Michael Balcon Movies

A young man is shocked to discover that his fiancé is the mistress of his mother's lover.

Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini.

An intrusive censor interferes with the filming of a melodrama.

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

With a title like Jack's the Boy, is it any surprise that the star of this breezy quota quickie is British music-hall favorite Jack Hulbert? The star...

A marooned sailor and his stowaway sister-in-law are rescued by her husband.

A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.

A young composer goes blind, and shortly afterward enters his most recent work in a competition. He believes he's won, but doesn't know that his wife...

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

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...

An amateur detective goes on the trail of a gang of violent criminals.

A British drama film directed by Denison Clift

The owner of a fish-and-chips shop in the Billingsgate area of London harbors a secret ambition: to become a movie star. It turns out that she has a...

'Shipwrecked valet saves affianced master from native girl.' (British Film Catalogue)

A short comedy film directed by W.P. Kellino

Commissioned by the Ministry of Information and specifically target working class audiences; ‘Now you’re talking’ follows a plant...

Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs.

From a series of propaganda films made to raise awareness of the risks of idle gossip providing vital information to enemy spies and collaborators....

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

The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army.