Now Barabbas

Now Barabbas 1949

6.50

A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.

1949

The Good Old Days

The Good Old Days 1939

1

1840 - Max Miller and a troupe of artistes come to perform at a tavern, which is not licensed for such performances. A rival tavern informs the police and they have to pay a heavy fine. However, they find the money by rescuing a boy and getting the reward.

1939

The Silver Spoon

The Silver Spoon 1934

1

“A homeless gentleman confesses to a Lord's murder to protect a woman they both love.” - BFI.

1934

Hail and Farewell

Hail and Farewell 1936

1

“A troopship bringing home a battalion from Bermuda docks at Southampton and the men are granted only 6 hours leave. The film shows how some of the men spend this precious time.” - BFI.

1936

The Compulsory Wife

The Compulsory Wife 1937

1

“Two young men and an attractive girl are invited to spend a week-end at a cottage of mutual friends. The hosts are delayed and so the guests remain unattended. A burglar breaks in and ensuing complications compel the girl to pose as a wife.” - BFI.

1937

The Man Who Made Diamonds

The Man Who Made Diamonds 1937

1

“Professor Calthrop, actuated only by scientific motives, and his assistant, out for his own gain, have invented a system for the manufacture of diamonds.” - BFI.

1937

His Brother’s Keeper

His Brother’s Keeper 1940

1

“A successful human target act of two brothers is sorely tried by the efforts of a gold digging blues singer to split them up.” - BFI.

1940

It’s Not Cricket

It’s Not Cricket 1937

1

“Light farcical comedy with humour of the Old School brand. A young French woman married to a selfish games-fan Englishman is the centre of the story.” - BFI.

1937

Double or Quits

Double or Quits 1938

1

A 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.

1938

Twelve Good Men

Twelve Good Men 1936

1

A convicted killer escapes and seeks revenge on the jurors who put him in prison. He kills two of them and the rest end up hiding in the large home of another juror, an actor. It is the actor who saves them from the murderous fugitive.

1936

The Girl in Possession

The Girl in Possession 1934

1

An American woman is fooled into thinking that she is the heiress to an estate in England.

1934

The Windmill

The Windmill 1937

1

The German adopted-daughter of a Belgian innkeeper is threatened with internment by him if she reveals to the British billetees that he is a spy. However, she is in love with one of them and helps them.

1937

Where's Charley?

Where's Charley? 1952

10.00

Musical version of the comedy, "Charley's Aunt," by Brandon Thomas. As part of a simple enough ruse, a Cambridge student poses as his aunt but his scheme goes wrong, first when someone falls for the aunt, and then when the real aunt turns up.

1952

Transatlantic Trouble

Transatlantic Trouble 1937

1

Max Miller plays a boxer's manager who fails to get fights for his simple-minded boxer. The manager sets up a scene in an American nightclub whereby his fighter gets the chance to knock down the reigning champion. The ruse fails to get the fighter a job but a female acquaintance of the champion takes a fancy to his opponent. The plot develops aboard a ship back to England.

1937

Fair Exchange

Fair Exchange 1936

1

“Criminologist stages the theft of a picture to thwart his son's ambitions to be a detective.” - BFI.

1936

The Office Wife

The Office Wife 1934

1

“The reconciliation of a divorced couple following the publisher husband's marriage to his secretary.” - BFI.

1934

You Live and Learn

You Live and Learn 1937

1

American 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.

1937

Side Street Angel

Side Street Angel 1937

1

“Comedy of a rich man who poses as a poor man and is taken by a convict into a hostel and given a job by the chief assistant.” - BFI.

1937

Dangerous Medicine

Dangerous Medicine 1938

1

After 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.

1938