H. Manning Haynes

A couple rent a luxury flat and try to pass it off as their own in order to impress a wealthy relative.

'Charlady helps unmask man who stabbed lady's blackmailer.' (British Film Catalogue)

'Farmer loves singer whom his half-brother marries and abandons with baby.' (British Film Catalogue)

The Boatswain’s Mate, which appeared in WW Jacobs’ 1905 short story collection ‘Captains All’, tells of an ex-boatswain (Johnny Butt) who is eager to win the hand of the local pub landlady. He bribes an ex-soldier to stage a house-breaking, so that he can win her in a heroic last-minute rescue. The plan begins to unravel when the ‘burglar’ (Victor McLaglen) and his victim (Florence Turner) are instantly smitten. It’s the feisty shotgun-wielding landlady, who triumphantly puts the boatswain in his place. BFI

Financier Sir Charles Hendra, on the brink of ruin, contemplates ending his own life. After pondering the difficult decision, Charles decides to invite twelve similarly desperate individuals to dinner so they can all discuss their problems. Will his generosity change the course of their lives?

A doctor agonises over whether to tell his son that the woman he is marrying is pregnant by another man, although this would mean breaking the hypocratic oath.

A schoolmistress sets rival lovers to find her father who is hiding in belief that he is a murderer.

'An author marries an already-married prostitute because she resembles his dead fiancée.' (British Film Institute)