The Guns of Loos

The Guns of Loos 1928

7.00

Set against the backdrop of the shell crisis of 1915 at home and the Battle of Loos on the Western Front, two soldiers, one the manager of Grimlaw’s munitions factory are tested in their rivalry for Diana, a red cross nurse (Madeleine Carroll in her first film role).

1928

The Blue Carbuncle

The Blue Carbuncle 1923

1

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

1923

A Case of Identity

A Case of Identity 1921

1

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

1921

The Dying Detective

The Dying Detective 1921

5.30

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.

1921

The Sins Ye Do

The Sins Ye Do 1924

1

A divorced knight nearly becomes the lover of his married daughter.

1924

The Solitary Cyclist

The Solitary Cyclist 1921

1

Holmes is approached by Miss Violet Smith with a most peculiar problem. She has recently accepted a position with Mr. Carruthers as a music teacher for his 10 year old daughter. On Saturdays, she returns to her home to he with her mother and returns to Chilton Grange Manor on Mondays. She cycles the several miles to the train station and recently she has noticed a man, also on a bicycle, following her. He is quite blatantly there, stopping when she stops and always keeping the same distance from her but making no attempt to to hide his presence. She is worried at least in part because she recently rejected the advances of a Mr. Woodley who became upset and violent at the rejection. As Holmes soon deduces, she has good reason to be fearful, though not necessarily from the cyclist.

1921

At the Villa Rose

At the Villa Rose 1920

1

Inspector Hanaud is asked to investigate a murder in which a young woman is accused of killing her wealthy employer in a Riviera mansion and then running away. She is innocent, but the villain is able to make her seem guilty. Hanaud uncovers the truth, that the murder was the result of a jewel robbery gone wrong.

1920

The Swindler

The Swindler 1919

5.00

A man takes the blame for a girl's crooked brother and weds her when her hand is amputated.

1919

Slaves of Destiny

Slaves of Destiny 1924

1

In Africa an Englishman is sold as a slave by a blind beggar who then weds a girl after he has killed her crooked husband.

1924

The Copper Beeches

The Copper Beeches 1921

1

There is a dark mystery in Hampshire, near Winchester. Why does this strange couple insist the governess cut her hair short? Why is she told funny stories? And who is in the tower?

1921

His Grace Gives Notice

His Grace Gives Notice 1924

1

A butler inherits a dukedom but stays in service to save a Lord's daughter from eloping with a married man.

1924

The Rocks of Valpre

The Rocks of Valpre 1919

1

A romantic melodrama about a young woman, Christine, who falls in love with a glamorous French soldier. Bertrand is involved in secret work with the French army but when he gets falsely accused of stealing army plans, she marries the sensible, rich and older Trevor Mordaunt.

1919

The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour 1922

1

A colonel's daughter marries a farmer in name only, but returns to him when her lover threatens suicide.

1922

The Norwood Builder

The Norwood Builder 1922

1

An earnest young solicitor comes to Holmes just before he is arrested--for murder. He insists he had only just met the victim, and knows nothing of him, though he finds himself his sole beneficiary. But then Holmes finds a new thumb print, and the game is afoot.

1922

The Resident Patient

The Resident Patient 1921

1

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

1921

The Three Students

The Three Students 1923

1

Hilton Soames, a lecturer in Greek at a university, notices that someone has gone into his study and looked at the text for an unseen translation exam that is due to take place the next day. Suspicion falls on the three students who live in the same building in which Soames lives and works, all of whom are entered for the exam.

1923

The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers 1921

1

When a British army officer, Harry Faversham, resigns his commission on the eve of his regiment's departure for service in the Sudan he is sent four white feathers of cowardice by his comrades and fiancee. In an attempt to redeem himself, Faversham travels out to the Sudan where he saves the lives of his former comrades.

1921