Michael Balcon Movies

  • 1931
    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    6.51931HD

    On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire. Holmes uncovers a...

    The Hound of the Baskervilles
  • 1944
    They Came to a City

    They Came to a City

    They Came to a City

    61944HD

    People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city

    They Came to a City
  • 1954
    Lease of Life

    Lease of Life

    Lease of Life

    7.41954HD

    The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.

    Lease of Life
  • 1935
    Car of Dreams

    Car of Dreams

    Car of Dreams

    5.61935HD

    Produced by the highly acclaimed Michael Balcon, the story revolves around Robert, the son of the owner of a musical instrument factory. He is in...

    Car of Dreams
  • 1945
    Painted Boats

    Painted Boats

    Painted Boats

    6.51945HD

    In this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy.

    Painted Boats
  • 1931
    The Ghost Train

    The Ghost Train

    The Ghost Train

    01931HD

    The story, about the social interaction of a group of railway passengers who have been stranded at a remote rural station overnight who are...

    The Ghost Train
  • 1935
    Things Are Looking Up

    Things Are Looking Up

    Things Are Looking Up

    61935HD

    Scatterbrain circus lady has to cover for her sour schoolmistress sister.

    Things Are Looking Up
  • 1936
    All In!

    All In!

    All In!

    01936HD

    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...

    All In!
  • 1940
    Spare a Copper

    Spare a Copper

    Spare a Copper

    71940HD

    George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned...

    Spare a Copper
  • 1925
    The Prude's Fall

    The Prude's Fall

    The Prude's Fall

    61925HD

    A French captain persuades a rich widow to become his mistress, but it is a scheme to test her love.

    The Prude's Fall
  • 1934
    My Song for You

    My Song for You

    My Song for You

    5.51934HD

    In this opera-oriented musical, Riccardo Gatti, an Italian young tenor in Venice, meets a young woman who sneaks into the opera house to try and get...

    My Song for You
  • 1934
    Jew Süss

    Jew Süss

    Jew Süss

    51934HD

    A historical satire critical of the rising tide of Anti-Semitism in Germany. Based on the novel by Lionel Feuchtwanger, Jew Süss is the story of...

    Jew Süss
  • 1930
    The Crooked Billet

    The Crooked Billet

    The Crooked Billet

    01930HD

    'International spy seeks documents hidden in old inn.' (British Film Catalogue)

    The Crooked Billet
  • 1925
    Typical Budget

    Typical Budget

    Typical Budget

    01925HD

    A spoof of the Topical Budget newsreels with items on "Daylight Saving", "Economy in the Household", "The Art of Self Protection", and "Paris...

    Typical Budget
  • 1927
    Ghost Train

    Ghost Train

    Ghost Train

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    Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is...

    Ghost Train
  • 1923
    Woman to Woman

    Woman to Woman

    Woman to Woman

    6.51923HD

    David Compton leaves his expecting French girl-friend Louise Boucher, a dancer at the Moulin Rouge, for the war where he looses his memory. Building...

    Woman to Woman
  • 1933
    The Man from Toronto

    The Man from Toronto

    The Man from Toronto

    41933HD

    According to the terms of a will two strangers must marry. Leila (Jessie Matthews) is an English widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian...

    The Man from Toronto
  • 1927
    Blighty

    Blighty

    Blighty

    01927HD

    A chauffeur becomes an officer and later cares for his master's widow and child.

    Blighty
  • 1928
    The Vortex

    The Vortex

    The Vortex

    61928HD

    A young man is shocked to discover that his fiancé is the mistress of his mother's lover.

    The Vortex
  • 1978
    How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran

    How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran

    How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran

    01978HD

    American documentary film-maker George C. Stoney visits the Aran Islands to try and unravel some of the myths surrounding a film that had engrossed...

    How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran