.
- DirectorGeorge KingStarsLaura La PlantePercy MarmontLady TreeIn order to keep fortune-hunters away from her, a wealthy heiress comes up with an imaginary "fiance".
- DirectorGeorge KingStarsGibb McLaughlinIda LupinoJohn Batten
- DirectorGeorge KingStarsMargot GrahameHarold FrenchClifford HeatherleyA film studio is awaiting the arrival of its new owner, and the executives mistake an old actor for him. Complications ensue.
- DirectorJack BuchananHerbert WilcoxStarsJack BuchananHartley PowerElsie RandolphNicholas Baumann is the manager of a Viennese toy-shop that is owned by a Mr. Brown of America. Mr. Brown comes to Vienna to inspect the toy-shop, and Nicholas invites him home to dinner, hoping that Brown will make him a partner in the business. The night of the dinner party, Nicholas' wife Clary becomes so upset with Nicholas' treatment of the family dog that she goes home to her mother. Nicholas explains the situation to his loyal secretary, Anne Weber, and convinces her to impersonate his wife for the evening. Mr. Brown immediately falls in love with Anne, though he can say nothing because he thinks she is Nicholas' wife. Clary comes home during the dinner and, realizing what is happening, pretends to be Anne. The group goes to a nightclub, where the wine gets the best of Mr. Brown. In the end, Nicholas reveals the truth, and gets both the partnership and his wife back. Anne, not to be left out, becomes Mrs. Brown.
- DirectorRalph InceStarsGeorge CarneyEve ListerRobert Cochran
- DirectorAdrian BrunelStarsValerie HobsonBruce LesterDavid HorneA picturesque village is threatened with redevelopment by a speculative builder, leading to widespread protest. In the end the builder agrees to settle the future of the village on the result of a cricket match.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsRobert RendelLucille LisleJames MasonA young businessman (James Mason) is being duped by business swindlers but his jailbird father is determined to save him.
- DirectorHerbert SmithStarsDavy BurnabyReginald PurdellBetty AstellRadio and variety stars on holiday help a village vicar stage concert.
- DirectorGeorge KingStarsEsmond KnightJohn StuartGreta Hansen
- DirectorMonty BanksStarsLaura La PlanteHenry KendallClaude HulbertAn American girl is fooled into thinking that she is the heiress to an English estate.
- DirectorDallas BowerStarsMaurice EvansValerie HobsonFelix Aylmer
- DirectorGeorge KingStarsIan HunterGarry MarshBinnie BarnesTwo down-on-their-luck tramps confess to the murder of a nobleman in order to protect the woman they both love.
- DirectorGeorge KingStarsChili BouchierBruce LesterVera Bogetti
- DirectorRalph InceStarsCarol GoodnerBarry CliftonReginald Purdell
- DirectorNorman McLarenAccording researchers, a five minute abstract film using live action, slow motion and shots showing the interplay of lights on colored paper; its accompanying gramophone record married so well that the film was perceived as a sound film. But the film no longer exists: its only version was worn out by repeated screenings at the Glasgow School of Art.
- DirectorBernard VorhausStarsTamara DesniLeon QuartermaineHugh BrookeIt is a psychological drama involving conflict between two brothers.
- DirectorGeorge PearsonStarsFrederick PeisleyVivien LeighAnthony HollesA young doctor realises that his father is a quack and changes places with a down-and-out.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsMax MillerJane CarrChili BouchierFarcical comedy. Max Miller, as Herbert Cronkite, is a Smithfield meat porter who made to think that he has drowned a man and so goes on as a tramp, eventually becoming a butler in a country house in Sussex. The few opening Smithfield and waterside scenes are made with an air of some reality and the butlering scenes give Max Miller opportunities for knockabout humour and a few digs at the huntin' and ridin' crowd - not very much is made of his fear of arrest. The situations include a bedroom scenes and a farcical hunt. As a whole the film is amusing although the humour is ponderous.
