Movies: Maurice Elvey

In China, a pilot saves British residents from a Bolshevik's massacre plot....

'The story of Lady Dedlock's secret and the tragic consequences of its exposure.' (British Film Institute)...

Sherlock Holmes (Eille Norwood) is on vacation when he stumbles into a house and discovers two bodies. Both have been dead for hours but there aren't any visible signs of violence and soon other bodies start to pile up....

'The legend of the Wandering Jew, condemned to walk the earth until the Second Coming.' (British Film Institute)...

Comradeship is a 1919 British silent film drama, directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Lily Elsie, Gerald Ames and Guy Newall. The film's action covers the entire span of World War I, from the months before the outbreak of hostilities to the declara...

Early silent Sherlock Holmes adventure...

One of the guests tries to foil a gang of jewel-robbers during a country house weekend party....

A colonel saves a prince's life when he joins a club of men who draw lots to kill one another....

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'1850. Squire's grandson saves farmer's niece from charge of murdering illegitimate baby.' (British Film Catalogue)...

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood....

A goalkeeper is kidnapped just before the Cup Final at Crystal Palace. Can he be rescued in time for a triumphant match?...

A wealthy banker comes to Holmes desperate to recover a valuable British gem--and to deal with his son's apparent dishonor....

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'A good-looking chauffeur, employed by an aristocratic married lady is tempted to misconduct. His indifference arouses her wrath and he is charged with assault at the Assizes. ' (British Film Institute)...

'Antique dealer's daughter loves foreman who makes fakes for ex-partner.' (British Film Catalogue)...

A popular aristocrat has been killed, but no one can learn how. No one, that is, until the return of Sherlock Holmes....

Vice Versa is a 1916 British silent fantasy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Charles Rock, Douglas Munro and Guy Newall.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1882 novel Vice Versa by Thomas Anstey Guthrie. The screenplay concerns a schoolboy who ...

The film is a contempary-set version of William Shakespeare's play As You Like It....

A typical working family have to cope with living through the Blitz, adapting to its privations, and eventually making the ultimate sacrifice for king & country....