A young working-class girl causes a stir when she sneaks off for a romantic getaway with the wealthy heir of the mill where she works.

In France the Queen poisons the Huguenot Queen and weds her son to the King's sister as part of an assassination plan.

A French captain persuades a rich widow to become his mistress, but it is a scheme to test her love.

In Scotland, a young man, Lochinvar insists on marrying Ellen, the woman he loves in spite of the fact that she is betrothed to another.

In South America the wife of the president's son loves the leader of the revolution

A doctor agonises over whether to tell his son that the woman he is marrying is pregnant by another man, although this would mean breaking the...

A British drama film directed by Walter Tennyson

A clan chief seeks revenge on the jealous Duke who outlawed him.

Account of Lady Godiva's naked ride through 11th-century Coventry in order to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to rescind his harsh tax laws....

A detective is on the verge of revealing the identity of an elusive criminal. At the crucial moment, hedrops dead, the victim of foul play. A...

In Australia a drunkard hires a gang to kill his ex-fiancée's husband.

An actress poses as an heiress who died, and dies fighting blackmailing detectives in a burning house.

The fatal encounter between Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket.

Colonel Barclay is found dead and his wife is arrested for the murder, but Holmes is convinced a missing door key will reveal the true killer.

A wastrel returns to blackmail his wife who has told her children that he died a hero.

'Ruined stockbroker blamed for killing crooking financier who lured his wife.' (British Film Catalogue)