Annie Esmond

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos. (imdb)

A dapper Englishman has an affair with his wife's best friend. A risque and very British marital farce.

Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging- house. She turns him into an exploited man-of-all-work about the house, but after a lady guest persuades him that he resembles Napoleon he becomes convinced that he is a born leader and mounts a takeover bid to reverse their roles. (imdb)

"The Claydon Treasure Mystery" stars reliable John Stuart as an engineer (Peter Kerrigan) interested in solving mysteries, who becomes involved in investigating murders at Marsh Manor, home of the wealthy Claydon family. Plenty of suspects to choose from, Kerrigan believes that the murders may be connected to hidden treasure on the estate.

Gert and Daisy volunteer to escort a group of evacuee children to the country, leaving a London of rationing and nights in Tube stations. But Maisie from next door somehow manages to get their suitcase muddled up with that of her seaman boyfriend, and jewel thieves are on the prowl.

About a businessman (H.F.Maltby) who borrows his wife's pearls to cover a business loan, only for the pearls to then go missing.

The impoverished Lord Cavender (Claude Humbert) woos a phony heiress, Mabel Van Morgan (Gina Malo), only to find that his secretary Mary (Winifred Shotter), whom he really loves, is a genuine heiress. His Lordship does quickly and truly regret.