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Mistaken Orders (1925)
Character: Vince Barton
Vincent Barton, the son of the vice-president of a railroad company, takes a job as the depot agent at Bynes. He fires one of Tony Sharkey's henchmen, scheming against the railroad, and, as a result, a fight takes place and a switching order is overlooked which nearly results in a major wreck. Realizing the situation at Hynes, Helen Barton, Vincent's sister, dashes to Hynes in her roadster and puts together a severed telegraph wire to put the station back in communications with headquarters. Meanwhile, Helen's sweetheart, Tom Lawson, is fighting with Sharkey in a run-away engine and it is headed for an open bridge over a river.
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Albert's Savings (1940)
Character: Alfred Ramsbottom
A homily on the duty to save, in the guise of one of the "Albert" rhyming monologues, recited by Stanley Holloway.
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Blue Smoke (1935)
Character: Stiffy Williams
British sports film directed by Ralph Ince.
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Just Plain Folks (1925)
Character: N/A
Dan Webber, a sailor in the U.S. Navy who has been away from home for many years and presumed dead, returns to his farm to find that his family is about to be evicted. Dan's sweetheart arrives with a baby who, unknown to Dan, is actually the child of his younger brother and the sweetheart's sister.
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Where There's a Will (1936)
Character: Nick Harris
Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, which Hay confiscates so that he can read it later. Stubbins later takes a job from a group of Americans who claim they want him to track down some ancestors of theirs in Scotland. In reality however they want to use his office so they can rob a safe in the room immediately below his office. Stubbins takes the job (which is designed to keep him out of the office). In the end Stubbins realises his mistake and at a Christmas Eve fancy dress party he informs a group of carol singing policeman about the Americans nefarious activities
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Hoots Mon (1940)
Character: Chips
An English comedian is infuriated by a Scottish comedienne's impersonation of him
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Strike It Rich (1933)
Character: (uncredited)
Eddie Smart (George Gee) was born clumsy and is a laughing stock at work, the Sprouto Hair Tonic Company. One day a phrenologist reads his 'bumps' and pronounces him another Napoleon. Eddie becomes a changed man and issues orders to everyone. Meantime the boss believes Eddie to be the rightful owner of the company so let's him have his way. With the boss ill, Eddie invests heavily in the nutmeg market, almost bankrupting the company. By luck the research department discover that nutmeg is the secret ingredient for the new hair-restorer. The 1933 British Lion comedy feature film "Strike It Rich" starring George Gee and Gina Malo seems to be a 'lost' film on the 35mm cinema film format. However it was released (sadly savagely cut) on the UK Pathescope 9.5mm home movie film format in December 1938. One musical number was cut from the 9.5mm feature film release, but issued separately in a 9.5mm Pathe Vox Review. This print has this extra item edited back in.
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Old Spanish Customers (1932)
Character: Fuller's partner in comic dance
A henpecked husband is mistaken for a famous toreador while holidaying in Spain!
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Great Stuff (1933)
Character: Spud
A woman's parents became robbers in a desperate effort to prevent her marrying an unsuitable man.
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Educated Evans (1936)
Character: Nobby
Cockney racing tipster Evans (Miller) is asked by a nouveau riche and socially aspirant couple to train a racehorse they have bought.
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Thank Evans (1938)
Character: Nobby
An impoverished racetrack tout discovers that a crooked trainer is about to throw a race involving a nobleman's horse.
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Dora (1933)
Character: Newsagent
'An American visitor to England is frustrated by the restrictions placed upon him and his social life by the Defence of the Realm Act.' (National Film Archive Catalogue)
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That’s The Ticket (1940)
Character: Nosey
Two nightclub cloakroom attendants become entangled with an enemy spy ring in an adventure that takes them to Paris.
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Riding for Life (1925)
Character: Bud Williams
Hearing his brother the Express Clerk is in trouble, Bob Williams rides to the Express Office only to find the safe open, his brother and the money missing, and himself accused of the robbery. To clear himself he trails and finds the outlaws engaging them in a fight. But during the melee, the gang leader double-crosses his men and sneaks away with the money and Bob now has to catch him.
