The Charlatan

A jockey finds himself caught in a web of corruption. He is heavily pressured to "throw" The Derby, one of the most prestigious horse races in the world. The primary source of this pressure is the wife of a Member of Parliament, who is deeply involved in gambling and uses her influence to try and manipulate the outcome of the race for her own financial gain.

'Suburban beautician almost elopes with rich client's husband.' (British Film Catalogue)

JP Paul Machin poses as a fugitive along the Cornish coast to gain the trust of a local smuggling ring. As he integrates into their world, he works to identify the leader and bring the group to justice.

A man who thinks he killed a millionaire is cared for by a Cockney girl and becomes a composer.

A beautiful young girl, Lola, is a dancer at a private club for wealthy men in New York City. Some of the club members make a bet that Lola can't seduce a young doctor, Jennings. Her attempt fails, and in order to find out why she follows him around and discovers that he runs a clinic on the city's poor Lower East Side. She begins to see the young doctor in a new light, and sets out to help him build the emergency hospital he's always wanted.

A retelling of Cinderella in 1920s Britain.

A squire's novelist son poses as a nurse to save an heiress from her guardian's private asylum.

Merchants hire a foreign criminal to kidnap a scientist for the secret of manufacturing diamonds.

David Cardew, a talented sculptor, lives an idyllic life in the English countryside with his wife, Laura, and their two children. But his happiness spoils as he becomes increasingly fixated on the idea that Laura is having an affair with a young cellist, Anton Falk. The three attend a fête where David watches Anton and Laura during a ballet about brutal and violent revenge - and his obsession begins to take an even darker turn....

A jailed debtor refuses to marry an heiress until she loses her fortune and he gains another. A roughly 20-minute condensation of the original British production survives.

A man sells his wife and child to a sailor, remarries on becoming mayor, and learns his daughter is actually the sailor's.

An impoverished team of composer and songwriter try to secure financial backing for their new musical, with the assistance of a struggling actress working as a housemaid.

In the slums of Dublin during the Irish Civil War, the Boyle family’s fragile stability collapses after news of an unexpected inheritance lures them into a false sense of prosperity. Captain Boyle, a boastful idler, squanders their meager resources, while his wife Juno holds the household together. When the fortune proves illusory, the family faces ruin, betrayal, and tragedy.