Browse 78 movies from British & Dominions Film Corporation
An outlaw leader fakes a draw for a sick girl so he can help her escape
May 1930
During a performance of Othello a jealous actor attempts to strangle his wife who he believes has committed adultery..
Oct 1931
The story of two half-brothers, Jason and Michael, who travel between Iceland and the Isle of Man experiencing political revolutions, natural disasters, and personal upheavals. The plot is loosely based on the Biblical story of Jacob and Esau.
Jan 1929
'Newlywed tries to get back gift garter from honeymoon bride.' (British Film Catalogue)
Sep 1933
A mad captain poses as a cleric to murder people aboard a fogbound ship.
Apr 1929
A fence for a gang of jewel thieves comes under suspicion from the police.
Sep 1935
A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.
Mar 1928
King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. Nell becomes his most loyal subject, while ever-ready to take the Duchess down a peg. But the actress can never hope to be fully accepted by the King's circle despite his constant attentions.
Aug 1934
'Broke duke and millionairess try month of trial marriage.' (British Film Catalogue)
Aug 1930
A Duke's son plays the part of a footman and shows himself amusing in the pantry.
Nov 1935
Splinters tells of the origins of the 1915 musical comedy revue of the same name, founded by British soldiers fighting on the Western Front in France.
Dec 1929
Bashful lawyer Henry cannot attend his fiancée's birthday party because of a business engagement. However, farcical circumstances find him mistaken for the dance partner of a professional lady hired to entertain a country house party at which his fiancée is a guest.
May 1931
A young woman becomes the driver of a wealthy stockbroker who lost her family’s savings.
Jul 1932
A comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.
Nov 1930
The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.
Sep 1936
May 1938
Biography of the ploughboy poet.
Mar 1930
Poor New York shop girl Nadina receives the unexpected news that she is next in line to be queen of an Eastern European country. On her arrival in Ruritania, a revolution is in progress, and only minutes before her coronation, Nadina is forced into exile. She flees to Paris with her nurse, and then travels on to Switzerland. There Nadina encounters the Ruritanian revolutionary leader Carl, recuperating from the trials of revolution, and the couple unexpectedly fall in love. When the revolution collapses in Ruritania, they return and marry, thus forming a constitutional monarchy supported by all the people.
Mar 1934
When financier Reginald Bingham leaves on a business trip to Paris, normally devoted wife Eleanor leaves for a cottage with a secret boy friend. The couple are followed by friends of her husband, who attempt to hinder the affair. However, Reginald is also tempted by a fling with an old friend in Paris.
Dec 1931
A penniless Irishman becomes the business partner of an English aristocrat with a penchant for high-stakes gambling.
Mar 1933