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Threads (1932)
Character: Arthur
John Wynn returns to his family after serving time in prison for a crime they believed he didn't commit, or perhaps for an action they had largely moved past. His return creates a "thread" of tension that threatens to unravel the lives his wife, Amelia, and their children have built in his absence. The film focuses on the emotional and societal adjustments required to reintegrate a disgraced family member into a respectable British household.
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The Devil's Maze (1929)
Character: Robin Masters
While visiting her friend, Barbara Carlton, Frances Mildmay spends the day fox-hunting and ends up fogbound in the 'Devil's Maze' with Barbara's husband, James. When the pair lodge overnight at an inn, the innkeeper convinces James to seduce Frances. Unbeknownst to them, another family friend, Derek Riffington, is also staying at the inn and becomes aware of the liaison. But, by the time James discovers Frances is pregnant, Derek has gone missing in the Far East - leading James to suggest that, when the child is born, she should accuse Derek of having been the father.
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The Night Porter (1930)
Character: Percy Pink
George, the inebriate night porter at the Hotel Splendide, develops a series of increasingly outlandish suspicions about Billy and Percy, two guests who have arrived separately yet claim to be a married couple and demand to share a room together.
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Excess Baggage (1933)
Character: Clive Worthington
'Colonel thinks he has killed superior while hunting ghost.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Rising Generation (1928)
Character: Augustus
A major and his wife return from abroad and pose as servants to observe their adolescent children.
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The Old Man (1931)
Character: Dick Mayford
'Charlady helps unmask man who stabbed lady's blackmailer.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Brown Sugar (1931)
Character: Archie Wentworth
The young Lord Sloane marries a musical comedy actress, much to his parents' disappointment. The actress's brother-in-law gets into betting difficulties so she obtains money from her husband to help him.
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The Hellcat (1928)
Character: David Birkett
'Scientist adopts slum girl and she saves him from murderous lover.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Life's a Stage (1930)
Character: Ted Denham
A busker confesses to shooting a seducer to save his amnesiac film-star daughter.
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Alf's Carpet (1929)
Character: Jimmy Donaldson
Busmen find a magic carpet and save a girl's father from the caliph.
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Collision (1932)
Character: Jack Carruthers
Conniving con artist Mrs Oliver targets the family of Mrs Carruthers, seducing her husband and framing her son for the theft of a valuable necklace. With her family facing ruin and disgrace, Mrs Carruthers resorts to increasingly violent measures to protect them.
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The Callbox Mystery (1932)
Character: David Radnor
The Callbox Mystery (1932) is a British quota quickie crime film about a detective investigating murders linked to a mysterious callbox, likely involving suspects from a will, with a newspaper woman assisting and uncovering deeper secrets behind the apparent financial motives.
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The Silent House (1929)
Character: Captain Barty
A Mandarin hypnotises his partner's daughter to locate hidden bonds.
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Tell England (1931)
Character: Lt. Doon
In England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve in the same company on the battle-field.
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You Made Me Love You (1933)
Character: Jerry
A rich American businessman in London makes believe he's lost all his money so that his daughter will marry a composer.
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Sleepless Nights (1932)
Character: Gerald Ventnor
A journalist is sent to the South of France to interview a reclusive millionaire..He offers his hotel bedroom to the millionaires daughter to use to avoid her boyfriend,who is actually a crook, His boss arrives unexpectedly and as there is no other room available expects to share the hotel room with him, he explains the situation by saying he had just married the girl.Obviously lots of comedic situations arise because of this.
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