Wonderful London: London's Contrasts

The estranged son of a newspaper owner returns to his father's good favour by unmasking a gang of criminals.

A Mormon weds a rich English girl, takes a second wife in Utah, and is killed by his first wife's lover.

A jilted rich man poses as a tramp and falls in love with an orphan.

Stephan Gregorovitch, the unwilling king of a bankrupt Ruritanian country, along with his hucksterish chancellor and musically-inclined bodyguard, travel incognito to London for some fun. An invitation to a party held by Duke Hugo seems just the ticket, but the presence of jewel thieves in the vicinity soon puts paid to any ideas of a relaxing evening!

On the eve of his own marriage, a man offers shelter to a runaway wife with whom he strikes up an unexpected bond.

A decadent tale of drugs and the London underworld the cosseted daughter of a respectable businessman - in fact head of a cocaine racket - succumbs to the pleasures of drink and drugs. Vivid nightlife scenes recreate the interwar world of flappers and hedonists; the dapper club owner and seedy street dealers.

An uncle poses as a usurer to learn which nephew deserves his fortune.

Impoverished aristocrat's daughter Tommy Tucker is in love with radio announcer Bill Coverdale, but he is engaged to her more glamorous sister Angela, who he does not love. Seeking escape from this hopeless situation, and her life of genteel poverty, Tommy flees abroad to Biarritz to become a nightclub singer.

The Cinderella story is reversed in this light-hearted adaptation, with Cinders a young man who eventually wins the 'princess' – in this case, an oil millionaire's daughter!

The real London locations which formed the settings for various Dickens novels are shown, sometimes with characters from the books such as Little Nell and Grandad, Fagin, the Artful Dodger and the author himself superimposed.

A window cleaner bumps into an old flame, and the pair turn detective in an attempt to foil a gang of burglars.

Silent adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic focusing on the character of Esmeralda rather than Quasimodo.

A British musical film directed by Lupino Lane

The owner of a professional help agency poses as a poet at a wealthy patron's ball and prevents a necklace from being stolen by thieves.

Love Lies is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Lupino Lane and starring Stanley Lupino, Dorothy Boyd and Jack Hobbs. It was made by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios. It was based on Stanley Lupino's own hit 1929 stage musical.

When 'Gentleman' Burton boards the Capri his aura of mystery makes the crew curious about his origins and makes him especially attractive to the Captain's daughter. But he little realises the danger that is to unfold when the Captain conceals diamonds on board as a favour...