Michael Balcon Movies

Sanger, an eccentric expatriate composer, dies in his house in the Austrian Alps, leaving his daughters penniless. The young composer Lewis Dodd, a...

A spoof of the Topical Budget newsreels with items on "Daylight Saving", "Economy in the Household", "The Art of Self Protection", and "Paris...

A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play.

According to the terms of a will two strangers must marry. Leila (Jessie Matthews) is an English widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian...

A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as Private to take part in the Crimean War. He succeeds in capturing a top Russian spy which...

A French violinist saves his beloved princess from the Russian revolution..

A department store assistant becomes publicity conscious.

Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but...

'1820. Officer frames colleague when gambler forces him to steal secrets.' (British Film Catalogue)

Scatterbrain circus lady has to cover for her sour schoolmistress sister.

A tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans.

Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their...

Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.

'Newsreel cameramen wrest secret papers from Chinese bandit.' (British Film Catalogue)

A doctor becomes a blackmailer and a jewel thief in order to raise funds for a hospital in East London but is uncovered by an ambitious reporter.

Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is...

British war documentary

'Lady's son poses as chauffeur to woo girl who buys taxi.' (British Film Catalogue)

Deals with the training of Fleet Air Arm pilots and crew during World War II.

A young woman goes to stay at the house of Lord Lebanon, but two murders in quick succession lead to the arrival of detectives and cause the woman to...