Eliot Makeham Movies

  • 1936
    A Star Fell from Heaven

    A Star Fell from Heaven

    A Star Fell from Heaven

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    In this comedy, a talented singer is hired to dub the voice of a star who has lost his own. During the film's premiere, news that he sang the songs...

    A Star Fell from Heaven
  • 1936
    Calling the Tune

    Calling the Tune

    Calling the Tune

    01936HD

    Calling the Tune offers a fascinating look at the fledgeling gramophone industry as it tries to solve the problems of reliable recording and...

    Calling the Tune
  • 1944
    Bell-Bottom George

    Bell-Bottom George

    Bell-Bottom George

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    George is an unwilling civilian during the war. When an enlisted friend switches clothes with him in order to go to a party, George finds himself...

    Bell-Bottom George
  • 1941
    The Common Touch

    The Common Touch

    The Common Touch

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    On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want...

    The Common Touch
  • 1935
    The Last Journey

    The Last Journey

    The Last Journey

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    Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his...

    The Last Journey
  • 1937
    Take My Tip

    Take My Tip

    Take My Tip

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    Lord and Lady Pilkington get tricked out of their money by a con man. They later run into the swindler in a hotel - which happens to be owned by...

    Take My Tip
  • 1938
    Darts Are Trumps

    Darts Are Trumps

    Darts Are Trumps

    01938HD

    Steven Sims is a diamond merchant who bullies his kindly hard-working clerk and disappoints his expectations when he takes into partnership an...

    Darts Are Trumps
  • 1953
    Strange Stories

    Strange Stories

    Strange Stories

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    'Strange Stories' consists of two stories, 'The Strange Mr Bartleby' and 'The Strange Journey'. The stories were sometimes shown individually on...

    Strange Stories
  • 1936
    Tomorrow We Live

    Tomorrow We Live

    Tomorrow We Live

    01936HD

    Financier Sir Charles Hendra, on the brink of ruin, contemplates ending his own life. After pondering the difficult decision, Charles decides to...

    Tomorrow We Live
  • 1939
    The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

    The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

    The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

    01939HD

    An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.

    The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
  • 1935
    Peg of Old Drury

    Peg of Old Drury

    Peg of Old Drury

    6.31935HD

    a biopic of eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and Faces.

    Peg of Old Drury
  • 1940
    Spy for a Day

    Spy for a Day

    Spy for a Day

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    During World War I, a British farmer is abducted by the Germans to take the place of a spy about to be executed whom he closely resembles.

    Spy for a Day
  • 1938
    Weddings Are Wonderful

    Weddings Are Wonderful

    Weddings Are Wonderful

    01938HD

    Romantic comedy of misunderstandings.

    Weddings Are Wonderful
  • 1938
    What Men Live By

    What Men Live By

    What Men Live By

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    A film based on a story by Leo Tolstoy about a cabinet maker, his wife and an angel punished by God.

    What Men Live By
  • 1937
    Racing Romance

    Racing Romance

    Racing Romance

    01937HD

    Garage owner Harry Stone buys a racehorse, Brownie, from Peggy Lanstone and, according to formula, hires Peggy as the steed's trainer. When the filly...

    Racing Romance
  • 1951
    Scarlet Thread

    Scarlet Thread

    Scarlet Thread

    4.91951HD

    Tale of Cambridge college exploits of two smash-and-grab thieves on the run.

    Scarlet Thread
  • 1935
    Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk

    Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk

    Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk

    6.51935HD

    Old Mr. Cohen (Paul Graetz) simply walks away from his London department store, leaving his sons to run it.

    Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk
  • 1940
    Just William

    Just William

    Just William

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    A rascal child recruits his friends as assistants to help his father to get elected to the city council. Sadly, the children accidentally helped two...

    Just William
  • 1944
    Give Us the Moon

    Give Us the Moon

    Give Us the Moon

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    Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general...

    Give Us the Moon
  • 1942
    Suspected Person

    Suspected Person

    Suspected Person

    5.51942HD

    After a $50,000 heist in New York, two of the suspected robbers walk free from the courtroom and they waste no time in heading to London in search of...

    Suspected Person