The Woman Tempted is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Juliette Compton, Warwick Ward and Nina Vanna. It was based on a novel by Vera, Countess Cathcart. A young woman murders another woman whose behaviour drove her fiancé to suicide.
, 1h40 Réalisé parMaurice Elvey OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresDrame, Guerre ThèmesPolitique ActeursGodfrey Tearle, Petula Clark, Morland Graham, Mabel Constanduros, John Laurie, Patric Curwen Note66% The title character is Victor Church, a World War I veteran who becomes despondent when his advancing age prevents him from playing an active role in the battles of World War II. Feeling unwanted and useless, he retreats to his country estate and plans his suicide. He finds a new purpose in life when he opens his home to six rambunctious Cockney children evacuated from the London slums and tries to keep the mischievous group under control.
, 1h34 Réalisé parMaurice Elvey OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresScience-fiction ThèmesLa mer, Transport ActeursRichard Dix, Leslie Banks, Madge Evans, Helen Vinson, C. Aubrey Smith, Basil Sydney Note59% Deux ingénieurs, Richard MacAllan et Frederick Robinson, obtiennent le financement de leur projet insensé : percer un tunnel souterrain entre l'Angleterre et les États-Unis. Leur plus ardente avocate est Varlia Lloyd, fille d'un de leurs sponsors. Elle use à plusieurs reprises de son influence pour que les travaux puissent se poursuivre.
Après des années de lutte et au prix de qu'il a de plus cher, MacAllan verra-t-il son rêve se réaliser ?
, 1h24 Réalisé parMaurice Elvey, Arne Mattsson OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresDrame, Comédie ActeursWilliam Hartnell, Marguerite Viby, Carol Raye, Gunnar Björnstrand, Walter Fitzgerald, Erik "Bullen" Berglund Note57% Farmer Chris Lowe (Hartnell) meets and falls in love with Molly (Raye), a chorus-girl. Despite the fact that she is a city girl through and through, she accepts his proposal of marriage and after the wedding goes to live on the farm. Chris realises that the transition for Molly will be difficult, and in an attempt to ease her into farm life, buys her a strawberry roan calf to look after. Unfortunately Molly finds the adjustment to rural life extremely difficult and does not settle down. She fails to integrate into the local community and starts to feel she has made a big mistake. She tries to quell her unhappiness by spending her husband's money, but goes to excess and eventually leaves Chris facing financial ruin. In despair she takes off on her horse and suffers a fatal fall, leaving Chris destitute and overcome with guilt. [...]Voir plus...