Writing
George Dewhurst
Born 1889-01-01 · Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
Acting credits
British romantic drama film starring Ronald Colman as a young man who leaves behind his family and girl in a Cornish fishing village to seek his fortune in London. Two of five reels survive.
The Toilers
1919
8.0'Devon. Farming brothers give home to orphan shepherdess evicted for suspected immorality.' (British Film Catalogue)
Tansy
1921
5.8HELEN OF FOUR GATES was made in Hebden Bridge in 1920 by silent film pioneer Cecil M. Hepworth, based on a popular novel of the same name. Reportedly highly successful when it first opened, the film would later fall into obscurity, with all copies believed to be destroyed. In 2007, a print was discovered in a vault in Canada.
Helen of Four Gates
1920
The story of a small valley community that is narrow minded and those who wish to leave it on the train that regularly hurries from the narrow valley.
The Narrow Valley
1921
8.0A comedy film directed by Lupino Lane.
Never Trouble Trouble
1931
A comedy of mistaken identities aboard a cruise ship, in which several people are thrown together by the matrimonial magazine Get Together: Dick Holmes, a reporter looking for a story good enough to save his job; Betty Foster, hoping to investigate the man interested in marrying her aunt Emily; and Horace Godwin, the magazine's editor, who is trying to avoid becoming engaged to Penelope Hackworth-Pratt.
Love at Sea
1936
10.0Police battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.
The Crimson Circle
1922
A lawyer, who has been accused of being dishonest, works with the police to expose two share pushers who have employed him, saving the investors from ruin.
Men Without Honour
1939
Behind the camera
No synopsis available yet.
Sweeney Todd
1926
6.0An IRA man races to Dublin to warn his colleagues of a forthcoming raid, but he is captured by British forces.
Irish Destiny
1926
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
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
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
Here is the story of two friends who instead of going all the way up to London from their respective coastal towns decided to spend a day shopping at Kennards.
Pleasure in Store
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A usurper tries to force his niece's suitor to lose a horse race.
A Dead Certainty
1920
8.0A comedy film directed by Lupino Lane.
Never Trouble Trouble
1931
A British adventure film directed by George King
Adventure Ltd.
1935
NRA family butler tries to find the missing heir to a title.
King of the Castle
1936
'Poor woman poses as rich twin to fool mean landlady.' (British Film Catalogue)
A Sister to Assist 'Er
1927
'Poor woman poses as rich twin to fool mean landlady.' (British Film Catalogue)
A Sister to Assist 'Er
1927
7.0A poor woman poses as her rich twin to fool a mean landlady.
A Sister to Assist 'Er
1930
7.0A poor woman poses as her rich twin to fool a mean landlady.
A Sister to Assist 'Er
1930
No synopsis available yet.
Dollars in Surrey
1921
No synopsis available yet.
Dollars in Surrey
1921
7.0A major and his wife return from abroad and pose as servants to observe their adolescent children.
The Rising Generation
1928