Directing

Thomas Bentley

Known for

Directing

Credits

41 titles

Known for

Spirits poster
3.5

A priest, trying to regain his standing in the church after "falling" and sleeping with a woman, teams with a group of ESP experts to investigate a haunted house. It doesn't help that one of the experts is a beautiful young woman.

Spirits

1990

No artwork available
10.0

A man loves a dancer who becomes a producer's mistress.

White Heat

1927

The Old Curiosity Shop poster
6.2

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.

The Old Curiosity Shop

1934

Those Were the Days poster
8.3

A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long all the characters are trying not to avoid each other... Mainly notable (a) because of its depiction of the music hall as seen by a generation which knew it intimately (b) because of its use of music hall acts of the time and (c) because it gave Will Hay his first film role.

Those Were the Days

1934

Silver Blaze poster
5.7

Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now he's got to find Professor Moriarty and the horse Silver Blaze before the great cup final horse race.

Silver Blaze

1937

No artwork available
8.0

A club man's country jaunt with friends leads to a breach of promise suit by a landlady.

The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick

1921

Film credits

Behind the camera

No artwork available
10.0

A man loves a dancer who becomes a producer's mistress.

White Heat

1927

The Old Curiosity Shop poster
6.2

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.

The Old Curiosity Shop

1934

Those Were the Days poster
8.3

A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long all the characters are trying not to avoid each other... Mainly notable (a) because of its depiction of the music hall as seen by a generation which knew it intimately (b) because of its use of music hall acts of the time and (c) because it gave Will Hay his first film role.

Those Were the Days

1934

Silver Blaze poster
5.7

Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now he's got to find Professor Moriarty and the horse Silver Blaze before the great cup final horse race.

Silver Blaze

1937

No artwork available
8.0

A club man's country jaunt with friends leads to a breach of promise suit by a landlady.

The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick

1921

David Copperfield poster
5.5

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.

David Copperfield

1913

Hawleys of High Street poster
9.0

A butcher and a draper stand for election to the local council.

Hawleys of High Street

1933

No artwork available
1.0

An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.

Oliver Twist

1912

Marigold poster
8.0

Marigold is a 1938 British drama film set in Scotland in the Victorian era. It was filmed in Edinburgh. It was based on a 1914 play of the same title by Lizzie Allen Harker and Francis R. Pryor.

Marigold

1938

No artwork available
10.0

An amoral young dancer falls in love with a band leader.

She Knew What She Wanted

1936

No artwork available
10.0

An amoral young dancer falls in love with a band leader.

She Knew What She Wanted

1936

No artwork available
9.0

A young couple struggle with their overbearing parents.

Compromising Daphne

1930

No artwork available
4.3

Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.

Old Mother Riley's Circus

1941

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Once Upon a Time

1918

Dead Man's Shoes poster
7.0

An amnesia victim is a well liked and respected member of his community--until one day someone from his past shows up with evidence that in "the old days" he had been a notorious criminal, and threatens to expose him unless he pays off.

Dead Man's Shoes

1940

Three Silent Men poster
5.8

An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of the inventors plot.

Three Silent Men

1940

Young Woodley poster
9.0

A schoolboy falls in love with his teacher's young wife.

Young Woodley

1930

No artwork available
7.0

A soldier serving in the trenches during the First World War falls asleep and travels through time, encountering a number of historical figures.

Old Bill Through the Ages

1924

No artwork available
NR

The son and daughter of a Duke fall in love with an actress and a Socialist MP

A Romance of Mayfair

1925

No artwork available
10.0

Charles and Barbara are a devoted couple who, in seven years' marriage, have never spent a night apart. When they come up to town for a family engagement, an urgent business appointment obliges Charles to let Barbara go on without him. Left alone and bored in the hotel, Charles agrees to accompany a man-about-town friend to a nightclub. He gets helplessly drunk among dubious company, and come the morning finds that a hangover is the least of his problems..!

Night Alone

1938

Cavalcade of Variety poster
NR

Peter Brough and Archie Andrews present a variety bill that includes Billy Cotton and his Band, Eve Becke, The Australian Air Aces, Bobbie 'Uke' Henshaw and Sam Barton.

Cavalcade of Variety

1940

The Love Nest poster
8.0

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

The Love Nest

1933

No artwork available
7.0

Through a series of unforeseen events, two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon, where they have been attending a 'bon voyage' reception. At first it seems that Captain Randall will be able to keep them concealed, but then the Admiral unexpectedly arrives on board and orders the ship to sea.

