Maurice Elvey Movies

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

Features a screenplay written by the original novelist Hall Caine.

A man takes the blame for a girl's crooked brother and weds her when her hand is amputated.

An illegitimate war-baby adopted by a wealthy spinster.

In France the Queen poisons the Huguenot Queen and weds her son to the King's sister as part of an assassination plan.

A jealous husband leaves jail to find his wife loves his lawyer.

'1914. Knight poses as rating aboard son's cruiser and helps Q-ship sink U-boat.' (British Film Catalogue)

A drunken man is left by his wife but she later comes back to him when she realises how desperate he is.

Vice Versa is a 1916 British silent fantasy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Charles Rock, Douglas Munro and Guy Newall.[1] It is an...

A wealthy banker comes to Holmes desperate to recover a valuable British gem--and to deal with his son's apparent dishonor.

When Cicely Courtneidge's mother (also played by Miss Courtneidge, albeit in heavy makeup), retires, Cicely succeeds as Queen of the Marvellos, a...

A poor woman poses as her rich twin to fool a mean landlady.

A comedy feature with Fred Groves having dual roles of bridegroom and a lunatic, and in the course of the film the two characters swap places.

'Antique dealer's daughter loves foreman who makes fakes for ex-partner.' (British Film Catalogue)

A lieutenant is branded a coward after saving a beleaguered fort for an amnesiac major.

A wealthy landowner kills his pregnant mistress and buries her body, but his mother has a strange dream that just may bring his crime to light. Based...

Early silent Sherlock Holmes adventure

In India an engineer blackmails a girl over her gambling brother.

A short drama about a doctor's wife who returns to him after a flirtation in Richmond Park, London. It is based on the painting by John Collier.

An Italian musician begins to steal his brother's compositions after he is jailed for shooting a prince.