- DirectorMonty BanksStarsClaude HulbertGregory RatoffJane CarrA young poultry farmer is flattered and inveigled into financing a film production. He attempts to interfere in the direction, is swindled and left in the lurch but eventually manages to turn the tables on his former associates.
- DirectorRalph InceStarsSeymour HicksOlive BlakeneyEnid Stamp-TaylorA beautician meets and falls in love with a young man, and they soon marry. What she doesn't know, however, is that her new husband is actually a millionaire who is suffering from amnesia--and he already has a wife.
- DirectorRalph InceStarsErrol FlynnEve GrayPaul GraetzA professor comes up with a system to win at roulette, and goes to the famous casino at Monte Carlo to try it out. When he turns up murdered and his "system" missing, a reporter sets out to find the killer--and the system.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsEsmond KnightMargaret LockwoodHenry MollisonCurley Blake is a lift operator in a block of flats. He is in love with Emily, the cleaning girl. When Emily returns from a stay in hospital, Curley arranges to treat her to dinner in one of the flats. Unfortunately, the owner returns early.
- DirectorRalph InceStarsWylie WatsonAileen MarsonEllis Irving
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsBarry CliftonPatricia HilliardGoogie WithersBookseller David Gordon's new wife Marian has never met David's friend Bob but by telephone advises him on how to meet women by following the first attractive girl he sees. Unfortunately, the girl turns out to be Marian and Bob is arrested.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsCampbell GullanMarjorie CorbettGerald FieldingA bookmakers clerk, Grierson, finds himself in financial difficulties and forces his step-daughter to marry Nevern, a caddish song-writer, for his money. When she finds life unbearable with Nevern she decides to divorce him and marry Hardwicke, a newspaper reporter. Grierson schemes to murder Nevern in the hope that his step-daughter will inherit all his money and that she'll be generous towards him (not knowing he will be the murderer). After secretly building up what he thinks is alibi upon alibi, he commits what he believes to be the perfect crime, only for an incredible slip to prove his undoing.
- DirectorBernard MainwaringStarsLeonard HenryBetty FrankissGeorge MozartHenry, an unemployed London street entertainer, gets his big break when he is engaged to perform as the opening act of a cabaret in local pub. He proves a huge success and his popularity ensures his transition from pub entertainer to star performer.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsMax MillerNancy O'NeilClarice MayneA newly rich couple, under the impression that Cockney racing tout Evans is a championship-winning trainer (he isn't), ask him if he can train a racehorse they have just bought. It turns out that they don't know anything about horse racing, but think that having a championship racehorse will be their ticket into "society". Evans agrees, but since he doesn't have a stable, moves the horse into the quarters he shares with two lodgers. Surprisingly, the horse has an innate talent for racing and could well be a champion. Evans enters him in the big championship race, but the day before it is to take place, the horse is stolen.
- DirectorRalph InceStarsPatric KnowlesRoscoe AtesIsla BevanA criminologist, not wanting his son to follow in his footsteps, stages the theft of a valuable painting.
- DirectorPaul L. SteinStarsJean MuirGene GerrardHans Söhnker
- DirectorRalph InceStarsRalph IncePat FitzpatrickBasil GillWhen a convict discovers that his son is about to be kidnapped by his former gang members, he breaks out of jail to try to save him.
- DirectorRalph InceStarsClaude HulbertReginald PurdellJoyce KennedyThe adventures of a group of privates and officers while on a six-hour leave in Southampton.
- DirectorArthur B. WoodsStarsAthene SeylerMargaret LockwoodPatric KnowlesAn impoverished Irish Duchess tries to survive on her small income.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsPatric KnowlesNancy O'NeilHenry CaineA bankrupt publisher thinks all his troubles are over when he stumbles across a Brown Wallet containing 200 pounds. But he is implicated in the murder of his wealthy aunt ...
- DirectorMichael HankinsonStarsWilfrid Hyde-WhiteWally PatchKathleen KellyPhilo Vance comes to England to investigate the murder of a millionaire.
