A Woman's Vengeance(1948)
A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.
A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.
A war widow falls in love with the man who informed her of her husband's death.
An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.
The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff becomes companion and soulmate to Hindley's sister, Catherine. After her parents die, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up wild and free on the moors and despite the continued enmity between Hindley and Heathcliff they're happy -- until Cathy meets Edgar Linton, the son of a wealthy neighbor.
Tony and his dance partner/wife Gaby headline a Paris musical. Tony becomes the unwilling target for the attentions of performer Yvette. She is later murdered with the dagger used by Tony and his wife in their act, and Gaby is accused of the crime.
The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.
Koenigsmark is a 1935 British-French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elissa Landi, John Lodge and Pierre Fresnay. The film is based on the novel Koenigsmark by Pierre Benoît. It's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. The film was known in the United States as Crimson Dynasty.
Composer Franz Schubert--broke, struggling and unhappy--gets a break when a wealthy friend wangles him an invitation to a command performance in front of a princess of the royal family. Schubert performs a version of his new work, "Symphony in B Minor", for the princess, but a misunderstanding results in Schubert storming out of the concert in a rage. Complications ensue.
The adventures of the eighteenth century highwayman Dick Turpin and his legendary ride to York.
'Insurance agent poses as royal double and saves him from anarchists.' (British Film Catalogue)
'Charlady helps unmask man who stabbed lady's blackmailer.' (British Film Catalogue)
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When a 'man about town' takes a young lady back to his house they are both surprised to find that it has been turned into an illegal casino in his absence.
Following a promise she made to her father on his deathbed, Laura Fairlie go to Scotland with Sir Percival Glyde to his mysterious mansion to be married. Once there, many strange and disturbing things happen. She meets a girl who has been a victim of Sir Percival's scheming in order to get her fortune.
An exiled Prince living in Paris, begins a dalliance with an opera singer before returning to his wife.
A highwayman rides to York to stop a lady marrying a usurper.
An Earl's cousin survives drowning and saves a lady from the Great Fire of London.
Sherlock Holmes (Eille Norwood) knows that a man has killed a former partner but he can't prove it unless he finds a dying detective who knows what really happened. Norwood would play Holmes in over thirty films and he's quite good in the role bring an intelligent looking character.
A man takes the blame for a girl's crooked brother and weds her when her hand is amputated.
An aged ambassador's wife loves an admiral but is rejected by society after his death.