Movies: Hay Petrie

Poor New York shop girl Nadina receives the unexpected news that she is next in line to be queen of an Eastern European country. On her arrival in Ruritania, a revolution is in progress, and only minutes before her coronation, Nadina is forced into e...

An elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth....

'1670. Irish patriot caught stealing Crown Jewels talks his way to pardon.' (British Film Catalogue)...

Early British thriller about a master criminal named 'Flash Jack', who heads a gang of top-hatted thieves that rob the wealthy. A detective tracks the crimes to a posh night club....

A young British woman, tricked into believing she was used during a whirlwind romance, marries a gentle widowed Italian opera star, whose songs she and her first love shared....

In 1931, Sir Malcolm Sargent – then a rising young conductor – acted as musical director for this first filmed musical version of Prosper Mérimée’s classic story of passion and fatal jealousy, Carmen. With a score based on Bizet’s opera, Gipsy Blood...

'Farm life on the South Downs. A gentleman farmer beats his unscrupulous rival in sheepdog trials.' (British Film Institute)...

The Loves of Madame du Barry was the American title of the 1935 British operetta I Give My Heart, based on the stage musical The Du Barry. German actress Gitta Alpar stars as Jeanne, the young 18th century Parisian milliner who sleeps her way to the ...

A retired major and ex-enemies pledge peace at reunion....

A London cabby uncovers the city's secret nightlife in this surprising plug for post-war National Savings....

Dramatised short about the advantages of gas appliances in the home, with music....

A short featurette about a murderer summoned by chance to sit on the jury and try the man accused of his crime....