Tilly of Bloomsbury is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by Rex Wilson and starring Edna Best, Tom Reynolds, Henry Kendall and Isabel Jeans. It is based on the play Tilly of Bloomsbury by Ian Hay, and was the first of three film adaptations.
, 1h13 Réalisé parSinclair Hill OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresComédie ThèmesMise en scène d'un animal, Sport, Les chevaux, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre, Equitation ActeursClaude Hulbert, Binnie Hale, Henry Kendall, Enid Stamp Taylor, Kynaston Reeves, Terry-Thomas Note56% The cynical Richard Carfax develops a relationship with Cicely Burton, the wife of a race horse owner, in order to get inside information on a horse named 'Take a Chance' which is considered to be the favorite in an upcoming race. Her suspicious husband hires Alastair Pallivant, an incompetent tipster and part-time detective, to tail her and swears that he will scratch the horse from the race if he uncovers evidence about Carfax and his wife. Having his own private arrangement with a betting gang, Pallivant does everything he can to prevent the favourite from running. However, he encounters the equally determined Wilhelmina Ryde, a garage owner who stands to win heavily if the favorite rides to victory.
, 1h26 Réalisé parHarold French OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresComédie ThèmesAdaptation d'une pièce de théâtre ActeursMargaret Lockwood, Michael Wilding, Celia Johnson, Roland Culver, Helen Haye, Athene Seyler Note64% Well-to-do couple Dora and Charles Randolph are celebrating their golden wedding, and three generations meet at the Randolph country home. As the relatives gather, each reveals his or her personal quirks and shortcomings. Caught in the middle is family secretary Penny Fenton (Margaret Lockwood), who has the unenviable task of sorting and smoothing out the family's deep-set hostilities and jealousies so that a good time can be had by all.
, 1h17 Réalisé parWalter Summers OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresDrame, Comédie ThèmesTransport, Aviation, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre ActeursMarie Prevost, Henry Kendall, Benita Hume, Ursula Jeans, Martin Walker, Barbara Gott Note59% Vincent Floyd, a seeming lazy figure lounging around London Gentlemen's Clubs is in fact a secret agent hot on the trail of Michael Marlowe whom he suspects of smuggling drugs into Britain from France on a regular basis. Floyd has so far struggled to gain evidence on Marlowe, but through a series of incidents finds himself bound for Paris on the same plane as Marlowe. Marlowe succeeds in doping Floyd and taking him to his underground hideout beneath a Parisian back-alley nightclub.
, 1h11 Réalisé parMichael Curtiz OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame ThèmesThéâtre, Politique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre ActeursWilliam Powell, Edna Best, Colin Clive, Hobart Cavanaugh, Halliwell Hobbes, Donald Crisp Note59% Captain Bill Tennant (William Powell) is a British officer stationed in Dublin in 1920. Tennant gets involved with Norah, the wife of his best friend, British intelligence officer Captain Andrew Kerr. Andrew Kerr is captured by the IRA, to be released only on condition that an Irish prisoner, Peadar Conlan, is not hanged. Tennant forges an order for Conlan's release, saving the life of his lover's husband, but at the cost of a prison sentence.