John Hamilton

'Woman shelters epileptic son when he kills prostitute.' (British Film Catalogue)

In Paris, a wild girl becomes possessed by the soul of her twin who died to save her life.

In the Kentucky hills, a schoolteacher becomes caught in a bitter feud between a widower, his crippled son, and a reclusive hermit. Accusations and jealousy drive her into hiding, leading to love and revenge. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, this 1926 romantic drama is now considered lost and remains one of the BFI’s most sought-after missing films.

A French girl meets her captured British lover whilst acting as a spy.

Jewel thieves kill a rich widow and frame a fake medium.

A rich man leaves his wife, poses as a coster, and saves a factory girl from a crook.

The Silver Lining is a 1927 British silent drama film. Widow Hurst has two sons who fall out over a girl. One son attempts to frame the other for the theft of some pearls but when his brother is imprisoned he eventually confesses his crime to his mother and guilt ridden arranges for a band of gypsies to shoot him.

Based on the play and subsequent operetta of the same name.