In Paris a leading theatre impresario is murdered on opening night, shortly after replacing his leading lady. A police Inspector in the audience takes over the investigation. The film was shot at Elstree Studios. It was a close remake of the 1937 Austrian film Premiere and re-used a number of musical scenes from the original which were dubbed into English.
Inspector Bonnard
Carmen Daviot
Lydia Lavalle
Nissen, Rene
Lohrmann
Frolich
Renoir
Captain Curry
Spectator
Stage Manager
Dancer
06 Feb 1917
When multi-millionaire banker John Argyle is found brutally murdered in his home, suspicions are cast upon Mary Mazuret, his adopted daughter who became the sole beneficiary of his estate under his will, Argyle having quarrelled with his son Bruce. Just as the case begins to look black for Mary, Asche Kayton, a great private detective, is called in by Bruce and takes hold of the investigation.
02 Jan 1912
King Henry VIII smitten with Anne Boleyn wishes to displace his estimable Queen Catherine for her. He appeals to Cardinal Wolsey to set aside the tenets of the Church and consent to his divorce from the Queen. The cardinal absolutely refuses to do anything so inimical to his office, as representative of the Holy See. Angered King Henry induces the Archbishop of Canterbury to call a special council through which he divorces himself from Queen Catherine. In punishment for his refusal to accede to the king's wishes, the cardinal is exiled to Leicester Abbey where he dies three days afterward, conscious that he had sustained the sacredness of his office, a martyr to his faith and of service to his king.
10 Feb 1947
A Canadian officer, David Anson, who falls for French dancer Nicolette Bonnett during wartime, has a child with her, and returns heartbroken after her death from a weak heart, only for his wife to adopt the son, linking their lives across continents and tragedy, exploring themes of love, duty, and lost time.
25 Jul 1932
A concert pianist loses his hearing but finds a new sense of purpose by helping others. A British drama film directed by F.W. Kraemer.
19 Dec 1933
A lighthearted look at the personal struggles of two newlywed stage performers who are driven to separation by their interfering parents.
21 Oct 1936
With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.
17 Oct 1932
Sally Bishop, a headstrong young girl falls for a trashy novelist and insidiously enters his household. This prompts her former fiancé to conspire with the author's wife to expose her foolishness.
01 Jan 1938
After a wealthy woman is killed, her extended family all fall under suspicion of murder.
18 Feb 1923
Despondent over the infidelity of his wife, William McCabe wanders on the waterfront considering suicide, but instead he saves the life of Shark Moran. Moran gives McCabe a job on his lightship, where McCabe enjoys the solitude and falls in love with Ann Reynolds, the daughter of the captain of the supply ship.
01 Mar 1954
A world-weary sculptor meets a young ballerina and finds she has inspired a fresh outlook on life in him. He starts a life-sized sculpture of her but this enrages her jealous lover.
01 Jan 1934
The film opens in a camp of Girl Guides where the leader reads from Scripture and then tells the story of St. Francis giving up his life of luxury to live for the poor, and founding the Brotherhood.
19 May 1937
Comedy of manners about the corrupt high society of 18th-century England, centering on Lady Sneerwell and her plot to ruin the reputation of Charles Surface and prevent his marriage to the wealthy Maria. She conspires with Joseph Surface, Charles's hypocritical brother, who also desires Maria for her fortune.
01 Oct 1927
Mary Davis, alone and destitute in New York City, pilfers a meal from a restaurant and eludes the police by ducking into the Cafe Royale, where she is shuffled along a line of aspiring chorines awaiting job interviews. In desperation, Mary agrees to impersonate Mademoiselle Fanchon, formerly of the Folies-Bergère, who has walked out on her contract. Reporter Kenneth Ward interviews Mary, believing her to be the notorious Frenchwoman, and due to a misunderstanding, she rushes wildly into his arms. When Robert Ryan, a bachelor friend of the real Fanchon, investigates Mary’s deception, she violently repels his advances and believes she has killed him. Later, the real Fanchon threatens to kill Robert. Following a series of amusing complications, Mary finds love with Kenneth.
01 Apr 1921
The story begins with a man and a woman, both married, who flag the same taxi and then decide to share it, as they have the same restaurant destination. Various naughty supper rendezvous, and much hiding under tables or behind screens, ensue.
01 Jan 1971
Director Ken Loach explores the politics of race, class and charity in a capitalist society in this documentary funded by the Save the Children foundation.
26 Dec 1911
When the two Werner brothers are called to the front it is not strange that the mother is very solicitous about the younger brother and enjoins the older boy to care for and defend him at all hazards. The English army is transported lo the Soudan and is now encamped in the midst of the activities of the campaign.
07 Feb 1910
An abused wife who takes a desperate stand against her husband. Following her violent reaction, the husband reforms his behavior
15 Apr 1928
The Scarlet Dove is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Arthur Gregor and starring Lowell Sherman, Robert Frazer, and Josephine Borio.
12 Jul 1919
Geraldine Farleigh, a timid village schoolteacher, supports her family and must pay off her late father's debt to Bruce Cartwright.
01 Aug 1922
College athlete Jimmy Brent is sent to Wyoming by his wealthy uncle John Morton, who has promised him $50,000 if he beats up Bob Phillips, who was once Morton's rival for Mary Allen. Jimmy finds Phillips, but when he falls in love with Phillips' daughter Gloria, he starts to think twice about performing his "job" for Uncle John. Matters are further complicated when a ranch hand tricks Phillips into thinking that Jimmy is the head of a gang of rustlers.