When Knights Were Bold is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Jack Buchanan, Fay Wray and Garry Marsh. Sir Guy de Vere inherits his father's estate while serving with the British army in India. He returns home to take up his new role, but is greeted with hostility by his family and servants. It was based on the 1906 play When Knights Were Bold by Harriett Jay.
Réalisé parJohn Boulting, Roy Boulting GenresComédie ActeursPeter Finch, Glynis Johns, Jack Buchanan, Donald Sinden, Heather Thatcher, Ronald Squire Note56% Josephine's (Glynis Johns) story is told in flashback by her suave bachelor uncle (Jack Buchanan). We hear how she rejects her wealthy fiancé Alan (Donald Sinden) for his friend David (Peter Finch), an unsuccessful playwright. But when their situations are reversed, Josephine's interest in David starts to wane. She is a woman we hear, always drawn to underdogs.
, 1h45 Réalisé parPreston Sturges, Pierre Kast OrigineFrance GenresComédie ActeursJack Buchanan, Martine Carol, Noël-Noël, Paulette Dubost, Katie Boyle, André Luguet Note53% Que se passe-t-il lorsqu’une charmante française comme Martine se met en tête d'épouser un Anglais grand teint, ancien officier de l'armée des Indes, le digne et guindé Major Marmaduke Thompson ? Des frictions, comme de juste ! Le choc des cultures est tel que l'irritation du mari, contraint de vivre en France, va croissant. L'éditeur du Major, Fusillard, lui propose alors de rapporter dans un carnet tous les sujets de discorde qui les opposent, sa femme et lui. Le contenu du carnet grossit, grossit, d'autant qu'un enfant est né et qu'il est confié aux soins d'une gouvernante britannique.
, 1h15 Réalisé parMaclean Rogers OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresComédie ActeursGarry Marsh, Roddy Hughes, Cyril Chamberlain, Robert Adams, Sebastian Cabot, Peter Swanwick Note49% Mother Riley, working in an antique shop with daughter Kitty, uncovers a secret treasure map hidden in the headboard of an antique bed. With the help of the ghost of the pirate Captain Morgan, mother and daughter head for a remote tropical island in the South Seas, and begin their hunt for buried treasure. Not only do they find the fortune, but Mother Riley ends up celebrated by natives as a tribal queen.