Marie Wright

Movies22

• Movie5.9

  MysteryCrime

  When actress Diana Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague’s murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by remorse, he launches his own investigation.

  Murder!

  1930 · 158 votes

• Movie7.1

  ThrillerMystery

  Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow's murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the crime was committed. Retired detective B.G. Rough, who worked on the Barlow case, is still in the area and grows suspicious of Paul, who he feels bears a striking resemblance to one of Barlow's relatives. Rough must find the truth before the killer can strike again and reclaim his bounty.

  Gaslight

  1940 · 109 votes

• Movie7.3

  As criminals assemble for a convention, a policeman investigates and is abducted. A young woman finds his whistle and blows it. The full forces of the law assemble. The confrontation between order and disorder ensues, with our heroine caught up in it.

  Blue Bottles

  1928 · 3 votes

• Movie5.6

  DramaHistory

  The 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

• Movie6.8

  RomanceDrama

  A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for a year without touching his inheritance.

  The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss

  1936 · 30 votes

• Movie9.0

  Drama

  A shopkeeper's daughter marries a cad who ruins the business.

  Mrs. Thompson

  1919 · 1 votes

• Movie8.0

  CrimeThriller

  Black Coffee is a 1931 British detective film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott. Based on the 1930 play Black Coffee by Agatha Christie featuring her famous private detective Hercule Poirot, it stars Austin Trevor as Poirot with Richard Cooper playing his companion Captain Hastings. A famous but hated scientist, Sir Amory, is killed during a house party, and some of his valuable papers are missing. Poirot rapidly determines the cause of death and the motive, then narrows down the suspects to the most likely culprit.

  Black Coffee

  1931 · 2 votes

• Movie6.3

  History

  Continuing the story of 'Victoria the Great'.

  Sixty Glorious Years

  1938 · 3 votes

• Movie7.0

  Comedy

  A Cockney poses as his drowned double, who is saved and poses as a chauffeur.

  The Kinsman

  1919 · 2 votes

• Movie6.0

  CrimeThriller

  Sexton Blake and Tinker foil criminal plot connected with the Tongs, and master-minded by "famous stamp collector" and millionaire.

  Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror

  1938 · 8 votes

• Movie8.0

  ComedyRomance

  A girl refuses the attentions of a young playboy with whom her sister is in love.

  Paddy The Next Best Thing

  1923 · 1 votes

• Movie9.0

  Romance

  'Farmer loves singer whom his half-brother marries and abandons with baby.' (British Film Catalogue)

  Love's Old Sweet Song

  1933 · 1 votes

• Movie8.0

  ThrillerMystery

  Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a London road accident. The trail leads to a boarding house in Notting Hill and its varied tenants.

  Strange Boarders

  1938 · 1 votes

• Movie10.0

  Comedy

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

  A Cup of Kindness

  1934 · 1 votes

• Movie7.0

  Drama

  A young woman who is in love with a penniless composer, but believes she must marry a wealthy man to please her father. But only realises after various tribulations she should follow her heart rather than her head.

  City of Beautiful Nonsense

  1935 · 1 votes

• Movie9.0

  Comedy

  A Yorkshireman comes to London to watch the FA Cup final and loses his money and tickets, leading to a frantic search to recover them...

  Up for the Cup

  1931 · 1 votes

• Movie9.0

  Comedy

  A young cleaning woman in a boarding-house relieves the drudgery of her job by daydreaming that a foreign student at the house, who she believes is interested in her, is actually a wealthy nobleman who sweeps her off on a romantic journey.

  Daydreams

  1928 · 1 votes

• Movie6.3

  RomanceDrama

  Ivan Petrov has one weakness in his life, and one love: his little black-eyed daughter, Tania. In fact, his entire career is devoted to her future happiness, though Tania remains ignorant as to his vocation. Done with cool deliberation, Petrov's all-consuming fear is that one day his lovely daughter will discover his true profession, and despise him for it...

  Black Eyes

  1939 · 2 votes

• Movie10.0

  Comedy

  “A troopship bringing home a battalion from Bermuda docks at Southampton and the men are granted only 6 hours leave. The film shows how some of the men spend this precious time.” - BFI.

  Hail and Farewell

  1936 · 1 votes

• Movie10.0

  DramaRomance

  A pilot saves a dancer from a Paris nightclub owner and they stow away to Cornwall.

  The Cabaret Kid

  1926 · 1 votes

• Movie8.0

  ComedyRomance

  A lighthearted look at the personal struggles of two newlywed stage performers who are driven to separation by their interfering parents.

  This Acting Business

  1933 · 1 votes

• Movie10.0

  Comedy

  A young woman falls in love with an aristocrat and tries to convince his parents that she is herself wealthy.

  Tilly of Bloomsbury

  1931 · 1 votes