Acting
Fred Rains
Acting credits
A girl is accused when her father kills a blackmailer to save his son.
The Conspirators
1924
In the early seventeenth century William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and Michael Drayton meet in a Southwark tavern and begin discussing the other customers who remind them of characters from Shakespeare's plays.
The Immortal Gentleman
1935
A musical film directed by Geoffrey Benstead
Stepping Stones
1931
7.0Retired actress poses as dresser to scare murderer into confessing and clearing her son.
Her Greatest Performance
1916
The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.
Chick
1936
A manager's mistress cons a financier into buying a dud oil claim.
The Money Habit
1924
10.0Lieutenant Commander John Byrne of the Naval Secret Service and his partner Pvt. Bill Riggers chase criminal Dr. Sin Fang, who is desperate to find a lost sacred seal. (The fifth and only surviving episode of a six-part serial about an evil mastermind inspired on Sax Rohmer's Dr. Fu Manchu.)
The Adventure of the Torture Cage
1928
'France, 1918. Armistice saves girl and pilot from death, but not Canadian agent.' (British Film Catalogue)
Victory
1928
7.5Young heiress Margaret Yeoland is found unconscious on the Devonshire moors by a disillusioned author, Denis Marlowe. She tells him she has run away from her family, but is reluctant to reveal the full story. Intent on concealing her identity from her pursuers, Denis coerces her into marrying him. But when the body of Margaret's missing father is discovered, it leads Denis to suspect his wife of murder.
Mist in the Valley
1923
No synopsis available yet.
A Rogue in Love
1922
7.0When '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...
Verdict of the Sea
1932
'Old gent fools flirt by posing as automatic doll.' (British Film Catalogue)
Bamboozled
1919
A shepherdess becomes an opera star. A shepherd becomes a sculptor.
A Welsh Singer
1916
8.0A prince in disguise saves a runaway princess from becoming a forger's dupe.
The Runaway Princess
1929
10.0During the English Civil War, Lord Forrest attempts to sign up with the Royalist army, but is mistaken for a Roundhead and forced to join their number instead.
A Royal Demand
1933
6.9An actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a serviceman's home.
Nell Gwyn
1926
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
Black Peter
1922
In Canada a man investigates his brother's death and saves a suspected girl from kidnap.
Little Brother of God
1922
In India, a princess disguises herself as a commoner to escape an arranged marriage.
The Indian Love Lyrics
1923
No synopsis available yet.
The Battalion Shot
1912
In Algiers, brigands throw the lieutenant over a cliff and sailors save him from a flooding cave.
Lieutenant Daring and the Ship's Mascot
1912
A barrister abandons his mistress for a socialite but returns in time to save her from suicide.
Sally Bishop
1916
No synopsis available yet.
The Audacious Mr. Squire
1923
'Tramp dons Egyptian gloves which cause objects to disappear.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Gloves of Ptames
1914
Behind the camera
'Old gent fools flirt by posing as automatic doll.' (British Film Catalogue)
Bamboozled
1919
7.0Short comedy set in a haunted hotel. Filmed using "Kinekature" which provides lens distortion.
The Haunted Hotel
1918
Directed by Fred Rains
The Blunders of Mr. Butterbun: Trips and Tribunals
1918
No synopsis available yet.
Love Conquers Crime
1915