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Star Impersonations (1930)
Character: Lew Ayres
'Advertisement for Film Weekly, in which British actors impersonate Hollywood stars in scenes from recent films; the audience is invited to compete for a prize of £100 for naming the best impersonation.' (BFI)
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Darby and Joan (1937)
Character: Yorke Ferris
Darby is a blind girl and Joan is her elder sister. The story revolves around Joan's passion for Yorke - an idle scamp - and her marriage to his uncle, the family benefactor.
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Where There's a Will (1936)
Character: Jimmy Burbank
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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The Game of Life (1922)
Character: Nipper
Silent historical film depicts the significant events of Queen Victoria's reign through the experiences of three young girls.
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Silken Threads (1928)
Character: Tinker
Fourth release in the 'Sexton Blake' series of short crime dramas.
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Sacrifice (1929)
Character: Robin
'Lady persuades her son to divorce his actress wife by implying their baby is illegitimate.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Carry On! (1927)
Character: Mick (child)
'Admiral's son loves girl who becomes spy, and dies foiling her schemes.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Rolling Road (1927)
Character: Nipper
A marooned sailor and his stowaway sister-in-law are rescued by her husband.
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Second to None (1927)
Character: Bill, as child
A commander's adopted son is serving in the Royal Navy. When the son discovers his sweetheart has married a spy his personal turmoil and the need to settle this domestic crisis drives him to go AWOL placing immense strain on his family and his military standing.
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Me and Marlborough (1935)
Character: Ensign Coke
A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
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The Triumph of the Rat (1926)
Character: Young Boy
Pierre Boucheron, alias 'The Rat' and a former underworld notoriety, is now living the high life as the kept man of Zelie de Chaumet. But when she learns he is planning to marry another woman, her vengeance pursues him into the murkiest depths of Paris...
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Not For Sale (1924)
Character: John Armstrong
An Earl's disowned son becomes a chauffeur, loves a landlady, and is jailed for theft.
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Tesha (1928)
Character: Young Simpson
The luminous Maria Corda stars as the eponymous Tesha, a celebrated Russian dancer who marries an Englishman (Thomas). The couple long for a child but after five years of happy marriage, remain childless. On a trip to Southampton Tesha succumbs to a brief fling with a stranger (Cavanagh), unleashing a barrage of unforeseen consequences and emotional turmoil. The superb cinematography is by the great German cinematographer Werner Brandes who worked on dozens of prestige British productions in the 1920s. Originally shot silent, sound was added in 1929.
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Suspense (1930)
Character: Pvt. Pettigrew
During the First World War a British unit take up a new position in a trench unaware that the Germans are laying a mine underneath it.
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Dawn (1928)
Character: Jacques Rappard
A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.
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Twice Branded (1936)
Character: Dennis Hill
A young business man (James Mason) is being duped by business swindlers but his gaol bird father is determined to save him.
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The Phantom Light (1935)
Character: Bob Peters
A series of mysterious deaths in a Welsh lighthouse lead locals to believe it is haunted. But the new keeper is sceptical.
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Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk (1935)
Character: Jack Cohen (as Micky Brantford)
Old Mr. Cohen (Paul Graetz) simply walks away from his London department store, leaving his sons to run it.
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Mare Nostrum (1926)
Character: Ferragut's Son - Esteban (as Michael Brantford)
The story of a female German spy who willingly sacrifices her life for her country.
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The Last Journey (1935)
Character: Tom
Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his suspicions of the relationship between his wife and his fireman. Aboard the train are a pair of pickpockets, a honeymoon couple, a drunk, a temperance pamphleteer and a host of familiar types, all more-or-less bizarre in characteristically English ways. Bob takes an unexpected course of action, and the characters start interacting in varied and unexpected ways. When, at last, the train stops, all has been resolved, but not as might have been expected at the beginning of the journey.
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My Old Dutch (1934)
Character: Jim
Moving family drama of the life of a working-class Hackney couple over 40 years, inspired by the famous music hall song This moving family drama - with time for some laughs - portrays the life and hardships of a working class Hackney couple over a span of 40 years. Our intrepid couple (wonderfully played by Betty Balfour and Michael Hogan) have to face everything life throws at them with fortitude, from the Great War (a son in the RAF and zeppelin raids) to a raging oil fire during the Great Strike. The inimitable Gordon Harker provides sterling support. The film the couple watch at the cinema is the 1915 version of My Old Dutch, starring Albert Chevalier (writer of the original music hall song) and Florence Turner. As the complete silent film is now believed to be lost, this 1934 version contains the only surviving footage.
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