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Supersonic Saucer 1956 star_border 5.4
A group of schoolchildren come upon an alien from Venus, and help him against a gang of criminals who are trying to kidnap him.

Cottage to Let 1941 star_border 6.5
Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.

Band Waggon 1940 star_border 5
A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.

Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing 1940 star_border 6
British Air Ministry short film highlighting the need for the public to stay clear of aircraft wreckage during World War II.

Climbing High 1938 star_border 6.2
Wealthy Nicky finds himself engaged to gold-digger Lady Constance, but he really loves scatty model Diana. Complications, slapstick and mountaineering are the result.

Sailing Along 1938 star_border 7
A barge-owner's adopted daughter falls in love with his son, and gives up her chances of stardom to be with him.

Young and Innocent 1937 star_border 6.6
Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is not the killer. A young woman becomes embroiled in the effort.

Doctor Syn 1937 star_border 6.6
A highly respected clergyman is actually a former pirate who exacts vigilante justice in this British production.

Gangway 1937 star_border 7
Newspaper reporter becomes involved with gang of crooks who take her for a tough American gangster.

King Solomon's Mines 1937 star_border 5.3
White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.

Head Over Heels 1937 star_border 8
Legendary British musical-comedy favorite Jessie Matthews chalks up another winner with Head Over Heels in Love. The ever-charming Matthews plays Jeanne, a Parisian entertainer who manages to get herself in hot water with the French version of Actors' Equity and is forced to take a series of jobs under a series of assumed names. Meanwhile, a romantic triangle involving American film star Norma (Helen Whitney Bourne) and gangsters Pierre (Robert Flemyng) and Marcel (Louis Borrell) spells big trouble for all concerned -- including the plucky Jeanne. Highlighted by six sprightly song numbers, Head Over Heels in Love is our girl Jessie's vehicle all the way, and never mind the "main" plot. The film was directed by Sonnie Hale, who just so happened to be the star's husband.

Sabotage 1937 star_border 6.7
Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.

Take My Tip 1937
Lord and Lady Pilkington get tricked out of their money by a con man. They later run into the swindler in a hotel - which happens to be owned by their butler - and they devise a plan to scam the con man and get both revenge and their money back.

O.H.M.S. 1937 star_border 5
American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie is then forced to join the British army in the dead man's place. He falls in love with the Canadian's childhood playmate, Sally Briggs, and becomes a hero after saving an isolated English colony in China.

His Lordship 1936 star_border 5.5
A complicated adventure involving twin brothers and the Foreign Office trying to thwart the ambitions of a hostile sheikh.

All In! 1936
Archie Slott inherits a successful racing stable from his dissolute uncle, but his sanctimonious aunt tries to convince him to sell it off. In an attempt to avoid doing so, he accidentally buys a failing all-in wrestling stadium as well. Now Archie is faced with the tasks of ensuring success for his stable's Derby entry, paying the salaries of his newly-acquired wrestlers, and avoiding a plot to convert the stables into a holiday home.

Everything Is Thunder 1936 star_border 5
The story, starring Constance Bennett and Douglass Montgomery, involves a Canadian POW being hidden by a German citizen during World War I.

Everybody Dance 1936 star_border 6
When her sister dies, a nightclub singer is left with her children. In order to raise the children properly, she leaves her singing career and takes her new family to a farm. However, her greedy manager--seeing his "cash cow" slipping away--goes to court to have her declared legally incompetent.

East Meets West 1936
The story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to break his father's heart by conducting an affair with the wife of a notorious criminal.

Rhodes of Africa 1936 star_border 6
Rhodes of Africa is a 1936 British biographical film charting the life of Cecil Rhodes. It was directed by Berthold Viertel and starred Walter Huston, Oskar Homolka, Basil Sydney and Bernard Lee.

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