- DirectorRalph InceStarsHenry KendallNancy O'NeilJoyce Kennedy
- DirectorArthur B. WoodsStarsGene GerrardClaude HulbertReginald PurdellOn her honeymoon, a wife learns about her husband's shadowy past.
- DirectorSyd CourtenayStarsPeggy SimpsonIan FlemingMickey BrantfordSynopsis: Darby is a blind girl and Joan is her elder sister. The story revolves around Joan's passion for Yorke - an idle scamp - and her marriage to his uncle, the family benefactor. [This info is from an article published by the British Film Institute]
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsRoland YoungChili BouchierHugh WilliamsGypsy dancer Hassina falls in love with lion tamer Brazil and travels to London to find him. Brazil is supposedly working at the Crystal Palace, but he is not there when Hassina arrives. After fainting from lack of food, Hassina is taken into the home of wealthy middle-aged bachelor Alan Brooks, who falls in love with her.
- DirectorRalph InceStarsClaude HulbertHenry KendallBetty Lynne
- DirectorRalph InceStarsHugh WilliamsLesley BrookHenry Kendall
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsMax MillerBetty LynneBuddy BaerA British boxing promoter searches for a way to get his boxer to fight for the championship title in the US.
- DirectorRalph InceStarsNoel MadisonJames StephensonLesley Brook
- DirectorRalph InceStarsClaude HulbertLesley BrookHal Walters
- DirectorArthur B. WoodsStarsHugh WilliamsGlen AlynHenry Mollison
- DirectorArthur B. WoodsStarsGlenda FarrellClaude HulbertGlen AlynAmerican chorus-girl Mamie Wallace (Farrell) travels to Paris with a ramshackle touring musical revue. The company runs out of money, and it looks as though Mamie and her dancing colleagues are going to be stranded in Europe with no way home. Luckily, she meets a handsome, well-spoken Englishman Peter Millett (Hulbert), who falls in love with her and proposes marriage. Under the impression that he is a man of means, she readily accepts, imagining an entrée to English high society. The couple return to England, and Mamie discovers to her horror that not only is her new home a decrepit farmhouse out in the sticks, but that Peter is a widower and his three children also come as part of the package. Despite her disappointment, she shows her pluck and spirit by determining not to run away but to stay and make the best of things. However the local villagers are shocked by her city ways and appearance and make it difficult for her to fit in. An additional difficulty reveals itself in the person of local schoolteacher Dot Harris (Glyn Alyn), who has long had an eye on Peter for herself and is now consumed with jealousy and spite, going out of her way to cause trouble for Mamie at every opportunity. However Mamie's good nature and decency are gradually acknowledged, and she triumphs in the end.
- DirectorFranciszka ThemersonStefan ThemersonAnti-German propaganda short film made jointly by Poland and Britain during WWII.
- DirectorRoy BoultingStarsMarius GoringManning WhileyGeorge CarneyA short featurette about a murderer summoned by chance to sit on the jury and try the man accused of his crime.
- DirectorRichard MassinghamKarl UrbahnStarsRussell WatersCedra NevilleRichard MassinghamA simple postman dreams about how his life could be improved
- DirectorJ.B. HolmesStarsV.C. Clinton-BaddeleyWinifred Hindle
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsErnest SeftonJohn WarwickPaul Neville
- DirectorLen LyeStarsJohn Gielgud
- DirectorHayford HobbsStarsBunny DoyleVi KaleyLeonard Morris
- DirectorArthur B. WoodsStarsElizabeth AllanCyril RitchardEdmund BreonWhen a young girl is jailed for a murder she didn't commit, a doctor helps her escape to capture the real killer and clear her name.
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsFrank FoxPatricia MedinaHal WaltersA reporter on a transatlantic cruise finds himself accused of the theft of valuable stamps. Knowing that he didn't do it, he sets out to find the real thief, but isn't prepared for what he discovers.
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsMax MillerHal WaltersPolly WardAn impoverished racetrack tout discovers that a crooked trainer is about to throw a race involving a nobleman's horse.
- DirectorArthur B. WoodsStarsAino BergoKeith FalknerAthole Stewart