"Amateur stage play directed by Roger Clapp and starring Dorothy Stebbins." Northeast Historic Film.
"by far the most ambitious yet attempted by this society. Being in the nature of a romantic drama it includes such varied scenes as a motor works in London, the Sahara Desert, and a yacht in the Mediterranean" (HMHT 1933: 120).
"First version of Conneely’s amateur film “The 45,” a mischievous and entertaining film about a woman willing to employ any means to send away the man who comes looking for her husband with a gun"
"This tragedy begins with teary goodbyes as two lovers part – Joe is off to America to seek his fortune. In a letter to Beth, Joe says he’ll write again when he's ready for her to come and be his bride. She replies that unless she hears from him soon she will end it all. No reply arrives so Beth drowns herself in a river. Back in America, Joe receives his lover's final letter, which causes him to jump off a suspension bridge. If only they’d known about the incompetence of the Post Office" (BFI Player Online).
"an original story adapted from a newspaper report of a double tragedy caused by a lost letter" (HMHT 1933: 154).
"Period piece of 1920's starring Roger Clapp and Dorothy Stebbins." Northeast Historic Film.
"an original story based upon a young doctor’s fall and consequent rise to fame… requires a great deal of careful handling owing to the fact that the greater part of the story is interior work" (HMHT 1934: 325-6).
A man writes a note to inform his wife that he is leaving her. He then goes for a walk, seemingly with grave thoughts on his mind. He encounters sights which inspire him to return home, where he finds his wife in an alarming condition.
A man is angered when he returns home after work and finds that his wife is absent. He goes for a walk and imagines possible reasons for her absence. When he returns from his walk, he finds his wife in an alarming condition.
A man has a petty argument with his wife over her cooking. The argument concludes with the wife declaring "you'll be sorry!" The man goes straight to sleep, but has nightmare visions of his wife dying. When he awakens, the man rushes to check on his wife, who he finds in an alarming condition.
"The eternal hope that arises from doing the football pools. Shot in Brownhills, Birmingham and West Bromwich football FC Competition 1938." (EAFA Database)
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Amateur Cinema