Writing

Frank Miller

Born — Died

1891-01-01 — 1950-01-01

Place of birth

London, England, UK

Known for

Writing

Credits

41 titles

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

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10.0

A lonely squire throws a New Year's party for villagers and discloses that he is a poor girl's uncle.

The Alley of Golden Hearts

1924

Trapped by the Mormons poster
6.3

Mormons capture women for their wives in this silent anti-Mormon propaganda film featuring the original organ music.

Trapped by the Mormons

1922

Leave It to Me poster
7.0

The owner of a professional help agency poses as a poet at a wealthy patron's ball and prevents a necklace from being stolen by thieves.

Leave It to Me

1933

Verdict of the Sea poster
7.0

When '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

Verdict of the Sea poster
7.0

When '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

Cocaine poster
8.0

A decadent tale of drugs and the London underworld the cosseted daughter of a respectable businessman - in fact head of a cocaine racket - succumbs to the pleasures of drink and drugs. Vivid nightlife scenes recreate the interwar world of flappers and hedonists; the dapper club owner and seedy street dealers.

Cocaine

1922

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10.0

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

She Knew What She Wanted

1936

Love Lies poster
7.0

Love Lies is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Lupino Lane and starring Stanley Lupino, Dorothy Boyd and Jack Hobbs. It was made by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios. It was based on Stanley Lupino's own hit 1929 stage musical.

Love Lies

1931

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7.0

A clerk on a bicycle tour saves a girl from eloping with a bully.

The Wheels of Chance

1922

Esmeralda poster
7.0

Silent adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic focusing on the character of Esmeralda rather than Quasimodo.

Esmeralda

1922

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NR

A man poses as a baron, reconciles a couple, sells a corn cure, adopts a child, and marries a spinster.

The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol

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9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Knave of Diamonds

1921

Letting in the Sunshine poster
7.5

A window cleaner bumps into an old flame, and the pair turn detective in an attempt to foil a gang of burglars.

Letting in the Sunshine

1933

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7.0

It is love at first sight between Juliet and Allan as they catch sight of each other on passing trains. Allan has his song-writing friend Bill to write a song of the incident and he has it broadcast. Juliet, through the hints provided in the song, responds and comes to Allan's home, where he is working on a safety-match invention.

Love at Second Sight

1934

The School for Scandal poster
8.0

An uncle poses as a usurer to learn which nephew deserves his fortune.

The School for Scandal

1923

Out of the Blue poster
8.0

Impoverished aristocrat's daughter Tommy Tucker is in love with radio announcer Bill Coverdale, but he is engaged to her more glamorous sister Angela, who he does not love. Seeking escape from this hopeless situation, and her life of genteel poverty, Tommy flees abroad to Biarritz to become a nightclub singer.

Out of the Blue

1931

A Southern Maid poster
NR

A young Spanish woman marries a lowly Englishman, rather than the aristocrat her father had intended, much to his displeasure.

A Southern Maid

1934

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10.0

A benefactor ejects a tramp who covets his wife and later adopts the child of the girl the tramp saved from suicide.

Straws in the Wind

1924

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7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tense Moments from Opera

1922

Let Me Explain, Dear poster
7.5

A husband flirts with a pretty girl after a taxi smash, but a delicate situation ensues when he has to explain the presence of her necklace in his pocket!

Let Me Explain, Dear

1933

Let Me Explain, Dear poster
7.5

A husband flirts with a pretty girl after a taxi smash, but a delicate situation ensues when he has to explain the presence of her necklace in his pocket!

Let Me Explain, Dear

1933

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

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9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Crushing the Drug Traffic

1922

Dandy Dick poster
6.9

The Very Reverend Richard Jedd has a problem: the church spire, now in a parlous state of repair, will cost nearly £1,000 to fix. When various money-raising schemes go awry, he is persuaded to waive his principles and bet what’s left of his savings on Dandy Dick, a 10-1 odds-on at the local races. A simple tonic to enhance the nag’s performance seems a good idea… but when the butler decides to intervene, the respectable clergyman finds himself in the middle of a doping scandal – and worse!

Dandy Dick

1935

Wonderful London: Dickens' London poster
8.0

The real London locations which formed the settings for various Dickens novels are shown, sometimes with characters from the books such as Little Nell and Grandad, Fagin, the Artful Dodger and the author himself superimposed.

Wonderful London: Dickens' London

1924

Married to a Mormon poster
10.0

A Mormon weds a rich English girl, takes a second wife in Utah, and is killed by his first wife's lover.

Married to a Mormon

1922

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

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

One Week to Live

1921

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7.0

A Jewess refuses to wed the man who saved her from suicide until he discovers his mother is Jewish.

Daniel Deronda

1921

London's Outer Ring poster
7.0

A cockney Coster exhorts his 'moke' (donkey) to take a trip to the outskirts of London to see the model home at Kennington Park, a windmill at Brixton, the Crystal Palace, Woolwich free ferry, Saint Augustine's Tower in hackney, Richmond, Strand-on-the-Green, White City with its old Olympic stadium, and the Old Kent Road.

London's Outer Ring

1924

Wonderful London: London Off the Track poster
8.0

Featuring views behind the usual facade of London's streets including the mews behind St. George's Hospital, Philios Terrace, Kinnerton Street, Dr Johnson's house and Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Essex Stairs, Bankside, Clerkenwell and Smithfield.

Wonderful London: London Off the Track

1924

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7.0

A war worker wins back her wounded husband with recollections of their honeymoon.

The Law Divine

1920

Wonderful London: London's Contrasts poster
NR

In this episode of Wonderful London, comparisons are made between West End and East, old and new.

Wonderful London: London's Contrasts

1924

Lucky Girl poster
9.0

Stephan Gregorovitch, the unwilling king of a bankrupt Ruritanian country, along with his hucksterish chancellor and musically-inclined bodyguard, travel incognito to London for some fun. An invitation to a party held by Duke Hugo seems just the ticket, but the presence of jewel thieves in the vicinity soon puts paid to any ideas of a relaxing evening!

Lucky Girl

1932

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9.0

A man helps a gambler by posing as an escaped lunatic to rob his father.

The March Hare

1919

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9.0

A man helps a gambler by posing as an escaped lunatic to rob his father.

The March Hare

1919

Wonderful London: Cosmopolitan London poster
8.0

London's cosmopolitan inhabitants are celebrated in this episode, featuring scenes of Italian, French and Greek shops in Soho and the Whitechapel Road.

Wonderful London: Cosmopolitan London

1924

Wonderful London: Flowers of London poster
8.0

A look at the Londoner's love of flowers, from domestic gardens and florist's shops to the great market at Covent Garden and the Piccadilly Circus flower girls.

Wonderful London: Flowers of London

1924

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8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Martha

1922

London's Free Shows poster
5.0

A round-up of free events in London, including street entertainers, a puppet show, pavement artists, road menders, a daring demonstration by the fire brigade, an abduction staged by a film company and a military parade.

London's Free Shows

1924