H.F. Maltby
Henry Francis Maltby (25 November 1880 – 25 October 1963) was a prolific writer for the London stage and British cinema from after the First World War until the 1950s. He also appeared in many films. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Caesar and Cleopatra
At the height of the Roman Civil War, an aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra, whom he teaches how to rule Egypt.
A Canterbury Tale
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
Old Mother Riley Detective
A night watchman is being bludgeoned, as a safe is cracked open in the offices of the District Food Controller. A list of wartime foods to be rationed is stolen, and the police fear gangsters are planning to sell the foods on the black market.
Bob's Your Uncle
Comedy that follows the adventures of enthusiastic members of the Home Guard.
Return to Yesterday
Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood or working with a small theatre company in England. When she falls in love with Maine, Carol has the same dilemma.
Old Mother Riley Joins Up
Old Mother Riley, with the help of her daughter Kitty and Kitty's boyfriend Lieutenant Travers, thwarts a plan by enemy agents to steal important secret documents.
Pygmalion
Henry Higgins (Howard) is an upper class phonetics professor who encounters low-class guttersnipe Eliza Doolittle (Hiller) and bets his friend Colonel Pickering (Scott Sunderland) that he can pass her off as a duchess within three months.
Young and Innocent
A film actress is murdered by her estranged husband who is jealous of all her young boyfriends. The next day, writer Robert Tisdall (who happens to be one such boyfriend) discovers her body on the beach.
O-Kay for Sound
Hyman Goldberger, the president of film studio Super-Colossal Pictures, is in trouble--his major backer is threatening to stop financing his pictures. He finds a group of six wealthy individuals who may want to become investors in the studio if his disgruntled backer pulls out.
Where There's a Will
Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, which Hay confiscates so that he can read it later.
Calling the Tune
A gramophone manufacturer's daughter loves the son of the man he once cheated.
The Luck of a Sailor
In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his country and marry an heiress. Fortunately, his first bride has fallen for an army officer and is happy to have her royal marriage annulled.
Lost in the Legion
Two ship's cooks get lost in the desert and unwittingly enroll in the Foreign Legion!
I Spy
Two Americans in England--a wealthy playboy and an actress--join forces to stop international spies.
Freedom of the Seas
A mild mannered clerk, with a crush on his boss's daughter, is led astray by an old friend.
A Political Party
A north-country chimney sweep standing for Parliament is opposed by a local bigwig. His campaign is imperiled when his artist son, Tony, falls in love with a girl who has reason to hope that the bigwig will be elected.