
Acting
A. Bromley Davenport
Born 1867-10-29
Acting credits
6.1In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom along the coast. As she becomes entangled in their crimes, Mary must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the terror that haunts the moors.
Jamaica Inn
1939
8.0A horse trainer's daughter agrees to wed a broke banker if her foal wins a race.
Boy Woodburn
1922
5.6Adam McAdam is an old, dour sheepherder whose life is devoted to his faithful dog, the whiskey bottle and his daughter, Jeannie. And a conflict that arises when the other sheep-men of the district try every means within their power to have his dog, accused of being a sheep-killer, destroyed.
Owd Bob
1938
No synopsis available yet.
Running Water
1922
8.0Pamela (Duke) and Herbert Arnott (Royce) have been happily married for five years and have had two children. On the day of their wedding anniversary, Pamela receives a letter from another woman signed Lucy Arnott which states that she is the legal wife of Herbert.
The Bigamist
1921
7.018th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934
A woman meets a conceited young novelist aboard a yacht, and decides to teach him a lesson he won't forget.
Captivation
1931
6.5A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.
The Way Ahead
1944
4.3A gypsy loves a married farmer who is blinded blowing up a tree.
Fox Farm
1922
A knight hires a tramp to pose as his lost son and wed his niece, who loves a younger man.
The Great Gay Road
1920
8.0A typist threatens to expose her lover when he prosecutes the divorce of a woman he means to marry.
Sally Bishop
1923
Farce centered on a married man, Barrington (Guy Newall), who pretends to be single while his wife, Mrs. Barrington (Irene Rich), is traveling in America. Complications arise when a guest at a hydrotherapy clinic is bitten by a parrot and, in a fit of pique, encourages the bird to bite every other male guest at the facility.
What the Butler Saw
1924
6.2In 1783 England, King George III appoints William Pitt only 24 years old, as PM. When members of Parliament refuse to take Pitt seriously, he calls for a general election and wins. Pitt works to reform England, focusing on rebuilding the navy while across the sea in France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his conquest of Europe.
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
'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)
Dora
1933
A Duke's daughter loves an author and follows him to France, discovering her father withheld letters.
The Persistent Lovers
1922
8.0The owner of a small Italian restaurant in central London is left a million pound inheritance, the only stipulation to the will being that he cannot speak or write anything for a period of one month.
So You Won't Talk
1935
After returning home to Britain from Nigeria where he has been working, an engineer becomes embroiled in a family melodrama.
The Blue Peter
1928
A killer distracts his victims with a hideous face
The Face at the Window
1932
A Cornish man working in a silver mine on a French island is framed for killing a girl's father and brother.
A Maid of the Silver Sea
1922
8.0A British comedy film directed by Norman Walker
Mr. Bill the Conqueror
1932
7.0Gracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, becomes romantically involved with a King(John Loder).
Love, Life and Laughter
1934
No synopsis available yet.
The Impatient Patient
1925
10.0Devon, 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
9.0'MP forces daughter to marry titled drug addict who dies when her lover tries to cure him.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Fake
1927