Lost / Missing British Films Of The 1930s

A soldier discovers a button made from Aladdin's lamp grants wishes when rubbed.

A jealous agent uses a girl singer to break up a double act.

To avoid being accused of stealing money, an aristocrat low on funds takes a job as a butler in someone else's home.

At the start of the play, Charles (Henry Hewitt), Joseph (Ian Fleming), and Sir Benjamin (John Charlton) are in love with Maria (Dodo Watts), and Lady Sneerwell (Anne Grey) is in love with Charles. Charles has a horrible reputation for being a gambler and a ladies' man. Sir Peter (Basil Gill) hates Charles and loves his brother Joseph. Rawley (Wallace Bosco) loves Charles and hates his brother Joseph. Sir Oliver (Edgar K. Bruce) is coming to town secretly with the help of Rawley in order to see which of his nephews is worthy of his money. Sir Peter and Lady Teazle (Madeleine Carroll) are having a hard time with their marriage because she is very young and he is older. Lady Sneerwell is plotting with Snake and Joseph to make Sir Peter think that Lady Teazle is having an affair with Charles, so that Maria will not love Charles so Lady Sneerwell can marry Charles and Joseph can marry Maria. The play really starts to go crazy when Sir Oliver arrives. He wants to test his nephews and see what kind of people they are so he has sent a letter from an imaginary distant relative, Mr. Stanley, asking for money. When Sir Oliver arrives he pretends to be a money lender, Mr. Premium. He goes to Charles and offers to buy all the portraits of his ancestors. Charles will sell all the portraits except the one of Sir Oliver. This pleases Sir Oliver and he then sets out to test Joseph. He goes to Joseph and pretends to be Mr. Stanley, asking for money. Joseph says no and shoos him away because he is preoccupied. He tries to woo Maria, Lady Teazle hides behind a screen while Joseph tells Sir Peter that Charles is not having an affair with his wife. Charles comes and Sir Peter hides in a box so that he can hear that Charles is not guilty. Joseph also tells Sir Peter that he has a French lady behind the screen. Charles comes in and says he is not having an affair, but indicates that Joseph is. Charles finds out that Sir Peter is hiding in the box and calls him out. Then Joseph has to go out to deal with another guest. Sir Peter and Charles decide to look at the French girl that Joseph has in his house. They pull down the screen and Joseph comes back just in time to see that Lady Teazle has been revealed to Sir Peter. They all stand in silence until Lady Teazle tells Sir Peter how touched she is by all the things he said while she was hiding. They vow to improve the marriage. The gossips of the town try to decide if it was Joseph or Charles who was having the affair with Lady Teazle. They all come together at Joseph's house and Sir Oliver reveals himself. He tells how he prefers Charles to Joseph and then Lady Sneerwell tries to say that Charles has gotten her pregnant. Fortunately, Snake reveals the truth about all the schemes and clears Charles' name. Charles and Maria are to be married and all is well. #Chetu#

A crooked prince uses a death ray to force down airships and steal their cargo.

One of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted", this currently lost movie is about a man who tries to burgle his safe the same night as a group of professionals plan to do the same.

A short sketch featuring winners of the 'Film Weekly' acting scholarship.

Henry Hobson runs a successful boot-maker's shop in nineteenth-century Salford. A widower with a weakness for the pub opposite, he tries forcefully to run the lives of his three unruly daughters. When he decrees 'no marriages' to avoid the expensive matter of settlements, eldest daughter Maggie rebels and sets her sights on Will Mossop, Hobson's star boot-maker. Maggie and Will leave to start up in competition, and she then turns her mind to helping her sisters marry their chosen partners.

A novelist living in a boarding house imagines a murder that involves his fellow boarders.

Mathias, an Alsatian innkeeper, murders a rich Pole staying at his inn But Mathias' conscience will not let him rest, and the murdered man's spirit drives the innkeeper nearly mad. The victim's brother calls for an inquest and brings with him a sideshow mesmerist supposedly able to read minds. Mathias, as burgomaster, is called upon to conduct the inquest, but under the intuitive eye of the mesmerist cannot resist torment of his own conscience.

When Frances discovers her stepfather dead in the library, she pays Peter Craven to help her hide the body. When the body is discovered, Frances is suspected of murder but Craven decides to find the real killer.

A crazed scientist attempts to transplant a young girl's brain into the body of an ape.

A detective matches wits with a group of thieves out to steal a priceless amulet.

Allan Shepherd is 'sent down' after writing an indictment of his university. He marries his sweetheart Jane, but they separate when she becomes the breadwinner.

A taxi driver becomes involved in a plot to kidnap Ruritanian child king Ludwig and, disguised as a countess, rescues the young king from the revolutionaries.

Sherlock Holmes goes on the trail of a Rembrandt painting, stolen by a drug-addicted artist.

Rudi goes to Vienna to arrange a marriage and save his bank. He meets Steffi and they fall in love. His bride-to-be Lucy neither wants to marry him, as she loves a musician. The four team up. English version of Es war einmal ein Walzer.

When cabinet minister John Hoode is murdered at his country house, his secretary, Alan Deacon, is the prime suspect and is arrested. Reporter Anthony Gethryn determines to unmask the real murderer.

The story of a smash and grab robbery is followed up by a reporter who tracks down the villains and helps to bring them to justice.

Mops is a waitress. This is the (musical) story of a humble girl's rise to fame.

Divorce lawyer Everard Logan thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new client.

In order to keep fortune-hunters away from her, a wealthy heiress comes up with an imaginary "fiance".

A film studio is awaiting the arrival of its new owner, and the executives mistake an old actor for him. Complications ensue.