Emil and the Detectives 1935  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Family
aka: Emil
Director: Milton Rosmer
Cast: John(2) Williams, George Hayes, Mary Glynne, Clare Greet, George Merritt, Marion Foster, Donald Pittman, Robert Rietty, John Singer, Derek Blomfield
This German children's classic is about a boy who is drugged and robbed. He then gets support from other children in tracking down the criminal.
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Jamaica Inn 1939 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Adventure
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Charles Laughton, Leslie Banks, Emlyn Williams, Robert Newton, Maureen O'Hara, Horace Hodges, Hay Petrie, Frederick Piper, Mervyn Johns, Wylie Watson, Herbert Lomas, Clare Greet, William Devlin, Jeanne De Casalis, Mabel Terry-Lewis
Sir Humphrey Pengalian (Charles Laughton) is a smuggler in Victorian England, and problems arise when Mary (Maureen O'Hara) discovers that her relatives are involved in shipwrecks.
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The Manxman 1929  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Carl Brisson, Anny Ondra, Malcolm Keen, Randle Ayrton, Clare Greet, Kim Peacock, Harry Terry, Nellie Richards, Wilfred Shine
In this Alfred Hitchcock fillm, fisherman Pete Quilliam (Carl Brisson) heads off to seek his fortune in order to win the hand of Kate Cregeen (Anny Ondra). Everyone believes that Pete is dead, fut he returns and finds Kate romantically involved with his best friend, Philip Christian (Malcolm Keen).
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Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn 1935 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Murder in the Red Barn
Director: Milton Rosmer
Cast: Tod Slaughter, Sophie Stewart, D.J. Williams, Eric Portman, Clare Greet, Gerard Tyrell, Ann Trevor, Dennis Hoey, Stella Rho, Quentin McPhearson, Antonia Brough, Noel Dainton
Based on a real murder, this story involves solving the case of sweet, young Maria Marten (Sophie Stewart) who was murdered by the evil Squire William Corder (Tod Slaughter) and her body hidden in a red barn.
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 The Ring 1927  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Carl Brisson, Ian Hunter, Gordon Harker, Tom Helmore, Lillian Hall-Davies, Harry Terry, Billy Wells, Forrester Harvey, Charles Farrel, Clare Greet, Minnie Rayner, Brandy Walker
Boxer Bob Corby (Ian Hunter) hires Jack Sander (Carl Brisson) as his sparring partner because he is in love with Jack's wife (Lillian Hall Davies) and wants to be close to her. Soon, Bob and Jack's wife run away together, and Jack begins training in earnest. Now, the two competing boxers vie not only for TKOs in the ring but also for the love of the same woman. Hitchcock's genius brings this standard story to a higher level.
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Sabotage 1936 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: A Woman Alone
I Married a Murderer
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, Desmond Tester, John Loder, Joyce Barbour, Matthew Boulton, Peter Bull, Sara Allgood, Martita Hunt, Austin Trevor, S.J. Warmington, William Dewhurst, Aubrey Mather, Clare Greet, Torin Thatcher
When a secret group hires people to place bombs in London, movie theater cashier Sylvia Verloc (Sylvia Sidney) suspects that her husband Karl (Oskar Homolka) may be involved. Unbeknownst to Sylvia, Karl has led a secret life as a terrorist, and now government agent Ted Spencer (John Loder) has moved in next door. He befriends Sylvia and her young brother Stevie (Desmond Tester), and Sylvia discusses her doubts about Karl with Ted. Karl begins to suspect that his arrest is in the near future, and he sends unsuspecting Stevie on a mission to carry a bag containing a time bomb to the metro. On the way, Stevie is delayed, and now the question is: Will Stevie deliver the bomb and get safely away before it detonates? Alfred Hitchcock–all the way.
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Sidewalks of London 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: St. Martin's Lane
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Larry Adler, Tyrone Guthrie, Gus McNaughton, Maire O'Neill, Bartlett Cormack, Edward Lexy, Basil Gill, Helen Haye, David Burns, Polly Ward, Phyllis Stanley, Clare Greet
Charles (Charles Laughton), a steet entertainer in the theater district of London, takes a street urchin, Libby (Vivien Leigh), under his wing and into his act as a dancer after learning that she was a petty thief. Harley (Rex Harrison) spots the talented Libby and eventually makes her into a star. Libby tries to repay Charles for his help, but Charles is happy where he is.
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The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case 1932 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Graham Cutts
Cast: Arthur Wontner, Isla Bevan, Ian Hunter, Graham Soutten, Gilbert Davis, Herbert Lomas, Miles Malleson, Kynaston Reeves, Clare Greet, Roy Emerton, Edgar Norfolk, Margaret Yarde, Moore Marriott, Edgar Norfolk, Charles Farrell
Mary Morrison (Isla Bevan) has been given a huge pearl by a mysterious stranger. Her father has disappeared and the stranger terrifies her, so Mary asks for help from Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (Arthur Wontner and Ian Hunter). Their trail leads to the carnival underworld and the mysterious peg-legged crook and his pygmy aide.
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| 1. Emil and the Detectives (1935)
aka: Emil
2. Jamaica Inn (1939)
3. The Manxman (1929)
4. Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn (1935)
aka: Murder in the Red Barn
5. The Ring (1927)
6. Sabotage (1936)
aka: A Woman Alone
aka: I Married a Murderer
7. Sidewalks of London (1938)
aka: St. Martin's Lane
8. The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case (1932)
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