H.F. Maltby

When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.

At the height of the Roman Civil War, an aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra, whom he teaches how to rule Egypt.

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.

After the Local council he works for decides to replace its horse-drawn services with motor vehicles, one of the drivers spends his savings to buy the horse. Together they search the countryside looking for work, and meeting an assorted group of characters on the way.

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.

Adam 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.

A lawyer's love for a young girl causes him to defend the man he thinks to be her lover. During the trial the lawyer finds out that the man is his own son.

John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a foreign potentate, Prince Homouska, has just vanished from the safekeeping of the Stamford Assurance Company. Aided by his butler, his Cockney assistant and his (initially) unwilling wife, Forrest sets out on the trail of the thieves.

Lord and Lady Pilkington get tricked out of their money by a con man. They later run into the swindler in a hotel - which happens to be owned by their butler - and they devise a plan to scam the con man and get both revenge and their money back.

Two professors who hire a sailor to lead them on a treasure hunt, and they soon find themselves in a dangerous situation involving pirates. The sailor, Bill, initially struggles to remember the location of the ruins, but eventually discovers a lost city and civilization. The professors and sailor then find themselves fighting for their lives against pirates to escape the island alive.

Steven Sims is a diamond merchant who bullies his kindly hard-working clerk and disappoints his expectations when he takes into partnership an aristocratic ne'er-do-well.

An opera singer pretends to be poor in order to romantically win over a composer.

About a businessman (H.F.Maltby) who borrows his wife's pearls to cover a business loan, only for the pearls to then go missing.

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.

The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming son who wants to be king himself and is plotting to take advantage of the situation.

Musical romantic comedy about an orphan and the son of a Colonel and his snooty wife, who refuses to give them her blessing.

Two Americans in England--a wealthy playboy and an actress--join forces to stop international spies.

Calling the Tune offers a fascinating look at the fledgeling gramophone industry as it tries to solve the problems of reliable recording and production methods. 'I predict that the gramophone will be the democratic entertainment of the future' states unscrupulous record label boss Mr Gordon (Sam Livesey), who finally gets his comeuppance after one dirty trick too far against his rivals. If the film's love story is perfunctory, the real interest comes with watching performers of the day, from Henry Wood and his orchestra to George Robey and Charles 'the laughing policeman' Penrose laying down their recordings direct to record. And something very like a prototype laser disc makes a crucial appearance too.

A confirmed bachelor takes pity on a young woman and takes her to London.

A north-country chimney sweep standing for Parliament is opposed by a local bigwig. His campaign is imperiled when his artist son, Tony, falls in love with a girl who has reason to hope that the bigwig will be elected.

British comedy. It was released in the United States the following year under the alternative title Trouble Ahead.

Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, which Hay confiscates so that he can read it later. Stubbins later takes a job from a group of Americans who claim they want him to track down some ancestors of theirs in Scotland. In reality however they want to use his office so they can rob a safe in the room immediately below his office. Stubbins takes the job (which is designed to keep him out of the office). In the end Stubbins realises his mistake and at a Christmas Eve fancy dress party he informs a group of carol singing policeman about the Americans nefarious activities

The Duke of Bridgewater sends for the heir he's never seen. His heir is Patricia, and the Duke is a woman-hater, so Patricia disguises herself as a boy.

A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII.

Steven Sims is a diamond merchant who bullies his kindly hard-working clerk and disappoints his expectations when he takes into partnership an aristocratic ne'er-do-well.

Paddy, an Irish singer heads to America to seek fame and fortune. Once successful he returns home to search for his family. He joins The Royal Air Force.

Two teenage gang members are forced to be page boys at a hotel where a criminal gang are operating.

The film begins in a BBC studio with the 100th edition of "In Town Tonight". Flotsam and Jetsom open with a "topical number". Then there is an interview with a distinguished actor, which dissolves into a performance of one of his famous melodramas about a wicked moneylender etc.

A man inherits a nightclub that belonged to his brother but soon discovers that it is the headquarters for a dangerous criminal gang.

Two friends set about trying to run a restaurant and bringing a gang of black marketeers to justice during the Second World war.

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An aunt objects to the romance between her niece and a neighbour's nephew, and steps in to put an end to the love affair.

A woman prevents a popular stage performer getting arrested for drunk driving, though has to pretend to be a rich benefactor when she next meets him.

A man is accused of a series of murders that were actually committed by a crazed killer called "The Tiger." He must prove his innocence and catch the murderer.

An American reporter takes over an assignment on English farm life. Owing to a mistake in identity things turn out rough but Valerie's charm and personality overcome the obstacles.

An evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned.

A bus conductor and his driver manage to round up a gang of criminals.

Classic British comedy following an accident-prone army Private, played by music hall legend Frank Randle in his final screen role, as he attempts to rescue a Corporal (played by icon Diana Dors) from the attentions of a predatory Sergeant-Major.

On the eve of his own marriage, a man offers shelter to a runaway wife with whom he strikes up an unexpected bond.

Gert and Daisy accompany a crowd of Cockney children who are being evacuated to a stately home in the country.

A clerk's service as subaltern spoils him for menial work.

A married couple are mistaken for jewel thieves and forced to go to a party. The husband turns on the burglar alarm by mistake and the real thieves are captured.

A Yorkshire mill owner retires and leaves control to his nephew, who promptly gets married.

A comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers