Syd Crossley

A church vicar tries to come up with 1,000 pounds to fix the church's crooked steeple. After a variety of schemes fails to raise the required amount of money, he decides to bet what little savings he has on Dandy Dick, a nag running at the local racetrack who's a 10-to-1 shot. (imdb)

Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. (imdb)

A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long all the characters are trying not to avoid each other... (imdb)

A man finds out that his wife wishes he would act more like his twin brother, so he decides to impersonate his twin in an attempt to determine his wife's fidelity. (imdb)

Molly Kelly wants to marry a millionaire. When she runs into Andy Charles, heir to a restaurant fortune, she jumps at the chance and marries him. Andy's father if furious and disinherits them. Andy tries his hand at ditch digging to support his wife, but that doesn't work out. (imdb)

Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging- house. She turns him into an exploited man-of-all-work about the house, but after a lady guest persuades him that he resembles Napoleon he becomes convinced that he is a born leader and mounts a takeover bid to reverse their roles. (imdb)

In 'The Circus Kid', Darro gives an excellent performance as Buddy, an orphan who runs away from a a harsh orphanage to join Cadwallader's Circus. (imdb)

In this musical comedy, the trouble begins when a carefree playboy steals the virtue of a young French maiden and is forced to marry her when her angry father, a financier finds out. The playboy is flat broke, but does the honorable thing. The newlyweds then board a ship and sail off to the States.

A useless secretary and his private detective friend try to help an heiress from being swindled by her guardian.

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 rich American businessman in London makes believe he's lost all his money so that his daughter will marry a composer. (imdb)

A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all. (imdb)

Two business partners are having woman trouble. One wants to marry his secretary and the other is set to marry a wealthy aristocrat. When the partner who wants to marry his secretary lets her go before he proposes to her, the woman confused woman tries to commit suicide by jumping into a river. Complications ensue. (imdb)

Just arriving in his rich aunt cottage for holidays, Bunny is entranced to find out that the beautiful sweet girl who saw in a crossing train is Mary, the neighbor's niece. But the two aunts simply don't stand each other, so the couple will have to fight for their love and even elope. In the meantime we'll be amused by some musical numbers, including a fan dance in the Busby Berkeley style. (imdb)

Harry Roy/Wade and his band finally find their way to success when they are hired to perform at a big hotel. There he meets by chance the Princess of Monrovia and they fall for each other. When she is ordered to return he takes a tour around the world which will eventually take the band to Monrovia. (imdb)

A couple of out of work songwriters try to persuade a wealthy stockbroker to back them. But he turns out to be broke as they are. A series of mistaken identities, misunderstandings and general confusion as our heroes attempt to make a living as songwriters in 1930s Britain. Well paced acting with some quite amusing lines, together with some reasonably good song and dance make this amusing Ealing Studio production worth a viewing. (imdb)

Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success. (imdb)

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

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

It stars Clyde Cook working with Stan Laurel. Stan helped write this and fans of L&H will recognize the situation: a street musician in the snow. Yes, it's the set-up from BELOW ZERO. It's all about the falls in the snow here, and Clyde takes them great. (imdb)

Posing as an aristocrat to crash a party, a composer stumbles upon a gang of jewel thieves working unnoticed upstairs.

In this comedy a pair of aspiring music hall entertainers attempt to live their dream while saving their landlady's daughter from ruin.

A drifter Dobbie and his wife Kit leave Australia in the 1880s for South African gold fields. She discovers happiness is where her husband is.

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.

The son of a murdered Russian count invites the suspects on a revenge cruise.

A small-town mill-worker leaves his sweetheart behind as he enlists for the Great War. Later he finds her overseas dancing for his fellow soldiers and she reveals to him that she is pregnant.

A former captain joins a cargo ship's crew, finding it commanded by the man who stole his vessel, wife and daughter. With a fellow sailor in love with his daughter, he rallies the shanghaied crew against the brutal captain and first mate.