James Harg and his father work in a steelmaking plant which is incompetently run, with scant attention being paid to worker safety. In his own time, Harg works on ideas for a revolutionary new manufacturing process for hard steel. When his father is badly injured in a workplace accident resulting from employer negligence, Harg uses some of the compensation payment to develop his invention to a stage where it can be tested in practice. It is a huge success and Harg patents his process. He rises to a position on the board of the company, before staging a coup to oust his former employer and take over the business himself.
A novelist living in a boarding house imagines a murder that involves his fellow boarders.
A British crime film directed by G.B. Samuelson.
An ex army officer is forced to resort to a life of crime.
A bank manager who has successfully bought into a lucrative gold mine manages to foil the plot of some confidence tricksters who plan to swindle him out of his investment.
A Scottish woman tries to take her brother-in-law's wild living children in hand.
A crime film directed by Leslie Howard Gordon...
A romance occurs between an impoverished tourist and a surprisingly wealthy Germany waitress.
A British crime thriller film directed by William C. McGann
A musical film directed by Fred Paul
A crime film directed by Herbert Wynne
A married couple accidentally become mixed up with a bank robber.
A comedy film directed by George King.
A romantic comedy directed by Charles Saunders. A publisher's daughter mistakes a poor author for a rich novelist.
A British adventure film directed by George King
A British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
Taxi driver Jim befriends Ruritanian child King Ludwig while the latter is on a visit to London. A plot is afoot by sinister forces to kidnap Ludwig, and Jim becomes caught up in the drama. After the child is abducted Jim uses all his ingenuity, including cross-dressing as a Countess and becoming involved in a car chase, to rescue him from his captors.
When a small English town is dragged out into space by the force of a 'dead star' passing Earth, the populace try to organise a local government based on equal rights for all, but conflicts arise between the local aristocracy and the villagers.
With a title like Jack's the Boy, is it any surprise that the star of this breezy quota quickie is British music-hall favorite Jack Hulbert? The star plays the son of a celebrated Scotland Yard detective, who joins the force in hopes of following his father's footsteps. Unfortunately, Jack is something of a screw-up, and before long he has become the laughing stock of the force.