Syd Crossley
Actor · 1885 – 1960 · Islington, London, England, UK
Movies24
Movie5.6DramaHistoryThe film biography of Queen Victoria focusing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861.
Victoria the Great
1937 · 8 votes
Movie7.0ComedyA man finds out that his wife wishes he would act more like his twin brother, so he decides to impersonate his twin in an attempt to determine his wife's fidelity.
Mama Behave
1926 · 2 votes
Movie7.0MusicBased on the spectacular rise of bandleader and vaudevillian Harry Roy, this is the comic tale of a Ruritanian princess who elopes with a dance-band leader.
Everything Is Rhythm
1936 · 2 votes
Movie5.3DramaA young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly everything goes wrong when the young woman is attacked and held hostage by a crazed attacker.
The Man Behind the Mask
1936 · 6 votes
Movie6.8ComedyStan Laurel before Laurel and Hardy, in this "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"-inspired story, which was released 30 July 1925.
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
1925 · 16 votes
- Movie7.0Comedy
A British comedy film directed by John Rawlins
High Society
1932 · 1 votes
Movie6.3RomanceCrimeLondon's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ex-Inspector Barrabal who, as a known drunkard, is ideally suited to go undercover with a faked criminal record (which may spoil his chances with lovely Carol Stedman).
The Squeaker
1937 · 7 votes
Movie8.3MusicComedyA farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long all the characters are trying not to avoid each other... Mainly notable (a) because of its depiction of the music hall as seen by a generation which knew it intimately (b) because of its use of music hall acts of the time and (c) because it gave Will Hay his first film role.
Those Were the Days
1934 · 3 votes
Movie5.0ComedyHistoryA perpetual dreamer talks his wife into moving with him from their home in Australia to South Africa, where he hopes to discover gold and finally become wealthy.
We're Going to Be Rich
1938 · 5 votes
Movie6.8RomanceComedyGold-digger Molly marries the heir to a fortune, but things go badly when he is disinherited and starts working as a ditch digger.
That Certain Thing
1928 · 12 votes
Movie10.0ThrillerHorrorAn ape is suspected of committing a series of murders.
The Gorilla
1927 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyThe owner of a professional help agency poses as a poet at a wealthy patron's ball and prevents a necklace from being stolen by thieves.
Leave It to Me
1933 · 1 votes
Movie6.8ComedyAn out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.
Let the People Sing
1942 · 7 votes
Movie7.0MusicComedyA useless secretary and his private detective friend try to help an heiress from being swindled by her guardian.
For the Love of Mike
1932 · 1 votes
Movie7.1ComedyMusicA rich American businessman in London makes believe he's lost all his money so that his daughter will marry a composer.
You Made Me Love You
1933 · 8 votes
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A henpecked husband is mistaken for a famous toreador while holidaying in Spain!
Old Spanish Customers
1932 · 2 votes
Movie7.0ComedyDramaA young English reporter makes a bet with a wealthy publisher that he can disappear for a month. In his absence the publisher makes much of the mysterious disappearance in an attempt to boost the circulation of his newspaper.
It's a Bet
1935 · 2 votes
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About a businessman (H.F.Maltby) who borrows his wife's pearls to cover a business loan, only for the pearls to then go missing.
Pearls Bring Tears
1937 · 3 votes
Movie8.0MusicComedyAn aunt objects to the romance between her niece and a neighbour's nephew, and steps in to put an end to the love affair.
Over the Garden Wall
1934 · 3 votes
Movie9.0ThrillerThe son of a stodgy British earl falls in love with the daughter of an American millionaire businessman. The fathers oppose the relationship.
Two's Company
1936 · 1 votes
Movie7.8ComedyMusicIrresponsible playboy Arthur Rawlings is sent by his uncle to work as a waiter at a hotel in the South of France. Arthur arranges for shop assistant Frances Travers, with whom he has fallen in love, to win a fairground lottery and stay in the hotel as a prize. Complications arise!
Public Nuisance No. 1
1936 · 4 votes
Movie8.0MusicComedyA worker at a gramophone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song.
Feather Your Nest
1937 · 1 votes
Movie5.4MusicAn impoverished team of composer and songwriter try to secure financial backing for their new musical, with the assistance of a struggling actress working as a housemaid.
Cheer Up
1936 · 5 votes
Movie6.9ComedyThe Very Reverend Richard Jedd has a problem: the church spire, now in a parlous state of repair, will cost nearly £1,000 to fix. When various money-raising schemes go awry, he is persuaded to waive his principles and bet what’s left of his savings on Dandy Dick, a 10-1 odds-on at the local races. A simple tonic to enhance the nag’s performance seems a good idea… but when the butler decides to intervene, the respectable clergyman finds himself in the middle of a doping scandal – and worse!
Dandy Dick
1935 · 4 votes