The Wickham Mystery is a 1931 British mystery film directed by G.B. Samuelson and starring Wallace Bosco, Doris Clemence, Eve Gray and Sam Livesey. It was based on a play by John McNally.
, 1h18 Directed byMichael Powell OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical ThemesFilms about music and musicians, Musical films ActorsRene Ray, John Longden, Ben Welden, Barbara Gott Rating58% Mops (Ray), so called because of her striking curly hair, is an orphan living in the East End of London with her guardian Turnips (Talbot O'Farrell), whose nickname derives from his craft of carving flowers out of vegetables, which he sells to earn a few extra coppers to augment his income as a lighting-man at the local music hall. Mops performs there and earns a living wage, but has to contend with the unwanted advances of the manager. When he tries to force himself on her, Turnips beats him up and both he and Mops are sacked.
, 1h37 Directed byKen G. Hall GenresDrama ThemesFilms based on plays ActorsJohn Longden, Constance Worth, Bill Kerr Rating59% Cyril Maitland is a clergyman living in a small seaside town, who impregnates the beautiful Alma Lee despite being engaged to another woman. When Alma's father Ben finds out about the pregnancy, he attacks Maitland and is killed in a fall. Mailtand's best friend, Doctor Henry Everard, gets the blame, and spends twenty years in jail while Maitland's career thrives.
, 1h10 Directed byRalph Ince OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Crime ThemesFilms about writers, Films about journalists ActorsErrol Flynn, Eve Gray, Paul Graetz, Paul Graetz, Molly Lamont, Laurence Hanray Rating76% A Fleet Street reporter (Errol Flynn) investigates the claim of Dr Becker, a professor of mathematics, to possess an infallible system of beating the roulette wheel at Monte Carlo. He refuses to take his fiancee Gilian (Eve Gray) along, but she decides to go anyway and report on the story for a rival paper. Dr Becker winds up dead and it looks like suicide, but Gilian is convinced it is murder. The finale involves Gilian getting all the suspects into one room and re-enacting the crime.
, 1h1 Directed byLew Landers OriginUSA GenresScience fiction, Fantastic, Horror, Crime ActorsBoris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Samuel S. Hinds, Lester Matthews, Irene Ware, Inez Courtney Rating67% After Jean Thatcher (Ware) has been injured in a car accident, her father, Judge Thatcher (Hinds) and beau Jerry (Matthews) implore retired surgeon Dr. Richard Vollin (Lugosi) to perform a delicate operation to restore her to health. Vollin agrees and is successful; he befriends the spirited and grateful Jean, in the process revealing his passion for all things related to Edgar Allan Poe, including his homemade collection of torture devices inspired by Poe's works (such as a pit, pendulum with scythe, shrinking room, etc.), and identifying the raven as his talisman.
, 1h15 Directed byStuart Walker GenresDrama, Fantasy, Horror ThemesFilms about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère ActorsHenry Hull, Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson, Spring Byington, Lester Matthews, Lawrence Grant Rating62% Wilfred Glendon (Henry Hull) is a wealthy and world-renowned English botanist who journeys to Tibet in search of the elusive mariphasa plant. While there, he is attacked and bitten by a creature later revealed to be a werewolf, although he succeeds in acquiring a specimen of the mariphasa. Once back home in London he is approached by a fellow botanist, Dr. Yogami (Warner Oland), who claims to have met him in Tibet while also seeking the mariphasa. Yogami warns Glendon that the bite of a werewolf would cause him to become a werewolf as well, adding that the mariphasa is a temporary antidote for the disease.
, 1h29 Directed byKen G. Hall GenresDrama, Romance ThemesSports films ActorsHelen Twelvetrees, John Longden Rating62% A Canadian horse trainer, Joan, is the adopted daughter of horse trainer and breeder Ma Dawson. She buys an unwanted thoroughbred colt named Stormalong. Joan nurses the horse back to health with the help of Ma's son Tommy, and Stormalong starts to win races. He becomes the favourite to win the Melbourne Cup which attracts the interest of a gambling syndicate who try to dope the horse and kill it in a stable fire. They then kidnap Tommy prior to the race.