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Maurice Elvey

Born November 11, 1887 · Stockton-on-Tees, England, UK

Died August 28, 1967 · aged 79

Maurice Elvey was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, the oldest son of William Clarence Folkard, an inspecting engineer, and Sarah Anna Seward Folkard (formerly Pearce). He never had a formal education, and was working on the streets of London by the age of nine after having run away from home. For a time he worked as a page boy in the Hyde Park Hotel, and a lucky encounter with a w…

Known For

Bleak House

Bleak House · 1920

'The story of Lady Dedlock's secret and the tragic consequences of its exposure.' (British Film Institute)

The Clairvoyant

The Clairvoyant · 1935

The Clairvoyant

MovieMysteryThriller

A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)

The Swindler

The Swindler · 1919

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

Second Fiddle

Second Fiddle · 1957

MovieRomanceComedy

Deborah and Charles, young executives at the thriving Pontifex Advertising Agency, are very much in love. Deborah is recognised by her employers as the most brilliant TV executive in the country, while Charles is regarded as 'thoroughly reliable'. But there is one hard-and-fast rule at the agency: the board of directors will not allow any married women on their staff; as soon as a girl marries, she must resign!

My Song for You

My Song for You · 1934

My Song for You

MovieRomanceComedy

In this opera-oriented musical, Riccardo Gatti, an Italian young tenor in Venice, meets a young woman who sneaks into the opera house to try and get her fiancé hired as the orchestra's pianist.

Innocent

Innocent · 1921

An orphan named Innocence leaves her county home after her foster-father dies. She travels to the city and makes a living as a novelist. Subsequently, she has an affair with a painter named Amadis de Jocelyn, who later dumps her.

The Sign of Four

The Sign of Four · 1923

The Sign of Four

MovieDramaMystery

The final feature in the Eille Norwood Holmes series.

The Lamp Still Burns

The Lamp Still Burns · 1943

The Lamp Still Burns

MovieDramaRomance

A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.

Filmography

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Bleak House

Bleak House · 1920

'The story of Lady Dedlock's secret and the tragic consequences of its exposure.' (British Film Institute)

Director

The Clairvoyant

The Clairvoyant · 1935

The Clairvoyant

MovieMysteryThriller

A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)

Director

The Swindler

The Swindler · 1919

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

Director

Second Fiddle

Second Fiddle · 1957

MovieRomanceComedy

Deborah and Charles, young executives at the thriving Pontifex Advertising Agency, are very much in love. Deborah is recognised by her employers as the most brilliant TV executive in the country, while Charles is regarded as 'thoroughly reliable'. But there is one hard-and-fast rule at the agency: the board of directors will not allow any married women on their staff; as soon as a girl marries, she must resign!

Director

My Song for You

My Song for You · 1934

My Song for You

MovieRomanceComedy

In this opera-oriented musical, Riccardo Gatti, an Italian young tenor in Venice, meets a young woman who sneaks into the opera house to try and get her fiancé hired as the orchestra's pianist.

Director

Innocent

Innocent · 1921

An orphan named Innocence leaves her county home after her foster-father dies. She travels to the city and makes a living as a novelist. Subsequently, she has an affair with a painter named Amadis de Jocelyn, who later dumps her.

Director

The Sign of Four

The Sign of Four · 1923

The Sign of Four

MovieDramaMystery

The final feature in the Eille Norwood Holmes series.

Director

The Lamp Still Burns

The Lamp Still Burns · 1943

The Lamp Still Burns

MovieDramaRomance

A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.

Director

Sally Bishop

Sally Bishop · 1923

A typist threatens to expose her lover when he prosecutes the divorce of a woman he means to marry.

Director

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale · 1915

Florence Nightingale

MovieDramaHistory

The film portrays the life of Florence Nightingale, particularly her innovations in nursing during the Crimean War (1854–56).

Director

Her Greatest Performance

Her Greatest Performance · 1916

Her Greatest Performance

Retired actress poses as dresser to scare murderer into confessing and clearing her son.

Producer

Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn

Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn · 1913

Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn

MovieDramaCrime

A wealthy landowner kills his pregnant mistress and buries her body, but his mother has a strange dream that just may bring his crime to light. Based on an actual murder that happened in 1828.

Director

Balaclava

Balaclava · 1928

A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as Private to take part in the Crimean War. He succeeds in capturing a top Russian spy which results in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade to take the Balaclava Heights.

Director

The Dying Detective

The Dying Detective · 1921

The Dying Detective

MovieCrimeDrama

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.

Director

A Scandal in Bohemia

A Scandal in Bohemia · 1921

A Scandal in Bohemia

MovieMysteryCrime

Holmes and Watson match wits with an opera star intent on blackmailing a king.

Director

The Gentle Sex

The Gentle Sex · 1943

MovieComedyDrama

During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling, driving lorries, and manning ack-ack batteries.

Co-Director

House of Blackmail

House of Blackmail · 1953

House of Blackmail

A blackmailer is murdered, and the police find that there is a long list of suspects who wanted to see him dead.

Director

The Life Story of David Lloyd George

The Life Story of David Lloyd George · 1918

The Life Story of David Lloyd George

MovieDramaHistory

A biopic of Britain's Great War Prime Minister.

Director

Sally in Our Alley

Sally in Our Alley · 1931

Sally in Our Alley

MovieRomanceComedy

A woman believes her boyfriend died in the First World War, but he is now looking for her

Director

Dry Rot

Dry Rot · 1956

Comedy about a trio of not particularly bright bookmakers who try to fix a horse race.

Director

Stars in Your Eyes

Stars in Your Eyes · 1956

Stars in Your Eyes

MovieComedyMusic

A group of feisty, talented young performers pool their resources and buy a dilapidated theatre to showcase their acts – but unscrupulous property developers also want the theatre and resort to dirty tricks to disrupt the first night's performance!

Director

The Suicide Club

The Suicide Club · 1914

The Suicide Club

A colonel saves a prince's life when he joins a club of men who draw lots to kill one another.

Director

Sons of the Sea

Sons of the Sea · 1939

Sons of the Sea

The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects that he himself may have been the intended target. He enlists the help of his own son Philip, a reluctant cadet at the college, to help him confirm his suspicions about planned enemy action... but meanwhile, there is a Secret Service agent staying at the college observatory, the foreign-born professor of astronomy is behaving strangely, and Naval Intelligence disclaim any knowledge of what is going on...

Director

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles · 1921

The Hound of the Baskervilles

MovieMysteryCrime

After the death in suspicious circumstances of Charles Baskerville, the last descendant of the lineage of the Baskervilles, Henry, returned to the old family mansion. The charismatic detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful assistant, Dr. Watson, investigating the case, and discover the existence of a supernatural hound that in addition murderer according to history, killed many years ago Hugo Baskerville, the first of the line, and it seems that the curse stalks his descendants.

Director