The Lure of London is a 1914 British silent drama film directed by Bert Haldane and starring Ivy Close, Edward Viner and M. Gray Murray. It is based on a play of the same title by Arthur Applin.
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Ce film raconte l'histoire du paysan Bouazza, jusqu'alors heureux et sans problèmes apparents, qui voit sa vie bouleversée par un événement qui met émoi tout le village.
Poliche (surnom de Didier Mereuil) est très amoureux de Rosine et tente d'attirer son attention en jouant les boute-en-train. Mais il ne lui plait pas, et elle se laisse séduire par un aviateur. Elle apprend un jour que le rôle de Poliche n'est qu'une façade.
, 1h29 Réalisé parAlexander Korda OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresDrame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique, Romance ThèmesThéâtre, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre ActeursDouglas Fairbanks, Merle Oberon, Gina Malo, Benita Hume, Binnie Barnes, Melville Cooper Note62% After many years in exile, Don Juan returns to Seville in secret. His wife has threatened to have him thrown in prison. Next morning he is surprised to find that all the town knows he is back (not surprising really as he had a big sword fight on arrival). Rodrigo, an admirer of his, follows Don Juan everywhere, wanting to be just like him, and able to give a good impression of him. Don Juan prepares to flee to France but Rodrigo is killed by a jealous husband who believes he is Don Juan and all Seville now believes him dead. He attends his own magnificent funeral, but finds many discomforts now while pretending that Don Juan is dead, before finally sorting things out.
Captain Fairweather has deposit money with the banker Gideon Bloodgood. After learning that Bloodgood's bank is shaky, Fariweath tries to retrieve the money and dies in an argument with the banker. Bloodgood keeps the money but his clerk, Badger, finds out about it. Years later he blackmails his old boss with proof of the murder.