The Middle Watch

1940

The Scotland Yard Mystery poster
5.3

A doctor uses his unique medical knowledge to mastermind a lucrative life-insurance scam; in a rare film role, legendary thespian Gerald du Maurier stars as the Metropolitan Police Commissioner who sets out to uncover the secret of five empty coffins and catch the villainous swine responsible for such depravities.

The Scotland Yard Mystery

1934

Harmony Heaven poster
8.2

The tale of a young songwriter, the actress who helps him find success, and the vamp who sets her sights on him.

Harmony Heaven

1930

The Great Defender poster
4.6

Sir Douglas Rolls is a highly respected defence lawyer of many years experience. Now in rapidly failing health, he is advised to retreat from the courtroom and pursue more pleasurable activities. But it is just at this point in his life that his great lost love a woman his own strong sense of duty led him to give up twenty years ago, and whom he still loves deeply walks into his chambers to ask that he defend her adulterous husband, now to stand trial for murder. Reluctantly agreeing to take on the case, Sir Douglas soon finds there is more to the story than meets the eye.

The Great Defender

1934

Hobson's Choice poster
5.5

A coarse boot-shop owner becomes outraged when his eldest daughter decides to marry a meek cobbler.

Hobson's Choice

1931

No artwork available
7.0

A doctor inherits a fortune, his wife leaves him and he becomes a miser.

Beyond the Dreams of Avarice

1920

Me And My Pal poster
6.0

A soft-headed driver is recruited by a racketeer who thinks he's just the kind of mug he could put to good use...

Me And My Pal

1939

Music Hath Charms poster
9.0

This cheerful maze of melody, song, comedy and drama showcases the talents of Henry Hall and His Dance Band.

Music Hath Charms

1936

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Through Fire and Water

1923

Royal Cavalcade poster
8.0

Made in commemoration and celebration of the Jubilee of King George V, this is the story of the first twenty-five years of his reign, told through the many travels of a penny that was minted in the year of his accession: 1910. Through a series of individual stories, Royal Cavalcade covers a period of striking change in every area of life – from the suffragette movement to the trenches of World War One, the effects of the Depression to single events such as the first ever Royal Command Performance, featuring Anna Pavlova and George Robey.

Royal Cavalcade

1935

No artwork available
7.0

Lucky to Me is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Stanley Lupino, Phyllis Brooks and Barbara Blair. It was based on Lupino's own 1928 stage show So This is Love which he had co-written with Arthur Rigby. The film was made by ABPC at its Elstree Studios. It was the last film of Lupino who had made a string of successful musical comedies during the Thirties.

Lucky to Me

1939

No artwork available
7.0

A frugal coal miner turns into a spendthrift when he wins £20,000 on the football pools!

The Last Coupon

1932

Sleepless Nights poster
8.5

A journalist is sent to the South of France to interview a reclusive millionaire, and he offers his hotel bedroom to the millionaire's daughter to avoid her estranged boyfriend. 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 has just married the girl. Obviously, comedic situations ensue.

Sleepless Nights

1932

The American Prisoner poster
10.0

Devon, 1815. In the dying days of the Napoleonic Wars, a Danish-American lieutenant, Cecil Stark, is captured attempting to run supplies to the French. Imprisoned at Dartmoor, he and his fellow captives make a desperate escape attempt, in which Stark is shot. He is found by Grace Malherb, and the two fall in love while he convalesces on her family estate. But Grace's father is heavily indebted to the boorish Peter Norcot, whose price for forgiving the loan is Grace's hand in marriage....

The American Prisoner

1929

No artwork available
10.0

British silent comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley...

Love and Hate

1924

The Last Chance poster
6.5

Alan Burmister leaves Devon on a secret gun-running expedition immediately after his engagement to Mary Perrin is announced; he returns at Christmas to find himself accused of the murder of Ivor Connel, a moneylender. Mary's father had always hoped that his daughter would marry John Worrall, a rising barrister. Worrall is briefed for the defence, but when he loses the case and Alan is condemned to penal servitude for life, no one but the judge realises that he has not made use of the best piece of defence evidence...

The Last Chance

1937

No artwork available
NR

Family saga about several generations of shipbuilders. Believed to be a lost film.

Milestones

1916

The Silver Lining poster
10.0

The Silver Lining is a 1927 British silent drama film. Widow Hurst has two sons who fall out over a girl. One son attempts to frame the other for the theft of some pearls but when his brother is imprisoned he eventually confesses his crime to his mother and guilt ridden arranges for a band of gypsies to shoot him.

The Silver Lining

1928