The Guns of Loos

The Guns of Loos 1928

7.00

Set against the backdrop of the shell crisis of 1915 at home and the Battle of Loos on the Western Front, two soldiers, one the manager of Grimlaw’s munitions factory are tested in their rivalry for Diana, a red cross nurse (Madeleine Carroll in her first film role).

1928

The Further Mysteries of Fu-Manchu

The Further Mysteries of Fu-Manchu 1924

1

Detective Nayland Smith, comissioned by the British Government to investigate a series of murders comes up against the "Coughing Horror", Dr Fu-Manchu's servant.

1924

The King's Highway

The King's Highway 1927

1

'1765. Judge sentences highwayman to die, then finds he is his son.' (British Film Catalogue)

1927

His Grace Gives Notice

His Grace Gives Notice 1924

1

A butler inherits a dukedom but stays in service to save a Lord's daughter from eloping with a married man.

1924

A Woman Redeemed

A Woman Redeemed 1927

1

'A secret society uses a girl as a pawn in an attempt to secure secret plans.' (BFI)

1927

The Queen of Hearts

The Queen of Hearts 1923

3.00

Based on Sax Rohmer’s third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries (1917), this sensational episode sees Fu-Manchu partly paralysed by a bullet wound. The Devil Doctor snatches eminent surgeon Sir Baldwin Frazer to carry out the delicate operation he needs. Dr Petrie, abducted by Fu-Manchu’s scheming assistant, Zarmi, must assist – and choose a playing card to determine whether he lives or dies...

1923

The Devil's Foot

The Devil's Foot 1921

5.20

Sherlock Holmes (Eille Norwood) is on vacation when he stumbles into a house and discovers two bodies. Both have been dead for hours but there aren't any visible signs of violence and soon other bodies start to pile up.

1921

The Sins Ye Do

The Sins Ye Do 1924

1

A divorced knight nearly becomes the lover of his married daughter.

1924

Becket

Becket 1924

1

The fatal encounter between Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket.

1924

The Sign of Four

The Sign of Four 1923

5.00

The final feature in the Eille Norwood Holmes series.

1923

The Empty House

The Empty House 1921

1

A popular aristocrat has been killed, but no one can learn how. No one, that is, until the return of Sherlock Holmes.

1921

The Experiment

The Experiment 1922

1

A rich girl's fiancé poses as a chauffeur to stop her eloping with a major.

1922

The Clicking of Cuthbert

The Clicking of Cuthbert 1924

1

A champion golfer falls for a beautiful woman, only to find that her heart lies with one of 'the Cultured', a poet and a member of the literary and debating society. The golfer resolves to become an intellectual and, following a lecture by 'a highbrow Russian and typical whiskered Bolshevik' who happens to also be a brother golfer, the object of the golfer's affection realises that there may be something more to the game after all.

1924

Little Brother of God

Little Brother of God 1922

1

In Canada a man investigates his brother's death and saves a suspected girl from kidnap.

1922

The Reigate Squires

The Reigate Squires 1922

1

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

1922

The Royal Oak

The Royal Oak 1923

1

King Charles flees and hides in a huge oak tree when the troops loyal to Oliver Cromwell close in. The royal entourage is disguised, and the king's sweetheart masquerades as Charles. Only when she is brought before Cromwell is it discovered the switch has been made.

1923

The Fungi Cellars

The Fungi Cellars 1923

5.00

Fu-Manchu’s slave girl Karamaneh leads sleuths Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie to her evil master’s lair, where they fall prey to another of the Devil Doctor’s traps. Bound hand and foot, they watch helplessly as a party of policemen are imprisoned in a subterranean vault and poisoned with vile fungal spore vapour, while Fu-Manchu cackles with maniacal glee. Can our heroes escape to save the day?

1923

Not For Sale

Not For Sale 1924

1

An Earl's disowned son becomes a chauffeur, loves a landlady, and is jailed for theft.

1924