Movies: Mabel Poulton

When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy day and is forced to rely on the goodwill of local people to remain a fugitive of the law....

'Lady's son poses as chauffeur to woo girl who buys taxi.' (British Film Catalogue)...

When an ex-dancer marries a man for his money she is surprised to find he is a real skinflint. She owes a lot of money to a loan-shark who is after her. However, her husband does carry a lot of life insurance....

'Advertisement for Film Weekly, in which British actors impersonate Hollywood stars in scenes from recent films; the audience is invited to compete for a prize of £100 for naming the best impersonation.' (BFI)...

Sanger, an eccentric expatriate composer, dies in his house in the Austrian Alps, leaving his daughters penniless. The young composer Lewis Dodd, a longstanding friend of the family, falls in love with their cousin Florence when she comes to take the...

A Mandarin hypnotises his partner's daughter to locate hidden bonds....

'The story concerns the misadventures of two flighty husbands in Paris on the spree. They find an excuse for their absence from home by pretending that they are accompanying a famous airman on a flight, but the latter does not proceed according to pl...

'Scientist adopts slum girl and she saves him from murderous lover.' (British Film Catalogue)...

Desire brings out the worst in an actress' suitors-- One a well-to-do patron of London's theatre set, the other a lovestruck loner on the verge of penning a play dedicated to her....

"The Alley Cat" - A man who thinks he killed a millionaire is cared for by a Cockney girl and becomes a composer....

The head taxi dancer at a Tottenham dancehall blackmails a Lady to make her stop her son's affair with a poor but courageous dancer...

A casual date at a high-class hotel leads Binnie, an aspiring showgirl, to be mistaken for model and actress Lia de Marita – landing her an audition for the producer of a new musical stage show. Marvelling at her good fortune, what Binnie doesn't kno...

The rich, amoral Zelie is married to Pierre Boucheron, "The Rat" - but her interest in another man is an open secret. Forced to defend his honour, the Rat takes refuge in his old domain of the Paris underworld. But even here he has a rival - and when...

The legend of how colour came into the world....