Russell Thorndike

Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.

Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.

The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra.

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.

Two British soldiers and a WREN take refuge at Stonehenge during a thunderstorm, they are struck by lightning and transported back to ancient Rome.

When his father commits suicide a gentleman sets out to avenge the death on those who swindled him out of a fortune.

Inspector Darrow investigates the death of a wealthy man.

'Escaped convict blackmails murderous doctor into helping him.' (British Film Catalogue)

The relatives of a millionaire - the victim of a mysterious murder - get together at his house to search for his will, which he recorded on a record. However, one of them is actually the person who killed him, and will let nothing - or no one - stand in the way of finding that record.

In Paris an actress divorces a jealous impresario and weds the officer who once saved from from suicide.