The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss 1936  N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Amazing Adventure
Romance and Riches
Director: Alfred Zeisler
Cast: Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Peter Gawthorne, Henry Kendall, Leon M. Lion, John Turnbull, Garry Marsh, Andreas Malandrinos, Charles Farrell, Ralph Richardson
A young man (Cary Grant) decides that he will not touch his inheritance for one year while he proves he can make it on his own.
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Number Seventeen 1932 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
aka: Number 17
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey, Donald Calthrop, John Stuart, Barry Jones, Ann Casson, Garry Marsh, Henry Caine, Herbert Langley
When a hobo (Leon M. Lion) comes across their hideout, his discovery brings him to the attention of a band of jewel thieves. The great train crash scene is worth watching. A good early Alfred Hitchcock comedy/ thriller.
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Scrooge 1935 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Henry Edwards
Cast: Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Robert Cochran, Mary Glynne, Garry Marsh, Oscar Asche, Marie Ney, C.V. France, Athene Seyler, Maurice Evans, Barbara Everest, Philip Frost, Mary Lawson, Eve Gray, Morris Harvey
This British film of Charles Dickens' popular story is about greedy Ebenezer Scrooge (Seymour Hicks) whose heart is changed when Christmas spirits visit him on Christmas Eve. The Ghosts of Christmas Past (Marie Ney), Present (Oscar Asche), and Future (C.V. France) are all there, and Donald Calthorp performs well in his role of Bob Cratchit.
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The Shop at Sly Corner 1947 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Code of Scotland Yard
Director: George King
Cast: Oskar Homolka, Derek Farr, Muriel Pavlow, Manning Whiley, Kathleen Harrison, Garry Marsh, Kenneth Griffith, Jan Van Loewen, Irene Handl, Johnnie Schofield, Diana Dors, Katie Johnson, Eliot Makeham
Antique dealer Descius Heiss (Oskar Homolka) is hiding the fact that he is an escaped convict. But, his bookkeeper Robert Graham (Derek Farr) has caught on and is blackmailing him. In order to protect his concert violinist daughter Margaret (Muriel Pavlow), whose career would suffer if her father's past was revealed, Descius kills Farr. Later, when Scotland Yard investigates the murder, Descius commits suicide–one more desperate act aimed at protecting Margaret.
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Who Done It? 1956  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Basil Dearden
Cast: Benny Hill, Belinda Lee, David Kossoff, Garry Marsh, George Margo, Ernest Thesiger, Denis Shaw, Frederick Schiller, Thorley Walters, Nicholas Phipps, Gibb McLaughlin, Ernest Jay
Popular British TV comedian Benny Hill makes his screen debut playing the role of Hugo, an ice-rink sweeper, who wins money in a contest. His ambition to become a detective is fulfilled when he uses the money to open a detective agency. But he gets more than he bargained for when he quickly gets involved in an assassination plot. For Benny Hill fans only.
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| 1. The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)
aka: The Amazing Adventure
aka: Romance and Riches
2. Number Seventeen (1932)
aka: Number 17
3. Scrooge (1935)
4. The Shop at Sly Corner (1947)
aka: Code of Scotland Yard
5. Who Done It? (1956)
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