Michael Balcon Movies

Road House is a 1934 British comedy crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Violet Loraine, Gordon Harker and Aileen Marson.

Concerns a young woman who embarks on a series of love affairs. Originally around 100 minutes, only a 23 minute, 9.5mm cut-down version is known to...

A young riveter working high up on a steel girder watches a girl practising a tap-dance in a building opposite, and while applauding her, he loses...

This early Gainsborough film is truly a lost treasure and easily one of the most daring and risque films ever made. At least half a dozen different...

A young couple live under a café in Paris that, unknown to them, is owned by a brutal blackmailer. When he is murdered, they fall under...

Commissioned by the Ministry of Information and specifically target working class audiences; ‘Now you’re talking’ follows a plant...

British war documentary

A tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans.

Second of three versions of Margaret Kennedy’s novel about a sickly, sensitive Belgian schoolgirl, Tessa (Victoria Hopper), in love with...

A young bride is deserted by her husband but finds happiness with another man. They contract a bigamous marriage for the sake of their child....

A man rescues his wife's lover during a disaster at a coal mine

'Newsreel cameramen wrest secret papers from Chinese bandit.' (British Film Catalogue)

An amateur detective goes on the trail of a gang of violent criminals.

A young pilot, annoyed at not being selected to take part in a raid on an enemy target, moans to his fiancée, who in turn chatters to a friend...

Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but...

Member of a village Purity League branch find things much livelier on a trip to London.

'1820. Officer frames colleague when gambler forces him to steal secrets.' (British Film Catalogue)

A jealous agent uses a girl singer to break up a double act.

A young woman goes to stay at the house of Lord Lebanon, but two murders in quick succession lead to the arrival of detectives and cause the woman to...