Barbara Everest

Paula's aunt Alice Alquist, a famous entertainer, is murdered in her home. Paula, who lives with her aunt finds the body... (imdb)

A brother and sister move into an old seaside house they find abandoned for many years on the English coast. Their original enchantment with the house diminishes as they hear stories of the previous owners and meet their daughter (now a young woman) who now lives as a neighbor with her grandfather. Also heard are unexplained sounds during the night... (imdb)

Based on the true story of Madeleine Smith, a young Glasgow woman from a wealthy family, she stood trial in 1857 for the murder of her lover, Emile L'Angelier. Her trial was much publicized in the newspapers of the day and was labeled "the trial of the century." (imdb)

Based on a famous stage play and set in the year 1912, an upper crust English family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them ? (imdb)

This was the first sound remake of the Hitchcock silent classic inspired by the Jack the Ripper legend. Ivor Novello, who played the title role and headed the team writing the script, was in the original as well. (imdb)

Set on the Island of Ischia, concerns the difficulties encountered by a local priest who founded a home for illegitimate daughters of allied soldiers. (bfi)

A businessman's daughter runs away from an arranged marriage, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft. When she refuses to tell him who she really is, her accuser decides to take her home where he can keep an eye on her until 12 o'clock the next day, the time at which she has calculated that it will be safe to tell the truth! But when his fiancée arrives unexpectedly and then his 'guest' is mistaken for her, it all gets rather embarrassing... (imdb)

The tenants of an old boarding house are terrorized by an evil slumlord. One day a strange man arrives at the house and begins to help them with their problems. (imdb)

In London, jazz musician Joe Newman (Baker) receives a startling telephone call: the caller is his German father, believed to have been killed in action twenty years ago! At the same time, a funeral is taking place in a quiet Bavarian town; the coffin bears the name of Kurt Deutsch, Joe's father. When he goes to Bavaria to investigate, Joe is sure that certain facts are being withheld. But his search for the truth proves more disturbing than he could have imagined... (DVD cover)

The first television production of Pride and Prejudice (sandiejames.blogspot.co.uk)

A former jewel thief, now confined to a wheelchair and living under a false name, runs a boarding house for larcenous old women. An old criminal acquaintance moves into the house and attempts to blackmail her.

A somewhat unbalanced college student kidnaps the leader of a group of students that has been constantly mocking and harassing him, and plans to bury him alive in a trunk. (imdb)

Two thieves are released from prison; one of them has an umbrella with jewels hidden in its handle. (imdb)

A private detective, whose father is a Scotland Yard man, takes a case involving extortion and kidnapping. A young girl is kidnapped from a nursing home and he advises the girl's father not to pay the ransom. After several near-misses on his life, he learns that the doctor in charge of the nursing home has also been taken prisoner by the kidnappers.

Lucky Lyndon and his devoted secretary Ruth use their talent agency to find and help unknowns who need an opportunity. (imdb)

The film stars Edmund Gwenn, who plays a chemist, whose son Lawrence (played by Barry MacKay) is attacked on a train. He appears to have shot the man.

An ex-con searching for a hidden jewel is assumed, by various parties, to be investigating their indiscretions.

A gypsy loves a married farmer who is blinded blowing up a tree.

Carroll Levis brings newly discovered talent to the screen.

A stuffy doctor and his psychologist wife fall out about how to bring up their son, who has outraged his father by drawing a biologically realistic horse on the wall.