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Dangerous Traffic (1926)
Character: Harvey Leonard
A young newspaper reporter is assigned to investigate mysterious goings-on in a coastal resort town. He discovers the existence of a gang of vicious liquor hijackers. He sets out to expose the ring and help federal agents break it up.
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The Danger Zone (1925)
Character: Jimmy Duff
Reggie Collins wins a bet that he will capture a notorious crook and his gang.
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Pearls Bring Tears (1937)
Character: Herbert
About a businessman (H.F.Maltby) who borrows his wife's pearls to cover a business loan, only for the pearls to then go missing.
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Department Store (1935)
Character: Sam Sloper
The heir to a London department store must learn the business by working his way through various menial jobs incognito first. However, a crooked manager has arranged for a cracksman, just out of prison, to join the staff. Each is mistaken for the other.
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The Vulture (1937)
Character: Stiffy Mason
An amateur detective tracks down a gang of diamond thieves to Chinatown.
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The Viper (1938)
Character: Stiffy Mason
Crime comedy sequel to The Vulture (1937). Amateur sleuth, Cedric Gull, takes on another case.
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Double or Quits (1938)
Character: Alf
A reporter on a transatlantic cruise finds himself accused of the theft of valuable stamps. Knowing that he didn't do it, he sets out to find the real thief, but isn't prepared for what he discovers.
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Feather Your Nest (1937)
Character: Man Outside Furniture Shop
A worker at a gramphone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song.
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Co-operette (1938)
Character: N/A
Debroy Somers and his Band, comedian Hal Walters and the delightful dance troupe ‘The Six Co-Operettes’ all feature in this full-colour promotional film for the Co-Operative Wholesale Society. Watch with wonder as one sprightly young vegetable tears strips off the other in the bewildering but brilliant ‘carrot and onion dance’. Comedian Stanley Holloway was famous for his comic monologues but for reasons unknown, he never gets started here. The BFI’s copy of this extremely rare film cuts away just as it looks like he’s going begin his routine.
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The Good Old Days (1939)
Character: Titch
1840 - Max Miller and a troupe of artistes come to perform at a tavern, which is not licensed for such performances. A rival tavern informs the police and they have to pay a heavy fine. However, they find the money by rescuing a boy and getting the reward.
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Tonight's the Night - Pass It On (1931)
Character: Alf Hawkins
Slapstick comedy in which luckless slate club treasurer Bill Smithers is sent to prison for three years after being mistakenly accused of stealing funds.
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Beauty and the Barge (1937)
Character: George Porter
A young girl is engaged to a man she doesn't love, and rather than marry him she decides to flee the situation altogether. She is helped by a crusty old barge captain.
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A Girl Must Live (1939)
Character: Barman at Party
A run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility.
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They Came by Night (1940)
Character: Hopkins
A man is blackmailed into taking his brother's place in a gang for a jewellery heist.
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Verdict of the Sea (1932)
Character: Shorty
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...
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A Fire Has Been Arranged (1935)
Character: Hal
A pair of friends robs from a jewelry shop, and buries their loot in a field out in the country before they get caught. They spend ten years in prison, and when they're let out they go back to the burial ground, only to find out that it's no longer a bucolic pasture but the site of a large department store. Despite that setback, they're still determined to dig up their stash.
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Keep Fit (1937)
Character: Racing Tough
A weak, cowardly barber gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-bound rival until George challenges him to a boxing match.
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Crackerjack (1938)
Character: Smithy
London has become enthralled by the antics of the contemporary Robin Hood, but when a band of bad guys start framing him for their misdeeds, the hero has to catch the criminals and clear his name.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Character: Postman (uncredited)
While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.
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Q Planes (1939)
Character: Cornish Car Driver
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.
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Spies of the Air (1939)
Character: Kingswell
Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released in 1940, war had been declared.
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