Movies: Frank Miller

A young Spanish woman marries a lowly Englishman, rather than the aristocrat her father had intended, much to his displeasure....

London is viewed from the 'new and fascinating angle' of Regent's Canal, passing from the docks in Limehouse through east London, under Mile End Road, past Hackney, King's Cross, Kentish Town, Camden Lock and London Zoo, finishing in Paddington Basin...

In this episode of Wonderful London, comparisons are made between West End and East, old and new....

A pleasure boat takes us up the Thames from Canbury Gardens, below Kingston, Surrey, to Shepperton showing the grand houses fronting on to the river and houseboats of the well-to-do....

A cockney Coster exhorts his 'moke' (donkey) to take a trip to the outskirts of London to see the model home at Kennington Park, a windmill at Brixton, the Crystal Palace, Woolwich free ferry, Saint Augustine's Tower in hackney, Richmond, Strand-on-t...

Macbeth is a black and white 1922 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It was the last silent film version of that play produced, and the eighth film adaptation of the play. It was directed by H. B. Parkinson and produced by Frank...

A tour by horse-drawn bus, narrated by the driver, contrasts new buildings under construction in London with the old, travelling from the City along Middle Temple Lane, passing Clifford's Inn, The Strand, Piccadilly, St. James' Palace, Kingsway, Linc...

On the eve of his own marriage, a man offers shelter to a runaway wife with whom he strikes up an unexpected bond....

Love Lies is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Lupino Lane and starring Stanley Lupino, Dorothy Boyd and Jack Hobbs. It was made by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios. It was based on Stanley Lupino's own hit 1929 stage mu...

The estranged son of a newspaper owner returns to his father's good favour by unmasking a gang of criminals....

A window cleaner bumps into an old flame, and the pair turn detective in an attempt to foil a gang of burglars....

Mormons capture women for their wives in this silent anti-Mormon propaganda film featuring the original organ music....

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An uncle poses as a usurer to learn which nephew deserves his fortune....

A clerk on a bicycle tour saves a girl from eloping with a bully....

The Cinderella story is reversed in this light-hearted adaptation, with Cinders a young man who eventually wins the 'princess' – in this case, an oil millionaire's daughter!...

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A whirlwind tour of London's best-loved visitor attractions, bustling thoroughfares and public spaces, including Threadneedle, Bond and Fleet Streets, Cheapside, the Strand and Piccadilly Circus, amongst others....

A British musical film directed by Lupino Lane...

The real London locations which formed the settings for various Dickens novels are shown, sometimes with characters from the books such as Little Nell and Grandad, Fagin, the Artful Dodger and the author himself superimposed....