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
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
6.3Mormons capture women for their wives in this silent anti-Mormon propaganda film featuring the original organ music.
Trapped by the Mormons
1922
7.0The 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
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
8.0A 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
An amoral young dancer falls in love with a band leader.
She Knew What She Wanted
1936
Film credits
Behind the camera
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
6.3Mormons capture women for their wives in this silent anti-Mormon propaganda film featuring the original organ music.
Trapped by the Mormons
1922
7.0The 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
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
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
8.0A 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
An amoral young dancer falls in love with a band leader.
She Knew What She Wanted
1936
7.0Love 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
A clerk on a bicycle tour saves a girl from eloping with a bully.
The Wheels of Chance
1922
7.0Silent adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic focusing on the character of Esmeralda rather than Quasimodo.
Esmeralda
1922
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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No synopsis available yet.
The Knave of Diamonds
1921
7.5A 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
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
8.0An uncle poses as a usurer to learn which nephew deserves his fortune.
The School for Scandal
1923
8.0Impoverished 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
NRA young Spanish woman marries a lowly Englishman, rather than the aristocrat her father had intended, much to his displeasure.
A Southern Maid
1934
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
No synopsis available yet.
Tense Moments from Opera
1922
7.5A 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
7.5A 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
5.3A 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
No synopsis available yet.
Crushing the Drug Traffic
1922
6.9The 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
8.0The 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
10.0A 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
8.0On 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 synopsis available yet.
One Week to Live
1921
A Jewess refuses to wed the man who saved her from suicide until he discovers his mother is Jewish.
Daniel Deronda
1921
7.0A 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
8.0Featuring 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
A war worker wins back her wounded husband with recollections of their honeymoon.
The Law Divine
1920
NRIn this episode of Wonderful London, comparisons are made between West End and East, old and new.
Wonderful London: London's Contrasts
1924
9.0Stephan 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
A man helps a gambler by posing as an escaped lunatic to rob his father.
The March Hare
1919
A man helps a gambler by posing as an escaped lunatic to rob his father.
The March Hare
1919
8.0London'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
8.0A 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
No synopsis available yet.
Martha
1922
5.0A 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

