Missing, Believed Married

Missing, Believed Married 1937

1

This long-lost British comedy features a wealthy heiress rescued from the clutches of a scheming foreigner by a pair of bumbling market traders. But the plot plays second fiddle to the comedic performances of stalwarts Wally Patch (one of Britain’s most prolific character actors) and the much-loved Margaret Rutherford. Patch and Vedey make a dynamic double-act whose clowning keeps the film zipping along, while Rutherford’s imperious proclamations on etiquette are priceless. Irene Handl adds some ooh-la-la to the role of a French maid, and director Carstairs ably keeps them all under control.

1937

Spain 1936

Spain 1936 1937

7.00

A Spanish documentary from Jean-Paul Le Chanois & Luis Buñuel made during the Spanish Civil War.

1937

Slim

Slim 1937

6.30

Expert lineman Red takes Farm-boy Slim under his wing and teaches him the dangerous, migratory trade of putting up transmission lines. They both love their work, and the same girl, who hates their dangerous profession.

1937

The Quack

The Quack 1937

6.25

A renowned surgeon, abandoned by his wife and daughter, gets robbed and loses his memory. Wandering around the countryside, he becomes a village healer and performs operations.

1937

Rosalie

Rosalie 1937

5.50

West Point cadet Dick Thorpe falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be a princess from an European kingdom.

1937

Super-Sleuth

Super-Sleuth 1937

5.00

A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.

1937

Quality Street

Quality Street 1937

5.80

In the 1810s, an old maid poses as her own niece in order to teach her onetime beau a lesson.

1937

Lawless Land

Lawless Land 1937

4.80

Jeff arrives in town to see the Sheriff only to find him just killed. The culprit is Clay Wheeler. When Jeff becomes friendly with Letty, Clay sends his man Ortega to kill him. Jeff foils the attempt and gets him to confess that Clay was the killer. With only old-timers Lafe and Bill to help, Jeff heads after Clay and his gang.

1937

Mother Song

Mother Song 1937

5.00

A romance between two temperamental singing stars. Highlights include a lengthy selection from Faust, with Gigli making a most impressive Mephistopheles. The plot takes a melodramatic turn towards the climax, with the lives of the characters mirrored in their on-stage behavior. Director Carmine Gallone was something of an expert in the field of filmed opera, as witness his Tosca, Rigoletto and Il Trovatore.

1937

The Awful Truth

The Awful Truth 1937

7.22

Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.

1937

Expensive Husbands

Expensive Husbands 1937

4.80

Unable to get work in her home country, Laurine Lynne (Beverly Roberts) travels to Vienna where her press agent, Joe Craig (Allyn Joslyn), convinces her to marry royalty. The lucky fellow is Prince Rupert (Patric Knowles), an impoverished nobleman now working as a waiter. Do the two of them fall in love despite this marriage of convenience?

1937

Checkers

Checkers 1937

1

A clever veterinarian repairs a horse's leg so the animal can run in a big race and save a man's farm.

1937

Under the Red Robe

Under the Red Robe 1937

6.29

In 1620s France, dreaded swordsman Gil de Berault returns from carrying out a mission for Cardinal Richelieu, and finds the Cardinal worried about growing opposition from the Huguenots in the south. The Cardinal also warns de Berault that dueling has been outlawed, and will henceforth be punishable by death. Gil, however, promptly disobeys the law and is indeed sentenced to death. The Cardinal offers to cancel the sentence if de Berault is able to capture the duke who is organizing plans for an uprising. Gil travels to the duke's castle and is allowed to stay as a guest, but the duke's wife and sister immediately suspect that he is a spy. He and his servant still make good progress, until he falls in love with the duke's sister, which complicates everything.

1937

Kleine Scheidegg

Kleine Scheidegg 1937

1

A mountain film set around the popular ski pass in the 1930s.

1937

Topper

Topper 1937

6.72

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.

1937

Miehen kylkiluu

Miehen kylkiluu 1937

1.00

Pharmacy student Aina Zinck and doctor Yrjö Kallio are a young couple who are drawn into patterns of jealousy in their small Finnish town.

1937

Outcast

Outcast 1937

1

A physician in a small town suddenly finds himself the object of vilification and persecution when one of his patients commits suicide.

1937

Woodland Café

Woodland Café 1937

6.38

Bugs of all kinds convene on a jazz club for an evening of fun.

1937

Fridericus

Fridericus 1937

5.00

In 18th century Europe, King Friedrich II of Prussia leads his army through the seven-years-war with neighboring states, and after numerous near defeats, eventually brings a victorious army back to Berlin.

1937