Troublesome Wives is a 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Eric Bransby Williams, Mabel Poulton and Lilian Oldland. It was based on the play Summer Lightning by Ernest Denny. Two housewives become embroiled with a foreign spy network.
, 1h22 Réalisé parAlfred Hitchcock, Graham Cuts OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresDrame, Comédie, Romance ThèmesMaladie, Folie, Le handicap, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre ActeursBetty Compson, Clive Brook, Victor McLaglen, Marie Ault, Henry Vibart Note69% L'histoire est tirée d'une pièce qui avait eu du succès à Londres. Il s'agit d'un officier de l'armée anglaise pendant la Première guerre mondiale. À la faveur d'une permission à Paris, il a une liaison avec une danseuse, puis il retourne au front. Là-bas , il est victime d'un choc...il perd la mémoire. Il retourne en Angleterre et il épouse une femme de la haute société. Ensuite réapparaît la danseuse avec un enfant. Conflit...L'histoire se termine par la mort de la danseuse.
, 1h55 Réalisé parMaurice Elvey OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresDrame, Romance ThèmesAdaptation d'une pièce de théâtre ActeursEstelle Brody, John Stuart, Norman McKinnel, Gladys Jennings, Marie Ault, Alf Goddard Note72% In the Lancashire mill town of Hindle, preparations are being made for the annual summer wakes week holiday. Fanny Hawthorn (Brody) is seen packing her suitcase in preparation for her trip to Blackpool with her friend Mary Hollins (Peggy Carlisle). Meanwhile Allan Jeffcote (Stuart), son of the owner of the mill in which Fanny works, and employed in the offices, has had his own holiday plans disrupted due to his fiancée having to cancel their arrangements at the last minute. After a final day's work, the factory hooter sounds and Fanny and Mary board the excursion train to Blackpool, while Allan and a friend decide to travel there by car.
Réalisé parJ. Walter Ruben OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame ThèmesAdaptation d'une pièce de théâtre ActeursDouglas Fairbanks, Jr., Genevieve Tobin, Colleen Moore, Frank Morgan, Edward Everett Horton, Nydia Westman Note63% Joe, an amoral capitalist and boyfriend of Sarah Griswold, gets a job as a clerk in a New York City advertising agency and starts to work his way to the top. He is fired, but Sarah intervenes on his behalf and he manages to create an ad that earns him a promotion. He meets the mistress of his boss and decides he wants to win her from him. The company is in trouble, but Joe has invested wisely and sells out his boss to his competitor. He abandons Sarah and proposes to the mistress, who marries him. Joe becomes head of his agency, but because he neglects his new wife, she becomes the mistress of another man. He attempts suicide, but Sarah rescues him and nurses him back to health.