Maurice Elvey Movies

In Africa an Englishman is sold as a slave by a blind beggar who then weds a girl after he has killed her crooked husband.

'1914. Knight poses as rating aboard son's cruiser and helps Q-ship sink U-boat.' (British Film Catalogue)

Reservist Tommy Smart - who has made his fortune since the war selling army surplus - arrives at an army camp, with his chauffeur/valet, for two...

'Antique dealer's daughter loves foreman who makes fakes for ex-partner.' (British Film Catalogue)

A comedy feature with Fred Groves having dual roles of bridegroom and a lunatic, and in the course of the film the two characters swap places.

Holmes and Watson match wits with an opera star intent on blackmailing a king.

Suave supercilious Carling (Karel Stepanek) receives several callers to his isolated house, all of whom hold a grudge against him. Next morning a...

'Lady marries horse trainer but withholds herself until crippled brother is cured.' (British Film Catalogue)

A faithless K.C.'s wife elopes with his opponent in a slum murder trial.

An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.

A desperate, but highly respectable schoolmaster collapses at Holmes' door. His prize pupil, the son of a wealthy duke, has vanished, seemingly...

Farmer Chris Lowe meets and falls in love with Molly , a chorus-girl. Despite the fact that she is a city girl through and through, she accepts his...

A king goes on strike and takes a holiday. A double is found to impersonate him who brings disgrace to the throne.

Made in 1940, this stirringly patriotic film cleverly combined new scenes with genuine newsreel footage. A newsreel journalist is on hand when the...

Early silent Sherlock Holmes adventure

Jim Gay loves his racing greyhound but, out of town, he finds a dog with a better chance to win. His friends bet on his dog while he bets against.

Holmes is approached by Miss Violet Smith with a most peculiar problem. She has recently accepted a position with Mr. Carruthers as a music teacher...

A paraplegic baroness mistakes a man's pity for love - and tragedy ensues.

Episodic misadventures of a man who thinks he is a knight.